Ephry73

That crystal is ridiculously amazing! the build looks great. Welcome to the club. E

This is definitely doable. Of course, an AR'ed underside crystal will just set it off. Dammit, too many projects and too little time E

I hate doing this, but this old thread inspired me. I wonder who is making similar dials to this Vantage one. E

The DW on my old MBW 1680 red sub is perfect for the 16800! And it has a 2836-2 movement which is also perfect for a 16800/16610. All you'd have to do is get some of those DWs from MBK- take a trip to Thailand!

I need to make it this year.

Great news indeed!

YES! This is why for the 16800 the ETA is a good sensible choice. The date wheel change orientation is not too bad a deal breaker for me as long as I can find a good date disc for it. I may actually use that approach in the end and use the 3135 for the 16600 when TC decides to get some good cases, or for my v3 16610. We should do a group buy of good quality round threes open 6/9 date discs for the ETA. E

PM answered brother. E

I have. Looked interesting. Sadly no pictures. And no, the Pelagos as the one I built didn't look exactly the same. I even tried a 7928 dial. I used a rafflestime yellow snowflake(yellow snow I know I know)

Seiko military turtle today.

Figures. I was after the adapters for a 1016 build and to finish a 16800 using a 2892 and gen dial/disk instead if the y3135 movement.

Same one I'm looking at. Wear it in great health.

Gould work just fine. The screws need to be screwed in all the way prior to inserting the movement/dial/hands package into the case. Use the cutouts as a guide to which way the movement should be inserted. Once in, align the movement to the stem, insert stem into movement. Then simply release the movement screws out and this is how you keep the movement in there. It is the opposite if using tabs/screws. The movement screws should be all you need.

Happy birthday!

Which case do you have and what dial? There's a way to get the movement to sit flush in the case and use the screws to hold it there. No tabs, no movement holder.

I tried sending a PM to Stilty for two of his adapters. Does anyone know if he's still around? E

Shame about Correctime and his 110% gen issues. I hope you get that back brother. The 2824-2 TC movement is very good also. I have been running a TC with this setup and dead on. For a 16800 build the 2824-2 may be a good option, plus the hands move in the correct direction in relation to the crown. E

Recent one

I miss the days of surfing, water polo and cycling while attending military school. Talk about cross fitness! I need to get back on a regimen. What you guys are doing seems straight forward. Thanks for sharing

Lovely watches today! That fiftyF is nice! The Mille with Cali is insane! TC hybrid today

This is looking pretty darn good Thanks for sharing E

Thanks big brother. I will be working on the 5514 this weekend as I want to get that project finished already. The Tudor will get more file time later in the week

For the money is not a bad dial. Too large for a gen type case, but in a silix case or raffles-time I think it will be perfect. The dial is originally a 29mm dial. I trimmed 1mm off but the HR hands are a tad long.

That's exactly what I thought. I couldn't find anything else on here and this is why I posted it. The "magic" Swiss oil is such a cheesy thing. If anyone stumbles on this site, please don't sign up.