JEKS Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 I am really in love with the Double Red Sea Dwellers that I have seen to date. What I would really like, thought I'm not sure of authenticity is a nice aged vintage unit with a riveted or folded bracelet and high domed tropic style crystal. I am thinking of starting with one of the units from Angus at PT, but am confused with the 6 dial types. I am looking for all kinds of suggestions and information on the proper route to follow to end up with a very believable vintage looking DRSD. I was thinking the following; PT base unit, dial 3 shave crown guards (why does this still need to be done if the rep factories recognize this obvious flaw?) replace crown with gen if available file date window to larger size & fix metal surfaces with black paint or Sharpie depending on matching replace rep bracelet with higher quality riveted or folded rep bleach insert scotch-brite and fine sanding to achieve weathered look possible tritium/tritium contamination relume replace movement with Swiss version of std. Asian supplied with rep movement service mineral-oil treatment for bracelet I am hoping to pull this off for <1000 USD So, any thoughts, suggestions, sources, items I need to address. Items which show I'm a complete neophyte. Please offend if needed, I'm prepared. Thanks - J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEKS Posted May 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 PS I'm also willing to look at well done units for purchase vs. doing this all myself. I'm a do-it-yourselfer, but I have a basement remodel going on as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 So, any thoughts, suggestions, sources, items I need to address. Items which show I'm a complete neophyte. Please offend if needed, I'm prepared. As a neophyte, I would recommend that, before you even begin planning your dream rep, you need to research the real thing & select the version you are interested in. Start here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cib0rgman Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 PS I'm also willing to look at well done units for purchase vs. doing this all myself. I'm a do-it-yourselfer, but I have a basement remodel going on as well... it all depends how far you would like to take it, my 1665 even has a Rolex movement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEKS Posted May 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Will do, thanks for the heads up - J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 I am hoping to pull this off for <1000 USD Uhm, you can build a couple of them for under $1000... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEKS Posted May 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 most excellent. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubmaster Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Bump, I would also like where to start and how to go forward in the right direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEKS Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Club, So far, I've done the following, though I'm sure you'll get many opinions on my choices... I engaged PBDad to build my 1665 for me. He suggested, and I went with a full watch from Angus at Puretimewatch. Another option, and many posts on here swear by it, is the MBW case option which has several benefits but is more pricey. Although not correct for this watch, I wanted a rivet style bracelet as I prefer their feel over folded link bracelets. I like their look and feel better than the Oyster solid option. I went with one from Yukiwatch. I like the high domed crystals, so am going with a Clark tropic crystal at PBDad's suggestion. He's going to do his accelerated aging to it for me as well. I gotta say, I'm really looking forward to seeing it when done. I'll post here when I receive it. I would highly recommend reading the link given by freddy333 a few posts up. Very informative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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