My First 6154 LPMM build log

[Henio]

Whats up everyone :wave:

I've always loved the LPMM w/seconds build. I obsessed building one for a while now and wanted to try something a little different from our traditional 6152/1 LPMM. I cant remember seeing one around, so I wanted to try my first shot at a 6154 LPMM w/seconds build. Not really sure, but here goes nothing.

I was randomly checking the bay before heading out for the evening and I came across this

Its a Vintage 1980s Hamilton LE HB 920 Re-Issue Unitas 6497 Swiss 10K GF Pocket Watch

I couldn't get enough of this piece, it was love at first

under the hood

[Henio]

I was so happy when it arrived! The presentation with the original box, was awesome!

You can also see the stock River 6154 case set with a beautifully hand made "Box 82" strap made by Rod specifically for this project super pumped!

I took my time opening this up for the first time. The box has an aged woody smell to it, the inner vinyl, or suede, not sure what it is, lol, is also dusty and dingy, just over all vintage beauty!

next to its new home

time to get this case set right. Reshaping.... :eh:

[Henio]

Moving on with the build, reshaping!!! Blahhhh

Phase I

So I took a few pictures of Rivers stock case untouched

I notice that his case has detailed line creases and is very squarish on the corners. I want to soften those up and give it the "pillow shape" look. I've seen a few different variations of this but I just kind of stood to what I think looks decent.

Phase II

After a few hours of filing and grinding off some metal here's what we have

Still no where close to being done. I was able to soften and round up those edges and corners. I am going to give it a round of polish and get to sanding everything in.

:thumbup:

[Jkay]

So much talent here. Your work reminds me of someone else who used to post here

 

ITS LIKE A SPACE SHIP MADE OF CANDY!

 

[Henio]

So much talent here. Your work reminds me of someone else who used to post here

 

ITS LIKE A SPACE SHIP MADE OF CANDY!

I agree!!! :thumbup: :thumbup:

Thank you much!!

I was able to finish up on reshaping. I took irates advice and took a tad off the corners on top of the lugs and rounded them out a bit. For those of you who haven't taken a stab at reshaping, when doing it by hand without any machines, you end up thinking that the smoothing of edges will never come, just when you get exhausted and hands start to cramp, take a break, have a beer and get back at it :thumbup:

After an evening of sanding, polishing and sanding this is what I was able to produce

Time to paint my dial :thumbup: oh and test fit the movt

[Henio]

So my case set is finally reshaped and polished

While test fitting the Movt I realized that there was about a dial thick space missing between the movt while it was installed in the case set. This caused the Movt to rattle a bit while inside the case. I took a back plate and drilled a hole for the seconds pin to give it the additional thickness it would need to fit the case set just right when the dial was installed.

Once I added the backplate, it sat nice and snug with just enough room for the dial so that the movt stem could easily slide in and out of the tube. No more rattling. :thumbup:

Here is movt test fit phase uno

Now that everything seems to fit perfectly, time to attach the dial and hands

[Henio]

I finally finished painting and luming the Dial and hands. I gave the dial a light matt patina and I decided to snip the tail off of the second hand for a clean vintage finish

up next: assemble in to the case set :thumbup:

[Henio]

I was able to piece everything together :thumbup:

Movt, with dial plate, dial, movt ring and hands fit perfectly when all placed together. Here are some quick and dirty shots of all the pieces together

its rear

new home next to its old home :wave:

Almost done very sick, time to rest up. When Im feeling better, Il give her her runway glamor shots

cheers

[ogladio]

Superb looking 6154, enjoy and get well soon!

[Henio]

Superb looking 6154, enjoy and get well soon!

Thank you much, appreciate it!!

[Jkay]

Well done. Another beauty.

[Henio]

Well done. Another beauty.

Thank you much :thumbup:

Still need to take a couple of completed shots with different strap options. Cheers

[Henio]

hmmm...somehow my final post and all the comments with it were deleted. very strange :-/

here it is again

Alright gang so its all finally done! :thumbup: Here are the ingredients:

All mods done by me

*River 6154 case set completely reshaped

*Daytona LPMM dial w/sec

*NW Double Pencil hands

*Athaya sub second hand, tail snipped

*Hamilton vintage 920 (Swiss unitas 6497) completely overhauled and serviced

*River Brass movt ring

*River thick spring loaded bars

*OPB text fill engraved display cb

*8mm Brevet Rollie crown

*T24 Moulded Tall dome plexi

I took photos shoots with 2 different strap combinations. Special thanks to Stach from Stach straps and Rod from "BOX82" straps for custom making these straps for me. Many of you might know that stach has an injury and still took the time to make the strap for me using a slither of vintage goodness he had in the reserve tank for me. The stach strap was originally was suppose to be for my 6154 Rolerai, but that one was sent off to a new home before the strap was ready, so it might have just found its self a new home with the LPMM.

A lot of time and work went in to this piece and I cant remember ever seeing a build using a Hami 920 movt, so Im pretty proud to possibly by one of the 1st to build with this?

Without further adue, My 6154 LPMM w/ Secs- Hami 920

With Stach "845" vintage goodness, enjoy!

Now with the "BOX82" strap made by Rod, thank you sir!!

now to the goodness

So guys what do you think? :?:

Thank you all for looking and commenting, I truly appreciate it!! :thumbup: :wave: :wave: :thumbup:

Cheers

H

[Henio]

Looks like this beauty is off to a new home!