Tudor Sub And 1665 Build, Progress So Far

[Ephry73]

Updates:

Re-Drilled both cases for gen thick bars

Resealed tubes and crystals(both now with correctly aligned crowns)

Re-Aged Yuki ETA hands

Pics of the Tudor build added.

[woof*]

Comin along fine!

[Ephry73]

Still having some epoxy issues on the Tudor dial. The 1665's feet are nice and straight. The Gen spring bars make a whole lot of difference.

@Woof

If you want, make sure Le at Trevor measures the cases for you. The two that I got from him(one plain, one built) were both the same, just not thick enough for a 1665 IMHO. Still look good and have good metal to work with.

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[Ephry73]

Quick question for the experts.

I read a line somewhere(cannot remember where) that there are "slim case" 1665s out there. Can anyone confirm this? What dial/bracelet/crystal/bezel is associated with this? I'm doing searches now.

Thanks in advance.

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[Ephry73]

Now in need of a correct 1665 bezel. Anyone want to trade thin bezel for thick bezel?

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[Ephry73]

Ok, so I faded the bezel, and polished the case. Aged the dial further and this is what I have.

Thanks for looking.

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[dutchguy2]

Looking good E. Love the faded insert.

[modelizer]

[Watchmeister]

Great info. I never would have known that there was a reasonably priced case with He valve. I thoroughly enjoy posts which show the beginning of a project and then follows its further development. On the dial you currently have - that was an original t service dial and you actually relumed it?

[Ephry73]

This dial(Tudor Rose dial) I got from Chiman. It started life as a gloss dial and he did some Matte treatment to it. I removed that, relumed(with diluted lume for vintage effect) and made the dial look like it has been in this case for decades. The case is a Josh case with the "slimming" effect as well as the reshaping of the CGs.

On the 1665 dial, it is a service dial(Gen) wth feet clipped and I added lume in a vintage concoction color I made to match the aged hands I already had. I am quite pleased with the end result, but wish I had a 1665 case and bezel to slap it in, as this will be a very nice DRSD with the faded red.

Thanks for the compliments guys. Trevor is not responding to messages, but if they do, I will for sure order more of the cases for the 5514. I think for a 1665(even early thin one) the bezel is wrong, but for an early 5513 comex or 5514, it is just dead on.

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[Ephry73]

So I broke down and purchased a case and bezel to build the 1665 "properly". The 5514 case is either going for sale, or will be in "storage" until I find a decent 5513 dial.

Question about hands:

What should be the correct hands for a DRSD? This is going to have the 2846 movement I am rebuilding(fingers crossed)

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