Congrats V,
you didn't have a sleep for 48 hours ??? , be prepared for the next months to come.
Your lucky if you have a few hours in a row at night. Best part is you have a beautifull son and you forget about the sleepness night very soon.
Enjoy !!!
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Laz you will come over the loss of your 005
My first PAM love was
which might be up for sale to finance a new item
Today , if i'm wearing PAM's , this Tourby watch is on my wrist
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I would realy like to be there but it depends on where the GTG is held and when ofcourse.
I think that i will be atteched to my 2 cruches for more then 3 months to come.
Yesterday i visited my ortopedic surgeon who wasn't pleased with the progress of the bone growth and told i had to stay on 2 cruches for at least 2 months
So if it's not to far from Holland i'm in.
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Thanks all for the good advise.
It maybe the case that the watch caseback is of a poor quality but i do know that there is a difference between the cheap China copied Bergeon tools and the genuine Bergeon tool.
I will not distroy my MBW with lots of modds by using a 50 dollar cheaper tool.
@ Stephane Offei is selling the original Bergeon 5537 - M and the 29,5 mm dye.
The only thing i don't like is the EMS shipping for 30 bucks but i think they are also willing to ship it with reg airmail.
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Dear members,
to start i'm not the best photographer and i don't have a lightbox decent flash etc.
so i have to depend on sunlight ( shades closed to get a more yellow picture ) and all simple tricks.
Never the less i'm very proud with my new baby.
She started as a out of the box MBW/MBK 1665 DRSD
I decided to have some modds doen but didn't go for the full option like movement swap, gen bracelet etc.
This is how it came back after the modding.
The hands and dail were "relumed" and modded to look like the old Tritium ones.
A week part is still the pearl or maybe to the total insert. i didn't have the patience and time to find a decent one.
The insert which is on sits flush and perfectly in the bezel.
The crwon guards where shaped to look more gen. A gen crown and tube was installed. I was lucky to get a brand new late 70's crown.
The paint was removed from the caseback
A Tropic T39 from clarks was installed and the lugholes were drilled to gen specs
I didn't swap the bracelet so the bracelet was modded to except gen springbars which are in ofcourse
And finally the wrist shot
Thanks for looking
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Cats
Thanks guys.
@ Stephane if i understood you correct, you bought the cheap one for the let's say handle bars and the original dye to open the case.
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Dear experts,
i need a caseback opener for my rollies.
when i buy a set bergeon 5537 i get a set of 6 dye's.
I only have a Noob Mariner an Explorer II and a MBW 1665 is it right that i only need the 29,5mm dye ???
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Cats
@ Stephane thanks for your comment , i'm starting to get addicted to this brand.
@ vlydog
the mods that are done to this beauty are:
gen crown and gen tube
T39 superdomed from Clarks
Crown guards shaved
Lugholes drilled
New insert flush fit
Aging of the hands and dail according to the real Tritium look
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I came home this afternoon and MY BEAUTY arrived.
Sorry for the crapy pictures , i will shoot some better pictures tomorrow , but i realy couldn't resist showing this watch.
I have to change the pearl or maybe the total insert but for the rest it's finshed to my opinion.
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Up untill now i diidn't have any problems with PP and let's hope it stays that way.
I like moneybookers a lot better and their fee's are much lower.
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That s***s.
for a minute i was afraid you were going to install the cannon pinion set yourself but if i'm not mistaken you are going to bring them to the professional.
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Congratulations Bluebite.
i wish i had the patience and capabilities to do this for my own.
Keep building these nice watches and wear it well.
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Cats
Practiing time again.
I'm still not able to walk on 1 cruch ( you can see the other cruch hanging around my wrist in the lunette : ) but it will come soon.
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Agree this is one of the best type of rolex watches.
The colour of the hourmakers and hands look brilliant on your watch By-Tor
In fact this is the next one on my list after i have sold some other watches.
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