lanikai Posted October 18, 2009 Report 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
tmg Posted October 19, 2009 Author Report 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!
polexpete Posted October 19, 2009 Report Posted October 19, 2009 Another awesome piece in the collection TMG, great detalis i really like it alot... P.
tmg Posted October 19, 2009 Author Report Posted October 19, 2009 Thank you to TRP, ThePhilosopher and P for the compliments, it's much appreciated!
aeromatic Posted January 24, 2010 Report 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
ubiquitous Posted January 24, 2010 Report Posted January 24, 2010 Beautiful, TMG! Very well done (as per usual)
mcotter Posted March 26, 2010 Report Posted March 26, 2010 Toomuchgear, The 5517 is gorgeous! Need help sourcing the parts...Rgrds, Mcotter@skbk.com
lloyd Posted May 12, 2011 Report 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
watchguy51 Posted May 14, 2011 Report Posted May 14, 2011 The whole project looks amazing! Where did you get the grey g10 nato??
tmg Posted May 2, 2013 Author Report 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
tmg Posted May 4, 2013 Author Report Posted May 4, 2013 My ex always used to tell me that.... I guess thats why shes my ex lol
tmg Posted May 4, 2013 Author Report Posted May 4, 2013 Thanks for the kind words! That looks very, very nice
dakwan Posted June 30, 2013 Report Posted June 30, 2013 May I know how much for Yuki bezel assy? Thanks.
AndrewFuller Posted July 1, 2013 Report 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...
dakwan Posted July 3, 2013 Report 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.
denisspa Posted July 24, 2013 Report 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.
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