PeteM

You did a really nice job mate....and that finish really suits the overall look of the watch...Its very very nice mate.. Kudos mate - great creation!!! You have me licking my lips at the thought of what is to come !!! Gordon has done a nice job on that dial, as always !! Is the pin polished or matching? I cant really tell from the pics... I dont know why and without wanting to sound like a [censored], because the watch is sweet as it is!!, but when I look at it I keep thinking how good that watch would look with the CG shaped bezel lock on the left... Have you decided on a strap....I know you have it around the ammo but if it were mine I would have it on a vintage Egyptian...

My favourite has to be the description that says " 100% Replica..."

Really nice mate Great pics.....How did you achieve that finish? Thanks for sharing

Have you tried the clasp on the underside of the watch..sort of in the middle of the bracelet... I think there is a 'How To' in the Sweaty section....!!! :p

The MBK/MBWs are the best of the bunch but quite pricey mate...try contacting Narika (Reg) He would be able to pick you one up...

Shut me up...?????? Mate after reading that I cant even remember my name !!!!

Looking forward to it mate Congrats again...Lovely job Bad pics though

Come on C...you do all that work spend all that dosh and you give us those pics !!! We want more ..... Great work mate.... Wish I had one now

I would have to agree with that mate....

Blimey ST....Thats rich.... Now its a bleeding trigonometrey lesson !!!

Of course I remember that from school - Ratios !!! Now I must off and have a go Yes mate sorry thats what I meant with contemporarys, after PreV came the 6500 case then 6502...6518 etc though 2 PreVs carried this case then its just variations on a theme after that...

The problemwith that shot is its slightly angled down so it gives the appearance of the lugs being squatter the best way to see this optical effect is to look at the base of the bezel and how deep it looks... You can see how much the lugs change in this pic of 111 Notice the left lug this is more like how the lug looks in your hand its the same shape as the comparison pics I posted...Even the slightest of angles can fgive a false impression of that lug shape

I honestly dont know mate but have you tried the usual suspects ?? Ofrei, Cousins the bay etc ? Sorry if I stated the obvious

The Mark Up !!

I have never seen one of those mate..Very nice..I cant get over how much it looks like my IWC Mark XI

Plenty to look forward to then Murph Thanks for reply mate Totally agree re the quality of the 111 case but I dont think its the better contemporary case... Having put the manual contemporary Gen, the Hublot and Noob cases next to each other I prefer the HB factory case, the lugs are much closer plus the pillows and edges..the only thing that lets it down IMHO is the construction.. I am only referring to contemporary cases in that respect...

Exactly right P I like them all including the 212 !! I like the blue touch on the subdial as it lifts the chrono blue hand for my tastes Though build wise they are all comparable...I think the 286 dial seems a little better especially in replication terms but its negligible !! I am not talking so much about the texture... I really hope they produce that dial with a Blue Tachymeter...!!!! Well you know where I am going with that !!! Now I would buy that in a flash...

Great job Murph Not something I would attempt....unless it was your watch So is it staying like that now ?? Was it the construction of the case that made you change it?

Fantastic price mate So its one of Bob's ?

Rolf I tried to use my callipers mate but I couldnt get the measurements, well not with out taking off the bezels and I really dont want to do that mate... I could try marking off with small piece of paper on edge and fine mark to end but that would not be accurate just indicative... I assume you want exact.. If you have any suggestions I am willing to try mate You aint going to get a PreV measurement of that I am pretty certain I am not sure how to help on those measurements mate..I wish I could.. @Doc Here is a pic of a JF and the new 111J courtesy of Mike (Hope you dont mind mate) Going by the bezels you can see how well the 111 stacks up for the PreV then looking at the lugs you can see these are more suited to PreV after some reshaping also edges and pillows... but the JF mid case is almost spot on to gen contemporary so the 111J by comparison is not so easily suited to 6500, 6502 cases and onwards Having compared a gen contemporary to the 111J and 219L I would prefer the 219 for contemporary cases and going by the lugs and pillows etc it looks closer to gen contemporary and in turn to 6500, 6502 cases etc IMHO. Of course the 219 bezel forms part of the midcase as I assume it will for all Hublot factory reps.... (They aint going to change it now!) So you cant mix and match or construct the build in the same way as a gen...so on that basis the 219 is at a disadvantage. But I think despite that and the slighly bigger bottom bezel edge I would think the shape would better suit the contemporary, I am sure other have opinions but those are just my own take with the cases in my hand.. I should of put a JF in that comparison as well !! Here are some pics to highlight what I mean (these are from the pics I took on the comparison thread) Note the pillows, the lugs and the edges etc Sorry Rolf I am not trying to TC mate

Yes mate Its the same thing, I had

LOL! No mate..He owned a chain of Solariums !!

Doc Although I agree with most of what your saying and I actually remember reading your comments on the bezels because to be honest it confused the hell out of me.. I was discussing the bezel issue with W0lf in the last week or so as he is helping me with advice on me putting together my 202a...We were chatting about bezels as all my reference pics indicated something different to the comments I have read.. It turns out, against what I thought, that the JF bezel is actual closer to the PreV than it is to the contemporary cases of which it is suppose to be a 1:1 with, I had always thought the PreV had a larger area around the base than the contemporary cases but from first hand experience that is not the case (no pun intended!) So yes the JF bezel is correct but not for the contemporary case that the mid case is correct for, the JF bezel is more correct for a PreV the mid case is better for the PreA and B series on.. The roundness at the edge is dependent on case series and is one of those minor variations that I quoted in my first post...