vlydog Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 My 1680 franken is on the table and all that seperates it from life is a crystal retaining ring. All other parst, including the cystal, is genuine so the compression ring needs to be gen or gen-like in its specifications. Please help bring my Franken to life. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justasgood Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 My 1680 franken is on the table and all that seperates it from like is a crystal retaining ring. All other parst, including the cystal, is genuine so the compression ring needs to be gen or gen-like in its specifications. Please help bring my Franken to life. Thank you. Have you contacted jmb? Dude's a magician..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlydog Posted March 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Have you contacted jmb? Dude's a magician..... Just did K. What kind of dimentions would one need. It seems to me it must be an exact copy of a gen and he would need the exact specifications Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justasgood Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Already has it. Perhaps Ubi can send you a sample to test fit..... Heck, Just give Jmb a shout. He'll work with you to tweak things if needed...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 JMB is the one. What you'd probably need to do is send him the bezel and maybe the crystal, possibly even the case- from there he turns the retention ring on his lathe. He saved my PT 1665 by turning a new ring for me. Took a little bit of filing, but it turned out great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlydog Posted March 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 JMB is the one. What you'd probably need to do is send him the bezel and maybe the crystal, possibly even the case- from there he turns the retention ring on his lathe. He saved my PT 1665 by turning a new ring for me. Took a little bit of filing, but it turned out great. I have sent jmb a PM and am awaiting his response. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlydog Posted March 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Already has it. Perhaps Ubi can send you a sample to test fit..... Heck, Just give Jmb a shout. He'll work with you to tweak things if needed...... K, what do mean by already has it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justasgood Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 He made the ring for the watch Ubi built for me. It fits the Gen crystal. So, he already has the measurements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlydog Posted March 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 but is this the same dimensions as the 1680 crystal retaining ring? I PM'd him and he said he needed the dimensioned drawing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 K, is the ring I turned for your "project" the same as gen? I thought it was an MBW... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justasgood Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Size wise they should be the same. The 5512/5513/1680 all have the same dimensions. The only caveat would be the bezel dimension. So if V sent his bezel to you or took an inside dimension measurement, the crystal dimension is the same. I have used Gen bezels with MBW retention rings so it may work as you already milled for Ubi. Sorry for volunteering you, but I seem to recall that you offered this service upon completion of my project. My apologies if I spoke out of line..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Well, if you think it would work I s'pose I can brew up one and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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