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Need a caseback for a gen 1.7 mil 1675 midcase. Any advice on an aftermarket caseback that A ) fits and B ) is fairly low budget? Thanks!

Ok, decision made. I'll keep the dial as-is. Thanks guys for the moral support

Thanks guys for the feedback! No, can't blame the question on narcotics or other substances Know it's one of the golden rule of gen dials to always avoid refinishing if not totally beaten up (another gold rule being not to snip off dial feet). To the story however goes that the dial at the same price as say an NDT. The seller insisted on having it sent over to Michael Young. which I kindly turned down - to get some time to gather thoughts and review options. When I got the dial I was however surprised how much I liked it as-is. Although this, I just don't know if that missing marker at 4 will be irritating and taking focus from the rest of the watch. On the other hand, if relumed - will I spend most of my days regretting that the original lume is gone forever..? And yes dbane - case should look familiar to you and a crew of other guys here

Hi guys, Have such hard time deciding... Should I have this relumed or not? What do you think?

Really like it, would say that you're just about as close as it gets if we're talking "lume" mixture (color, texture). Lovely picture of the hands too! When it comes to the dial, I'd say what remains for perfection is just practice and more practice to get the indice shape 100% (circles, rectangles and triangle). Just my uneducated 5 cents

Very special watch, never seen one of these before... What parts were used and what's the model number if one might ask?

Double red 1665 is a real classic. Very envious of your vintage sub collection!

That looks really good! Could you describe how it was assembled (if dial was laser welded to the inner ring or not etc)? I'm asking as I've (or Pbdad to be honest) had some issues getting it all together...

+1, send it off to Akira who's also in the EU

TD Watchinternational (Mary)

Very very impressive Akira! You've come a very long way. As others have pointed out, color is spot on. There's quite some variation I'd say regarding how the degradation has affected texture, some spongy - some not and more dry/matte. Regarding shape, my understanding is that gilt dials and earlier matte dials had more rounded shapes, later ones having flat appearance. Bart dial: Malteser plots matte: Spongy:

Same here, thanks SD!

Congrats mate!

Kiefer:

Elbow grease would add $$. But yes, w0lf should have educated a pack of chinese apprentices from the rep case factory!

You need fatter and stubbier lugs doug. Buy a DSN case and play around with it

Standard rep "new and improved" version from the dealers, but gen dial and hands added.

Wearing Portu today, that my calender says is the 23rd

Welcome kobo! What did you e-mail Angus team about?

The thread was started by Rolexfinder, none other, late December 2013 and is currently bumped in the straps sales section. Am I misunderstanding something?

Amount of red text on the dial also affects price...

Paul bumped some of his old stock of MX straps just a few weeks ago, so I'd say he's alive and kicking...

Wow, that's REALLY nice!

Interesting watch, what is it?