HaydenM

Nope, I just throw on whatever watch takes my fancy though with mainly a 1016, 16610 and a black 1675 there's not too much colour that needs to be matched.

Any advice for then installing the next crystal?


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- vibes and hayden: those are both fantastic looking 1016's, would either of you mind providing specs? I always like to see what others have used.

mano- Cost was $142.50 to strip and lume the hands, and lume the dial. I can't recommend Kent enough. He's provided lume service for plenty of 1016s (both gen and franken), and I couldn't be more pleased. I can't find the lume shot he sent me, but his work is really top notch. He was patient and worked with me to find the "light" vintage that I was looking for.

Also, I found a better shot (from Kent) of the watch head before he sent it back.

Crystal http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rolex-Crystal-Reference-25-116-116-NEW-CLARK-/232312380753
 
The bezel should have a flat friction ring, if you do not have that (can't see it in your pictures) then this is what you need http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bezel-Flat-Friction-Washer-1675-16750-16753-16758-For-Rolex-/232280989788
 
The bezel assembly should be in 3 parts, bezel ring, friction washer and retaining ring that presses over the crystal.
I see you have the retaining ring and bezel so maybe need the friction ring?
 
Good luck, I love my 1675  

Woman

Hi all,

Today I ended up pulling out a long since worn cartel 1675 and have decided that there's no point in leaving a decent potential sitting about unworn due to the qualms I currently have with it.

So I've done some rough research and essentially the two most urgent issues I would like to fix are the crystal (in particular the cyclops as it distorts crazily currently) and the bezel mechanism (which currently is ridiculously loose and doesn't much allow the insert to be positioned reliably). To solve the crystal I've heard of many replacing it with a clark's crystal but I am unsure as to which crystal would be used for a cartel 1675 and for the bezel mechanism I am wondering if any fix is even possible.

Eventually no doubt I'll end up modifying it in other ways but these are the most urgent ease of use modifications and any advice from those on the board who know far more about 1675s would be incredibly appreciated.


Thanks in advance,
HaydenM

Congratulations on the first build and a hello from my jmb 1016 which was my first build a couple of years ago now.



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14 hours ago, ubiquitous said:

Nicely done! Think 1940's PPs are my weakness... The chronographs of this era especially!

 

Mine says hi!

Great to see you back Ubi, I've definitely missed seeing those pateks of yours around.

Bar

Sweet

Update: The watch is repaired after losing a single screw in my entire room and spending about an hour searching for it. Should be a good gift hopefully


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Wow, that is nice. I would have thought it would have been Quartz but even better; a mechanical movement. I hope your mum appreciates it.

Update: Something, somewhere in the movement is screwed up now, so the movement is currently in pieces. This will be interesting haha


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Some photos of it taken apart:






And of course the obligatory wrist shot:

 

Good stuff. Would be nice to see a photo of it opened up and also when finished. 

3 hours ago, kernow said:

Are there any witness marks from previous removals? I'd have thought a case knife would be required?

Hey mate,

Thankfully I have found where to open the case back (just to state for the record there is a minute minute mark opposite the crown). Took it apart and cleaned up the inside of the crystal and most of the dial. Going to try to clean up the outside of the crystal now and should be ready to gift.

Hi All,

With christmas coming up I wish to give my mother the gift of a watch and have had a vintage Movado that I purchased a while back sitting in my desk for this. I am just wondering if anybody would have any idea how I would go about removing the caseback on this watch as I would like to give the dial and the inside of the crystal a clean before giving it as a gift.

Thanks in advance for any help.






Regards,
HaydenM

Wearing my 1016 today:

Wrong section mate 

The Hulk has been taken down, the Panerai I do not know enough about and the 16610 could go either way.

Yeah, crownguards are certainly not really meant for waterproofness unless you go smacking your watch against something underwater and sheer the crown off (which definitely can happen, my grandfather did it numerous times with him old omega on building sites).

As for screw-down vs non-screw-down, I usually just use screw down (oysters) but there are plenty of watches without. Just don't go playing around with the crown underwater and you should be fine.

Wow amazing build, wear it in good health. 

3 minutes ago, mjmj said:

Its from mymanmatt. He sourced the Stella dial and put it in one of his builds.

I'm going to have to bite the bullet and get a MMM build one of these days.

11 hours ago, mjmj said:

I thought I'd get the ball rolling

 

What's the build?

That's definitely a lot for a 2824-2, Have you tried looking for a cheap donor watch?