Merlin

you make me jealous - again and again and again !!!!

Excellent job!

What about luminescence? Is it still shining after coffee ?

Here is a "lume shot" of my baby. but the pic overdoes it a little bit. It lumes really weak and very short. for comparison I added a pic of a really good lumed watch.

Comparison shot:

yess - completely my taste

I'm interested, of course!

This is a sandwich not a sausage pumpkin !

yes - I choosed it for my first project, because the sandwich is much easier to lume than the sausages

Interesting!

Did you apply lume on the interiors of the pumpkin?

not direct - it's a kind of "self-luming"

this is my first lumejob on a pumpkin. I'm quite happy with it - first it shines bright but after a few hours its totally dark again

happy halloween!!

Sunday:

wow - I love this shiny case

you're an real artist and this is an absolutely awesome watch!!

did I already mention that this is a really GREAT watch??

my vintage is collecting wristtime

After some research I found that "443" is not referring to numbers but to the letters ЧЧЗ - the initials of the Чистопольский Часовой Завод which means "Chistopol Watch Factory".

That was the initial name of the VOSTOK (Восток) factory from 1942 to 1964.

http://www.p-maier-gmbh.de/Vostok/russian-...watchuseek.html

Athan

I wasn't that wrong, was I? Thanks for the info.

Merlin

Excellent job!

What about luminescence? Is it still shining after coffee ?

yes - it's quite weak but it's still luminous

Amazing job. Do you mind me asking where you had the movement ring manufactured? I'm trying to get a couple made up for a different project, and am having a nightmare finding people to work on such small tasks!

it was manufactured by my brother - I can ask him, but I don't want to get him into trouble in his company. So there's a little chance... I'll try.

yes - the moli is about 2mm smaller in the diameter.

So I got a custom made movement ring.

note: this ring is for the mini-fiddy. I don't know if it would fit into a 47mm fiddy. you'd have to measure the inner diamter of the case yourself.

One more question my friend, if I may:

Is the Molnija smaller in diameter than the eta 6497?

Did you have to do any spacial adjustments?

yes - the moli is about 2mm smaller in the diameter.

So I got a custom made movement ring.

Hi Merlin it's an awesome timepiece you got there

Is the Molnija in working condition? How does it perform?

Apart of its great looks does it keep good time?

Enjoy your immaculate watch my friend.

thanks,

the movement works just great.

it keeps really good time and there was no need to adjust it since the start of this thread (ten days - less than a minute, no second hand ).

and this is quite good for such an old movement

can't get it off my wrist...

Yes - this is a real beauty! These 3646 are growing to my heart more and more... I think I have to get one some day

before:

and after:

before it wasn't bad at all - but now I really love it

looks like the "ultimate" "based on gen" "supe rep" "gen swiss eta case" model

what an amazing timepiece!

enjoy the wonderful watch and wear it well!

ooohh - I forgot the CG!! Now I've removed the "REG TM" and I like it much better now

Cool pictures. The lume aging looks great. The movement says 440. What is it?

The dial looks like it has a couple circle indentations in it? Am I seeing that correctly?

The movement is a 3601 molnija from the 50s. Thats not 440 but (I think) two russian letters and "3" looks like "443".

The dial has this two circles from a test in the oven. there were 2 bubbles which I polished out. But hey - don't mind, it's a vintage dial

Great looking watch. You have knocked the case around to age it, but is has the smoothnes of age as well.

How have you done this? It looks awesome!

patience! I didn't want to go over the top. a few smacks with a small hammer and very little griding - no sharp edges. but it's very important to polish it afterwards again, to make the marks look older .