Gorilladame Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Hi! A couple of months ago I received my MBW 1680 Red from Reg (nices deal EVER!!!) but after a while I decided to build my self a Yuki 1680 franken So I had this MBW 1680 lying around with no wristtime, as the Yuki one was clearly a lot more accurate. Then I saw this pic: and fall for it. Ordered a (at this time) custommade 5512 with white markers, which was found by customs and I never received it. So Yuki made me a nice deal and I ordered a new one, which I received today. Nothing on my list I started to do the mod immidatly. changed the crystal with a nice clark 19 crystal (needed a LOT of pressure, but then it worked fine) And changed the dial. The cool thing was that my MBW was a new version so the 26mm Yuki dial perfectly fitted in there. ( for the record: New MBW 1680 Red dial is 26mm not 26.5mm as gen) So here is the result. Still need to do a bit of a case job, but not today. need to do homework to see what have to be changed, because at the moment I don´t see the difference. Enjoy: The thing I want to say with this thread is, as this was discussed a lot before: Yuki 1680 dial will not fit in a new MBW Case but 5512 dial fits like a clove...Also, if you got balls, you can fit a 19 crystal on a MBW 1680 case And I also wanted to prove that I am just unable to make nice pics :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTooper4 Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Really nice job , the proper McQueen watch,Wear it well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorilladame Posted June 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Thank you, now I am thinking of getting myself the Yuki 7206 band for perfection ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmj Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Its beautiful! I want to build one. Now you have inspired me to actually do one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorilladame Posted June 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Its beautiful! I want to build one. Now you have inspired me to actually do one. Sorry ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorilladame Posted June 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Better Pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmj Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 That ok, you are forgiven ;0) Again, I have to say well done on the watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Looks great! Though I should add that ALL MBW 5513/1680s have the 26mm dial recess. Historically, none of them had 26.5mm (i.e. if you had one of the old, original MBW 5513s and wanted to add a gen 1680 dial, it would have to be trimmed in order to fit). In fact, for the longest time the only case option was a 5513; the 1680 engraved case was something that came about only in the last few years or so. That's just the way MBWs have always been. The case is great for a 5512, 5513, 551x whatever or Tudor Subs, but not the best first choice for the 1680 for that reason alone. The 5512 looks great! Enjoy your new build... //ubi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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