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Nice job! Well worth the battle!

Very nice result. Looking forward to seeing you pull it all together

Very nice! Great write up too!

Great work. You're a Magician Bart!

Wonderful work! Congrats

One of my personal favourites too. It's a pity the rep has so many irrevocable flaws, however I've been tempted more often than once to pick one up. It's a nice watch in its own right.

Congrats on a beautiful watch!

Nice review, thank you! The Cartel is based on the 1665 mid-case, it will have that inscribed between the lugs, plus "stailess steal". Agree a shot in profile with the MBW will be very helpful.

5513 PCG today

Depends on your budget, but you could check out a dial from MQ: http://vintagewatchesmq.com/minhquy/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=1024&category_id=146&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1 Or, if your case will accept 27.6mm dial, rather than 26mm, you could go for a 5510 from Yuki: http://www.yukiwatch.com/catalog/item/8677972/9637026.htm

5517 today

Sad news indeed. A real champ.

I have a Cartel one. I'll dig it out over the weekend and send you some shots.

Look great!

Thanks There are some good movie clips on YouTube that demonstrate lume application. After application, I used the heat from a lamp to crack the lume slightly, dusting the dial with a matt varnish spray after.

29th June? Forward planning

5513 today

Wish I still knew... stumbled across it my parts bin.

Thanks. Well spotted ... and now on a Yuki 7206 with MQ 80 endlinks and 2mm spring bars

Tidied up the lume slightly to get closer to the look I was going for

Thanks guys. Still not 100% happy I may give the lume a slight re-work.

Decided to revisit this build and give the dial a puffy lume. The original Yuki lume was always tad too orange for my taste.

Fagin

1665 today