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Great job my friend !!! This morning I'll lume my A/6538 ... unless I send it to you [emoji16] Envoyé de mon Moto G (5) Plus en utilisant Tapatalk

I think you're problem is almost solved. You just have to bend the click spring a little (just a little !!!). I'm on breakfast now but I'll post a sketch as soon as I can. Envoyé de mon Moto G (5) Plus en utilisant Tapatalk

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WOW !!! Congratulations for that really nice catch and congrats again for putting a leather on ... so it's still shinny but a little more under the radar. Some more pics of that beauty please I love those President cases and their specific design between the lugs. I'm still hesitating between "yellow gold + yellow Stella dial" and "white gold + green Stella dial". Envoyé de mon Moto G (5) Plus en utilisant Tapatalk

Would you some some pics of your watch ... bezel and tension ring apart ? Envoyé de mon Moto G (5) Plus en utilisant Tapatalk

Nice watches and ... 5 digits rules [emoji16] If your bezel is loose you just pop it off using a watch knife (protect your watch before - there is topics here and on you tube) then you take the tension spring (flat stainless steel ring) that sits on the retaining ring and bend it a little more than it already is, put it back on the retaining ring and clip the bezel back. If after that your bezel is still loose bend the tension spring a little more. If the bezel is stuck up just unbend the tension spring a little ... etc Envoyé de mon Moto G (5) Plus en utilisant Tapatalk

Thanks ... I will try to proceed like this and see what I get.

Lucky guy !!! I've tried that truck for my Fat-Lady GMT II dial and it didn't worked. Possibly my varnish is too good quality. I will try again and ... fingers crossed. Envoyé de mon Moto G (5) Plus en utilisant Tapatalk

topic is here : https://rwg.cc/topic/192833-5500-air-king-precision-with-patina-dial-circa-1975/

I actually MADE it [emoji16] starting from a blanked dial, made a "soleillé" and so on. I have a topic here about that watch. Envoyé de mon Moto G (5) Plus en utilisant Tapatalk

Nice project ... one I would add to my Air-King collection in the future [emoji4] My 5500 says hello

I tried "both ways" and I found it easier to do do from the dial side. Plus you can put some grease where needed on the keyless works so that it works smoothly. But I'll have a look at this video nevertheless Envoyé de mon Moto G (5) Plus en utilisant Tapatalk

[mention=32]Nanuq[/mention] Haven't been on RWG since a few days so I just stumble upon your post this morning. Hope everything is OK now for your family and friends. I lived an earthquake years ago with my wife and sons and wow !!! years later one consider that an "experience" or "adventure" but at the moment it's really frightening. Wish you the best buddy Envoyé de mon Moto G (5) Plus en utilisant Tapatalk

@Nanuq ... THIS is apnea

Hey ... admins I would like to edit that topic to upload the pics again, but I cant find the EDIT button

As long as you don't pretend being Jacques Mayol ... nobody will laugh [emoji39] Envoyé de mon Moto G (5) Plus en utilisant Tapatalk

That's what I love the most about watches, the process and the building, do that's why I really appreciated your thread. 11 years ... just wow !!! Though I'm far from being a young guy I'm here just since late 2016 ... plus I must admit that 11 years ago I would have said "reps ... not for me ever". But the building process, the research, sometimes the engineering ... I love that so much that I don't think I could ever stop now. I'm even considering printing my own dials. Not decal printing as I already did some, I mean silk printing or even pad printing ... the real way. Congratulations ... your watches are great so keep them and wear them ... hope you won't mind if I try to "rep your reps" 😉

You're welcome [emoji6] I'm not exactly a Pam guy because of my skinny wrists but ... great thread, great work and really great watches Envoyé de mon Moto G (5) Plus en utilisant Tapatalk

Game ... Over The Top !!! Envoyé de mon Moto G (5) Plus en utilisant Tapatalk

Just wondering ... did Ivan dials really sell $1K plus around 2012/13 or is it "legend" ? Envoyé de mon Moto G (5) Plus en utilisant Tapatalk

Just subscribed to that thread so that I CANNOT forget to help next days. Envoyé de mon Moto G (5) Plus en utilisant Tapatalk

If somebody could provide all the exact dimensions (inside diam, outside dial, thickness, chamfer dimension and position, etc ...) it's still possible the make some on a lathe. Envoyé de mon Moto G (5) Plus en utilisant Tapatalk

I don't know with the TDs here ... to those I work with I send them emails

Sorry but I can't find how to edit my post so I quote myself Here is a close pic of a lug of my 5500 Air-King where one can easily see how the dead-end hole has been filled. Hence no more "stucked up spring bar" problem.

***cough*** please cool that down buddy ***cough*** I'm an old man with a white beard you know ?... not a hot chick with fishnet stockings