civic4982 Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 This project started about 3 months ago and since then has gone through quite a few iterations and problems. Special thanks to JMB for being an integral part of making this come together. From the start I was wanting to do a 9411/0 but I had trouble perfecting the colour of the dial and the date wheel to get things "just right." I did find a "good" dial on ebay from seller Mahand but the datewheel opening had an error and the slight beveling that exists in the datewheel opening is not present in any of the reproductions of that dial. If you look at the gen you'll notice it has a very nice beveled edge that goes down into where the date shows up. I felt that this was a tell I couldn't live with. Here's the mahand dial which I found the colour to be pretty decent but the date wheel opening was, as stated, off: To simplify the situation I decided to nix the date wheel and got another dial from Mahand for a 9401. The colour was a light blue shade almost identical to what I've seen come from Yuki... To me that was not acceptable. You can see it below. I then contracted out a dial maker named PVirus who is a member on HomageForum. After about 2 months I got 2 dials in hand in 2 variations of the deep dark blue colour that I had been looking for. So far as the case was concerned well I didn't notice it until I was pretty deep into the project that the rehaut was not properly angled and looked blocky and frankly like crap. Here's what it used to be to give you an idea (with the Mahand 9401 dial) Anyways... So gradually it was all pieced together including the following parts: 5513 Cartel case with much modification by JMB including lugs drilled, caseback engraved, rehaut redone, gen crowntube installed. Gen 703 Crown/Tube Clark's T19 Plexi CWP Bezel Inlay Ofrei lumed acrylic pearl PVirus custom snowflake dial JMB hands aged by me slightly 2846-2 ETA from a vintage Enicar to match beatrate of the original 2776 ETA of 21,600 bph. http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&0&2uswk&ETA_2776 It's been a fun journey and I won't stop wearing this over the next week I'm sure. The only thing I may consider doing next is dropping a few shekels on a Yuki Tudor rotor for it. Gen for comparison: And here is my now completed Tudor 9401/0 Blue Submariner "Snowflake" Gen Crown Thanks for looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtguk Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Looks bloody nice mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchguy2 Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Yep, verry nice, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkal Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Wow, Very nice, very very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmg Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Nice results, wear it well! Any chance we can see some macro shots of the dial? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krpster Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Awesome results. Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civic4982 Posted February 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Looks bloody nice mate Yep, verry nice, Wow, Very nice, very very nice Nice results, wear it well! Any chance we can see some macro shots of the dial? Thanks. Awesome results. Looks great! Thanks fellas! I love posting my completed projects here on RWG. I wish I had more time on the interwebzzzz and could spend more time here. A great forum and a great group of enthusiasts!!! As for macro shots I wish I had a better lens to do Macro. I can't really offer better shots than the ones you've got. I'm not very skilled sadly with the camera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civic4982 Posted February 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Here's a few more shots that I took tonight once I redid the dial on the 6200 Mellons shot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Gahhhhhh!!! Tell me more about that 6200! *twitch* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Gahhhhhh!!! Tell me more about that 6200! *twitch* Why? You'd just run over it with a D-9!!! Civic - Like I said on "that other forum", it's not just another Snowflake - it's YOURS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavidoc Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Gahhhhhh!!! Tell me more about that 6200! *twitch* I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civic4982 Posted February 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Gahhhhhh!!! Tell me more about that 6200! *twitch* I agree. Why? You'd just run over it with a D-9!!! Civic - Like I said on "that other forum", it's not just another Snowflake - it's YOURS!!! Nanuq and Gavidoc Sorry I never shared that 6200 over here. This project has been something around 7 months in the works with several different dial renditions and started out as a 21J and got updated to a ETA 2836-2... Many many MANY upgrades later it is as I present before you. The project has a thread over on HF : http://www.homageforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=11716 JMB: yeah It is my lovely Tudor Sub and I can't stop wearing it at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromatic Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 (edited) Very nice work ! i made a similar build here is mine Edited February 6, 2013 by aeromatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seafoam Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Looks good. Wear it well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lethalwl Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Blue is beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civic4982 Posted April 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 She got redone tonight with an updated dial, new plexi, and a nice polish with the dremel tool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civic4982 Posted April 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Was doing some work this morning and I damaged the pearl Here's some photos of the beautiful dial in better light though: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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