lanikai Posted October 18, 2009 Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 Congrats S.. you have got me involved in the Military Rolex's and I have enjoyed every one of them so another "Thank you" for that buddy !! I'm going to redo my 5517 MS also.. not along your gen. line .. but I asked that the lume be done in a darker colour than ZM's custom T colour.. yup.. I like ZM's signature colour.. so I decided to start over with the dial and hands.. I hope it'll look half as good as yours. Live Strong and wear it Well AC Lani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmg Posted October 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Congrats S.. you have got me involved in the Military Rolex's and I have enjoyed every one of them so another "Thank you" for that buddy !! I'm going to redo my 5517 MS also.. not along your gen. line .. but I asked that the lume be done in a darker colour than ZM's custom T colour.. yup.. I like ZM's signature colour.. so I decided to start over with the dial and hands.. I hope it'll look half as good as yours. Live Strong and wear it Well AC Lani Howdy R, I think we all spur each other on in this hobby of ours. Mmmm, I love the mustard brown tone that some vintage tritium dials take on. I look forward to the redo. Thanks my friend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polexpete Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Another awesome piece in the collection TMG, great detalis i really like it alot... P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmg Posted October 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Thank you to TRP, ThePhilosopher and P for the compliments, it's much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromatic Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 (edited) Finally back from the dead is my MilSub 5517 -just back from a Canadian spa. Thank you again to The Zigmeister!!! The 5517 is one of my favorite Rolex's, I've always had a "thing" for military timepieces and divers and in particular this grail watch. In its previous short life the watch had a 2846 ETA movement with a troublesome stem alignment with the crown position, this created too much tension on the right side of the dial/movement and had to be disassembled as the dial was starting to chip/flake at the 3 o'clock. I debated for some time whether to scrap this project altogether or bite the bullet and put a gen movement inside -well I chose the latter and here are the results. A cool milsub! great work of art! i recently purchased a 5517 from a well known rep seller only to be disapointed by this purchase the case was badly done the tropic 19 crystal was very cheap thin type in the end i gave up on it and gave it to my watchmaker for parts he re-cased it and customised it to he own taste im sure he will post photos of it on RWG again well done! Edited January 24, 2010 by aeromatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 Beautiful, TMG! Very well done (as per usual) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcotter Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 Toomuchgear, The 5517 is gorgeous! Need help sourcing the parts...Rgrds, Mcotter@skbk.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloyd Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Toomuchgear, The 5517 is gorgeous! Need help sourcing the parts...Rgrds, Mcotter@skbk.com I too am building a 5517. Could you send me the contact info for the case and dial? Thanks, ldpjrod@gmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchguy51 Posted May 14, 2011 Report Share Posted May 14, 2011 The whole project looks amazing! Where did you get the grey g10 nato?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmg Posted May 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 haha M! Hey Toomuch, just send it over to me and ill keep it untill you figure out selling it would be a bad desicion and then ill send it back. Absence makes the heart grow fonder lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ephry73 Posted May 2, 2013 Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 That looks very, very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmg Posted May 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 My ex always used to tell me that.... I guess thats why shes my ex lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmg Posted May 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Thanks for the kind words! That looks very, very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakwan Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 May I know how much for Yuki bezel assy? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewFuller Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 The watch is great but would have looked better in a leather strap i guess...you might wanna look into that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakwan Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 The watch is great but would have looked better in a leather strap i guess...you might wanna look into that... Genuine rolex military 5517 have a 2mm welded lugs, to prevent the watch from being accidentally lost underwater and it is issued on a NATO strap made by Phoenix UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KneeDragger Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 That strap looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ephry73 Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 Where does one get that case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denisspa Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 I think it takes a lot to get a build like this just right, you have a great one there! very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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