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It's not a watch I'd wear, but it looks fantastic, and indeed, a nice surprise to see that it has the magnetic shield Fantastic review

I don't have the cash to participate, so I will just say best of luck to whoever wins, and kudos to Stephane for putting up such an awesome prize

Here's my contribution

Swap the yellow for rose gold, and it would definitely be a thumbs up from me

Sweet

Very much appreciated, thank you

Fantastic result, my friend Might this lead to you also building a Tudor project?

PM Sent, thank you indeed

It's looking awesome Congrats on being able to source the parts to fix things Of course, it's also nice to see another Rolex sans-cyclops If you don't mind me asking, do you have any plans for the other bezel insert?

I'm liking the sound of that, thanks for the tip, very much appreciated

That's certainly a cool idea for the interchangeable tips Fantastic purchase

That's a fantastic piece Out of curiosity, what is in the two small vials above the screwdriver?

Now that's an interesting story (and a new project to build ) As you say, possibly where those companies got their idea for PVD customization. Do you know if the original South African sub was also a Destro, or if that was simply a personal preference of the owner of the watch you showed? [Edit to add] Since 'flipping' my NATO project sub, rather than simply thinking of it as 'a watch', the easy access to the crown is instead making me think of it as an actual 'wrist tool'.

Inspired by Gavidoc and Eddog, I did this... I would still class it as a composite watch, rather than a custom build, as it is still very much a work in progress, and missing the majority of the parts I want to install, it is very much just an example of assorted parts in a case, making a functional watch. To quote Gavidoc with regards to the destro mod: "This build was surprisingly very easy to do and I'm glad I did it."

That's reassuring to hear, thanks for the input Thinking about it, a lollipop hand shouldn't be impossible, seeing as Snowflake hands can be lumed, which is a larger area

I know what you mean, it's certainly a concern of mine as well. The only thing I'm hoping, is if a gen hand can exist, it has to be possible (although that's probably a reason why the Mercedes hand is the more widely used ) Also, I couldn't remove all the material from the star, as I don't have any tools fine enough to do the work without tearing the outer ring open, but, I'm hoping that the extra material might provide a little extra purchase for the lume to anchor to Thanks for the feedback and well-wishes That's certainly giving my some ideas for forming a base substrate of some kind, maybe something like cling film could be epoxied to the underside of the hand to provide that extra support, without thickening the hand enough to make it drag on the dial... Thanks I know it's far from perfect, but for something I did with a pair of nail clippers, I'm quite happy with the results, although I might try and improve on that if I can find precise enough tools If there's someone who can relume a lollipop hand, that might save me some troubles, might you be able to share their contact details?

It just seemed to be the correct term to use Wow I think my Snowflake project is going to have to have the destro look Is the PVD sub a customized gen? It looks pretty awesome, tactical, but not too OTT about it

A little butchery of a Mercedes hand, and I've nearly got a lollipop hour hand The only problem now, is getting the hands re-lumed

I'd say definitely worthy of a transplant Just be sure to vintage the case

Did I just coin a new term? Then again, when I was about 8, I thought I'd invented the term 'Aquanaut'... Shame Gerry Anderson and Patek Philippe had beaten me to it

I know I'm probably searching for the non-existent, but just wondered if there are any sources for Snowflake hands which would fit an Asian movement?

A Destro Tudor That's some unique work, I am liking it

I got that when using a proper reply, but using the quick reply, there was no problem

It does seem a bit hit at miss at the moment... Yesterday, I was looking for the thread titled "Vintage Domes" I typed "Vintage Domes" into the search box, but nothing come up... [Edit to add]When I say 'nothing came up', I meant the thread in question was not in the results pages. When I just typed "Domes" in, it came up

To quote Eric Cartman: "Oh, you know, the usual..."