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Why do you want to add one when you say it turns properly...

Me likes!

I think I have everything I need except the insert, which is on it's way! I will likely build it in a vintage style case and will differ from the gen in that I will be having lug holes. The factory really should have drilled the lugs on this one...

It's called experimentation and improvisation...

That's what I built this piece of $hit from. I may have "skinnied" up the CGs a bit much but maybe I can blame it on some other goober polishing it too much...

Must be a rep, look at the stumpy CGs!!!

Looks like an overpolished 40-50 year old watch. Put on a better crown and tweak the CGs a bit and it doesn't look so bad, especially for the price. Mellow...

Now, this looks interesting...

Red insert is on it's way from HK! The markers look "maxi" so I will be recycling a maxi 14060 dial and a 7924 decal scaled to 28mm to make this...

No sun here today so I fugured this would at least brighten up the wrist..

Wouldn't be too hard to make a plain one with the same dimensions as the engraved one...

Straying from the Rollie fold, Rob!!??

Still wearin' this...

E, that must have been a camera angle thing as this window is pretty much square...

fleabay seller mahand1. He appears to be out but you could always message him as to future availability.

Thanks, K, I feel pretty happy with it for not using a high-dollar "professionally refinished" dial! Putting an extremely magnified shot of this dial next to a close-up of the "Jewelery and Watch" dial ($265 +shipping) I can see no difference...

Chi, it seems very close when compared to the pictures I've compared it to. These hands, also, seem to be very nice concerning length and the "bubble" placement on the sweep hand. I think for $89 it's a super buy...

Yeah, it is, but I like it. I can actually read the date without looking for my specs... Hayden - probably a little over $200...

Lookin' good y'all!!

Oh man, the gears are grinding - I feel a strong urge to do something blasphemous...

I pretty much have everything to build a 40mm lug-hole "Black Bay". I wonder...

It's involved and labor intensive... http://www.rwg.cc/to...-101-chapter-1/ http://www.rwg.cc/to...-101-chapter-2/ http://www.rwg.cc/topic/117125-case-making-101-chapter-3/

Out of curiosity I ordered one of the fleabay $89 Snowflake Date dials and got it in last week. Today I finally got around to cobbling it together and I was pleasantly surprised with the results. This started life as a Cartel 5512 and has only some simple mods. Here's the build facts: Case - Cartel 5512/5513 case with CGs trimmed and slimmed. Crystal - Clark 25-125 Hands - Fleabay Movement - DG2813 from Borel Dial - Fleabay Bracelet - Stock Cartel bracelet that came on the 5513 Crown - Gen Tube - Yuki I glued the dial and spacer to the movement, broached the ETA hour/minute hands and crimped the sweep hand. I have not found any specific a21j Snowflake hands yet or I would not have broached the ETA set. But, I'm pretty happy with the hand length on these so I guess it was worth a little extra effort. The build was straight-forward with nothing new or exotic to expound upon so here's a couple pics of how it turned out - just a few 'cause the Cartel case has been flogged to death since it's release. This is more about the dial than the build.

It's nice to see Tudor goin' retro! I like 'em a bunch.

A bit caustic/harsh? Jose - It's good to dream and reach but I don't think a small CNC router will do it. I have produced cases by hand on conventional machines but it is very labor intensive...