5517 Projekt

[blackoyster]

Hi,

Here my vintage Rolex Submariner Milsub 5517

The Case was from Rafflestime.Had no right lugs( no Fixed lugs)

No right Crown .

No right Pearl.

No movement.Hi,

Here my vintage Rolex Submariner Milsub 5517

The Case was from Rafflestime.Had no right lugs( no Fixed lugs)

No right Crown .

No right Pearl.

No movement.

All lume ,case and hands like new...Too new.....

So first i had do a little case reshape,

Than i reshape the CG . The Crown get a reshape For the right form Like GEN Crown 700.

Here the aging Prozess of the bezel inlay

With the new Pearl , the Pearl is a transparent bubble with lume in it!

Here the dial before... Ugly yellow lume

Than i aged the hands

And Relume the dial

Before

BUT the dial was too clean...

So aged a little To the hands

Now i Drill holes for the fix lugs...

With Bars from a pam

Now the case with ️reshape light Pollished BUT not too shinny...

Now i find a movement, eta clone!

So Here the result

Send from my Sony Ericsson k750i

Edited April 17, 2015 by blackoyster

[jackflash]

Nice job! Would also trim the tail of the second hand, the gen is much shorter.

Gen:

Here's mine:

[blackoyster]

Ok,will see... Very nice build too

Send from my Sony Ericsson k750i

[jackflash]

Thanks. You might want to look at the minute hand too. You'll notice the lume fill area is pointed rather than squared off. They sell ETA sword hand sets at Helenarou:

http://www.helenarou.com/5517-milsub-super-lume-watch-hands-correct-sec-tip-for-e551728242836.html

[Nanuq]

A minutes hand from a Snowflake might work.

[StormTooper4]

That's a looker. Great work