mui.richard.hk
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Sometimes the journey is more than half the fun once you learn to appreciate it you know?so much talk of fitting genuine parts, gen rotar, gen stem, gen datewheel. Just get the gen watch better spending $6000 on a gen watch than spend $1000 on a replica with gen parts put in.
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YES, it is well worth it
The 5513 in my biased opinion is well worth spending money on.
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Yours is always AMAZING to see!
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Cartel based, gen dial and insert
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Cartel based 5513, gen dial with gen service insert. Crystal is a Clarks.
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Thanks Bro.. spec below:
Vietnam Case reworked
Gen dial
Gen crystal
Gen crown/tube
Gen insert
Gen bezel assembly
Gen 93150 bracielet
Gen 580 end-links
Gen Springbar
Tc v2 hands
Eta Swiss 2846 remove click date as gen movement
That is GORGEOUS!
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If you remove the bezel carefully you'll find a friction washer installed between the bezel and the crystal retaining ring. I bend this washer slightly to adjust the turning resistance of the bezel.
a watch is meant to be wornI take it you've never find this before so here's a video
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All vintage Subs do NOT have a click spring, they are bi-directional and had friction washers under bezel to hold their position. This is the same with 5513.
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This is a very fine specimen. What is interesting is that it looks like the lug holes are drilled out to accept fat bars; what do you think? Do 19mm fat bars exist?
http://chronocentric.com/forums/chronotrader/index.cgi?page=1;md=read;id=60736
It is an interesting and great looking piece. But for that kind of money I'd probably opt for a 1016...just saying.
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And the Tiffany & Co blue strap color to match that dial...PERFECT!
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Who's kidding?
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I meant I'd sell a kidney for something that gorgeous as a joke...so apparently I was kidding
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Oh wow, do you take kidneys?
Kidding aside THAT is one perfect piece!
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Mike did an amazing job for my TC V2 hands to match the gen 5513 dial's patina. I only sent him photos of my dial and the hands came out spot on!
Couldn't be happier.
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Thanks mate. CGs are still not quite where I'd like them to be...just couldn't find the time to work on them further
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Thanks guys. One more on the wrist.
Really nice man!
Mine says hello 
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I was gonna say that lume job is amazing and dude you beat me to it!
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I'm without words...
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Come on....this is getting ridiculous with these builds. My interpretation: "Hey guys let me show you these pictures of my build of parts you will never find a single one of let alone all of them in one place. But don't worry, I have them all and assembled them into a watch that will make you hate every watch you own. Here look, look look at these pictures in super high resolution taken with my 40 million mega pixel camera with all the perfect angles and lighting. That's right, breath it in. Scroll through each one and open them all up individually and zoom in and really appreciate how amazing what I have done is. Now stare down at the crappy TC on your wrist which you thought was cool because you added a gen insert. Can you feel what I'm feeling...that's right, your watch sucks, it's a turd."
:-) I don't even know what else to say dbane. That thing is like staring at Jessica Simpson pictures from the Dukes of Hazzard movie. (Note no other pictures of JS just those). I'm in awe and envy of what you've created. It's freakin art not a watch.
This!!
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Speechless
Suddenly I feel like mine belongs to the bin...
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Is it just me or is that MBW 5512/3 case looking mighty fine even before any work done?
Makes me wonder why we spend so much time trimming CGs...
I need to do something about those darn ugly hands...
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Hi Tats,
Remember your evil twin?
The first things I didn't like when I first received mine was the hands. Gen hands have a curvature to them but the hands on our piece are completely flat. A bit hard to explain in words but if you've handled a TC with V2 hands or gen you'll know. And like some already mentioned the proportions of the hands are wrong as well.
Here's a photo of the TC V2 hands and I think you can see how they are curved and pick up light reflections...
Second thing was the CGs. I trimmed the CGs slightly but since I don't have any power tools it's only coming together slowly.
There really is no point going uberfranken at all. A decent gen is only about 7k so I for one wouldn't bother.
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Wow, great thread!! Makes me wanna try the Yuki in my TC Sub!
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YukiWatch 3135 Mini-review
in The Rolex Area
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Here's my rep 5513 Cartel based with a gen dial and gen insert. I put in a gen 2824-2 and the accuracy and reliability are top notch, better than the Pan Europ actually in terms of accuracy. Gaining 1.5 seconds a day average.
For me personally? The 5513 is so much more fun to wear than the Pan Europ I gifted the latter to my son last year as his 16 year old birthday present.
Yes there are a lot of watches available in the 1k range...just not a lot that interest me.
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