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jackflash

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That looks absolutely delicious! The 5517 is one of my favorite watches. Great pics, BTW!

 

Since I'm relatively new here, would you mind giving a little more detail of your build, such as case used, dial, hands, crystal, movement, etc.? I'd love to know more.

 

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That looks absolutely delicious! The 5517 is one of my favorite watches. Great pics, BTW! Since I'm relatively new here, would you mind giving a little more detail of your build, such as case used, dial, hands, crystal, movement, etc.? I'd love to know more.

 

 

 

 Thanks! The build was a while ago, some of the parts are now unavailable unfortunately. However, here goes:

 

Cartel 5517 midcase with fixed spring bars. Together with caseback. Both with correct markings (no longer available)

WSO bezel assembly (better than current batch)

Ingod44 dial (no longer available)

Hands (HR, If I remember rightly. Second hand tail trimmed to be more gen-like. Something often overlooked on many builds)

ETA 2846 movement.

Gen T19 service crystal

Phong Insert, Yuki pearl (better than current batch)

Phoenix NATO strap in Admiralty grey (they manufactured the original MOD straps)

 

Think that’s about it!

 

 

 

 

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 Thanks! The build was a while ago, some of the parts are now unavailable unfortunately. However, here goes: 
Cartel 5517 midcase with fixed spring bars. Together with caseback. Both with correct markings (no longer available)
WSO bezel assembly (better than current batch)
Ingod44 dial (no longer available)
Hands (HR, If I remember rightly. Second hand tail trimmed to be more gen-like. Something often overlooked on many builds)
ETA 2846 movement.
Gen T19 service crystal
Phong Insert, Yuki pearl (better than current batch)
Phoenix NATO strap in Admiralty grey (they manufactured the original MOD straps)
 
Think that’s about it!
 
 
 
 
Very cool! Thanks for sharing. And it's too bad all those great parts are no longer available. I'd really like to build one of these for myself.

BTW, the patina on the dial and hands looks great. Do you mind if I ask what technique or techniques you used to achieve it?

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3 hours ago, LifeTrekker said:

The patina on the dial and hands looks great. Do you mind if I ask what technique or techniques you used to achieve it?

Just tea added to the lume plots and a halogen lamp to heat them slightly, same with the lume on the hands. The dial was then sprayed very lightly with a matt varnish.

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Beauty ! ill have to get one ! most others are just wrong.  Im in the process of building a 5517 with a 1520 movement in it. its been on the back burner now for some time, but I need something new so im going to finish it.

Nice! Looking forward to seeing some shots when done.
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On ‎2‎/‎12‎/‎2018 at 7:52 AM, jackflash said:


Nice! Looking forward to seeing some shots when done.

Just checked on phong site and I don’t see this insert with the serifs and the pip. I only see the version with the bad pip. Did you contact him or order from the site ? You will have to excuse my ignorance I’ve not ordered from him before lol 

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Just checked on phones site and I don’t see this insert with the serifs and the pip. I only see the version with the bad pip. Did you contact him or order from the site ? You will have to excuse my ignorance I’ve not ordered from him before lol 
And since I'm pretty new here, would someone mind sharing the URL for Phong's site? I'd like to take a look around there myself.

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On 2/15/2018 at 9:31 AM, altesporsche said:

Just checked on phong site and I don’t see this insert with the serifs and the pip. I only see the version with the bad pip. Did you contact him or order from the site ? You will have to excuse my ignorance I’ve not ordered from him before lol 

Yeap, for some reason Phong hasn't updated his website. Drop him an email and use the image below for reference (cost – 95$). BTW the pearl is from Yuki, however the current batch aren't as good they used to be.

Here's the link to Phong's site, with old insert… http://www.jewelryandwatch.com/contents/en-us/d242_Insert_Bezel.html

 

 

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On ‎2‎/‎17‎/‎2018 at 11:05 PM, jackflash said:

Yeap, for some reason Phong hasn't updated his website. Drop him an email and use the image below for reference (cost – 95$). BTW the pearl is from Yuki, however the current batch aren't as good they used to be.

Here's the link to Phong's site, with old insert… http://www.jewelryandwatch.com/contents/en-us/d242_Insert_Bezel.html

 

 

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if he just blew up the font slightly that insert minus the pip would be perfect !  I just ordered two.

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