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midshipman01

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Good work on replicating a classic.

But, I think Mr. Bond actually wears the watch on an 18mm Nato strap. It looks too small for the lug width! :lol:

This Nato is too small (18mm) as per geniune, although I do think the actual is 16mm (you just can't find that). It's hard to tell but you can see springbar in some of my pics.

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Oh, and the recipe is deceptively simple. Perfect Hour has almost the correct watch even with the 28,8 movement, but you need to add a Tudor Sub bezel insert (Ebay has a few) and a Corvus Nato. Then I shaved the case down just a little (I think it could use a little more), baked and tea stained the dial/hands, sanded and bleached the bezel insert, aged the crystal, and sanded the strap all to get the right period look.

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@ Midshipman - Very nice project! I've been wanting to do one of these for a long time. I even ordered the corvus strap in 18mm and 20mm when they were first released thinking that I ever got around to doing the Goldfinger sub, and corvus no longer had the straps available, I'd be kicking myself for not getting one.

@Mickey - Thanks for the link to PC. I didn't realize these were available. I just ordered one, so it looks like I will finally get to use my corvus strap!

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