jmb Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 Out of curiosity I ordered one of the fleabay $89 Snowflake Date dials and got it in last week. Today I finally got around to cobbling it together and I was pleasantly surprised with the results. This started life as a Cartel 5512 and has only some simple mods. Here's the build facts: Case - Cartel 5512/5513 case with CGs trimmed and slimmed. Crystal - Clark 25-125 Hands - Fleabay Movement - DG2813 from Borel Dial - Fleabay Bracelet - Stock Cartel bracelet that came on the 5513 Crown - Gen Tube - Yuki I glued the dial and spacer to the movement, broached the ETA hour/minute hands and crimped the sweep hand. I have not found any specific a21j Snowflake hands yet or I would not have broached the ETA set. But, I'm pretty happy with the hand length on these so I guess it was worth a little extra effort. The build was straight-forward with nothing new or exotic to expound upon so here's a couple pics of how it turned out - just a few 'cause the Cartel case has been flogged to death since it's release. This is more about the dial than the build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highoeyazmuhudee Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 good effort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhooq Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Nice one, J! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsiadeCuba Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 looks good j. that sure beat my built that was hundreds more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwatch Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Wow J!!! That's one of the better snow flakes I've seen yet!!! Very well done!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krpster Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Nice build. Looks pretty good for a cobbled piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydenM Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 If you dont mind me asking, what was the aprox. total cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtguk Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superlative Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 That magnification on the date looks kinda huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woof* Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Really nice J! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted March 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 That magnification on the date looks kinda huge. Yeah, it is, but I like it. I can actually read the date without looking for my specs... Hayden - probably a little over $200... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiman12 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 You are the King J...what are your thoughts on the dial in terms of accuracy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted March 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Chi, it seems very close when compared to the pictures I've compared it to. These hands, also, seem to be very nice concerning length and the "bubble" placement on the sweep hand. I think for $89 it's a super buy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asf Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted March 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Thanks, K, I feel pretty happy with it for not using a high-dollar "professionally refinished" dial! Putting an extremely magnified shot of this dial next to a close-up of the "Jewelery and Watch" dial ($265 +shipping) I can see no difference... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prospex44 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Wow, many congrats, this looks superb for the money! You mentioned the dial was from the Bay? Would you have a link to it at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelizer Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Looks great J! I assume there is some nice'n'crisp CNC magic alá jmb on the caseback? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txrob779 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 You ARE the Tudor jedi, you know that,,,,i walk in the wake of your turbulance, Ty for putting up with me J.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted March 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 fleabay seller mahand1. He appears to be out but you could always message him as to future availability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ephry73 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 My only concern was the date window display. Looks great Justin. E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted March 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 E, that must have been a camera angle thing as this window is pretty much square... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superlative Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 I have a Clark 125 in mine and the mag thing is not square with the date window. I have a gen dial in my Josh/PC 5513 case with a Swiss 2824. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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