jmb Posted July 24, 2013 Report Posted July 24, 2013 A while back I bought an unfinished Ranger project from a fellow RWG Brother and did a quick finish on it and stuck it in the watch box. I think I posted up some pics at the time, can't really remember. Recently I had been noticing that the majority of the gen pics I saw had a minute hand like on a Sub or Explorer instead of the "sword hand" that Yuki supplies. The hour hand looked about right as did the sweep hand. The more pics I looked at the more it bugged me so I decided to drag it out a couple weeks ago and do some tweaks. I first milled off the "late model" engraving and re-engraved the case-back with the older "Original Oyster Case..." engraving. After that i popped in a gen crown and a Sub minute hand with lume tinted as close as I could get. I now have what I think is a fairly close copy of the real article and it has been a joy to wear for the past couple of weeks. I'm starting to remember why I liked the 34mm models so much. Pardon the dirt as I have worn it daily for about 2 weeks and just took it off the wrist (no cleanup) for the shots. Here's a few pics...
panerai153 Posted July 25, 2013 Report Posted July 25, 2013 Very nice!! Great watches, and very much under the radar!!
ogladio Posted July 25, 2013 Report Posted July 25, 2013 Lovely ranger. Crown and caseback lifts it!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2
blue. Posted July 25, 2013 Report Posted July 25, 2013 Nice one JMB! I see that "Explorer type" dial attracts a lot.
chiman12 Posted July 25, 2013 Report Posted July 25, 2013 roger...ranger! Glad to see that you are back in the saddle J!
jmb Posted July 26, 2013 Author Report Posted July 26, 2013 Good to see you come up for air, woof!! Long time no see...
woof* Posted July 26, 2013 Report Posted July 26, 2013 Hey buddy! Good to be breathing...and good to see you back too! Love your Ranger! You've taken it another level!
jmb Posted July 27, 2013 Author Report Posted July 27, 2013 M, this was one of the better engravings I've done and this is the program (with scaling) I'm using on the others right now... When I get a case back that is "soft" enough to use a 15 degree .1mm bit it really turns out crisp and defined.
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