Best out of box vintage sub for gilt dial upgrade

[denverbass79]

I've been thinking about a vintage Sub build for sometime and am looking to do something fairly simple, like buy a case with good insert, dome poleax glass, etc, and then maybe only upgrade to an ingod 44 gilt dial; I think those make the watch. (Maybe matching hands if needed).  I think that could be installed by me (done some dial swaps in past). and had for around $400- 450. 

 

 

Can anyone recommend some the better out of the box reps (and dealer) for such a project ? I've been into the 6538 4 liner, but am flexible if there's some easy targets. 

 

 

[Bc1221]

Cartel or puretime are about the only options.

Puretime is usually out of stock though.

[ogladio]

The 6538 from Helenarou is imo quite nice out of the box, if you're after BC sub. Cartel 5513 - a couple of members have made great budget builds with that.

Then re GMTs, the cartel 1675 is underrated and I'm right now doing a build with the Puretime 6542.

Be aware though that I'm still unsure if ingod44 is in business!

[denverbass79]

Thanks for info.

 

I've been reconsidering towards a 5512  4 liner gilt now because I realize I prefer the larger case size and the chapter dial version; the 4 line because of the contrasting text colors adds something to me. Please let me know if anyone has any specific dealer models that way. I'm unclear if 5513 case is the same as 5512 but will look at cartel 5513 since that got mentioned here. 

 

Regarding ingod44, I see their site is up but they don't have contact link to verify stock or anything. Did you have reason to think they're out of business?