RickFlorida

As far as I understand, the cartel system of crystal neck is gen so crystals fit the same way. The bezel itself has a slightly off size for the insert which I think is too big so the inserts are glued to stay in. If you want a tight fitting bezel assembly, you pretty much have to buy a whole new bezel assembly including the retainer ring so that everything works together. It works well because the neck size on the midcase where the retainer ring and crystal goes is the correct diameter. Some people live with the glued insert but mine fell off in the pool in only 2 months of use.

It looks like Clark's offers no color or lume options at all. I only see pure white Tudor Sub hands available from his eBay listings. It would be nice if there at least was a yellow lume available. So I assume everyone is immediately stripping and reluming them?

OK, thanks. Am I over thinking it that if one were to build a 7928 Tudor with an ETA movement, since the original movement is a 390, then what is the best choice? A later Tudor hand set would be meant for a non 7928 look, or did they not change?

( I didn't know this before ). That is ridiculous that something that should be easy to duplicate like hands is not rep'd well. Now, when you say Clark's is better than Yuki, is that only for gen. fitting hands or only for Yuki ETA hands vs. gen, etc.? In other words, if you have an ETA movement, is there a choice?

Ahhhhh, thank you for the description and for sharing. I'll try it sometime.

It's probably the lighting more than the camera. You need filtered or softened light on shiny objects for good photos. An easy work around is going outdoors for strong light but can actually be less direct/harsh than indoor lighting. But it is hard to achieve macro shots without a macro lens.

Ahhh, very cool idea. Is the oil just motor oil? And the brown spots just happen randomly and then you clean it well and whatever stays is what we see? Nice job.

Oh, my mistake. I should have remembered how hard it is to photograph shiny objects. Nice build!

Yeah, especially since the gold mid links are rubbing off. So unless I'm mistaken, the bracelet is not gen. But nice movement!

Holy crap! Nice. May I ask how you get the case to react/turn brown? What chemicals did you use?

Cool.

That's pretty interesting ideas.

If you do a search you will find lots of info on bracelets. Sadly, it's not easy getting a really nice replica bracelet it seems. Is this a real post or a plug for the replica site mentioned in the post?

Thank you but I missed it. Appreciate the heads up, as I would have bought it. Guess I'll find out what TC stands for and who to contact to buy direct.

Is it possible to order just the bracelet?

Why not? If they are the best replica 93150 bracelets, why is someone not using that same maker or tooling again? I don't get this.

I noticed that good tool watches can take a beating. In fact, I got so used to wearing a sapphire crystal marathon watch or even my gen seamaster that I found out the hard way that stray welding splatters were the only enemy.

Wow, that guy has a lot of free time to design and print all those pieces. Cool project. I love 3d printing but have to send my files to someone. I design jewelry as a hobby and can't believe how good the technology is getting. I just had a conch pendant I designed 3d printed with a solidscape max2 in wax and my jaw dropped open on how smooth and precise it was.

Yikes, the idea of buying a 20,000 pound item from an individual instead of a reputable and licensed business scares the crap out of me.

Awesome work !

Unfortunately, the only way to properly get a bezel assembly to fit correctly on the new cartels is to buy an entire bezel assembly. You need a new retainer ring, the bezel, and maybe a better tension ring and then I got a new insert for 1 to 1 pearl.

After inspecting my cartel 93150 tonight ( I haven't worn it yet), I can see why you guys say it's not much good. At first, I thought you guys say replace the clasp because the coronet is not good....Now I think it's because the clasp does not close well. I noticed my clasp is a bit sloppy and loose. Kind of like the cartel bezel assembly. I know this is beating a dead horse, but is there really no high quality replica bracelet being made today? You would think in some back alley shop in Italy or Switzerland someone is making high quality signed bracelets. Thank you. I noticed there are two different connectors so maybe it's the other one they sell? If you go to their Rolex clasps page, you'll see two kinds of connector pieces .

Star time sells connector pieces that might help. I may try it and report.

Ah, the old movement problem....I feel for you. I am having my entire project waiting for 2846 ETA's to come back in stock so I know how you feel. Good luck and think someone knowledgeable will help.

Automatico, can you please elaborate how you changed the midlinks that connect to the springbars ? In other words, if someone starts out with just the cartel 93150 bracelet, they purchase new endlinks from WSO, but where can we find the connecting link you also change out? I think I found some "connecting pieces" online so that may solve the problem. Cheers. Thank you.