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Yet another Explorer - Gilt 6610


Bart Cordell

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After my lovely 5500 Explorer build, here is my 6610 project almost completed. I'm not satisfied with my lume work, so I will make another dial later. Hands will be replaced too with nicer Clark's Tudor. But I'm please to wear it for the moment.

jmb V2 6610 case kit with bubble back.

Vintaged Raffles hours and minutes hands. Lollipop second hand unknown.

True gilt glossy dial.

Non hacking ETA 2824-2.

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Hey Bart, got any dials for sale? Just picked up a case from JMB

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No dials to sell.

Start over this 6610 because I'm not satisfied with the lume. And I will need a new crown, I can't stand this one.

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No dials to sell.

Start over this 6610 because I'm not satisfied with the lume. And I will need a new crown, I can't stand this one.

Ok. I'll keep an eye out for one in the future. Great build! Looking forward to the adjustments

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Bart.  Cool!  I've done that on a few builds and have wondered why more folks don't do it.

And very easy to do.

Seems pretty straight forward but probably easy to damage the crown shaving it....how about a tutorial...

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Fix the axis of the crown on a dremel bit holder and hold a little dremel sand disk with the other hand. It's very easy.

Very nice work. Looks great. What do you do when it is the other side of the crown that needs the shaping? The crown on my 14270 rep doesn't have the sloping angle at the cap where the coronet is. It is very boxy and squared off. Is there any way to fix that?

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Don't know how to do it. That would be very tricky.

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There was a thread about shaping crowns to get the 702 look several years ago. Good luck finding it! :)

PS: the gilt build looks great!

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There was a thread about shaping crowns to get the 702 look several years ago. Good luck finding it!

PS: the gilt build looks great!

Exactly ! Found it few months ago but can't find it again. The method is similar as far as I can remember.

Thanks for the like

I love the gilt effect on all my builds.

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Fits the character of the watch.

Keep up the great work. Looking better and better every update.

Suppose to be a 50 year old watch. Adds a little character.

You do some impressive work. Very nice

You're right

Thanks !

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