gasebah

I was getting hysterical....:-)

Thx mate.

Hi guys,

I hope you can help me.

1. Where can I get a good quality folded 7836 bracelet. Yuki had them but they are "currently unavailable".

2. Where can I get the famous "Athaya 700" crown?

Thanks for your help guys.

Yes. Fits perfectly if you choose the correct dial size. It takes all Unitas 6497/98 clones.

Guess I really have to talk to you guys in the process when I continue building watches. For now I have enough stuff in the drawer to practice and I do not want to ruin something as special as a custom made dial. But the time will certainly come.

I found this very interesting article on the net:

http://www.stefanv.com/watches/making-custom-watch-dials-1.html

Simple. I just sourced some parts all over the net. 

1. The mini fiddy no crownguard case is from jacksontse.com
2. Phantom dial and hands are from getat (siswatch727.com). Be careful, this is not a good company to deal with. I waited almost 2 month for my shipment and had to write endless mails to get a reaction.
3. The movement is a Seagull Unitas clone which you can buy all over ebay. I bought a PVDed one as well and mixed the bridges to get the zebra look.
4. Strap was out of my drawer. I cannot for the life of me remember where I bought it.

Be aware that the mentioned companies are not trusted dealers. But I guess the main reason is that they are established in the Homage sector and not in the Rep sector and this is a rep forum. They are well known in the homage world.

-Alex

World for me as well....

Thx guys. It looks much more classy in real life. I would love to add some more pics, but still having problems with uploading anything.Hey wait...now it works. As you can see I also mixed up PVD and steel bridges to give the movement kind of a zebra look. It is kind of rewarding as this is definitely a one of a kind piece.  

Hi guys,

I just recently bought a 7032 with Yuki hour and minute hand. I am still waiting for the watch but already thinking about improvements. What bugs me from the pictures is that the minute hand is too long. I have to shorten it by maybe a milimeter or so. What would be the safest way to do so? Just use small pliers and hope nothing will get bend or is there a safer way?

-Alex

I finally got my stuff as well. After 2 months or so...

It is a mess. I get an error message with piccolio too. I just uploaded pics from Tapatalk and got an error message there but the pics show up in my post regardless. Go figure.

I am still trying to up my watchmaking and build as much as I can. Not easy to build something that is not existing many times with parts from the net. I came up with this mini fiddy homage with stealth dial. I deliberately did not include crown guards as I did not want it to look like a PAM rep gone bad.

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I get an error "200" every time. Is there a max file storage or something?

Same here. Tracking numbers but no confirmation that the order has been shpped. Unanswered mails, or mails with promises. Never again. Fortunately it is only an amount of 40 USD or so....

If you like the 16610 then IMHO there is only on way to go. TC sub V7. I absolutely love mine. In fact it is the only Rollie rep I would ever wear except maybe for an excellent Franken vintage. As was said before they are a minefield.

This is the first watch I build from the mainplate up. I disassembled the movement, I cleaned the parts, I oiled it including the Incablocs. I rebuild the movement, I regulated it, I cut and filed the stem to size for the case, put on the dial with dial dots, installed the hands, cased it.

It was a mess in so many ways. But I succeeded. It is certainly nothing special, nor is it my most beautiful watch. It is just crap from the net put together.

But [censored] it I am sooo proud. :-)

Thanks to all the enthusiastic guys and the inspiration of this forum. If it wasn't for you guys I would have never done it.

I also tried it for a year now. No clue. 

Seikrambler:

Or a [censored] story...

So cool. Wish I had a 3D printer at home.

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1249221

There is also a 3 axis tourby:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a22003/build-your-own-tourbillon/

Another Seiko...

I am neither a PAM nor a Mare Nostrum expert, but these sub dials are utter nonsense. The scales should read 60 secs and 30 mins. Also I have never seen a Mare Nostrum with an open case back.

10 minutes ago, Nanuq said:

That's a great Soxa! Nicely done.

Still have to change the black chapter ring to a blank silver one. The markers on the bezel and the chapter ring are redundant which looks odd.  Also with a silver chapter ring I believe the rehaut will look a little less deep.