cib0rgman Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 Hello, I started building on of these i have a 1655 from josh, already drilled the lug holes to take the standard roles fat spring bar. I have a couple of question for those that done this already. 1.- I need a complete bezel assembly (Does the wholesaleoutlet complete assembly will fit) 2.- I have a gen Vintage date wheel to use these i will have to get one of those zodiac movement 3.- model number for the oyster bracelet for these watch 4.- Tropic 116 does a Gen tropic fits 5.- How much do i need to shave off the case 6.- Dial recommendation if not gen used? I purchase a crown and a tube it looks like i need to retap de tube hole is kind of too big or do i have the wrong tube and crown? "> Thanks Cyb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btocamelo Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 the original 1675 has the smaller 5mm crown compared to the 1655 which has the larger 6mm crown......since you are using a 1655 case, you are going to have to stick with that 6mm crown/tube on that case....just to make your life easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cib0rgman Posted February 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 I guess I could sent it to The The Zigmeister to get retap. Of course I need to ask him if he can do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star69 Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 Hello, I started building on of these i have a 1655 from josh, already drilled the lug holes to take the standard roles fat spring bar. I have a couple of question for those that done this already. 1.- I need a complete bezel assembly (Does the wholesaleoutlet complete assembly will fit) 2.- I have a gen Vintage date wheel to use these i will have to get one of those zodiac movement 3.- model number for the oyster bracelet for these watch 4.- Tropic 116 does a Gen tropic fits 5.- How much do i need to shave off the case 6.- Dial recommendation if not gen used? I purchase a crown and a tube it looks like i need to retap de tube hole is kind of too big or do i have the wrong tube and crown? Thanks Cyb 1 : yes with some shaving here and there 2 : nice - if you glue it on the Zodiac DW - be prepared to possible run in problems fitting dial and hands 3 : simply take the nice one from the 1655 4 : yes 5 : quite a lot on the crown guard side 6 : gen gen gen - no good after-marked there sorry if hole is to big for your tube there is nothing to retap cheers, Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cib0rgman Posted February 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 So basically there is no way to fit a gen crown into one of these suckers. I guess retap only applies when the hole is too small. I will have to use the same crown that came with the watch. the bracelet is very light. I was thinking on using a rep 93150; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiman12 Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 try fitting the gen crown on the rep tube...it might work...that's what I did for my build... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btocamelo Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 (edited) if you bought a Crown/tube for a 1675, it will be a 5mm crown...and it will not fit on the 1655 case, and you will not want to use it because the crown guard area is machined to accommodate the large 6mm crown/tube...the smaller 5mm crown will look small in that crown guard area....so, 1675 crown/tube will not work on the 1655 case...you will have to stay with the existing crown/tube that came with the 1655 case Edited February 7, 2011 by btocamelo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Buy a tube and see if it fits. Im sure the hole in the case is the same size. I cant see the hole being too big. If anything, rep holes are always smaller than the gen.That bracelet will work perfect. I would probably use a Yuki 7206 when I build mine. I like the older style bracelets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cib0rgman Posted February 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Buy a tube and see if it fits. Im sure the hole in the case is the same size. I cant see the hole being too big. If anything, rep holes are always smaller than the gen.That bracelet will work perfect. I would probably use a Yuki 7206 when I build mine. I like the older style bracelets I did and the tube is too small, unless this is not really a GMT Crown. at least that was advertised in Ebay but who knows. and yes the crown looks kind of small in between the crown guards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 That is the biggest "tell" when someone tries to build a 1675/16750 using a different case. the Crown guards are proportional to the 5.3mm crown on the genuine case. When you use a case with a 6.0 or 7.0 mm crown, the space is too wide and looks strange when you fit a 5.3 mm crown. You can shave away excess material on the case or CG's, but you can't put new metal in where there isn't any. all the 1675's and 16750's use the small 5.3mm Crown. I don't believe Rolex went to a larger crown until the 116710 Ceramic GMT IIc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 That is the biggest "tell" when someone tries to build a 1675/16750 using a different case. the Crown guards are proportional to the 5.3mm crown on the genuine case. When you use a case with a 6.0 or 7.0 mm crown, the space is too wide and looks strange when you fit a 5.3 mm crown. You can shave away excess material on the case or CG's, but you can't put new metal in where there isn't any. all the 1675's and 16750's use the small 5.3mm Crown. I don't believe Rolex went to a larger crown until the 116710 Ceramic GMT IIc The "Fat Lady" had a 6mm crown. 16760. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cib0rgman Posted February 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 does the ETA hand fits the Chinese movement. if not where do I get a set of hands. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmctowgnr Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 The person I got my gen 1675 gen case from I think has another if you are looking. Also pm me if you are looking for a source on the zodiac 75b movement and I can let you know where I got mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mapman57 Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 does the ETA hand fits the Chinese movement. if not where do I get a set of hands. thanks ETA hands do not fit the Chinese movement. I may have a set of Chinese movement hands (4) that I will trade for your ETA set if you have a set and thats what you wish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cib0rgman Posted February 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 If i want to use the same movement that came wit the 1655 I need to get a Chinese movement set of hands. bummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgchrono2 Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Yukiwatch has a set of enuine like 1675 case with crown and bezel and crysal acrylic. He also sells nice 1675 dials but what movement should I buy in order to fit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cib0rgman Posted February 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Yukiwatch has a set of enuine like 1675 case with crown and bezel and crysal acrylic. He also sells nice 1675 dials but what movement should I buy in order to fit? I know some of the guys here have a zodiac 75B which is a gmt movement and the date-wheel turns the same direction as the genuine date-wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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