Another White Comes Home to Roost

[vlydog]

Celebrating my 3 year anniversary as a RWG member with a new friend. Without the help from this great community this would have never been possible.

I think it was Stephane's inspiration and alligoat's beautiful franken that convinced me to build this 1680 white. With parts help from JoJo35 and Justasgood along with the Zigmeister's patience and masterful orchestration of all the lovely bits; this project is complete. Countless e-mails for suggestions and advice were unselfishly responded to by toomuchgear, FxrAndy, deltatahoe, jmb, stilty, ubiquitous, Ronin, freddy333, Big Crown, alligoat. cats, mzimand and bklm1234.

My heart-felt appreciation and thanks go out to all of you.

A dead camera battery has limited my pictures to just a couple but there will more to come>

[FxrAndy]

Looking good mate, I love mine, cant take it off!

[vlydog]

I appreciate that A. Could be a while before mine is off the wrist!

lovin' that silver date-wheel

[HauteHippie]

Nice one. Give us the parts breakdown!

[vlydog]

Thanks B!

Gen parts:

127 high-hat

Lumi service dial and hands

silver date-disc

1570 movement

crown and tube/24-703, 24-7030

bezel and insert

93150 bracelet and 580 end-links

2mm spring bars

non-gen 1:1 case of unknown origin but purchased from a well respected gen collector on RWG.

[Ronin]

Awesome. Now lets hear all the trials and tribulations.

And lets see the build/spec sheet!

[JoJo35]

Beautiful piece B!

I love that little glimpse of the silver date wheel in there. I bet she runs like a champ

Congrats to the owner and builder, wear in the best of health

Kind Regards,

JJ

[vlydog]

Thanks Ronin. The biggest problem was with the original Yuki case I had purchased; getting the gen parts to fit and stem and crown alignment issues. I found a great case in a desperate search and now everything fits perfectly.

[vlydog]

Beautiful piece B!

I love that little glimpse of the silver date wheel in there. I bet she runs like a champ

Congrats to the owner and builder, wear in the best of health

Kind Regards,

JJ

Thank you B! Did my best to get a good shot of the silver date-wheel before my camera died. It has to be one of my favorite aspects of the watch.

[Watchmeister]

B-

That one is beautiful. Congrats. Wear it well.

[vlydog]

Thanks for the compliment W!

[dluddy]

Real nice B.

[vlydog]

I appreciate that D!

[JoJo35]

PS: You've got the perfect rendition of a "complete service" watch fresh out of RSC. Service lumi hands and dial, service insert with lumi pearl, service top hat crystal, and service 703 crown and tube. Not to mention a complete service to the 1570 movement

Wear well, and congrats again

[coolfire]

Sweet labour of love, B! I'm jealous!

[vlydog]

PS: You've got the perfect rendition of a "complete service" watch fresh out of RSC. Service lumi hands and dial, service insert with lumi pearl, service top hat crystal, and service 703 crown and tube. Not to mention a complete service to the 1570 movement

Wear well, and congrats again

Would not have been possible without your help B. I sincerely appreciate it.

[vlydog]

Sweet labour of love, B! I'm jealous!

Thank you J!

[redwatch]

Absolutely perfect build Vly! It's fantastic looking! You should be quite proud of your new addition! I'm looking forward to some more pics once your camera charges up

[stilty]

what a beauty! Welcome to the club. What do you think of that Rolex lumi glow?

[HauteHippie]

Great build with those parts... Did the movement fit in the case straight away, or was there any work involved getting it fitted properly? Would love to see a shot with the back off.

[vlydog]

Great build with those parts... Did the movement fit in the case straight away, or was there any work involved getting it fitted properly? Would love to see a shot with the back off.

B,

Movement fit the second case without modification.

The same could not be said of the Yuki case.

[vlydog]

Absolutely perfect build Vly! It's fantastic looking! You should be quite proud of your new addition! I'm looking forward to some more pics once your camera charges up

Thank you S.

I am feeling quite proud but very lucky and thankful at the same time. The battery is on the charger.

[vlydog]

what a beauty! Welcome to the club. What do you think of that Rolex lumi glow?

Thank you T!

It feels great to be in such good company.

The lumi glow is fantastic. It charges up by just standing by a brightly lit window.

[jmb]

Very nice! I'm green with envy! We need a little green droolin' smiley... :-p

[vafarmer70]

WOW!! Very nice.. nothing more can be said. Enjoy that one.