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Thanks!

I guess it helps if the picture is viewable. It looks good to me but I always like to double check

I think this looks pretty good - any opinions from the pro's? Thanks! DB2

Thanks guys! I thought thy looked good to. I've sent him an offer. We'll see what happens!

Quick question for the experts here. I am getting ready to build a 1680 with 1570 movement, and I am starting to source the parts...first up, hands... Do these look like legit 1680 Service Luminova hands to you? They look good to me, but I am not an expert...yet

+1. This is a pretty simple fix. Not a bad way to get your feet wet in the repair arena.

Ugh...waiting...boo!

Hmmm indeed. Are we getting closer?

That is funny! " It was f**king delicious" Hilarious!

Welcome to the 1k club!

Welcome Kris! It looks like you have built quite a collection in a short time! Congrats. Enjoy your stay here at RWG! I think you'll find the site full of great information and even better members!

That's funny. I'd never seen this before, and now two within a week. @Usil - it will go away soon. Just keep posting away!

Ha! Thanks Zeleni! It's just been slow the last couple of weeks at work, so, I've been on RWG a lot as of late

Congrats and have fun!

Maybe you need a new one of these...7734 Cannon Pinion http://cgi.ebay.com/VALJOUX-7734-CHRONOGRAPH-CANNON-PINION-WATCH-PART-N-245-/250838270673

Based on Yuki's hand set - I don't think so...

This was one of the harder parts to get. I had to get it through Otto Frei's TZTOOLSHOP website. http://www.tztoolshop.com/page30.html the one you're looking for is A7636A. What I did - if I remember is order all the other parts online, and then call in and ask them to add the A7636A date wheel, or just do it all over the phone...

Maybe they'll email you back. I don't think I've ever actually ordered from them. Maybe give them a call? Or maybe just wait until you get some sort of confirmation email. EDIT TO ADD: I think all the parts houses need one good web programmer to go through and re-do their search engine and carts. It shouldn't be as hard as they make it. People have been complaining about Cousins, but I think there site is the only one that works...

Me too! I just checked and they seem to have all the parts for the Omega Cal. 565 too! I just ordered some stuff from Cousins because Otto Frei didn't have them...Jules Borel - the forgotten step child of the American Watch Parts Industry....

or...go to http://www.julesborel.com/ then Products, Movement Parts P-Z, Valjoux, then VAL 7734, then Screw, Case Clamp, then Add To Order How's that They are even in the US...

This may be what you're looking for http://cgi.ebay.fr/Screw-for-casing-clamp-valjoux-5166-7732-7733-7734-7736-/400208005813#ht_2000wt_848

True Dave True. I hadn't even thought of that. Photo skills have improved. Very interesting side effect! Thanks for pointing that out!

Build it pug, build it!

Ummm...I guess the only step forward would be a Vintage Rolex Build a la Ubi. Some with all gen parts, but...that probably isn't going to be for a while.. Thanks, unfortunately, it was one of the first things I sold once I got here Whoops! Fixed that..Thanks! Maybe we will have to do collaborate on some future project! And thanks to all the other well wishers too!

Well it's taken me a just over 2 years to get here, but I've finally reached by 1,000th post! I would like to thank all the great members here (especially Admin, Ubiquitous, Chefcook, Redwatch, LHOOQ, modelizer and *woof) for all the advice, inspiration and eye-candy! I've owned quite a few watches over the last couple of years, so I've decided to cap my 1,000th post with a walk down memory lane. My first rep (pre-RWG) - a cheap cheap Rolex Day-Date Then I found RWG and a whole new world opened up… My first good rep - Rolex GMT IIc Then I cought the Omega Bug (which I can't quite seem to shake)…Omega Red Seamaster (Bond) After that I found another really cool brand…IWC, now there is a good Rep… IWC 3717 - this is also the first watch that I did any real mods to. Chief Double AR Crystal, ETA Day & Date Wheels (I've actually owned two of these - bought mod'd and sold, and re-bought and sold again, felt lonely, bought another and ended up selling it…) Then the Omega Bug really bit me, so I tracked down a 4th Gen 42mm PO with the intent of creating a Franken…Ended up Adding ETA Date Wheel, Gen Dial, Hands, Bezel, Bracelet, Crown and Crown Tube... But then something terrible happened…I won the Genuine Omega Speedy Raffle here on RWG. OK, so it wasn't really terrible, but it did lead me to a very big mistake. That mistake was thinking that I couldn't wear anything but the Speedy (so I sold the above mentioned Franken Planet Ocean) Realizing the error of my ways (and missing the PO something real bad), I contacted Ubi and purchased his Franken PO which was the original inspiration for my franken build. I then proceed to add Gen Crown and Tube and eventually Gen Crystal and Gen Caseback… and then…I decided that I wanted to build a watch from parts. I hadn't had any vintage watches as of this point, so I figured I wanted something old, and ended up deciding on building a 1665 DRSD. I sourced a MBW 1665 case, MBW DRSD Dial, ETA 2846, Silver Datewheel overlay and WO990 hands… Not quite satisfied with the final results, I eventually ended up changing it to a MBW Great White Sea-Dweller with Clarks Crystal and Hands and Gen Rolex Service Insert After being fairly happy with my collection at the time, I accidentally discovered the WatchCo NOS Seamster 300 and it kind of turned into a grail of sorts, so I decided to build one. In order to pursue it I decided to part with some old friends and sold the 3717 (again) and the 1665 and went about collecting the parts for my first Ultra-Super-No-Not-Kidding-Uber-Franken (I think that is the correct terminology) build. First though, I bought this (I have to include it because, technically it was a full watch - at least for a few minutes) and then I collected all the various parts and then built: At this point I think my collection is complete (at least for now)… ok not quite…after building the SM300 I decided I wanted a beater just for kicks…the Seiko SKX007 is actually a pretty cool watch… And now…the collection is complete. I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I did reminiscing about my past watches (ok so I know that you didn't, because that would be impossible)! - db2 Happy RWG Collector