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1675 goes to the fat farm for a nip and tuck


cjjoyce1

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Just finished up some work on a members 1675, one that started out life as the "1:I" cartel with the horrible. . .well everything as we all know. It first went to the pbdad spa who did some great work replacing the original dial with a yuki, reluming the hands to match, and installing a JMB date wheel overlay decal, new correct style case back and drilled out the lug holes.

The watch came to me for a dial swap again. This time to a gen late 70's service dial marked tritium but with luminova which doesn't glow either. I re-did the hands to match too. The member asked me if I could do something about the case, so using my gen for comparison, I tried my hand. The 1655 would have been a better starting point, but here goes.

Original shape of the guards from the back

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Work in progress

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Side view of the guards (note this is not the members case, but another I had. I forgot to snap a pic before I started, but this is the same cartel case.)

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Checking the work again - crown for reference

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The difference between the gen and the cartel becomes very apparent in side by side. The 6mm vs. 5.3mm crown really makes a difference in the thickness in the top of the lugs

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But overall, not too bad considering the starting point.

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Buttoned up and ready to be sent back to papa

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Thanks for looking!~

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Works for me.

Because most vintage watches get repeated polishings over the years, there is no real guide to how CGs are supposed to look. As long as they look worn, about the worst anyone can say is, 'Whoever polished this last did a poor job' (I mean that in a generic sense, not in this case).

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im still looking for a solution to put an gen ( i mean 1675) size crown in that case without glueing the tube in -

any ideas ?

cheers,

Frank

Actually - kind of. One of the first reps I had/have was a TT sub that had lug holes in the case and a short, DJ style crown (tube was too). The tube stripped on it, but it was the same kind with the tiny drilled case. A gen crown would screw on it though and the inside of the tube was big enough for the crown. I test fit it in this case and it worked. The tube was just too stripped to firmly screw down the crown.

Long story short - if you've got some old junk reps still in your drawer check over what you've got. You may find a happy surprise in there.

(BTW, this same old sub of mine's caseback is now living on this guys watch.)

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this is really making reconsider my 1680. i think i will be switching over to the 1675 soon

@bigjule: why is your cyclops so off center?

. I have a nice 1680 and I prefer the 1675. Has color. Subs are nice but a lil blan. I just put the gen xstal on. That just my opinion Ure rite I need to slide it back a bit. Thanks
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