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MBW Artistry - Back in the Day


Watchmeister

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I dug up some of my older watches the other day and was having some fond thoughts about the various projects and thought I would share them here. These are not the $4,000 Vietnam specials but they are works of art in their own right and each has its own little heritage. I thought this an appropriate vignette as we disappear off the grid for a day or so.

The first Ziggy Great White- This is the very first MBW full works that Ziggy did for me. I had bugged him for months and it was only when he got mad at the prices certain other watch smiths (and I use that term very loosely :lol:) were charging. This one sports vintage relume, full case and CG work, gen crystal, watch materials insert with proper tritium pearl and unique properly engraved case back. I would be remiss not to add that Archibald got his hands on it and added his own touches with the case back and the necessary Watchmen vintage datewheel, etc..

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The Gift-

As everyone knows Ubi is one of the most wonderful and generous resources around here. And this particular watch just showed up at my doorstep a couple of years ago. Beautifully done with aged insert. It sports a gen T39 flat crystal, gen vintage crown and tube, drilled lugs, shaped CGs, faded bezel, 2846 ETA and watchmeisters datewheel. The caseback is correct for a great white as well. Still trying to find the Nato he sent with it though. :lol:

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The Longterm Project-

This red sub started life as one of Tribal's first Rolex mod projects. Several iterations later it has had a dial relume, the usual gen parts additions and some additional case-work and of course another vintage datewheel. :thumbsupsmileyanim:

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The Falco 5512

Long time member Falco offered this one up some time ago and I couldn't resist. It has subsequently gone back and forth to Ziggy for clean-up once or twice. This one sports slow beat, gen dial, insert, crown and tube, bracelet, etc.

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Have a great weekand all. :)

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