Mendota Explorer

Cool! Thank you! That helps a lot. [emoji2] Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

I'm just wondering what that movement is, where you sourced it, and if you remember a price? Were the Yuki ETA hands a direct fit? Sorry if this sounds like a noob question. I'm not very familiar with numbers outside of basic ETA and DG. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

Very nice build. Looks beautiful. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

Amazing piece. Those crown guards are fantastic. Specs?

Nice dial indeed!

This is the same watch as the red. Same dial, hands, everything is the same. The only 3 changes are the black crown tube, the black rose on the crown, and the black bezel insert. Personally, I think the rose gold looks better with the black insert. The red triangle pulls it out just enough.

That's the money shot right there. What a great build. That really seals the deal for me.

Cool info all around. What a great piece of history right there!

Either the engraver or the author of that chart misspelled his name. The caseback reads "Dewey" but the chart reads "Dewy." His serial # matches though - 16597. Interesting.

Eslinger has a complete case reference chart for all case numbers and which gaskets go with each one. I just had to get a new case gasket for my 1680.

Outstanding work! This looks fantastic!

Thanks for bumping this. I was just thinking about this the other day. He was also working on a 6mm crown. Is that done yet?

You could always have JMB do some custom engravings for you if you got to the very end point of the build and wanted Tudor engravings on it to finalize it. You could make your own serial #, too.

Oh, I see now. They lent him $500. Got it. The whole pawn shop thing is completely foreign to me. So there's a flat out sales price or a loan price. How long does the guy have before he forfeits it? Very interesting business model.

Sorry man. I didn't mean to step on anyone's toes or start a turf war/dance off. This is just a hot item right now and there are a lot of members posting pics of their Yeezy purchases at the moment over yonder. Glad to read that there is a local source here that can hook you up. [emoji106] [emoji2]

Oh yeah. I had never even heard of these shoes until people started posting about them in the AliE thread. They seem kind of expensive for reps, though.

And cheap. They are under $10 and come in tons of great colors. [emoji106] [emoji2]

I'm confused though. Didn't the pawn shop literally just offer him $1,500 for it just minutes before? How did the deal drop down to $500? Is that because he declined the first offer and then the owner was ticked off and low balled him on the second offer?

Dayum! Perfect match!

Guys have been buying Yeezy reps on Ali Express. You can read the reviews of them over on RWI in the non-watch products AliE thread. There are tons of pages and thousands of posts, so do a search at the top of the thread for key word Yeezy. You'll find what you are looking for .

Is the Clark assembly any good?

My bad. I went back to Yuki's site and he has 6536, 6538, and 5510 dials for gen movements but not 5508. Dials to fit ETA are even more limited. For no crown guard subs he only has a 6538. Like you said, Minh is probably the best option. I'm just thinking something inexpensive to age and use as a place holder. Can you clip the feet on one of the gen feet dials and use that with an ETA? I know that both the 6536 and 5508 share the same depth rating. The dials both look similar to me. I'm not getting one of these anytime soon. I'm just thinking through possibilities for future reference. [emoji2] [emoji106]

Is that 5508 dial halfway decent or is Yuki's better as something to buy the time until the nameless one can produce a great one?

Thanks. Is there any kind of reference chart or guide that shows which ETA calibers are equal to which Sellita calibers?