mjmurphy926 Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 I'll answer later this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 Going out on a limb, but the fit and finish of the end-links to the case is a dead give-a-way.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 Hmm... I'm not very good at this game, all I see are the tells. Crown position looks low to me. On the other hand, the rehaut looks nice and deep... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highoeyazmuhudee Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 the umm hmm everything...? i gotta gets me one of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichBlack Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 WM9 / BK V2 Sub... er probably nothing! The pearl looks nice as does the crown. I wish George would get a shift on with his SD Project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmurphy926 Posted October 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 WM9 / BK V2 Sub... er probably nothing! The pearl looks nice as does the crown. Very close Rich! Component list: Case - WM9 v1 (actually PT's best from back in the day.) Bezel assembly - Stock WM9 v1/PT's best Crystal - Clark's Bezel insert - The dreaded JO! Pearl - GEN (Good eyes Rich) Crown - BK custom crown. I don't think these are available anymore, but I could be wrong. Movement - ETA 2836-2 Date wheel - BK date wheel overlay. HIGHLY recommended! Bracelet - Stock WM9 v1 endlinks on noob hollow mid link bracelet. Dial - noob 16610 The case was pretty rough when I bought this from a member on these boards. The upper CG was much fatter than the lower and there were tooling marks all over the rehaut. A lot of filing, sanding and polishing later, I have a case that I'm pretty happy with. The single most dramatic change was the swap from a stock noob date wheel to the BK overlay. The noob numbers were too big and the font was too thin. I finally decided to make the switch and couldn't be happier! The bracelet was a recent endeavor. I didn't like the solid mid bracelet that came with the watch, although it did have very nice SELs. I swapped the bracelet immediately with one of several noob bracelets I had laying around, but I was never really happy with the noob SELs as the center section was over worked leaving the edges slightly rounded. I finally got brave enough to disassemble both bracelets and make a single good one. I actually went through 2 noobs though, so it really took 3 bracelets to make one good one, but I'm thrilled with the final result! I also have a brand new noob dial and hand set at Vac's right now getting the C1 lume treatment. Can't wait to get that stuff installed! Anyway, thanks for looking. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star69 Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 the WM9V1 i think the only WM9-Sub that's still available ? im still working on mine - but was too busy with my GMT - project so far it has a new crystal+gasket, gen insert, BK-DW and the rehaut-engravings are gone for good ... now it needs a gen crown, cg shave and relume .. puhh you could get that all very easy with the V2 version cheers, Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichBlack Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 Mike, Great Submariner, which is even better now I know the story behind it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmurphy926 Posted October 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 the WM9V1 Nice Frank. Looks like your upper CG is about the same as mine was. Lucky you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmurphy926 Posted October 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 Mike, Great Submariner, which is even better now I know the story behind it Thanks Rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automatico Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 "Case - WM9 v1 (actually PT's best from back in the day.)" What is the serial number on this particular type of case? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praetor Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 how did you take apart the bracelet? using pliers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmurphy926 Posted October 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 "Case - WM9 v1 (actually PT's best from back in the day.)" What is the serial number on this particular type of case? Thanks! My serial number is M550297 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmurphy926 Posted October 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 how did you take apart the bracelet? using pliers? Yeah...I read that somewhere on these boards, but I can't find the thread now. Someone spoke about using 2 pair of vicegrips. He said to line the vicegrip jaws with the type of sandpaper many electric finishing sanders use. The kind with the fuzzy side of velcro backing. That fuzzy stuff sticks to the other side of velcro on the sander. You cut a strip of the sanding disk a little wider than the vicegrip jaws and place in it the jaws so the sandy side grips the bracelet links. I was amazed how little the sandpaper damaged the top link on the bracelet. I was able to remove the scratches with only a scotch brite pad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praetor Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Thanks a lot... I'll try that out in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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