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Henio
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Thank you much :thumbup: Still need to take a couple of completed shots with different strap options. Cheers
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Thank you much, appreciate it!!
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I was able to piece everything together :thumbup: Movt, with dial plate, dial, movt ring and hands fit perfectly when all placed together. Here are some quick and dirty shots of all the pieces together its rear new home next to its old home :wave: Almost done very sick, time to rest up. When Im feeling better, Il give her her runway glamor shots cheers
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I was able to piece everything together :thumbup: Movt, with dial plate, dial, movt ring and hands fit perfectly when all placed together. Here are some quick and dirty shots of all the pieces together its rear new home next to its old home :wave: Almost done very sick, time to rest up. When Im feeling better, Il give her her runway glamor shots cheers
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I finally finished painting and luming the Dial and hands. I gave the dial a light matt patina and I decided to snip the tail off of the second hand for a clean vintage finish up next: assemble in to the case set :thumbup:
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I finally finished painting and luming the Dial and hands. I gave the dial a light matt patina and I decided to snip the tail off of the second hand for a clean vintage finish up next: assemble in to the case set :thumbup:
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So my case set is finally reshaped and polished While test fitting the Movt I realized that there was about a dial thick space missing between the movt while it was installed in the case set. This caused the Movt to rattle a bit while inside the case. I took a back plate and drilled a hole for the seconds pin to give it the additional thickness it would need to fit the case set just right when the dial was installed. Once I added the backplate, it sat nice and snug with just enough room for the dial so that the movt stem could easily slide in and out of the tube. No more rattling. :thumbup: Here is movt test fit phase uno Now that everything seems to fit perfectly, time to attach the dial and hands
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So my case set is finally reshaped and polished While test fitting the Movt I realized that there was about a dial thick space missing between the movt while it was installed in the case set. This caused the Movt to rattle a bit while inside the case. I took a back plate and drilled a hole for the seconds pin to give it the additional thickness it would need to fit the case set just right when the dial was installed. Once I added the backplate, it sat nice and snug with just enough room for the dial so that the movt stem could easily slide in and out of the tube. No more rattling. :thumbup: Here is movt test fit phase uno Now that everything seems to fit perfectly, time to attach the dial and hands
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thanks brother, any pictures of that archive?
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I agree!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: Thank you much!! I was able to finish up on reshaping. I took irates advice and took a tad off the corners on top of the lugs and rounded them out a bit. For those of you who haven't taken a stab at reshaping, when doing it by hand without any machines, you end up thinking that the smoothing of edges will never come, just when you get exhausted and hands start to cramp, take a break, have a beer and get back at it :thumbup: After an evening of sanding, polishing and sanding this is what I was able to produce Time to paint my dial :thumbup: oh and test fit the movt
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Thank you much!! I will continue to post and build! I was able to finish up on reshaping. I took irates advice and took a tad off the corners on top of the lugs and rounded them out a bit. For those of you who haven't taken a stab at reshaping, when doing it by hand without any machines, you end up thinking that the smoothing of edges will never come, just when you get exhausted and hands start to cramp, take a break, have a beer and get back at it :thumbup: After an evening of sanding, polishing and sanding this is what I was able to produce Time to paint my dial :thumbup: oh and test fit the movt
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Hahaa thank you much!! Moving on with the build, reshaping!!! Blahhhh Phase I So I took a few pictures of Rivers stock case untouched I notice that his case has detailed line creases and is very squarish on the corners. I want to soften those up and give it the "pillow shape" look. I've seen a few different variations of this but I just kind of stood to what I think looks decent. Phase II After a few hours of filing and grinding off some metal here's what we have Still no where close to being done. I was able to soften and round up those edges and corners. I am going to give it a round of polish and get to sanding everything in. :thumbup:
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Moving on with the build, reshaping!!! Blahhhh Phase I So I took a few pictures of Rivers stock case untouched I notice that his case has detailed line creases and is very squarish on the corners. I want to soften those up and give it the "pillow shape" look. I've seen a few different variations of this but I just kind of stood to what I think looks decent. Phase II After a few hours of filing and grinding off some metal here's what we have Still no where close to being done. I was able to soften and round up those edges and corners. I am going to give it a round of polish and get to sanding everything in. :thumbup:
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I was so happy when it arrived! The presentation with the original box, was awesome! You can also see the stock River 6154 case set with a beautifully hand made "Box 82" strap made by Rod specifically for this project super pumped! I took my time opening this up for the first time. The box has an aged woody smell to it, the inner vinyl, or suede, not sure what it is, lol, is also dusty and dingy, just over all vintage beauty! next to its new home time to get this case set right. Reshaping.... :eh:
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I was so happy when it arrived! The presentation with the original box, was awesome! You can also see the stock River 6154 case set with a beautifully hand made "Box 82" strap made by Rod specifically for this project super pumped! I took my time opening this up for the first time. The box has an aged woody smell to it, the inner vinyl, or suede, not sure what it is, lol, is also dusty and dingy, just over all vintage beauty! next to its new home time to get this case set right. Reshaping.... :eh:
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Whats up everyone :wave: I've always loved the LPMM w/seconds build. I obsessed building one for a while now and wanted to try something a little different from our traditional 6152/1 LPMM. I cant remember seeing one around, so I wanted to try my first shot at a 6154 LPMM w/seconds build. Not really sure, but here goes nothing. I was randomly checking the bay before heading out for the evening and I came across this Its a Vintage 1980s Hamilton LE HB 920 Re-Issue Unitas 6497 Swiss 10K GF Pocket Watch I couldn't get enough of this piece, it was love at first under the hood
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Whats up everyone :wave: I've always loved the LPMM w/seconds build. I obsessed building one for a while now and wanted to try something a little different from our traditional 6152/1 LPMM. I cant remember seeing one around, so I wanted to try my first shot at a 6154 LPMM w/seconds build. Not really sure, but here goes nothing. I was randomly checking the bay before heading out for the evening and I came across this Its a Vintage 1980s Hamilton LE HB 920 Re-Issue Unitas 6497 Swiss 10K GF Pocket Watch I couldn't get enough of this piece, it was love at first under the hood
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thank you much brother! thnks glight! reshaping the case set takes the longest by far. its so tedious, sucks. but when you get close to finishing it, and starts coming to life, "its alive, its alive!" then its all worth the battle cheers and thanks!
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Blow the dust off that bad girl and get building!!
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Greetings and thank you! Not for this build, but if you take a look at my ongoing vintage builds thread, I have plenty of beginning to end pictures for many of my projects Cheers!
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It started as a PAM 372 case set. I did everything from scratch. Complete case reshape by hands, cream RP paint job with holio T15-4 vintage lume, brass movt ring, cg lever pin raised, faux tall cp, Swiss eta 6497 serviced and seconds removed. This is what I started out with Reshaping the 372 case set was a pain in the A because the bezel ring doesn't come off and grinds into your hand and hurts. Hands and dial fitted Quick test fit in case River brass movt ring fitted Completed 6152/1 cream RP w/ Swiss eta 6497 Quick and dirty shots A few wristies And a lume shot Later on today il take a photo shoot with my cannon Cheers
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