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  2. 1665 case to fit Gen 1570

    in The Rolex Area

    Posted

    Hello,

    I'm looking for a case that fits a gen 1570.

    I read the thread about the modded MBW case, and I know that a 1570 will fit in it.

    But I'm searching for a case that is even better than the MBW.

    It must have a correct gas escape valve, like the one RiverwindMBS sold here

    some day s ago for 2800 dollar. And it should have the milled crease around the

    bottom. Do you know what I mean? It's difficult to explain for me, but the gen Rolex

    have a crease at the bottom.

    If possible the case should already fitted with a gen tube, crown, crystal and gas escape valve.

    If anybody knows something about such a case and where to buy it, please let me know and

    write me a PM or add alink in that thread!

    Regards

    Chris

    Chris,

    You might check this out 1665, he sells the case kit alone or assembles the piece for you and you supply the mvmt, but it's not cheap. Someone on the forums here must have bought one of these, I don't recall any reviews though, but I do remember reading that it's more accurate than an MBW.

    They have some interesting items for sure.

    Keep us posted if you pull the trigger.

    -TMG

  8. A newbie

    in The Rolex Area

    Posted

    Great job Stingray!

    Weathering the dial and hands to balance out the aging, replacing the crown/tube and a gen crystal will go a long way. I'm not too handy myself but with all the great info/how-to's on this forum I managed most those mods with less than a $300 investment in the tools to do the job. The dial and hands I left to The Zigmeister (I'm not that talented), Flav does great work too.

    I think the bigger part is the satisfaction you get doing the work yourself.

    Here's my MBW DRSD and what was done to it:

    tmg DRSD

    PM me if you need help sourcing any parts.

    Regards,

    -TMG

  11. MBW 93150

    in The Rolex Area

    Posted

    Drop,

    I can tell you my last MBW from TTK that I received about a month ago (a WSD) came with hollow mid-links. My two previous MBW's, a 1680 and SRSD from WM came with solid. The end links are also the correct style that come without the springbar cutouts on the underside, but unfortunately they're still marked 503 instead of 580 or 585.

    A pleasant surprised to see the accuracy improvement albeit for a newer style buckle on a 93150 bracelet, but then again that's what you would get if the bracelet were replaced by RSC.

    Please let us know if this is the case with yours.

    -TMG

  12. Various misc. wrist shots...

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Great idea Ubi. You covered a nice range of sizes.

    Here are a few larger watches on my puny 6.75" wrist. My .02 is if you like it, wear it. Pulling off a larger frame watch with a smaller wrist is how comfortable you are in it and your attitude about it.

    Here's a 47mm Vintage 6152

    279356-1525.jpg

    And a holy crap!... look at the size of that thing PAM 187

    279356-1526.jpg

  14. my first genuine watch

    in My Collection

    Posted

    DT, what a great timepiece.

    If the U2 was a "Tier 1 brand" model it would be a $4-5k watch. I think Sinn and Oris are some of the best bang for your buck brands out there.

    Enjoy it!

    -TMG

    this was one of the things that pushed me over the edge -- i feel like this watch is really good relative value. where else can you get a genuine diver rated to 2k meters with a GMT movement for less than $2k?

    deltatahoe

  17. 5513 Tropic questionand options

    in The Rolex Area

    Posted

    Shawn,

    Here a pix of a superdome T19 compared to a replacement T19 model from RSC, which came off of my Tudor Snowflake Sub. As I understand it Rolex used several crystal manufacturers over the years so that's where the variation on Tropic crystals come in, but most of what I've commonly seen on vintage subs are the replacement style T19 you see on the left.

    There sure as hell is no mistaking a superdome!

    Hey Euno,

    Clarks says they're working on their own T19 superdome but not sure of the release date yet.

    276654-2353.jpg

    And the even taller T39 superdome side by side with the T19. Man there is nothing like vintage plexi :thumbsupsmileyanim:

    276654-2354.jpg

  18. "the first watch on the moon"

    in The Omega Area

    Posted

    The "novelty NASA strap"... where did you source this item?

    I just sourced myself a used Gen Moonwatch and would like to accesorize mine as such as well...

    Any tips would be appreciated.

    Oi,

    A gentleman on Timezone custom makes these in several styles, a very nice chap BTW. Deltatahoe did a nice review here: Topic

    Here's a direct link to TZ, but it looks like a lot of his hosted pics are down.

    It's a fun strap to have on a Speedy -enjoy!

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