Kime Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Can anyone suggest a good starting point for a 6542 build? I see that PureTime has a few but the shape looks wrong and the engravings are terrible, I have no problems with reshaping etc. but only if the case can accept a Phong bezel, I have no idea if these do. I see Phong has a nice case/etc but at 2k it is stretch without a movement. However unless there is an alternative out there I might consider it as his black dial (at least to me) looks ok and I could maybe swap it out later but I have no idea what movement can be made to fit... any ideas there as well? I also noticed NDT has a complete Pam Am with an original 1066 movement in it and full Pam Am engravings which look pretty good ! I asked the price... 4.5k !!. That seems way too high especially as the bezel and dial don't look to great. Any help would be appreciated ! Thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceejay Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Speak to JoeyB. Also look at the cartel 1655 case set, I believe if you remove the CG's you have good starting point that accepts gen spec bezel assemblies. Good luck Sent from my toilet using Andrex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kime Posted October 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Thanks cartel 1655 sounds interesting as then I know I have a working movement, I guess the issue then is finding an eta sized vintage handset... I will hunt out JoeyB, he us the bezel guy right? :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyB Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Thanks cartel 1655 sounds interesting as then I know I have a working movement, I guess the issue then is finding an eta sized vintage handset... I will hunt out JoeyB, he us the bezel guy right? :-) I hope so! The 1655 cartel case with the crown guards ground down is acceptable. That's the one in my signature. It has the gen style crystal/bezel mount, so it will take any of the after market bezels. It is the easiest 6542 in my opinion. You order it with the movement you want, refinish/change the dial (I use the water-slide decal to refinish), add the red/black date wheel overlay. It all fits as it came from the factory, so less modifying is needed. To my eye the Tiger 2 case has a better shape. Less modding to the case, will take ETA 28xx or DG3804b with no additional modding, but it does need the larger diameter dial. I'm in the middle of this build as we speak, and had planned a write-up next week sometime, along with an announcement. I now have the coin edge bezel and retainer to compliment the insert, all to gen spec and all made in the U.S.A. I hope to be ready to supply them by the middle of next week, take pics, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kime Posted October 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Ok, this all sounds very interesting... who does vintage hand sets for eta? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dlf Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 I was going to use the tiger case, but the phong bezel when installed sat smaller on the case and looked awkward. Looks forward to joeys bezel though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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