mellons Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 It's getting bad. Ever since i saw the ennebi decima mas i liked the case. I have looked at the shapes on and off for some time, checked the piggy bank and come back disappointed. http://forums.watchuseek.com/f7/introducing-decima-mas-watches-26438.html Then came esdee's mille metri which cast a long shadow over all ennebis... Fast forward to 2013 and Maranez release the Bangla, very similar to the decima mas. Also as the bronze mille metri is the only variant i haven't owned (there are others now also!) I decided to go for the brass bangla. It arrives and boy it was a beast- here is is on its stock strap weighing in against river's steel mille metri one disappointment is the bezel is more conservative: unidirectional but is firm and beefy. Here is the naked mechanism: The bangla comes nicely packaged with 2 buckles, s2 straps and a very nice thick rubber "isofrane" type strap also. I had a nice 24mm one ready to go and a bronze sub-buckle so off with the stock ones! Also i wanted to patinate the case so tried liver of suplur... 2 hours very little so had to resort to more drastic alchemy. Here is the patinated case with strap and buckle: Barely on one hour the image and the ennebi started to haunt once again. It's at this point you realise you have a problem- new watch in less than a day ad it's being taken apart. Anyway managed to get a few hours on my own (rarity) and..... The Maranez Decima mas was born!!!! Probably as close as I will get to the original for a few years... Here is patinated finished reshape WRISTIE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpletiv Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Nice work!! May I ask what/how did you do it? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellons Posted February 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Crown guard mod with hand files- remove crown and stem etc Patina with carrs brass black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Absolutley stunning! Love the retro look. You did a wonderful job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Very nice indeed. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panermaniac Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Wow That's awesome Very good work, you did Enjoy it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eunomians Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Terrific watch! The patina turned out nicely, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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