thl Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 Hi I just finished this new old classic The base was a 60's 5500 air-king, original USA C-I rivet band, swapped dial and hands ... et voila Isn't she lovely? Cheers Thl
Guest zeleni kukuruz Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 You know, i get f@cking horny when i see watches like this!!! Uber nice mr t
lhooq Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 Superb build, thl! But if I could make one suggestion... Do consider the new 5500 dial that Yuki started selling earlier this month. It's similar to the Explorer dials that Yuki carried 2 years ago i.e. much better than his more recent stock. The numerals are less puffy and are in the correct places. Also, the ROPE text is smaller and better rendered. Unfortunately, the lume is white, so you would have to relume the hands or the dial. Everything else is perfect; a better dial would put your Explorer over the top.
thl Posted March 25, 2011 Author Report Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) Thanks all, I'm glad you like it. Even if you are used to beefier watches, as I am, its charme and uderstatement are, IMHO, unique. @LHOOK You're right, dial isn't perfect; It's Yuki's, and deciding between this and the newer was hard. But I didn't want to modify it too much, you know I'm waiting for a service one Have a nice day THL Edited March 25, 2011 by thl
freddy333 Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 Beautiful watch. You did well on it. You should use an image editor to reduce the size of your pics to 1024x768 or thereabouts to make them easier to view.
d-rock Posted March 26, 2011 Report Posted March 26, 2011 Wow...that looks GREAT. Nice job, my friend.
ghost Posted March 28, 2011 Report Posted March 28, 2011 Wow! I'm inspired to do the same! So is the explorer 5500 the same make/case/dimensions/movement as the air-king then? Save for a different dial?
thl Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Posted March 29, 2011 Wow! I'm inspired to do the same! So is the explorer 5500 the same make/case/dimensions/movement as the air-king then? Save for a different dial? Oh yes, the explorer 5500 is nothing but an Air-King with specific Explorer dial. Cheers
lhooq Posted March 29, 2011 Report Posted March 29, 2011 Don't forget the hands! Nothing says you mean business like a set of Submariner hands! thl: I don't know if I've ever seen a 5500 Explorer service dial go on sale, but one would definitely perfect your watch.
thl Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Posted March 29, 2011 Don't forget the hands! Nothing says you mean business like a set of Submariner hands! thl: I don't know if I've ever seen a 5500 Explorer service dial go on sale, but one would definitely perfect your watch. You're right but my watchsmith said something could happen ...
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