dieselpower

My dial is an MBW so hopefully no probs.

@ Nook - I was going for a 1680 because I wanted a watch with a date magnifier on the glass as I do not have one of these. Now you've gone and sung the praises of the plain T19 I'm in a quandry! Dunno what to do now.

Anyway, what about bracelets? Who does the best rep for an early (red) 1680? Fanxx

I have a nice new (slightly modded) MBW 5513 from HH and I want to build a 1680. I have an aged dial, a tube and gen crown a slow beat eta 2846, was thinking of using old school MBW 1665 hands and an aftermarket glass - does this sound like a good recipe? Would the experts like to add their 2 cents and give me suggestions for improvements, am I missing a trick? The main thrust of the question is the suitability of a new MBW 5513 case to be used in a 1680 build - am I mad?

Date wheel (thus far) working fine. No more condensation appeared. Time keeping very good (not timed it exactly) but not gaining or losing anything significant.

She's running fine. I may treat her to a service and let Rolexman know what happened but I'm not really one for tinkering, didn't the Boeing aircraft company say "If it isn't broken don't fix it"? Thanks for your thoughts and concerns and all.

Oh, there is a rather funny PS to this story which I didn't mention but I shall now... After taking the watch out of the rice bowl I wound it and set the date. Now the datewheel has a Ubi flat top 3 overlay and I know these are a pain in the ass and after she was serviced last time (about a year ago) the date alignment was not great (it never had been) and this time as the date clicked over it was even worse, the bottom of the date number was sitting below the edge of the opening in the dial so what did I do? I gave the watch a firm slap into the palm of my hand and lo and behold the date now sits exactly between the top and bottom of the window. Perfecto! You can probably see that the number 1 is a bit to the left but I don't suppose another bashing will cure that 

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@ Nook - 

Thanks for advices chaps. But as I am to watchmaking what Adolf Hitler was to diplomacy I think I'll just leave well alone and if it konks out I'll use up one of those spare movements I've been hoarding. Wa ha. Wa ha ha ha ha.

Zeleni, this watch is not and will not be for sale  . She's the first proper mod job I embarked on. Lugs reshaped by RBJ (glad he's not around anymore!) gen crown and tube, 2846 slow beat movement, aftermarket T39 superdome (I have a gen waiting to be fitted) gen springbars, PMWF insert with Ofrei pearl, dial and hands relumed by Tribal and a Ubi flat top 3 datewheel overlay. She's been on my wrist through thick and thin, battered (look at the glass!) scratched, kicked, dropped, drenched and now bathed without her swimsuit on  . She's mine and on my wrist she stays......

A couple of days ago I took my 1665 out of the watch box to wear. I had not worn it for a few days so I manually wound it and set the time and date. Then, as is my want, I took a nice glass of chilled white wine, a recently delivered copy of a classic car magazine and settled into a nice hot bath whilst the wife put the kids to bed. Bliss......

I was in the bath for about 45mins (I like a bath!) then had a quick shower and dried off. Whilst drying I noticed my lovely modded 1665 and admired it for a second. Then... aaaaarghh! I noticed that I had - in my stupidity - neglected to screw the crown back down after setting the watch. Yes folks, the watch had just been in a bath for 45 mins (admittedly not totally immersed for all that time) then in a shower for say 5 mins with the crown totally unscrewed and - would you believe it - there were no visual signs of any water ingress. I decided to keep the crown open to allow for evaporation and keep the watch on my wrist to evaporate any H2O that may have got in. After 20 mins or so a little condensation started to form on the inside of the glass so I took the watch off, placed it in a bowl of rice and put the whole thing in a very warm airing cupboard overnight. The following day the glass was clear, I closed the crown properly and strapped it on my wrist. There has been no condensation issues and she's running fine. Unbelievable!

Nook - you're a bloody loony. Long live the loonies!

@ Storm.. I dallied with Mr. Nixon (the single funniest photo I have ever seen) and I like the watch connection but the photo does not really work when viewed so small, the humour is lost. Also you are right, I have always had BH as my avatar, he has served me well and long may he continue to do so. Let's not forget, it's just a ride....

Outstanding work. Wear it well and in good health. 

Welcome back Bill...

Lovely stuff.

zoot

Time for a new watch related avatar methinks. Hope you like it 

Oh, and I forgot.....

Great music, great watch, great car.

The Live and Let Die sub was sold at auction. Google it for details.

I have an MBW 1665 with drilled lug holes to accept gen springbars. It currently is mated to WSO 580 endlinks (which are a great fit by the way although I wouldn't usually recommend Mr. Slimeball) and the original MBW rivetted bracelet. That combo works for me.

The sub dials are in a different position on a 7750 which means a different (rep) dial to the gen. A V72 could be used with a gen dial or indeed a rep dial made for a V72 movement but a 7750 could not be used with a gen dial or a rep dial made for a V72. Hope this makes sense.

Phat nook!

I have a 6263 tested to 5atm. It surface swims perfectly. I have a 1665 tested to 3 atm it swims perfectly, I have a 5513 tested to 3 atm. It also swims perfectly. Only sayin' 

Lucky for him he's got "absolutely no urgency to sell" I think he might be in for a long wait