Couple of questions about manual titanium cases.

[Drulee]

How hard is it to remove the OP and BB numbers found on the corners of some titanium cases. I know these had been meant for the 036 and 082 reps, but I've got a few of these ti cases and what to remove them.

I was also wondering if titanium cases without the large strap lip/bevel/indent between the lugs are as rare as the SS ones without it.

[Watchmeister]

You certainly can remove the etching on the case if you are talking about the old 36 cases. You will have to refinish the under side when you are done. I don't know the answer on the quality of ti cases generally though (i.e. is it worth going to all that effort).

[Drulee]

How should I go about removing it? I know there are probably many ways, but I want to do it right the first time. And yes I'm talking about the old 036 cases.

[Guest avitt]

The case that I used to build this 203A was actually an 036 case (even though it was originally delivered as a 118), and had these engraved numbers:

The numbers are very shallow, and I was able to remove them with a two stage blasting process: first with aluminum oxide to remove a little bit of metal, and then with glass beads to smooth things over. (It could then be subsequently brushed, if that's what you want.)

[Drulee]

As requested, here are a few titanium 44mm Luminor manual wind cases that I've collected over the last few months (sorry the first pic is so dark).