duke1973

The crystal is a bit too tall, has the wrong bevel, and it has a pinkish tint to it in the sunlight. (not bad though, hardly noticeable) I have another one of these sent off for mods which include, gen crown/tube, gen insert or WM pearl and clarks insert if the gen doesn't fit, trim inside of the CG's, and bracelet softening. I also found a SSD V2 case to drop one of my other new SD's (V1 w/horrible rehaut) into. It should be an easy swap because the dimensions seem to match up pretty good on these two. I like the bezel teeth on the SSD better, they feel sharper and easier to grab and they look cut deeper than the new one.

I wonder how many this seller has? This is the 4th auction for these crowns. I've had each one on my watch list with intent to buy and they have all sold before I got around to buying it. As soon as one sells he relists another one so he must have a few. I guess I better get one before they are all gone!

Finally got around to taking some quick and dirty pics of these two together. Please for give the crappy quality as I don't have a lightbox and that jazz that some of hard core guys here do. The watches are the N00b Super Sea Dweller V2 w/Jackjo mods and a PBDad relume. The other is the newest Superlumed Sea Dweller V2 from Josh @ PC's. I have a couple of the V1 crappy rehaut models but I didn't include them, we've all seen that mess of a rehaut anyway! In the pics the SL SD is on the left and the SSD is on the right. Here they are, all constructive comments are appreciated. Just not about picture quality! HaHa I'll try to get some better pics and add to the thread tomorrow when it's not raining outside.

My advice for the bay would be to find the crown then check the sellers feedback to see if he sells a bunch of gen watches and watch parts. Then if the crown looks good it's probably OK. Just don't buy one from someone with few feedbacks that sell only junk and this is their first and only watch/watch part sale.

Yes, you can fit a NATO on this watch. I have one on a NATO type velcro strap right now!

That's a beauty! Congrats! It looks VERY good!

Beautiful! I'm glad you're bored, now go take some pics of these awesome watches!

If the springbar is too close to the case for the NATO to slip through you can ever so slightly bend the springbar and it'll work fine. Just a slight bend, you don't want to put a crease/dent in the springbar.

Which GMT II? The non ceramic bezel or the ceramic bezel Sub-C?

I use the Cape Cod for polished surfaces ONLY, for the brushed surfaces I use a simple 3M brand green scratch pad.

Congrats! There's nothing better than finally getting the watch you really want! Wear it in good health! Also, pics when you get it.

Yep, those should fit just fine. Raffle's used to have nice dials also. These hands look like they may be black? It's probably just the lighting but I would email the seller and make sure.

Oh yeah, you have that 3135 from your old datejust! You can make an awesome superfraken Sea Dweller! I can't wait to see this one!

PBDad pbdadcustoms@yahoo.com He has a "Deep Sea package" that includes a pearl mod, relume of dial and hands, matte spray the dial, soften and polish the bracelet, and a few other things I can't remember?? The package is a little spendy ($300+) but it will give you the best DSSD available!

Where are you located in the world? I'm sure there's somebody close to you? (at least for mailing it)

I don't think BK does relume work? Vaccum or PBDad are the relumers. Also RSH a member across the forums has a good handle at reluming also. Vac has his dealer area over on RG as does PBDad. For Rsh just search the members list.

Good luck, it would be an awesome piece for sure with the BK mods. Or you could send it to PBDad and have the dial matte finished and a relume if you wanted to take it a step further. But I guess we better worry about getting it first!

IMO, you did fine then. What hands do you use for your build to get the matching lume intensity? The last gen dial build I did I had to get a modder to relume a set for me so they would match the Rolex Factory Superluminova. And to be honest, they are close but nowhere near a perfect match..... The only other option I see is to buy gen hands (at an outrageous price) and then pay more to have them broached to fit the ETA m'ment.

Don't settle for something else, just hang tight for a few days and see if Trevor can get the one you want. In my experience every time I "settle" for the next best thing I'm NEVER happy until I get the one I really I wanted anyway! That is the BEST looking version I've seen, man it looks good.

Did you pay $400 to $600? If so, that's the going rate for a modern 16610 dial w/luminova and in excellent shape.

Oh wow, the Chinese crackdown got the Deep Sea Factory! Aw crap, they were getting SO good too! Maybe this will blow over in a couple of weeks? Did Trevor say anything about when he thought he could get them again?

Good question, I just started looking for the same 36mm model a few days ago. I contacted 2 dealers and both said they were unable to get the smaller version. Then I lucked out and found one in the sales forum on RWI!

Some overpriced fashion watch I'm sure?

Nice review Dee! Awesome pictures too!

You'll have to PM one of the modders, where are you located in the world?