mir36 Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 I ordered Josh's 5513 after reading Star69's 5512 review. I received it today and immediately put in on a Nato. I've never owned any vintage subs (rep or gen) but have to say I'm very happy with it. A question on the bezel. My 5513 bezel is bi-directional and doesn't click as I would expect a diving watch to. Is that how the gen 5513 was? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 That is correct this should be bidirectional and not click Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mir36 Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Thank you sir! I learned something today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonporsche Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 I've been following this thread and love the idea of having a go at doing the mods on it myself how ever I don't have much experience. How easy is it for a novice to replace crystal, crown and tube? Also what's the reason for changing the crystal? And are there decent ones other than gen ones? I'd love this thread to continue and see some working progress on these watches. All the best Simon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 It is all fairly easy with the right tools and a bit of experience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonporsche Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 What tools are involved? Also what's the difference between 5512 and 5513's ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 One is a chronometer and the 5513 is not you will need a basic tool set a crystal press and a tap and drill if the crown tube hole is not the right size and thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robaer Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 How is the bracelet and clasp on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonporsche Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Is the bezel easily popped off on these? I can never seem to do it, but I have read threads where people say they have done it with ease. I have a tool kit I will buy a crystal press and start there and look into a new tube and crown at a later stage (one step at time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmegaPOFL Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 just curious as to what type of clark plexi this can take?? t-19? t-21? i'm a little confused.. i want to get this and replace the xtal with clarks.. or is the stock good enough? reshape the cg (shave?) replace crown/tube with gen. vintagize the bezel a little... get that grey look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star69 Posted February 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 t-19 clone is needed - the rep glass it imho too domed watchmaker knives to get the bezel off (easy ) the just press the new glass by hand - retaining ring over the plexi - now a press is needed (scary ) press the retaining ring over the glass then bezel, washer, insert (don't forget to bleach it with Klorix or something) press on by hand standard sub crown fits on the tube - if you want to install something smaller (Daytona crown) you need a new tube also. CGs should be shaved on the outside with wet n dry sandpaper and polished with Dremel tool ... all relatively easy you could also drill out the lug-holes a little bit but that's about it cheers, Frank 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mir36 Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 My 5513 purchase from Joshua was inspired by Star69's 5512 review. Same build quality as the 5512 and at $98 a great budget build foundation. I don't have a Rolex case opener so I played around with 'vintagizing' this as far as I could today. Here are some pics: The 5513 on NATO, no mods yet... I worked on the tropic first. Sanded the plexi with sanding sponges then polished with plastic polish... This is the effect I was going for, the weathered surface shadow only visible in direct sunlight I couldn't remove the tropic retaining ring, so got stuck here and didn't get a chance to play around with the actual dial. Here is this weekend's finished product. Overdid the bleaching. Put it in a cup of 100% bleach for 30minutes. Next time I'll water it down and actually keep an eye on it. Thanks again Star69 for starting this thread. I too would like to see this thread continue with more budget efforts based on Joshua's $98 551x offerings. I plan to get a couple of Yuki dials and case opener and start playing around with dials. Thanks for looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverG Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 what is the part number or size (7mm?) for a replacement crown for these? Will BK's crown fit? Just want to swap crowns, not tubes also. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star69 Posted February 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 very cool mir36 ! BK crown should fit on the rep tube - for my new crown today a new tube was needed 7030 tube for 703 crown vs MBW CGs : i love the result - esp that there is not a single gen part on the watch cheers, Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seafoam Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Very nice Frank. Looks fantastic!!! And it sounds like it was cost effective... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonporsche Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 That's pretty good Frank, did you do the cg's and change the crystal yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star69 Posted February 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 thanks ! yes crystal exchanged and CG shaved - im pretty much done most expensive part was the crown (25 Euro) cheers, Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonporsche Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 My 5513 purchase from Joshua was inspired by Star69's 5512 review. Same build quality as the 5512 and at $98 a great budget build foundation. I don't have a Rolex case opener so I played around with 'vintagizing' this as far as I could today. Here are some pics: The 5513 on NATO, no mods yet... I worked on the tropic first. Sanded the plexi with sanding sponges then polished with plastic polish... This is the effect I was going for, the weathered surface shadow only visible in direct sunlight I couldn't remove the tropic retaining ring, so got stuck here and didn't get a chance to play around with the actual dial. Here is this weekend's finished product. Overdid the bleaching. Put it in a cup of 100% bleach for 30minutes. Next time I'll water it down and actually keep an eye on it. Thanks again Star69 for starting this thread. I too would like to see this thread continue with more budget efforts based on Joshua's $98 551x offerings. I plan to get a couple of Yuki dials and case opener and start playing around with dials. Thanks for looking. I,m impressed at how good these are looking with minimal work. Your right about the bleaching,you went to town on it Where did you get your strap from? Can't decide on 5512 or 5513 so ordered both at this price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonporsche Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 thanks ! yes crystal exchanged and CG shaved - im pretty much done most expensive part was the crown (25 Euro) cheers, Frank Ha Ha, This is really affordable with great results. Where did you get crown and tube? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star69 Posted February 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Ha Ha, This is really affordable with great results. Where did you get crown and tube? member sales and cousins uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star69 Posted February 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Here is this weekend's finished product. Overdid the bleaching. Put it in a cup of 100% bleach for 30minutes. Next time I'll water it down and actually keep an eye on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woof* Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 I've been following this thread too... Just ordered the 5512 and 1665! (now I need to start collecting parts) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star69 Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 and a quick and dusty wrist-shot im now happy with the crown and CGs ... cheers, Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmj Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasf2002 Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Frank Thanks this is a great review with lots of info. Can I ask you mentioned a few posts ago that "standard sub crown fits on the tube" but then I think you have changed the tube - was this to fit a smaller crown or did the gen crown not fit? If you did change the tube what did you use and was it a straight swap or a machining job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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