mir36 Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 I have to admit it. When I saw Rolli's pics, I loved the OEM build quality and attention to detail. However, I had a lingering question in the back of my mind. The answer came in the mail today. It's tobacco baby! Excuse the small piece of dust and the iPhone pics. Thank you Rolf and Simon! It's building season again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euphoricall78 Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 That dial is the [censored]! Looking forward to seeing the completion of your build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishgodeep Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Thanks J ...and I hope your build brings you a lot of pleasure ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogladio Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 That about the nicest thing I've ever seen. What case you have there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTooper4 Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 That's gonna rock when complete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mir36 Posted November 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 Thanks J ...and I hope your build brings you a lot of pleasure ! I'm pretty excited S! Thanks again to you and Rolli for bringing this to the community. That about the nicest thing I've ever seen. What case you have there? This is an Hfact 177 case. I have two Hfact 061 cases on existing builds. As far as I can tell, the 177 and 061 cases are the same, except of course for the AR'd crystal and rollerball lever on the 177. I picked up the 177 case a couple of weeks back in anticipation of this build. What I was pleasantly surprised to find today in my movement box though is this: An old school swiss movement with DSN foils. Forgot I had this. This will do until Rolli brings his engraved bridges to the community! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolli Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 perfect regards rolli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mir36 Posted November 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 (edited) I set aside some time this evening to put together the 036. It's been awhile since I have taken out my tools. I was pretty excited. First up, I wanted to replace the unfinished gears in my Swiss DSN movement. So I took some Asian gears and did some extra polishing on the bevelled gears with my dremel and green paste. Gears installed. Next I installed the H3 cannon pinion. My only regret is that I didn't spend more time flattening the top. It looked ok at the time. I'm sure my OCD will drive me to redo it later. Dial installed. I have to say the dial is very nice. My iPhone pics don't do it any justice. You can see the perfect fit in this profile pic. Hands installed. I tried to capture the finish of the dial with this shot. Test fitting in case. I still need to trim the stem on the gen crown. Crown stem properly sized. Added silicone grease to the o-rings on the crown and case. Cased. More pictures to follow tomorrow. Hopefully I can get some good shots in natural light. Thanks for looking. Edited November 15, 2014 by mir36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mir36 Posted November 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 It's a grey rainy day today where I am. It's difficult to capture the tobacco-ness of the dial with my iPhone. Paired it with a box stitch cognac Toscana. Thanks for looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolli Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 that's absolutely awesome.... top notch.. all the best rolli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mir36 Posted November 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 (edited) My Ti trio: PreA 40B, PreA 55C and of course the 36. Hope to have more Ti models in the future. Edited November 16, 2014 by mir36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackoyster Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Cool !!!! Send from my Sony Ericsson k750i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mir36 Posted November 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 Sorry moved the wrist pic. Here it is again. And a movement shot too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swdivad Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 That is, by far, the most beautiful dial I've seen... I see a project coming up for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTooper4 Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 A most excellent build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star69 Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 this is soooo cool ! wish i had the $$ - just finished my 177 - this whould be the perfect match cheers, Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishgodeep Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Absolutely awesome build , nothing like upgrading the grails to bring joy to the soul Enjoy J. S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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