Just received this from River and I found myself loving the new look of this 47mm vintage model. I just can't bear to send it for aging mods. I have other 6152 coming in soon. Maybe I should just keep this as it is until later.
River has lightly aged the hands though. Nice job, I must say.
What do you think? NOS or mod?
<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The AR fixed and looking clear but compared to CrPO42 it's a little more bluish than purplish. Bezel looks less glossy than gen and resembles the UPO but in blue. Other than that I think it's a very nice piece. Finish is very well done.
Thanks! It's one of my favorite vintage Rolex any day. Sounds like the inevitable. The more I look at it the more I feel it needs more realistic vintage lume color. Where can I get the tritium pearl? Should I get one of the aftermarket ones from eBay?
Got this done but wondering what else I can do for it...
Watch case: MBW
Movement: ETA 2846
Dial: Yuki
Hands: Omega Seamaster 300
Insert: Aftermarket from classicwatchparts
Crystal: Watchmaterial
Lug bars: Self made using 2mm marine grade steel bar
Jobs done:
- Drilling lug holes
- Microwelding of steel bars
- Sanding edges of lugs to flatten ends of lug bars
- Reshaping of CG
So what else can I do? Vintage relume of hands? Vintagizing the insert?
There should be no need use hairdryer on a watch, unless it has absolutely no water resistance then you shouldn't even wash the watch at all. The only watches I know do not have such WR are the gen vintage ones with old gaskets. If you need to clean such watches, use a dry and clean toothbrush.
Something is still not quite right about this 1:1 "Made with a Genuine Watch Dissected...". Comparing to these photos of gen... Looking up close... Bezel of 1:1 rep looks much wider than gen1:1 rep seemed have increased size from 114270 mainly on the bezel, while gen dial looks largerHands on 1:1 rep look larger than genWhat do you think? Am I wrong, coz I sure hope I am so I can get one of these and be happy with it.