preacher62 Posted October 14, 2011 Report Posted October 14, 2011 Justin, All I can say is WOW! WOW! This bezel is 100%! Thanks! M P. S. I'll do a layout on it after I drill the lugs. Every piece came from a different source.
jmb Posted October 15, 2011 Report Posted October 15, 2011 M, very glad you are happy with it and I appreciate the "attaboy". I think from now on I'm only going to do work on watches like this with plexi crystals...
preacher62 Posted October 15, 2011 Author Report Posted October 15, 2011 That has been where my interest is for a while now. I love my 16610 and 16613 but I really like the 5513 and this 1016. I kinda screwed up the dial...got something on it and had to rub a little and lost some of the gold...hate that. But hey... Love those plastic crystals.
alligoat Posted October 15, 2011 Report Posted October 15, 2011 I've got one of those jmb bezels and they sure are great. I wouldn't have been able to build my 1016 w/o it! 1601 DJ case, 2824-2 motor, 24-600 crown and a relumed Yuki dial courtesty of LHOOQ- one of his hand me downs! Watch is WR to boot. I love the understatement. Thanks again JB!
jmb Posted October 15, 2011 Report Posted October 15, 2011 I finally got around to build one of my own after many bezels went out the door! And, like the 'goat, dial is an LH hand-me-down...
jmb Posted October 15, 2011 Report Posted October 15, 2011 But, I need to give LH a big chunk of the credit as he did all of the research, measuring, eye-balling, etc., to get the proportions correct.
preacher62 Posted October 15, 2011 Author Report Posted October 15, 2011 By the way...I need to thank LH for a consult on this. I wonder if he has one more throw-away dial. I built this gilt-dial 1016 with a croc strap and even a Rolex buckle, but now I think I am having buyer's remorse. Maybe the "tool" dial with a riveted or folded link bracelet would have been a better choice over the fancy, going out dial.
woof* Posted October 15, 2011 Report Posted October 15, 2011 Looks great guys! Long live plexi's and lugholes!
highoeyazmuhudee Posted October 15, 2011 Report Posted October 15, 2011 hey Justin do you think it would be hard to produce a bracelet part exactly like the one at the end of this 93150 here?
lhooq Posted October 15, 2011 Report Posted October 15, 2011 Well, this was a nice thread to read! It's great to see the old dials on one page, and I'm glad I could help you out, M. Unfortunately, I'm all out of 1016 dials, but maybe praetor can do something about that. Still loving my bezels, too. That was a very satisfying project.
Ronin Posted October 15, 2011 Report Posted October 15, 2011 Awesome. I need to do this for my 1601 case.
Ephry73 Posted October 15, 2011 Report Posted October 15, 2011 That's very nice indeed. There is this one "explorer" case I have that I may want to build a bigger 1016 with. I know I know. Looks perfect guys. This is one seriously understated, and beautiful watch. E
jmb Posted October 15, 2011 Report Posted October 15, 2011 highoe - I'm not sure, messing with sheet metal is kind of a PITA. Maybe a die with corresponding properly shaped "punch" could be machined to get the bends and folds started but I'm not sure I have the patience for that!
ebzen02 Posted October 19, 2011 Report Posted October 19, 2011 Can't wait for mine! Love these 1016's!
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