so i have noticed that the sapphire crystal on my tw's are not really close to gen ones at all. they have a less smooth edge and are angled, where as the gens seem more 90 degree's straight up, with a slight smooth edge.
take a look at the pic of the modern seadweller and you'll see what i mean. I'm sure this has been noticed before, but its beginning to annoy me. has anyone fitted a gen sapphire crystal on a tw case???
here's the pic
20mm springbars, not sure where to get gens though, but i can use a few pairs myself, let me know if you find anything.
And we have the same collection buddy, except my 1680 is mbw, and i also have a mbw 1665.
if you get this rebiasing to work, i'm comin over and giving you a big kiss!!! or maybe i'll send my girl to do it, lol.
tis a beauty that 16800.....was considering building one myself.
Do you guys notice the rehaut on that? Pretty shallow in comparison to the 16610.....tw case may be to deep, but i may be wrong
thats a rep modern case from the looks of it, has a small lip in the inner top for the crystal to press in, and a lip on the outside for the bezel to snap under.
i think i see a hole on the top left also for the pin that creates the click.
lugs look kinda iffy, tube is pooh, and the cg's need a nosejob, but the rehaut actually looks pretty good. you may be able to make something out of this
hey tribal, can i get a case of those fukital pills?
yeah, i definatly consider myself lucky on this one, and if i can get a gen dial, even luckier, maybe even the luckiest person on earth!!!
....by the original owner, and they look great and, the bracelet fits just fine. so obviously this can be done. the person i got it from, rhymes with doobie said the guy told him that he just used a drill press.
who's gonna take the plunge first on these wretched misaligned tw classic lugholes???
TW Best Classic GMT II, let the mods begin....lugs are drilled, springbars fitted, gen black/red insert on the way, new movement with correct stack on the way, just need a gen dial, gonna do a nato strap on this one i think.
Thank you to my extremely generous seller