what2 Posted December 24, 2010 Report Posted December 24, 2010 some quick and dirty pictures, biggest glaring difference is the case back, making an exact rep a difficult process. The rest of the case though is close enough in my opinion to serve as the base of a wearable snowflake rep. The gen is on the top the crown guards "curve" the opposite way, the gens are sloped down while the rep are sloped up. The crown is also wrong, though I have a gen crown to replace it. I did some work on a seiko sub to tide me over until I get the tudor put together, a sterile mil-sub rep.
chiman12 Posted December 24, 2010 Report Posted December 24, 2010 Glad to see you got it! The 1680 has a lot of CG for you to work with, but it looks like the 1680 has the potential to be a cheap and fairly accurate Tudor Snowflake. Can't wait to see the finished product!
TeeJay Posted December 24, 2010 Report Posted December 24, 2010 Thanks for the comparison shots, and indeed, the 1680 certainly looks like a suitable base to work from Really looking forward to seeing another snowflake on the forum
d-rock Posted December 26, 2010 Report Posted December 26, 2010 You may want to be certain the Tudor parts will fit in the "PT 1680" case. I had intensions of buying one built by The Zigmeister from crockey but it turned out the parts didn't fit. At least that's wat was apssed on to me.
sly Posted December 26, 2010 Report Posted December 26, 2010 Most of Crockey's parts was passed on to me for my 9411 build with a yuki tudor case.
d-rock Posted December 27, 2010 Report Posted December 27, 2010 CONGRATS, sly. Of course we look forward to the pics when it's completed.
Watchmeister Posted December 27, 2010 Report Posted December 27, 2010 Great comparison and we look forward to the finished build.
what2 Posted December 27, 2010 Author Report Posted December 27, 2010 My mods are going to be limited to snowflake dial and hands and a gen crown, so the true craftsmen on the board are going to probably look at my creation in horror
jmb Posted December 28, 2010 Report Posted December 28, 2010 It would be really cool if we could find a place to get good case-back engraving done for reasonable. Unfortunately I don't want to shell out several G for a 3 axis CNC engraver/router...
what2 Posted December 28, 2010 Author Report Posted December 28, 2010 cheap b@st@rd, if you got one of the 3-axis routers why would you stop as case backs, couldn't you do whole cases. Add a 3-d laser scanner and could you not make a copy of any case you stuck in it?
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