nicewatchdude Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Just finished this weekend. Thought I would share. Soldered lugs. Soldered crown case tube, made flush to crown. Modified (reshaped) the soldered Silix case, dremeled, filed, hand sanded, polished. Placed on a sanded plexi from a Hamilton pocket watch which fit pretty perfect and flush. Refinished the 3601 plates I had Cortebert do the Russian text removal and engraving to, so that the treated soldered areas had a new finish similar to the original Cotes De Geneve. Sanded down the DSN cali dial so it was flat enough to fit the hour and minute wheels from the 3601. Had to take off so much I burned my fingers from the heat Refinished (aged) the crown. Stripped, cleaned, oiled, and fixed some broken parts of the movement so now it sets, winds, and runs nice. Applied lume to the numerals and vintaged the dial. Applied matte finish. NW case back and case ring. Sanded and re-polished the case back to look older. Put thicker (brass) tubes over the lug pins to hold the strap tighter. Gunny strap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 That is beautiful. Big congrats on this one...awesome. I love those Cortebert bridges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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