Martyd3 Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 It's been a while, but I decided to try my hand at another 1665 mod. This started life as "PT" Rolex 1665 DRSD with a gen ETA slow beat movement. I've done the following mods so far: Shaved CGs Beveled and polished lugs Lugs drilled and gen spring bars installed New period correct crown (may be gen) with a Yuki tube Aged and matte sprayed MBW dial Relumed Clark hands New date wheel overlay (this one is nice, but I am looking for other options) Insert recessed and aged Case edges lightly softened (I want to do a bit more aging to the case, but nothing too drastic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praetor Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 good job. I guess it still needs a lot of work huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 Looks good Marty. The biggest challenge to all of these SD and Sub reps is trimming the cg's. The PT SD in addition to an inside trim, could use a trim over the top and along the outside edges. It's a time consuming project which I haven't undertaken yet either- lots of filing and polishing. I trimmed the insides and that's as far as I got. It's on my someday list! But I still think these PT SDs are great bang for the buck, especially with the 2846-2 engine inside and the 6 and 9 markers on your dial are a nice size, not too narrow like PT's GWSD dial (I swapped mine out for an MBW dial). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiman12 Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 Looks really good Marty!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielv2000 Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 A real classic beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 Nice job. DW looks fine to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gplracer Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Great job as always! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 I like what you've done with it so far. Keep up the good work... Maybe try to chamfer the case a bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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