First round of mods completed on my 7031

[redwatch]

+1 Jet......I'm very curious now!

Also - you mentioned this in your first 7031 post:

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Since I had dismantled my 9411 Snowflake

Dismantled?? Are you up to something interesting with your Snowflake as well??

[ubiquitous]

Ahhh... Yes... The 9411 was parted out. The snowflake parts live on in ChiMan's new 9411 (dial, hands and 25-125); the old case was reassembled into a new watch that was sent off to a friend of justasgood's...

[HauteHippie]

  On 4/28/2010 at 11:33 PM, ubiquitous said:

hooray

Wow, R. Very purty!

[jmb]

Hmmm, what else is up Uber-Ubi's sleeve...

[redwatch]

  On 4/29/2010 at 5:04 PM, ubiquitous said:

Ahhh... Yes... The 9411 was parted out. The snowflake parts live on in ChiMan's new 9411 (dial, hands and 25-125); the old case was reassembled into a new watch that was sent off to a friend of justasgood's...

Very nice!!! So no more Ubi Snowflake huh?

[ubiquitous]

Yeah... The 9411 has come and gone. Great watch... Lots of fun to build and was a favorite in my collection. It was just time for something different...

Maybe I'll build another down the road sometime

[Pre V]

What an amazing project Ubi!

What a difference an SS bezel and Cyclopic Tropic does to the overall watch

Stay with that Oyster I would, if going for gen Oyster - go for a 7836 folded with 280 endlinks! (although quite rare birds these days)...a set of 380s will work too.

Now, this is one 7032 that I really, rea-lee, realily want! more than the new Heritagiago MC.

Lovin' it!!

[ubiquitous]

Thanks, A!

I did indeed explore the idea of a 7836, but the folded links are just not my pref 78360 heavy link fits my requirements, though!

This has been a fun project thus far... Moving along a lot easier than I anticipated...

[gplracer]

Looking good R

[ubiquitous]

Thanks, sir. It's getting there... Slowly, but surely...

[chiman12]

Wow the master strikes again! Those hands are incredible!

[chefcook]

R., can you give me a hint on where to get the correct crystal with cyclops? I am desperately searching for one for my 7031 project...

[ubiquitous]

There are NOS crystals still floating about out there, but be prepared for some exorbitant pricing (anywhere from $350 - $525 depending)

There are aftermarket crystals out there, but they are the domed ones without cyclops...

[rosnik]

Rumors seed :

that DW is preparing one 7031 case , and he will get it on sale on half of May.

Do you got extra info about?

[ubiquitous]

What I do know: gplracer and I have assisted DW with some small details on his 7031. I've not yet seen any actual case pics, however, so I can't comment on it.

[rosnik]

Thank you UBI,

sorry, but I'm anxious to know news about .

I need to have my MONTE CARLO too .

[gplracer]

DW is working hard on this one. I am very hopeful that it will be a good rep. My 7734 movement is ready and waiting.

[Eton]

  On 4/29/2010 at 5:04 PM, ubiquitous said:

Ahhh... Yes... The 9411 was parted out. The snowflake parts live on in ChiMan's new 9411 (dial, hands and 25-125); the old case was reassembled into a new watch that was sent off to a friend of justasgood's...

Ooooh Ubi...She's beautiful...I absolutely adore it...need to get me one

[ubiquitous]

  On 5/6/2010 at 5:03 AM, Eton said:

Ooooh Ubi...She's beautiful...I absolutely adore it...need to get me one

K-

I'm looking into it for you...

[ryaku]

Probabily i missed this info... but i can't help asking.. where can we get this watch?

Ubi, you're the number one, you have such a good taste and skills.

[ubiquitous]

ryaku,

Thanks for the kind words, sir

The vintage Tudor Chronographs have always been an object of interest to me since first seeing discussion on them a few years back. My intrigue was especially piqued as there's not much written about them; a model somewhat shrouded in mystery There are a very limited number of gens out there due to not being strong sellers in their time and they tend to command high prices as a result of their rare nature. I felt that getting the watch you see here would be the next best choice for a vintage style, plexi crystal piece and since I was at a point of waiting with another project, I figured it would be a good opportunity to start another

This particular watch was delivered by NDT. I've since been in the process of procuring some genuine parts and am having a custom dial painted, so I'm now at a point where I'm at a wait period with this project as well. Funny how that works...

BTW, there are a couple of other sources for picking up a vintage MC; Phong has one for sale (currently offered at $1950) and I believe DW will be releasing one shortly as well...

Hope this helps

//ubi