monkeypunch

If those old 6694 hands are gold, i'd be interested in them if you wanted to get rid of them.

Curious if you have actual Air-King hands or regular stick hands.

Great work! I'm in love with that dial!

On 2016-04-26 at 1:03 PM, Mendota Explorer said:

Which hands are better - the Helenarou hands or the Yuki hands that come matched with the Yuki dial? Or can you keep the stock cartel hands? Once you add in the cost of a new handset, doesn't that make the Yuki and Helenarou similar in price?

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Suppose you could keep the Cartel hands if you wanted. TC hands are the best. Clarks hands are a reasonable compromise. The only downfall being seconds hand. What I would do is use the Clark hour and minute hands and the Cartel seconds hand.

The HR 5513 dial is in my opinion a better option than the Yuki dial. It's cheaper, has eta dial feet, and the fonts look better to my eye, especially the S in Submariner which has always been a flaw in Yuki's Rolex and Tudor Submariner dials.

Gorgeous!

Love it!!!

A 2472 or something similar should fit the bill.

Different stem heights. A 2783 would work though.

If you look close at the examples of these he has on his site, the date windows seem to be in the ETA datewheel position. So, if you were to buy one of these and wanted to replace with a rolex movement you'll need a new dial.

Note the "13" looks more eta than rolex to me...

I'd go with the Air-King, it has an automatic movement. That seals the deal for me anyway...

45 bucks?

Go with the HR dial, it's miles ahead of the one you've shown us.

Fonts look way off to me.

Count me in!

Hands seem to be the toughest part about these Air-King builds. I looked high and low for a set of hands for my 5506 franken and had to settle for a pair of dauphine style

hands:

Not perfect, but they look the part for an older Air-King.

Well done, sir!

No one mentioned the 2879 yet. A solid movement and I've had better luck with them than 2846's

Diamonds...

Thank you!! I was a bit hesitant with the gilt dial, but I got a great deal and other than the "Rolex" being a hair too wide and the second hand a vit off, I'm really happy with it.

I love the pearl look, so maybe replacement is better. Any suggestions? Frankly I've tried to fade this Clarks inert with no success....I've used straight bleach, straight acetone (nail polish remover and nothing! Still shiny and back. My next step is a light buff with a magic eraser...

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Various sellers can supply pearls. Yuki at the top of my head sells them as does Athaya (Never dealt with him though).

They do look FANTASTIC

 

and are very repable but are rather smallish at 38.5mm case

 

Sounds like a perfect size to me. Watches of this ilk look rather silly over 40mm.

MBK 5513 with a Swiss low beat heart and rep 702 crown....before.

And after with a Yuki gilt dial...

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I'd pop that pearl out or invest in a better one. Watch looks great besides that!

Looks sweet, what are the other specs if I may ask?

I'd say you're off to a pretty good start!