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The seagul come (st2130 iir) will match a 2824 Available new on the bay also

That's a beauty What were ingredients? Dsn case + nw caseback etc?

Also pp accounts may be taxed....

Homageforum is your best bet

Still very cheap in comparison to PayPal...

Great!

raffles-time big crown sterile sub

Nice work!

helson on new steel today

helson today: lume firing up! nice profile

Gen parts like that need a wolf case

PayPal are a bit of a pita and their fees are huge. I also know some modders who have received tax bills based on pp transactions! WU also charge huge fees A while back I joined moneybookers as one supplier had his pp account frozen: I found it excellent with fees a fraction of what pp & WU charge.

artego 500 today! insane lume!

I have been hunting for one like this for some time He still does bridge engraving not sure about the rest

The gap and dial construction was due to the slenderness of the case and the fact that a 3 piece dial would not fit iir . . I have tried a few attempts to do a DIY one, 37mm dial on 39mm back plate but never got spot on. If the gap is too small then it will not read at all: likewise if you use a blackened or aged plate the gap will become less pronounced. For this be southy got it spot on IMHO. If i was mounting in a bronze case I would blacken the plate:for ss leaving nos accentuates gap. Again as with all builds this is very subjective and gen images can be varied: I included that gen link of one build to show how little and large the gap can look depending on the angle of the photo, distortion etc. Scroll down through that and in some images there is nearly no gap visible, then front on at slight angle the gap is hugely pronounced: and this is h same build! Actually using a very small ap hs an interesting effect of making a build look more slender, and I have done this before on a silix build where the overall build height was higher than I wanted. I remember looking at 6154 gen shapes for reshapes: oyang's seemed to be the most accurate until I came across a gen which looked identical to athayas! So there will always be a bit of variety in the handmade gens anyway IMHO. For hands I just prefer this type to the ones pictured also...

it's a molnija 3601 with sterilised and engraved bridges by nightwatch. he also rhodium plated them and duplicated the perlage... old school, not sure if he still does these. This one is one i had to take out of an older build: was hidden behind a solid caseback. I think oakabum did these also back in the day. here's the gen inspiration with the gap... http://panerai.watchprosite.com/show-nblog.post/ti-436436/

Finally after a bit of a battle I have this one on the wrist. It is the end of a sequence of 6154 reshapes and builds etc. but has all the ingredients I had hoped for. The parts from this come from a few different sources- special thanks to tan for providing the very rare and beautiful (old school) movement and also to flotigglia for patience in servicing and bringing it back to 10o% health! Also thanks to Southy for the remarkable gaposis dial- hard to believe this was for sale twice with no takers! This is really the best bit, when a build does not go completely according to plan but patience finally wins out. Molly is ticking away like a champ and is spot on atm. Just realised I have not taken plastic protective film off caseback... The parts list is as follows: Athaya 6154 case set (reshaped) two piece bezel (polished) with qplexi Athaya 6154 BBB engraved slim caseback (will try later with thick one also) Necky compression-fit lug bars Nightwatch rhodium plated sterilised and engraved molnija 3601 movement Southy "gaposis RP brown dial Athaya lightly vintagised high-collar hands Timeband 26.26 ammo with sewn-in gpf buckle Here are some dark pics (will need to wait for a sunny day): wristies

new baby here today...back to a proper tool diver... ]

false alarm: this one is both very different to v1 and also to dg movment: "...the newer ones are obviously not DG2813 based..."

Just to let you know of comments over on hf "Please tell me I am not right…. The movement looks like a DG-2813 DG-2816 or 3806… the USD20 movement that is found in a lot of R-copy watches. The standard fare of the copy-watch industry: Dixmont Guanghou or could be a Nanning. If so… it is a great profit margin" "To make it clear, this is NOT a 3135 clone. Honest rep dealers call it a 3135 "appearance at bridges". It's just a DG2813 with modified balance wheel bridge to make it look like a 3135. Check the gears on the auto winding bridge, they're the wrong size and position compared to a gen 3135." I am no expert in these movements but some of the guys think this ATM.... Would be interesting to compare images of both movements, or even actual to hand comparison if anyone has both...

Brilliant Makes me want to go and injure myself!