Andei3000

Griassdi

You should contact either Precious Time (located in UK) or one of the other trusted dealers, as most of them offer

shipping through UK - and therefore no customs worries.

Lg

Andei

Wow!!

How could I've missed this awesome tutorial...

Dremel is speeding up as I'm writing

thanks TX!

Awesome watches there!

Have the CP's on the 156 and 186 been plated? If so how and where

thanks in advance

Andei

this one?

Opening theme is:

Hey Ken,

do you have a sample from this particular song?

When is the song played in the episode, I might help you there.

First snow pictures of the season:

Lot of 1016 excitement about these days! Naturally...

Wow, just wow!

The watch and the shot are "magazine worthy"!!!!!

What's wrong in this pic?

Vintage 6152 without sauce

nothing more to add here

Have a look there for parts: My franken 1675 build

As you going to need a bezel assembly too.

I don't have this one anymore

My arm is strong on Monday - so I'm able to sport the Subzilla:

Don't worry, I bought my dials a while ago

IWC GST Alarm for the start in the weekend:

Thanks Dizzy,

but it's not as difficult as it looks with all the information around the boards.

And keep an eye out - as the next projects are a Milsub and a Pam 6154 -

I'll definitely let you be part of those upcoming builds.

@cib0rgman

I bought two plexis: Cousins reference number: C19225 and C8496

I don't know which one I used in the end, but at 4,30 GBP a piece, not much money is lost.

Thanks all for your kind words, it came out exactly how I wanted it to look like :thumbsup:

Very, very nice!

There's another trick for hands you should try: make some very strong espresso with crema. Then use a q-tip and apply the crema foam, not the liquid, to the hands, covering the metal and lume. The crema will dissolve down to a liquid, and migrate to the edges of the lume, making them darker, and will leave very nice "corrosion" on the metal.

That is genius Nanuq! I'll definitely going to try this method on my next vintage project

@flex

A cheapo a21 movement, as it does everything it should do and is easy to replace

That's a good story to read and a stunning watch to see :thumbsup:

Thanks Joey for this post.

Insert is gen and was bought that way for a lovely sum of 90$

The hands were lumed with a mixture of watercolors, glowinc and a binder that shrinks to get the puffy effect.

Then they were sprayed with clear matte spray from Tamiya and instantly touched up with a papertowel - that's the trick.

The whole story was beginning there: 1675 dials

and has ended so far with this post.

The last few years I was mostly interested in Panerai and then Pre-V-Panerai and then Vintage Panerai...

Logical step after vintage Panerai was a vintage Rolex - as those companies have a strong relationship in the past.

A contemporary Rolex is to sterile for my tastes, I wanted a piece with

an interesting background and this is where it all starts:

For an accurate 1675 build following parts are needed and were bought:

-Josh's 1:1 Rolex 1655

-wholesaleoutlets bezel-assembly

-cousinsuk Plexi with datemag

-gen insert

-and a gen dial found near Betania

This is the story which the seller told me:

The whole watch was found 10 years ago near Betania in Colombia.

It has been parted out, as most parts where not repairable due to the fact, that this watch was found near a plane crash site which crashed in 1972. :nuke:

This got me interested and I searched for that crash and came to the horrible fact, that 39 people died in this tragedy.

So the watch was lying there for almost 28 years, with broken plexi and that's why the dial looks that way.

My goal was to achieve the look of that particular watch which has been exposed to the elements for almost three decades.

IMHO it would be a shame to restore a dial with such an interesting background!

And now for the pictures:

thanks for reading my tale

but this is the story I'm going to tell, if anyone will ever ask me, why my

watch looks like a truck hit it

Andei

p.s.: I want to thank all who contributed with their wisdom to create this watch!

GMT day for me:

201A with a wonderful view

Enough vintage for me this week, I'm going with the IWC GST Alarm:

Vintage franken 1675 for me again

Andei :thumbsup: