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My 'new' MBW 1665 "Great White" Sea Dweller


ronjohn

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Bought from RWG Trading Area. Gen crown, vintage super luminova lume, drilled lug holes to fit gen spring bars, nice dial, aftermarket flat crystal and bezel. Needs CG trim but I think I'm not going to go there on this one. The end links fit very snug like SEL. Very solid gen feeling watch.

Did a fast aging - bleached the bezel insert a bit too much (but I like it), scratched up the case, lugs, and bracelet, (nothing that can't buff out).

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yeah it looks brown like aged tritium but glows green. I have always preferred luminova to tritium. I know this to be a big debate. Lol.

Great work, except for 1 thing - the terms vintage & super luminova are at cross-purposes with each other. Super luminova is a modern luminous material & was neither available nor used when the 1665 was produced.

But it looks good in the daylight. :whistling:

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You know that's an interesting question - I did a lot of reading on here about the elaborate lengths that so many members have gone through to fade their bezel inserts - UV lighting, salt water, and they can't seem to get the results they want... I always think WTF all I do is dunk it in bleach and it looks great!

This is the third bezel I have bleached, one Noob, one from Trusty's Top Grade, and this one is a MBW or an unknown aftermarket - all 3 I have had excellent results with just dropping them into a small dish of household bleach for a few minutes - in and out. A warning, that if it works, it appears black while in the dish and it seems to lighten when taken out and rinsed - so be careful it's very easy to overdo it without realizing it. This one went a tad greyer than I hoped but I still really like it. It's actually much lighter than it appears in the photo. My 5513 went a really nice blue-ish and I absoulutely love it.

I find the subtle coloring of the faded bezel to be impossible to really capture in photos - although I'm a lousy photog.

Maybe I'm getting lower quality inserts and the paint isn't as good as it should be - because I'm 3/3 and I really do think it's the best (and easiest) mod to a vintage sub.

What method you used to bleach it. I have try bleach mine and never fades.

thanks

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You know that's an interesting question - I did a lot of reading on here about the elaborate lengths that so many members have gone through to fade their bezel inserts - UV lighting, salt water, and they can't seem to get the results they want... I always think WTF all I do is dunk it in bleach and it looks great!

This is the third bezel I have bleached, one Noob, one from Trusty's Top Grade, and this one is a MBW or an unknown aftermarket - all 3 I have had excellent results with just dropping them into a small dish of household bleach for a few minutes - in and out. A warning, that if it works, it appears black while in the dish and it seems to lighten when taken out and rinsed - so be careful it's very easy to overdo it without realizing it. This one went a tad greyer than I hoped but I still really like it. It's actually much lighter than it appears in the photo. My 5513 went a really nice blue-ish and I absoulutely love it.

I find the subtle coloring of the faded bezel to be impossible to really capture in photos - although I'm a lousy photog.

Maybe I'm getting lower quality inserts and the paint isn't as good as it should be - because I'm 3/3 and I really do think it's the best (and easiest) mod to a vintage sub.

Ok!

Do you use pure or diluted bleach?

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