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light viewing for a half hour... http://www.theluxurychannel.tv/timeMachines.aspx

wow what a trip- eventful to the end! after following this i feel like i have experienced a bit of everest....

pm sent

will be saying goodbye to this puppy shortly- have exceeded my build threshold!!

nightwatch (gordon) or neckyzips....

decided to try a transplant on this one and go destro-

mini 372 destro...

better day yesterday- made a mess of a molly keyless the previous night during a transplant and to calm myself took out an older jackson case to work on. I had thouht shape was gone but the more i worked on it the better it became: so salvaged it! worked it up and it will now be a "slim" 6152/1 build- overal height approx. 15.5mm. If i get a southy or athaya one-piece low bezel i will shave 0.5mm off this! ingredients: older jackson case (reshaped and drilled for crown tube)- lugs to be drilled for older (slimmer) necky compression-fit bars (future mod) jackson CG sterilised with athaya lever installed: pin mod epoxied in place (rock solid "clunky"- best action yet) oakabum brass crown tube and crown solid plexi - necky 6mm taken down to 4mm approx (retained shallow outer curvature) stock bezel (tried silix but this looks better for now)- to be replaced with low-profile shallow one piece (future mod) dsn flat engraved solid caseback (1.7mm visible iir) shape turned out well but for next one i will try proper shape: will leave lugs thicker and get thicker caseback/plexi etc. The aim in this one was to retain the proportions of gen while "slimming" the whole thing down. I think I wil keep this one as a destro and wear lhs.... anyway progress shots (case still bit rough and shape not finished)- mock-up to see how shape looks on older jackson rep strap....

a 65 year old heart in a new body.... beating strong

keep 'em comin!

next one...

by the beach...

great to see the man with the best avatars in the business back! great thread- keep 'em coming!

Great post

light coffee ageing to hands today....

6152 no CG with slightly aged hands this pm...

very nice build!

the strap is temporary- it is a paece 13...

here is an interim build- while doing a 399 i got the incorrect caseback, a thick athaya one, which gave me the idea for a "thick" 6152 no CG build. The case shape i liked was the one in the link below (malai watch sold), but with the display back. Interesting thing about this gen was that the bezel looked similar to the one on a 6152/1 CG model. silix 6154 case can get close but there will always be differences to gen given lack of material in some areas. Buld is temporary to see how it looks on (and tolerances etc) so will need to put in gaskets and correct dial 100%. Not sure about hands- kinda like the newness of them with the dial. LOL after doing this one (particularly the back) I have had another go at the 399/6154 case again....(does this ever end) the ingredients are as follows: silix 6154 case (crown tube threaded by necky and case reshaped by me) necky compression-fit lug bars necky solid plexy (reshaped) one-piece standard jackson 6152/1 bezel athaya thick engraved display back athaya brevet crown molnija 3601 with cortebert ratchet wheel and secs pin removed (thanks michael) nightwatch movement ring southy cream dial athaya high-collar hands case reference pics: http://www.9maiali.com/shopping/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=137&products_id=1754 casework: caseback with movement shot (apologies bad pic) face (apologies bad pics)

Very nice: what are ingredients?

Love the oaks dial!

There are 2 for sale at moment on hf

well done: thanks for the warning- doing the heavy lifting for the rest of us....

i am very tempted to do this to a noob 127...