aardian

Specs?

Great results... Now if you'd update the crown to T48 PVD, the CG to a dlc'ed historic CG, and update the hands with DSN PreV hands, you'll be golden!!!

Looks like the dial is applied with light matte spray and then light clear coat???

Yes, can we please have specs? And what badass strap is that?

T's crowns work with DSN cases without changing the crown tube. Ultimate cartels need change of tube.

Lemme give this a shot: LH dial & hands. Torobravo/Wholesaleoutlet CG refinished and rebrushed. DSN Case. AR removed. T48 SL crown.

It's actually not brushed... Dirk uses the term on his buckle... "coinage" same finishing technique for creating coins. If I'm not mistaken it's micro-bead blasted to achieve the finish.

You need to have it built. I believe Vac may have one for sale at his section. Some recipe: - Cartel Case - DSN Dial & Hands - After market lume - Shortened and polished crown tube - Polished & flush Canon Pinion - After market AR single side (Chief, Taka, etc.) - I'd go and get an OEM strap and ditch the rep strap. With a Rad, this makes or breaks the watch.

Nice camera!!! Now... If you're selling that old school 063...

Reps use stamped calf to mimic a gator/croco grain. The one you've purchased through eBay seems to be Croco leather, which is nice, but is still inaccurate for PAMs since they use Gator, which is smoother and more expensive. I'd raid Paneristi trade forum and pick up an OEM gator for less than $200 instead for these new daylights, or just use the rubber strat that they came with which I think is excellent.

Exactly how I would do it. Except that DSN is now shipping them with the correct 6mm cyclops. Be careful not to transplant the crystal from a cartel ultimate PAM 199 because the magnification is just too much it blows up the date fonts out of proportion, esp. when you install Taka's DW. Spot on again on A CG, but HiJack at RG apparently have successfully modded a few ToroBravo/WholesaleOutlet Historic CGs into a good looking enough A CG.

There's a gen with exactly that dark brown tone and off-white stitching, I used to have one. But that strap came in 24X22 size, the one pictured looks like a 24X24 and I know only one guy does a gator belly strap with that rich dark tone, thickness, cutting, and similarly cut holes. Lookup HKTan.

The silver sub-dial does bother some people and with gen sub-dial color being anywhere between DSN's and cartel's it's not a straightforward pick for some people. The problem with 089 is the CG, without any viable option out there that's close enough to gen except by going gen (DSN's cg is closest in thickness but shape still falls short). I'd pick a 088 based on the ultimate from van. It's damn classy as hell for a GMT watch and is more formal looking than the 089. I had my 088 from vac and my friend literally begged me to sell it to him, so I did and am raising fund again to have vac rebuild another one for me If you need an 089, get both

Get an LH 111I :-)

Here's your recipe of success: 1. Contact vaccum. 2. Cartel case (normally available for H series). 3. A6497 H movement with swan neck. 4. DSN Dials & Hands --> vaclume. 5. Tall H3 canon pinion mod. 6. Shortened crown tube. 7. Chief AR. I have exactly that except with a G series movement and never regret anything.