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Cc33, your brother says hi from the arctic wilderness.

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr matey's THE DAY BE UPON US!!! Avast, ye scurvy scallywags!!

Remember it's all about the dial. Then you get a case and movement to fit.

A jailbroken iPhone is loads of fun, it lets you behind the scenes, as it were.....

Ohhhhhhhhhh yeah. That's nice.

I don't know what all the excitement is about..... my old phone still works fine.

I can just picture it now... Ezio licking his Submariner in the bar and the girl asking "should I get you two a room?" Don't worry about it. Salt in ocean water is tough on metal and a Sub is designed to withstand that. A little sugar is a good thing.

Crown guards look a little off and don't even get me started about that rehaut!

Roger that, in a few short weeks there's gonna be snow on that deck. Break out the skis!!!

Taking a breather by the grill enjoying some late summer sun.

Love that dark lume

I think it's a Yuki and he's cobbled in different endlinks. Every Yuki I've seen has deformed endlinks where they join the band. In this photo you can see the opening is raised in an arc where the middle link penetrates. Genuine bands are flat across here. Here's another showing even more deformation. I had Yuki replace these, and the replacements weren't much better.

I did a quick Google Image check and yeah that looks pretty nice. I bet the Chugach Powder Guides are featured eh? I can't watch it now, but I will. Welcome to my world.

Magnificent!!

I got one from Yuki for $65 and it broke trying to do the build. Betcha JMB can make one better and cheaper....

Freddy, thanks again for posting this. I'm having a bit of trouble with an 8mm BREVET crown and referred back to this for help. On my 8mm crown the central stem tube is square and does not protrude from the crown post very far at all; its face is nearly flush with the crown post face, perhaps proud of that face by 1/10mm or less. When I unscrew the crown from its tube there is good spring action to extend the crown from the tube. But often when I attempt to set the time or wind the watch, the crown just spins as if it's disconnected from the stem. Investigation reveals that the stem tube is down inside the crown post, so the square portion of its shape does not engage the crown post. If I pull out slightly on the crown and turn it, I feel it spin and then click out into place so the stem tube is again protruding from the crown post. Then I am able to wind and se the watch. This makes it seem like the inner post spring is too short. But like I said there is good spring tension to pop the crown out from the tube when I unscrew it from the closed/sealed position. Any thoughts? I suspect (sadly) that I have got a very sophisticated and nearly perfect fake crown here. All other details are exactly right.

Wow that's a huge compliment coming from you. Thank you! That means a lot Ezio, thank you. But I can't take any credit for this build, it's a long long way from what I first put together, to the final piece. Cc33 was the one that guided me from sow's ear to silk purse. HE is the King of Big Crowns around here.

They're 1030 hands, broached for the 2846. Don't ask me about the problems with the hours hand and its seat.

Yes, tinted by Ivan and aged by an unnamed genius.

Another shot of the Big Gonzo, with a little more aging. I think it's about in the ballpark now.

The nice thing about Superdomes, they look great AND they're bombproof... a bear can't crush one.

Life is good, my old friend. Now get with program already and start a Big Crown build, eh? The things are addicting!

MOP is in da house! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk