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I think it actually looks like the old Silix case hats 47mm in diameter without crown with the dual display and solid caseback. It’s not a bad start but would be a lot of work to get it in top vintage shape. Mine started out that way: Right Bottom left Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Looking great so far! Before assembly, may I recommend consideration of an Athaya crown instead? The sharper angles on it are more notably more accurate imho. What will go under the hood? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Such an incredible build but I’d expect nothing less from Neckyzips. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ohhhh I see. Perhaps the Tudor Monte Carlo case is based upon the T-21 crystal instead of the T-128 crystal I had purchased since they perhaps used the case of the Daytona as a mod case instead of the 7031/2. Thanks for the input folks. I’ll have my friend measure he ID size for a correct crystal Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi folks. During a service my Monte Carlo crystal began to come apart. Although I had a Tropic 128 genuine crystal the inner diameter of the crystal was too large for the David Wong (DW) case and the outer diameter was too tight for the DW bezel. Any sources for when one might replace this crystal? Thanks in advance. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A gentleman and great pleasure to deal with. Good to see you around! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wow amazing. Is the Joe who did these rocking engravings NECKYZIPS or a different Joe? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I heard on anther forum that some member was concerned about the Swiss movement in these which is expected. Well in fact it is a nice Swiss ETA 2836: And here is the MBK crown tube on left and Athaya 702 on right: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No this was a gen insert as sold to me by Sub007 I also noticed the same thing. The Athaya tube is a lot thicker and needs the case to be drilled and tapped. This doesn't seem to be true for the 5513 or 1680 as my friend stated his was okay and swapped right in. Athayas tubes for 702 should be exactly the same as gen. They will fit gen crowns. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Any advice for nicer and flatter hands? The MBW seems to be small and off on the hour hand. Actually all the MBW hands are seemingly not correct. I'm considering TC hands vs. M. young hands vs. Clark's with Clark's being the least pricey at $15 or so. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Thanks for the advice. A friend actually kindly gifted me a cartel 93150 and it wears great! As for the crown tube a friend also said in his experience the Athaya (and gen) tubes fit perfect on the 5513 and 1680 MBW. That just mean the 1665 uses a different setup. So no luck on the crown yet but so far so good: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Anyone know a good place to pick up end links and bracelet to match this? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Another interesting tidbit is that this 1665 I got is lumed. All this time I thought the MBW/MBK dials were not lumed? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So good news is I got it drilled and can finally wear it. The bad news is for some reason my Athaya 702 crown is MUCH bigger opening for crown tube. So it wasn't a straight forward swap for the 1665 MBW case. It seems though that the others such as the 5513 that Delaforce another member did was perfect fit... Odd. Stock MBW on the left, and Athaya 702 on the right. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes, for a 1970s model. Thanks I was unaware of this... Man you guys keep adding on more things for me to mod Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lotsa great ones here. Is the silver DW era appropriate? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've been studying gen dials and this MBW dial is just really odd so far as the over expressed spaces in the word "SEA -DWELLER." Makes me feel this dial isn't even worth using as a coaster. Probably just either wear as is or go all out for a nice aftermarket dial and match the lume in the hands. Pouring money to relume this dial seems silly since it's so awkward looking. Also been eyeing some t39. May just be thrifty and slip a Clarks or CWP on it. Gen service replacements are tempting. Original superdome prices are astronomical. As far as crowns go I'm not wanting to spring big bucks on a 700 or 702 gen so got an Athaya 702 on the way. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thank you Ronin 007! Will check those out. Looks like needs to be drilled .Sending to a buddy to help. Just wanna wear it as is for aw hile. upgrade over the next months or year.

Hi everyone, I've done one of these builds before but with a Cartel cass set. Thansk to RolexFinder many of us were able to obtain the coveted MBW/MBK cases. I hope this thread can be a build thread and seek some of your help. First off, I was able to remove the stock bezel fairly easily. Unfortunately there was a lot of goo and glue inside it keeping things held together. I've removed some of it but will have to go back over it with rubbing alcohol or goo gone to be rid of it all so that the bezel can spin with the washer in place. Was able to install the gen flat 4 insert with tritium pearl that I was able to get from sby007. (THANKS). Currently though the bezel is T-I-G-H-T! The second issue is lug bars. My watch arrived without any lug bars. I had some old 20mm lugbars for a many years ago 6200 build but those were too fat. Any advice on lug bar compatibility? I've read in the past that these will need to be drilled to accept gen lug bars. I really wish these came with their original lug bars so I could have something to wear while I gradually build things up. Are there any recommended lug bars that will fit into the current holes as is? Thanks very much for all your responses in advance. Off we go: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Jeez, don't the owners of the forum just get together and instaban these types from all the forums? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk