3646 Cali Homage

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Guys, this is nothing like what VdB and the rest of you lot do. But it's been a while since I built a piece and ever since seeing projectologist's 3646 Cali and the rest of the members, I've been obsessing about doing a sandwich dial lume job on a Cali.

So what started out as this:

is now this:

I've lumed the top plate directly so that it's in line with the rest, and going by photos of gen 3646s and even current 249s, it looks to be similar, whereby there is some sandwich action going on;

I haven't reshaped the case nor stamped the crown yet, I may or may not do so, cause unfortunately, in the past weeks as some have noted, I've lost some spark for watches, but I am glad I've finally completed this piece. Furthermore, Nightwatches fantastic thick casebacks don't fit this case at all, a bit too large. So that may be going up for sale soon, unless I decide to get a DSN caseset, which at $170 is a little steep.

Anyhow, more pics for everyone;

With its brothers;

Lume action baby!

[fishgodeep]

Nice work, dial looks nice and old looking but personally I would put a few years on the case set and crystal to match !!

Cheers

FGD