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So all I need to complete the head is a set of tritium hands to match the dial.

A set of tritium hands in good shape is going to cost you a lot my friend. I would try and find a lumi set of hands if you can. I wanted to go that route but the hands are way too expensive

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Looks great! Shame my case got turned back around. I was hoping to get it done before my birthday.

Excellent B-Day present for yourself brother.

I've gone nutz with getting this project gathered up.

Cal.3035 was a compulsive purchase and now....

a complete gen bezel assembly that came off a 16800 in 1986

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Opinions needed on pinion height.

I'm still gathering parts for the project and I'm certainly no expert but are the pinions supposed to be this tall on a 3035 for a 16800 ??

Eyeballing it I'm guessing the hour hand will be sitting over 1mm about the dial.

Is this correct??

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I don't think the movement will fit. You need to exchange that complete hunk of metal for the 2836 I will be using for mine. You will be glad. It even has the 3135 faux treatment. ;)

I love the oxidation on the pearl you got there CT.

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Thanks for posting the pictures of that bezel! I always thought one of my gen bezels was from a 16800 but after seeing yours I'm now convinced its an old 16610. I do have a bezel that looks a lot like yours but I know it's not gen. Have you decided on a case yet? Do you need me to shape one up for you?

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Oh man, what a thread :tu: :tu: :tu:

After my recent abomination of a 16800 project, I'd mentally written off re-attempting it, thinking, "Why do I need a 16800 when I have a 79190 which fulfils the same criteria...?" Then I saw this thread, and remembered just what an awesome piece the 16800 is, and that's why I need one as well as the 79190 :victory:

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In my 100% noob opinion..that looks crazy tall.

In my 100% Noob opinion I'm thinking it looks very tall too but won't know for sure until I install the dial.

Any logical reason it would be too tall...as in did the 3035's go into other cases needing taller pinions to clear the dial ??

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I don't think the movement will fit. You need to exchange that complete hunk of metal for the 2836 I will be using for mine. You will be glad. It even has the 3135 faux treatment. ;)

I love the oxidation on the pearl you got there CT.

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Yeah...that patina trit looks pretty vintage Brother.

IMaybe too patina'd but the entire assembly came at a great price for me so I went for it.

(and I've got a spare gen tritium pearl to exchange if it turms out looking a bit mis-matched for the dial.)

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Oh man, what a thread :tu: :tu: :tu:

After my recent abomination of a 16800 project, I'd mentally written off re-attempting it, thinking, "Why do I need a 16800 when I have a 79190 which fulfils the same criteria...?" Then I saw this thread, and remembered just what an awesome piece the 16800 is, and that's why I need one as well as the 79190 :victory:

I know the feeling brother.

With a Franken TC 16610 I didn't really "need" another Sub.

But then I got to looking at the build Red was doing...and poof...I dove in.

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I know the feeling brother.

With a Franken TC 16610 I didn't really "need" another Sub.

But then I got to looking at the build Red was doing...and poof...I dove in.

I think the 16800/168000s really do have a magic which transcends the 16610 :) I know where my conversion project went wrong, so can modify my plan, but it was seeing this thread which reminded me of that magic :good::drinks:

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I don't think the movement will fit. You need to exchange that complete hunk of metal for the 2836 I will be using for mine. You will be glad. It even has the 3135 faux treatment. ;)

I love the oxidation on the pearl you got there CT.

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Not going to fit ??

Why's that ??

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Thanks for posting the pictures of that bezel! I always thought one of my gen bezels was from a 16800 but after seeing yours I'm now convinced its an old 16610. I do have a bezel that looks a lot like yours but I know it's not gen. Have you decided on a case yet? Do you need me to shape one up for you?

I've got an excellent case for this brother.

Something about production in germany a few years back.

But until I confirm the true origin of this case I'm gonna kept that on the DL.... :)

The 3035 and the gen dial fit it like a glove....

I'm curious...how did seeing this gen 16800 assembly convince you yours is a old 16610..??

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I just had a conversation with the seller of the 16800 case regarding it's origin.

He's a semi-retired gemologist/jeweler and currently a very skilled watchmaker.

In owning a jewelery shop over the past 18 years he's made some pretty "unique" friends/associates.

And as a professional jeweler, a few Italian, high quality sterile replacement cases were made available to him.

These cases were never made abvailable to the general public as they were produced for gen owners needing a replacement case that was no longer offered by Rolex or RSC's.

I am very pleased to find that the gen dial and Cal.3035 dropped right in as they should. :)

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Stem aligment is perfect :)

Of course I won't be able to show that until the 24-7020 tube arrives next week.

I've purchased 2 crowns with the 702 style coronet and turns out they're both 702 crowns.....so I picked up a new 702 tube on VRF.

(the Phong 703 with early style coronet looks awesome...but it's more like 4.1mm thick...gen is 3.7mm :( )

If anyone has the early 703 7mm crown for the 16800 I'd be happy to trade off a 702 in mint condition for it :)

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