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Splat!

Beautiful work. You are an artist!

Looking forward to seeing some shots when you get it back. It's a great watch and good point of reference for the rest of us Wear it in good health!

Beautiful, congrats! So nice I had to shoot a homage shot

5517 today

Sounds great. Congrats! That'll keep you busy. Looking forward to seeing them. You certainly need to hold on to your wallet with this hobby

With the 93150 bracelet the 580 end links are correct.

Sorry no idea. Looks like it has the correct hollow midlinks which is a plus. The 580 endlinks are wrong though, they shouldn't be open to access the springbars. The springbars you have aren't gen spec either. Here's the WSO 580 endlink

No I didn't use the standard Cartel bracelet. There are a few issues with it, firstly the end mid-link has the wrong profile, it's too flat. Secondly it doesn't accept gen-spec springbars – It can be easily modded to do so though, something that needs to be done with majority of rep bracelets anyway. Thirdly it is engraved, for some weird reason there's s line running across the end mid-link that the gen doesn't have. A big tell on the wrist for me. I suppose it could be sanded-out though. But still the profile isn't right. On the plus side, the serial number stamping on the bracelet is the correct 93150, albeit not great quality. On the clasp however the serial number is 93160A, which is actually for a later Sea Dweller. In general there isn't a great 93150 rep bracelet out there. The Yuki with the solid mid-links, although not great, would be an option. Cartel end mid-link with engraved line running across it: Generic solid-link bracelet, better end mid-link profile without engraved line running across it:

Kelly

5513 today

Thanks. Glad you found it helpful.

5517 today

Lol. $13,500 and it's yours

No the lugs shouldn't be polished. Basically it's terrible for the price. Even my rep is better.

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Here's a link to a NOS build. Beautiful: http://www.watchwallpapers.com/smrebe.htm I don't think the rep case will accept any gen parts the proportions are different. Even the dial is a couple of mm larger on the rep.

Coming together very nicely mate!

5513 for 2016. Happy New Year!

Very nice indeed

No the rehaut hasn't been updated. I think the case is now actually the same as the 1665 just without the HE valve. Crystal choice makes a lot of difference to the look of the rehaut too. I've found that the Clark T19 distorts the cartel, making it look even larger. The best I've come across that optically reduces the thickness is the T19 Superdome from CWP, it's very close to the original crystal. However, I've had several of these fracture on me. So went for the gen service crystal on the meters first watch previously posted. On the feet first I went for the Ofrei PA 46266 which to my eyes is very similar to the gen T19 service crystal. Here's a link to an early post about the cartel rehaut: http://rwg.cc/index.php?/topic/174653-Cartel-5513-rehaut-width The meters first cartel with the CWP crystal:

Thanks. What's your question about the rehaut?