Miss Understood Posted November 19, 2006 Report Posted November 19, 2006 Ah the memories that delightful watch dredges up. Not a few of you know that I once flew the friendly skies of PanAm and I saw many a pilot sporting that watch. This was well before these gigantic turnips of watches you PAM afficionados sport, at the time a 40 millimeter case was big. One could always tell a pilot, to wit "big watch, small package". But I digress. When new the watches had lovely vibrant red and blue bezels but after a few thousand hours in the air protected by nothing but plexiglass panels a pilot's watch would fade rather dramatically. Being that this is a family forum I suspect this is what my succulent salmon meant by his "aged insert?" Certainly he was not referring to his other favorite type of insert.
rbj69 Posted November 19, 2006 Author Report Posted November 19, 2006 Is that the "Sub" bezel that comes on all the GMT reps, with the outer edge milled off, and some vertical edges milled into it? i dont know if it is a sub bezel cause i have never to my knowledge worked a sub bezel that was as thin as this one in thickness , but basically i reshaped it by hand and then i polished it dramatically to make it look refinished and not new , i can also reshape it to look fairly new with sharper edges but in all the pics i have seen they r rounded like u see basically it was fun actually just because i was creating something once again no one else has and that is what i like most about "special projects" simply doing hard stuff and sculpting , not just grinding and cutting with a dremel and using handdrills to make lugholes, lol i have some more things cooking coming soon , watch out joe
rbj69 Posted November 19, 2006 Author Report Posted November 19, 2006 You're welcome. I love it. I really like the dial paint used on the hour markers...much more genuine looking now. It doesn't have that 'relumed' 'raised' appearance that is a dead-giveaway of a refinished dial. He now has my 1680 and 1665 for dial painting in this same manner. im with u on that as well XRT, i dont like that puffy look either, to me it just looks like it wasnt a well kept watch, or more like they say water got on it and made them swell,lol i like the way my genuine 1680 has aged, basically slightly discolored (or a slight yellowing or antique whitening ) again this is basically a taste issue, (some like coffee stain look , some like puffy humidity look , some like crusty scarred up look and some like minty look) , some like mustard and some like dijonaise (grey poupon) lol ok i will stop now it is getting late and i am getting delirious with analagies now , lol and im sure my spelling sucks by now , lol joe
eunomians Posted November 20, 2006 Report Posted November 20, 2006 RBJ, I am most intrigued with how wonderful the pointed guard case turned out. I wonder if it would be possible to make a ponted guard rep case that would fit an OEM 1575 movement. Here's an old one of mine.
eunomians Posted November 20, 2006 Report Posted November 20, 2006 Sorry, the damn pic is so large. I'd like to perhaps attempt creating a pointed guard case for my OEM 1675.
XRT Posted November 20, 2006 Report Posted November 20, 2006 Sorry, the damn pic is so large. I'd like to perhaps attempt creating a pointed guard case for my OEM 1675. I bet you could install your OEM movement in the Paul case, but the OEM dial is a hair too small in diameter to fit...we tried this with an OEM 1675 dial that I bought off the Bay In terms of making these pointy CGs with all the correct angles and facets...it is a true work of art. I can't take this watch off.
rbj69 Posted November 20, 2006 Author Report Posted November 20, 2006 euno , it is one of those things i really couldnt teach u to do , i wouldnt know how to explain, lol it isnt simply cutting an angle , it is sculpting steel basically, u can call or email me and talk like the old days if u like ,and we may can come up with a solution, im sure i can make the movment fit fine in it for u as well glad u love it XRT, that is the biggest reward of them all, lol take care joe
pannylovernr1 Posted November 21, 2006 Report Posted November 21, 2006 That's one great Rolex, hehe Thumbs Up!!
eunomians Posted November 21, 2006 Report Posted November 21, 2006 That's one great Rolex, hehe Thumbs Up!! You know that the 1675 was Che's favorite watch. Cheers
docblackrock Posted November 21, 2006 Report Posted November 21, 2006 You know that the 1675 was Che's favorite watch. Cheers Recall we had a great thread on this way back in the old days - wonder if it was archived?
eunomians Posted November 22, 2006 Report Posted November 22, 2006 Recall we had a great thread on this way back in the old days - wonder if it was archived? That was a GREAT thread! Funny enough, I just found this image that I had posted in that oooold thread The proof is in the pudding - in this case, this particular pic and who the watch is attached to... Just to clarify, we must remember that 'both' dudes enjoyed non-quickset GMT tracking
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