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Hi D, I posted some details here.

My latest acquisition a 16570 circa 1991. Finally, my first white dialed watch.

I haven't purchased a gen watch in years and a 16550 is not in my budget these days, but the older bezel and aged tritium is what caught my eye and I had to snap it up. I think I'll be wearing this for a few days to come.

Tuesday and beyond -some neovintage white with patina

Comparing the case width to the bezel -- It is kind of hard to tell based on Silix's pictures, so I may be seeing things that are not there, but it looks like the higher profile cases are also narrower than the bezel. This is Silix's rols168 (1 of the higher profile cases)

This is rols176, the thinner case that I am considering

Saabin used a 'non MBW 1680 from ebay' & I think I know which case he used. But since I do not have access to the equipment he has, I do not think his case will work. As long as I can get the bezel to fit the Silix rols176 case, I think I will be able to correct its minor sins with a dremel.

Freddy, sorry I don't have a photo of how the bezel sized up against either case, but I's say it was about 2mm narrower than the case. Its most obvious between the lugs. Perhaps that portion could be dremeled down??? The ROLS176 seems to be the closest base for your project.

I can tell you the lug holes on the ROLS176 do not line up with any end links/bracelets (the springbars were bent a good 30 degrees) and will likely need to be filled and redrilled.

I hear ya, Saabin has quite a setup .

"Masters" describes it well, another beauty Kruzer -enjoy!

Wow that is one super slim case there , I quickly took some extra shot during breakfast this morning before I left for work

ST4, that watch looks familar

Freddy, I also tried my CWP bond sub bezel on this later version Silix bond sub case and it was the same issue as the older thin case sub -the case was wider than the bezel.

Check with Saabin and see what he did with his 6542, his sure looks like the same case as the Silix 1675 I have. Which is the correct thin case.

Sweet Gianton!!!

Did the dial come that way or were the dark spots in the lume added? -it looks great.

Have a great one Mickey!

What a weird watch!

Looks like some of these custom dials have grey hour markers too. Makes the white ExpII reps more accurate (kinda).

Could be a 16550, it has that type of thicker font bezel and what looks to be white gold surrounds and white hands.

Ha ha TMG, you and your damn itchy trigger finger beating me to the punch - still great minds think alike

I kinda like it, too B-T

And as you say, my dream would be to build the 6542 with the white desk pilots dial and the black bezel

for now the Alpha's as close as I can get!

I like it too. It's very reminiscent of the white dial 6542 grail watch.

There is also this opposite; a Rolex custom GMT dial fitted in a 1655 that was used by Oliver Shepard in the Transglobal Expedition in the late 70's. Look it up on Antiquorum, it sold for $35K.

Gilt Sub Today:

Tudor Big Block Tomorrow

Personally I'm a pepsi guy with GMT's but why does it have to be either, or I always say!

Today

what do you think about this dial ?

Hi P,

It depends what case you want to put it in. It will likely not fit in a Chinese case and as Vlydog mentioned if you put it in a correct Vietnamese case the outer indices don't touch the rehaut and that's a dead giveaway that it's a redial.

I could be wrong but all the T Swiss T dials I've seen, which are the earliest 1655's all have a funky shaped coronet, often called a "frogs foot" (see below) and the standard looking coronet was on later models with the T Swiss <25 T dials.

Ahh, my apologies for misreading It sure would be fun to own, as Ferris put it, "such a fine automobile..."

Yes it would and as Cameron Fry said from Ferris Bueller: "rub it with a diaper".

Back to the topic at hand....

My gen 7016 Today

Ah, fantastic Was it one you built yourself, or did you purchase it assembled? I watched a show on kit-cars a while back, and they interviewed someone with a kit-car version of a supercar (I forget which model it was) and to get the single blade windshield wiper with central positioning, they'd actually sourced a wiper and motor from an industrial digger Even though I don't drive (yet) I think I'd enjoy a kit-car way more than any showroom brought marque, simply for the varation in parts used and whatnot

Hi TJ,

Its unfortunately not my car, this just happened to be at the shop while I was getting an oil change and I snapped a few photos. It would be fun to own one though!

Would I be right in thinking that's the same model Ferrari as in Ferris Bueller's Day Off? (Or rather, the model Ferrari the movie car was supposed to be )

I believe so TJ, except this is a kit too -had a Ford engine in it. Nonetheless its very easy on the eyes!

Tudor Monte Carlo today -sorry for the crappy pix but it was taken from my Blackberry.

An extra shot of the background that happened to be at my mechanics shop today while I was getting an oil change.

Okay, if I understand correctly, the 1520 is a thinner movement than a 1570? Since it has the date disc holder removed? Am I correct? The 1520 sits deeper in the case? stem closer to dial?

Which means, the 2846 is a nice replacement for the 1570 as the stem alignment is very close, but not a very good fit for the 1520 case.

Your case is machined to accept a genuine 1520 movement, correct? So, if you don't want to spring $800+ for a 1520, how about you pick up an ETA 2801 mainplate, or a 2824-2 mainplate and drop all the 2846 parts into the replacement mainplate? This way you will have a thinner movement that will fit the case with better stem alignment, and it will still be a slow beat movement. You can also install a stop lever so the movement hacks, and convert to a two position stem.

But before you go through all the trouble of rebuilding a movement, maybe test fit with a 2824-2 to see if it is a fit.

Stilty, I don't have the answers to those questions, I don't know that much about movements. I always send out these projects as I've wrecked too many movements doing simple tasks and now punt on anything mvmt and assembly related. Either way that's great info, but I'm inclined to pony up the money and drop a gen in there as Freddy said I have a lot invested already.

Sir L, the MkII hands are nice but I really had no other options for sword hands for the ETA, they look real close, maybe a hair too long. I think the Clarks sub hands are fine and have used them on other projects.

Oh and very nice vintage Addingwatch!!!

Nice info Freddy, gonna have to snap one up. My cheapy $40 model works like a champ but is so loud it wakes me up at times when running at night and that's in a closet with a closed door.

Thanks Lani! And congrats again on the Snowflake dial and hands.

Bruce, here's your photo and mine side by side (gen on top). I think the Silix 1675 has a spot on crown position, except the gen has the tiny 5mm crown.

How does that watch compare to this one: Link

GPL, the crown guards are much too thin and shaped like a sub, look at the cg's of the center photo I posted of a gen, they're a very different square shape.

Alligoat noted the main flaw with all 1675 reps, which is the dial wording.

How is it that the crown sits up so high? I thought this was a problem when using an ETA movement. The crown is usually too low. It would seem the crown is in about the right place. What other accuracy issues would there be with a case/watch of this type. I am looking for an older style rep and this looks like a good one.

GPL,

I think the mvmt sits higher since the case is thinner.

The bezel is the other part that is way off, it has the shape of a sub bezel, the GMT bezel is much thinner and the cuts are oriented on the outside of the bezel not the top such as on a sub. I find the lugs a bit thin too and somewhat bulbous shaped but this Silix offering seems the be the best starting point for a budget 1675.

So cool R, your skills never cease to amaze me!

Hmmm the possibilities.....