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  4. Installing a hev valve on a cartel 1665

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    On 2018-04-17 at 1:25 AM, Sogeha said:

    Just to play Devil’s Advocate here, but when you have paid for all this fancy machining it’s still a Cartel case and may have a working HEV or the appearance of a working HEV that nobody outside a small number of deep water professional divers are ever going to need. Why not just put the money into a Ruby case set which is $400-450 and gen spec?

    Rubys is 680 dollars btw :)

  5. Tightening the cartel 1665 bezel assembly

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    On 2018-04-12 at 6:49 PM, automatico said:

    I first try to pop the bezel off by placing the watch on a relatively soft surface (pine wood board etc), leaned slightly toward the front side with the crown up.  Next, push down on the case with thumbs on each side of the crown hard enough to push the slack between the bezel and case to the up side while also pushing the bezel away from the case...and awaaay it goes.  Usually.

     

    They fall off easy enough on their own so it does not take much to pop one off.

     

    Pop one off!   :pimp:

    thx, the problem is that the retention ring and the bezel ring sit very tight together on the 1665 and they pop out in one piece.

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  6. Installing a hev valve on a cartel 1665

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    On 2018-04-13 at 4:35 AM, jmb said:

    I installed one of the functional Yuki valves for bro. woof a long time ago - exactly like the Rolex item.  It was a bit nerve-wracking but I got through it.  But, it's not a project to tackle with a hand drill unless you are going to "cheat" like Automatico did! ;)

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    Great job here jmb, i see that you used 2 drill sizes. I assume that you did the smaller hole first? I actually want to lathe a he valve, ive got the specs from yukis site so making it wont be a problem, and I guess that the piece holding it on the other side is made of brass, so should not be a problem making one. Dont really know if the cartel case is gen spec for holding a gen movement in the future, do you have any info on this?

  8. Tightening the cartel 1665 bezel assembly

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    On 2018-04-09 at 10:33 PM, cib0rgman said:

    you may be missing the friction ring? if not, bend it a little bit to reduce the diameter and that will help. Now if your a 1665 is Gen specs 1665 the best option is a phong Complete assembly. I have one on my MBW and I could not be happier

     

    On 2018-04-09 at 10:33 PM, cib0rgman said:

    you may be missing the friction ring? if not, bend it a little bit to reduce the diameter and that will help. Now if your a 1665 is Gen specs 1665 the best option is a phong Complete assembly. I have one on my MBW and I could not be happier

     

    10 hours ago, kilowattore said:

    Remove the outer bezel, take the friction ring and bend it in four places. Don't worry to bend it too much, do it as much as you can. Press the outer bezel back in place. Voilà. :)

     

     

    thx, i think i may be missing the ring, how do i remove the outer ring, it sits so tight?

  10. Anyone sitting on those "newer" cartel vintage 300 seamasters, i need your help

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    Hi! Ive been wanting to do a franken vintage 300 for a long time, considering that the 565 movements are pretty affordable it sounded like a nice project. Ive been in touch with another member on another forum who purchased a sillix rep and a gen dial and caseback. Unfortunately the gen dial and caseback had different sizes that the sillix one and were basically too small to fit. So using a sillix midcase kinda falls of. There are also cartel reps of the 300 out there, if anyone has one, could you measure the dial width and the caseback width to see if gen parts will fit? the

    sizes of the parts are:

     

    Sillix dial: 30.90mm
    gen dial: 27.50mm

    Sillix caseback: 34.97mm
    gen caseback: 34.16mm

     

     

     

  18. 3035 vs 3135?

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    Now a 2892 with a custom adapter will fit perfectly and run just as well if not better and save you a few thousand quid. Just a thought.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

    Thx! You are right, it just felt so good that i Could Do a super clean build without cutting feet and looking for more parts :)


    Skickat från min iPhone med Tapatalk
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  20. Rolex Wristies thread

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    5 minutes ago, Bart Cordell said:


    Thanks ! It’s a Jensen case.

    Other specs are :
    Gen 700 crown.
    Athaya 7000 tube.
    MQ insert.
    Athaya pearl.
    JK hours and minutes hands, unknown seconds.
    ETA 2824.
    My dial.
    Beco bars.
     

    damn those printed dials u do are really nice mate. Great build, real eyecandy :)

  22. 3035 vs 3135?

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    40 minutes ago, Ephry73 said:

    No. The 3035 is closer in dimensions to a 2892. 3035 movements are also not cloned yet that I know of.


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    thx for the quick reply. I was completely sure they were the same diameter and height. The info i found on the 3035 was: 

     

    Data
    12.5''', Dm= 28.1mm, Do= 28.5mm
    H= 6.15mm
    (rotor stud +0.15mm)
    F= 2.05mm
    T= 2.15mm
    27 jewels
    f = 28800 A/h
    power reserve 50h

     

    Hands
    1.40 x 1.00 x 0.18mm

     

     

    and the 3135 is a little shorter, cant find any info on stem height etc. hands.

     

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  23. 3035 vs 3135?

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    Hi! Does anyone know if the 3135 has the same dimensions as 3035? I have gen parts for a datejust 16013 build, case, dw, dial, hands. Was thinking about putting a sh3135 into it. Does anyone know if its possible to get the movement separately?

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