altesporsche Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Finally after having this movement sit for a while it’s finally together ! its a custom Vietnam case Gen 1520 serviced and fresh movement reprinted Dial on a singer plate combo of two different sets of hands that in not 100% happy with yet. The second hand is a little short phong 5517 insert and maybe a HR 5517 insert, I’m still deciding. Both are in the photos below. (The HR has the pip missing, I took it out) Gen 702 tube and atheya 702 crown (new old stock Gen 702 on the way) Gen T19 DOD olive NATO strap just need to to do some softening and aging now, I got too excited and wanted to assemble it ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackflash Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Congrats! Looking good! The Phong insert is the better of the two ( I tried both too). However I would swap the pearl for one from Athaya, btw. these do need trimming to remove some surplus plastic. Previously I would have said Yuki as the finish is much better, but their latest batch of pearls aren’t as accurate as they used to be, being slightly smaller and flatter.Here’s mine with an older Yuki pearl, they were great, Athaya is close though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUK Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 It looks really great!Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philwongnz Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Is a nice build. What annoys me is, there seems to be no good inserts for the mil sub. No one seems to be able to get the font right. Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rower Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Mine says "Hi". HR insert here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altesporsche Posted March 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 1 hour ago, rower said: Mine says "Hi". HR insert here. Beautiful watch ! Cheers ! 1 hour ago, philwongnz said: Is a nice build. What annoys me is, there seems to be no good inserts for the mil sub. No one seems to be able to get the font right. Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk I agree, honestly the HR and now the New Phong is very close, but it seems they need to magnify the font and indices a little to get it right. The rest is great, the serifs , the boldness etc.. just a little small on the insert. However the Phong when aged a little is quite good as it breaks up the black between the indices and the edge of the insert and makes it look amazing ! I’m in the process of doing that now and adding the HR pip to the phone and aging my case a little. I’ll post more when it’s complete. I posted these first assembly because I got a little excited that it was coming together finally lol A few years ago there was a small run of inserts made that were spot on! One was for sale here a few years ago and it was unreal ! But also 1200 euros lol ive tried to track it down but no chance, I think most of the 10-12 hat were made were bought by Gen owners. If if I had the knowledge and someone to make them I’d fund a project to get something made, but it seems the milsub in this hobby is somewhat obscure still. Some amazing builds around, but not in large numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dlf Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Congrats on the build, looking good:) hopefully mine won’t take as long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAG Heuer Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Nice job on that one. Looks really great but will look even better if aged Mine says hello 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadridF Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 Nice job on that one. Looks really great but will look even better if aged Mine says hello Looks great! May I ask how did you age the dial and hands? ThanksSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAG Heuer Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 20 hours ago, MadridF said: Looks great! May I ask how did you age the dial and hands? Thanks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Hello, All the credits for this one goes to @SSTEEL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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