Mendota Explorer

Frick frack, that is gorgeous. I want it. Please share the specs.

I think it was Civic over on Homage Forum who took his Silix case and produced amazing chamfers by hand on his 6200 build. Those cases and lugs are squared off and he produced really nice looking chamfers either with a dremel or by hand with a file.

Maybe if we are really nice to Dbane and give him lots of beer and whiskey or wine (or cash) he will help us out with our own vintage case projects!

Is that ABC Watchwerks? I've heard good things about them...

Yes. ABC. Funny I couldn't remember such an easy name! Apparently they do such a great job with bevels that whenever someone gets a vintage piece back from the ABC spa and posts a pic, everyone all knows it came from ABC.

There is a shop in LA that does a lot of restoration and service work for vintage pieces. Their trademark icing on the cake for clients is to put new bevels on the case before sending it back. Members over on TRF swear by them. I can't remember their name but your work is on par with them!

Woot woot! This is our man!

That was nice of him to do that for you! Seriously. He took the time to find it and a box, knowing you would really appreciate it.

Yessss! I can't wait to see what you do with this! I've been drooling over all of the genken big crown builds and now finally someone is pulling off a genken 1675. This is like Christmas!

LOL, thanks Ezio!

Holy sh#t, that's a big ass leaf!!

I'm sure he moved it again.

This is incredible. I really want to see pics of the rest of your collection. I would also love to see a thread featuring everyone who has these genken builds all in one place. How amazing would that be? I aspire to someday follow in the footsteps that you guys are all leaving. This is great.

^ Lol!

Very cool find.  Out of curiosity, why didn't he want it anymore?  Not enough Rolexes to work on? 

Wow!!  Wow!!  I cannot wait to see the progress you make with this. 

Your last 2 pics sold me!  Looks awesome. 

 

Have you thought about a Yuki vintage pearl?

Don't forget to ask Adrian for a stem adapter when you order the crown and tube.  You need it for these stems.  He will include it with the crown for a couple of bucks.

 

Then go over to Homage Forum and look at Kime's 6200 build log thread.  He gives detailed step by step instructions with pics on how to measure and cut your stem using Athaya's stem adapter and the crown/tube set. There isn't much room for error, so his instructions will help you get it right the first time.

 

This looks great.  You did a nice job with this. 

Agreed.  Are they even selling actual Noob watches or are they just using the name since it is thrown around on all of the various forums?  It isn't like Noob can go after these guys for stealing their name or trademark.  It's the rep world!  

Well that's a bummer!