G4_Chrono Posted December 21, 2021 Report Posted December 21, 2021 On 12/3/2021 at 7:50 PM, automatico said: MBK '5512'... NOS ETA 2879, MBK dial, ST hands/bez kit/case tube/spg brs, GS crystal, oem crown, lugs drilled, 'Mary' fold-oyster/WSO 580 hoods. It needs the correct type of insert dot. This one is a beauty! Can we see more?
automatico Posted December 22, 2021 Report Posted December 22, 2021 '5512' "This one is a beauty! Can we see more?" Thanks! I put it away after taking the picture and I'll dig it out after Christmas and take a few more and put them on the post with the first pic. '16003' "Outstanding." Thanks! I looked for it yesterday and can't find it. I made sure to put it where I would not lose track of it.
macarone Posted December 27, 2021 Report Posted December 27, 2021 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1
rmelojr1 Posted January 1, 2022 Report Posted January 1, 2022 Happy New Year! All the best for 2022! 1
Pezzie Posted January 2, 2022 Report Posted January 2, 2022 Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3
freddy333 Posted January 3, 2022 Report Posted January 3, 2022 In honor of the new year, I dragged out this old thing -- 4
Nanuq Posted January 3, 2022 Report Posted January 3, 2022 Spectacular. Achieving that finish on my 5514 case is my project for this year. 1
Tribal Posted January 29, 2022 Report Posted January 29, 2022 No Rolex, my Big Block Gesendet von meinem Mi MIX 2S mit Tapatalk 3
automatico Posted February 6, 2022 Report Posted February 6, 2022 Saul Marantz would be proud! Btw... Cool watch!
freddy333 Posted February 8, 2022 Report Posted February 8, 2022 On 2/6/2022 at 6:19 PM, automatico said: Saul Marantz would be proud! Btw... Cool watch! I think you are right. As for the watch, they are truly rare as I have only ever seen 1 other "Mystery" DJ in the wild --
automatico Posted February 8, 2022 Report Posted February 8, 2022 "...I have only ever seen 1 other "Mystery" DJ in the wild --" It might be a Black Onyx dial. Here are images of a few: rolex datejust black onyx dials - Bing images The DJ with the light in its eye is 100% replica with a painted dial and I still have a malachite dial with no markers for 36mm QS DJ...but no watch, it was for an 18K DJ but like a dummy I sold it. More malachite dials... rolex malachite datejust dial images - Bing images 1
freddy333 Posted February 9, 2022 Report Posted February 9, 2022 8 hours ago, automatico said: I still have a malachite dial with no markers for 36mm QS DJ...but no watch, it was for an 18K DJ but like a dummy I sold it. More malachite dials... rolex malachite datejust dial images - Bing images I have always loved those dials & came close to purchasing 1 on TZ in the late 1990s. But, unfortunately, Rolex generally fit them to yellow gold cases, which do not look good on me, so I never pulled the trigger. If you can wear yellow gold you should definitely fit that dial into a case, preferably (but not mandatorily) gen-powered. After decades of collecting, there are very few DJs that still turn my head, but those with malachite dials are 1 of them.
automatico Posted February 9, 2022 Report Posted February 9, 2022 "If you can wear yellow gold you should definitely fit that dial into a case, preferably (but not mandatorily) gen-powered." I have an 18K replica DJ/Prez case but the dial opening is too big for an oem spec DJ dial and the dial falls through. I had a slightly larger Bulova dial refinished as a 'California Dial' but it is also hair too small and just barely passes through the dial opening in the case and that is not good. I have gone back and forth on this project for years and maybe it is time to come up with a solution. I wanted to use the malachite dial and it is simply too small but the Bulova dial OD being the same as the dial opening might make it easier to use. Maybe I could cement the Cal dial to a thin metal disc (thin blank dial) that will fit properly inside the case and not fall through so it would mount the Cal dial in the dial opening. If the stem lines up Ok this might be a way to finish it but the movement would need a slightly longer CP etc so I would have to go with an ETA 28xx and not the Bulova 11BLACD that goes with the dial. The dial opening in the case is 28.5mm, an oem DJ dial is 27.9mm, and the Bulova Cal dial is 28.5mm so a 29.5mm dial blank cemented to the Cal dial would work. The Cal dial... The case... This being the 'Wristies' section, here is a wristie... From around 2015 with DG 3804, hollow mid link bracelet, sapphire etc.
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