tanya Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 The Blane-io - FGD 201a arrived today from my special watchmaker buddy Just got my FGD 201a back today from my bud and whooooooooooooooooooo I bought the case set from Blane-io as well as the extraordinary The Zigmeister genuine Tritium lumed FGD dial Blane did a masterful job finishing the LH CG to fit to the DSN pre-V case and T 48 crown The dial had some noticable scratches in the finish and a bit of a dark spot which Blane clearly pointed out to me ahead of time which was due to the various different owners handling it. The Zigmeister's work was of course masterful and it's a shame it's owners didn't wear finger cots when handling her. So I ordered a can of the Tamiya TS-80 varnish which everyone said was best and had it sent off to my watchmaker bud along with the dial and case set and an Ofrei Swiss Unitas movement My bud tore the entire movement apart, cleaned, oiled and regulated it and removed the subsecond module as well We had to wait for the damn Tamiya varnish as the ebay seller who sold it took their sweet time sending it to him Last week the varnish arrived and he gave the dial a fine coating which turned out friggen perfect. Only the small black spot by the hand hole is visable and there is nothing that can really be done about it short of fine sanding it out which could make the problem worse than the minor nit that it is. In addition most of the genuine Pre-V's I have seen seem to have some type of dial patina or age character anyway. He assembled the whole thing and ran it on a timer to happily find it keeping perfect time I just got it back this afternoon and installed the Jakob 201a caseback that I got last week as well as the wholesale outlet screw tubes which are more accurate than the PreV DSN screws. I chose my heavily oiled Gunny 95 and it is a perfect match to the color of the gen The Zigmeister Tritium lume Looks amazing, CG snaps against the T crown like my gens! Very very happy and thanks to Blane-io who of course gets first right of refusal should I get demnesia and decide to let her go Thanks go out to Simon for making our dreams come true! To The Zigmeister for his unbelievable lume work which is jaw dropping! To Jakob for helping to finalize the vision with his amazing chunky caseback! To Tourby for his perfect crowns! And to my watchmaker bud who put all the ingredients together! So, here's the laundry list: FGD 201a dial with Genuine The Zigmeister Tritium lume, light varnish by my bud DSN pre-V case set LH CG - refinished by Blane-io and pin gorilla glued by me Swiss Unitas cleaned oiled and regulated by my bud T-48 crown Assembled by my bud Jakob caseback added by me Gunny 95 with fatty SC anchor buckle Wholesale outlet Pre-V screwtubes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ztech Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Wow simply amazing! Worth all the hard work IMHO. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlydog Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Bravo, the watch looks terrific. Hats off to all involved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 COngratulations, looks great. Wear it well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmStaFF Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 stunning piece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobyPanFan Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 D... Not sure how the he// I missed this Bro!!!!!! Looks great of course Enjoy my friend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eton Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Ooooh, that's NICE!!! Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 That Gunny strap really sets it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossanti Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 im still looking forward to do mine...ermm still long to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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