Gorilladame Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 Got my first MBW from Reg today and instandly did some mods on it: Drilled lugholes, gen springbars, polished, new Yuki insert (modded to fit nicely with a small gap) with new Yuki pearl, Yuki crystal (from my Yuki case which got a gen crystal, the magnification of the MBW was like 0.000000002), shaved CG. tube needs to be fitted for the gen crown which is waiting to be placed... Couldn´t have done it 4 month ago and specially with out the How-To-Section on this forum, many thanks for that guys!!! I am quite happy with the outcome as this is only my second watch to mod by myself. This was my first selfmodded watch (vintage Insert, lumejob, superdome, vintage hands, polished all tried for the first time ), but actually I am thinking of building it back to a not-so-vintage-stage... So if anyone got a GWSD dial, please PM me ;-) As I am sharing some pics allready I can also show my longterm project: Yuki case, gen springbars, gen crytal, gen bracelet ( I hope), gen crown, gen swiss ETA 2824-2 ordered from switzerland, Yuki Tudor rotor, Yuki insert and perl (got a modded WSO on on the pics as I don´t want to touch the Yuki one right now), MBW clasp, silver Datedisc overlay flat 3 open 6 and 9 and a nice spacer from stilty ;-) And one pic of the whole Gorilla-Bunch ;-) Mostly low budged, but nice to look at on the wall... I hope you enjoyed the pics... Also my first pics though ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorilladame Posted March 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 on the shocking side: when I am finished with my longterm 1680, I will turn the MBW in a 5512 (dial and crystal wise) I know I should not, but this way the MBW will still get some wristtime.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 Your projects look great, congratulations and my hat is off to you for what you have learned in a few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorilladame Posted March 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 Thanks, couldn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 That's excellent work! Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 That looks fantastic, first class workmanship indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gplracer Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 The gorilla bunch has a nice array of watches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 Good for you. Terrific job and thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 That looks very good, do you want to meet up for a coffee, i would like to see that one for my self. I will send you a PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerShot Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 Great job! And what a watch collection! Very nice taste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cats Posted March 13, 2010 Report Share Posted March 13, 2010 You got balls and it looks very good. Small qusetion how's the bezel turning , i mean do you have to use a lot of force to get it turned or do you just press it down and turn it with 2 fingers. Wear it well. Carpe Diem Cats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorilladame Posted March 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2010 on the MBW: bezel is quite stiff (manageable to turn with 2 fingers, but firm) and bidirectional, but I like it more firm especially if it bidirectionally (what I don´t like, shouldn´t even the old bezels turn monodirectionally??) On the other hand I had to shave the crystal holding ring to fit the yuki crystal in and I must say the crystal is really nice. Got the more flat hat look. on the Yuki: bezel turns a bit lighter but also 2 finger style with a bit of force and also bidirectionally. But I don´t have the insert installed, so it might get a bit firmer with the insert in. Don´t know which I like better turning-wise. But actually I don´t like them turning at all, on the DRSD I even glued the bezel in place because I lost the spring and it isn´t a prob for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilty Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertk Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 Good work. That watch looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorilladame Posted March 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 Nice job! Thank you! I hope you can see that there is a sad little yuki case waiting for a nice spacer to be fitted ;-) Just kidding, didn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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