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Nice work on the gen Flav Defintely a keeper, not all ladies love chunky watches and sportscars

Rotating between these; Have a great weekend people

I don't take on work but just curious to which watch type we're talking about? Rolex, Panerai ... ?

Wow Ubi, super teaser that is! Looking veeeery good

the third watch on the left, top drawer

Just pm'd Silix about the possibilities too

excellent choice, looks great, swan neck and correct E movement ! Is the movement engraving good?

Wow all colour just match perfectly, very very super!

Yes the dial should be pretty tasty by now Smokers hate chewing tobacco so hopefully you're safe Thanks for the tip about varnish forgot about that, got some spare varnish I can use from a superlumina package The dial soaks up most of the solution, but I'll do it just to be safe, and it will get a bit more glossy surface, great!

Marco, by comparing your 6152/1 dial to my 3646 dial I think there's only few differences; you used more sugar on dial numbers which in my opinion looks better Try to use (thewatchboys) steel wool to slightly roughen the dial surface and smear some some chewed tobacco (really great stuff ) on dials and hands and it should be identical (if not a lot better)

Marco, most of these vintageing techniques are from your excellent post : Marco's 6152/1 I just added some chemicals and distressing

Thanks everyone I'll post a full vintage/distressing instruction later today for those interested (at work now).

Thanks! PS. The Luger P08 is ww2 german issue, just finished restoring it

Maybe if the group was large enough, Silix could special order one last round of these Bond watches. I'm in for 2

Marina Militare 3646 Davidsen with Germano custom-made strap incl. sewn-in buckle Hope you like it Mods done: Replaced dial with thin lume version Aged dial/hands, case, crystals and strap using various methods Aged/darkened Rolex bridges using phosphoric acid & steel wool EDIT UPDATE: Vintageing process; First, most of these instructions I've found on the forums and my sincere thanks to those posted similar instructions before. Second, try at on risk. Dial: brushed lightly w/ steel wool and a thick mix of (chewing) tobacco, Nescafe and sugar mixed in just a little cold water is rubbed on the dial with q-tips. Careful around dial text since the text is water soluble in luke warm water. Extra sugar can be added into mix and placed onto dial numbers if you want a more glassy/shiny look on these. Hands: Fine sandpaper onto surface, then paint them w/ diluted mix of the dial mixture Case: Press granite stones onto case, use sandpaper, steel wool and cape cod polish. Crystal: steel wool around outside edges, diluted yellow ethanol marker pen at inside vertical edges Strap: steel wool on buckle, soaking strap overnight in leather oils, dry, and wiggle the strap in all possible directions. Polish leather when dry w/ cloth to get a shine. Rolex plates: First note that winding stem of Molijna movement needs to be removed in time-setting position, but still can be messed up. Movement also prone to rust. Please read The Zigmeisters posts about it. Also acid is dangerous, wear gloves and goggles. Remove rolex plates and leave in at least 40% phosphoric acid at least overnight until darkened in right shade. give it a light polish with steel wool and apply light coat of anti-rust oil like WD40. Alternative to phosphoric acid is gun bluing but movement will get a blue/black instead of grey/black tint. Additional mods possible but not tried yet: Davidsens crown doesn't fit close to the case, tube can be removed & grind down for this and inserted deeper. Did sort of like it the way it is though. Lug welding, need to find proper cheap equipment or a good watchsmith. That's it, don't be afraid to try and if I can do it you can do it

nice, thanks for the pics

Very nice! Like it a lot Are you encountering any problems fitting the Panerai hands to the movement?

So what would be the best starting rep model (currently available) to make the bond watch? Milgauss 6541 MBW?

I'm working on the same thing Waiting for answer from G/MBW to see if they can come up w/ a better platform than the Milgauss

Excellent

Yeah Flav, tell us the REAL story! We all know she really gonna get that baby bratz watch

had to look "shill" up in a dictionary : A shill is an associate of a person selling goods or services who pretends no association to the seller and assumes the air of an enthusiastic customer. The intention of the shill is, using crowd psychology, to encourage other potential customers unaware of the set-up to purchase said goods or services. Shills are often employed by confidence artists.

d*mn

Thanks Stilty , I've already ordered the 445/2 part, see top "Planned: upgrade w/ part to skip date-set function in stem..." I'll look into the Longines movement, could be very good, but difficult to service? Thanks vacuum Thanks Eddhead Bracelet is actually from a so called "Trusty 1:1 top grade vintage" which I bought for the grey datewheel but the wheel turned out to be a disappointment. Bracelet turned out pretty good after some work. Looking for gen 580 endlinks since the rep 580 ones couldn't handle expansion.

Thanks miquel Thanks Ubi, nice to get compliments from the master !