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My First 6152/1 Adventure (Pics Heavy


earloflondon

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Hi everyone,

All started about two years ago while I was surfing on the net for a gen dive watch search and after an extensive reading ended up with buying a hommage case from davidsen about two months ago. Shortly after I was delighted the case I decided to give it a go for the case work. What could have happened anyway? The worst could be ending up in the bin. Otherwise, I would have been a proud bearer of rep of an impossible and unaffordable beauty. I think I could achieve a mid case somewhere in between, but rather on the plus side. Through this period, I mostly, in fact, solely talked about the development of the case and so many other issues with Kilowattore. So I owe him a lot. Thanks so much mate.

 

So much said

 

Here are the photos of the case work in three phases

 

But firstly the photos of the maiden case533bdabe3a7e89988e11ec62826d5ab2.jpg66cc437540269ac581e372bde19e71be.jpg03110a8ac948863a13c1944190a77777.jpgb0456debd3ab0f6e60e7d4d9a3e8308c.jpg8b0c43f601f5a7ac058d4a19c43ae18d.jpg

 

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Phase one. Rough polishing of the mid case 4120fba680308e51cc5960694743b3ec.jpg90410c4beaac1b8a5a6c07c1aacc622b.jpg0f18e7b847a8a35392101d17a25cbacb.jpg92f3c523ab7b9657b5c18d83755e9e69.jpg8f1b0998f949eb386dddcf10c04fc6a0.jpgb5f54e6d99ea334add5e9fc169da12d8.jpgd9a9d782563c8812eaee95b02292c4a6.jpg

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Phase two, a more courageous use of hand files and sandpapersbb59c3017ac4569a13861794f5572ef9.jpg0ab98b9948f3c859b2599dcf08d93051.jpgbe153fae9e9e3dcc3cdda475d8c648f8.jpge4664af73224228010370e2bfeb22141.jpg380396da28d3b6c407656989243377c2.jpge0036ea3c8fb290f5c3cd7aed74beb27.jpg2d7199bb72e1a92d297ead18c8b69362.jpg1d727f77b3c1d85cc512044cce0fd321.jpga43bd92ff8d2920e328316b678a4724a.jpg

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Phase three, further hand filing and sanding, and polishing with Dremeleec36da2480070da7957016581b955ae.jpg3268177e0ae70035048ff709911a51e8.jpg59c8c9ce065587721892f465ab6a9fc3.jpgbaa84573bfd03b368bca4953c1210e9e.jpg4f28dc1eb6685147d6806c735c3f1c1f.jpg1e7a8d8e9d08914bf16c03b2cdfa4686.jpg9fe8a691a9d5d75cf7a401d440394e81.jpg22cc82bcdbdd358a8e93c2063bfb005e.jpgf0c255cfd2f4e69fc4f3d41a207e09f9.jpgcdb170da96ae7e11a2e3d677eb760598.jpg44fae4abb60513a5615f35af29110606.jpg870482e520d9688208d9e7729128bc33.jpge5c7411d85f47f4145e59ce7f1953a73.jpgad28fb2e57fe1243b3b4dff4d3c4dd2c.jpg

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Tried to blue to case by heating with lighter, but obtained a yellowish and brownish colour pattern.

 

And the dial. It goes slowly, but gradually getting a more worn out look. All unintentionallya4c903211efcbfed4abc964e55d64b17.jpg&key=a14f310f4abc1f73888e9703f4d2e199a5e2116f9263c757b9f1c0b388e09c23f464e77b7baf390d9fbcc01fe59bdaf0.jpg&key=767e4812e69d6c24268f0fdab4fbd95f82a354dc6ae42b60782e1aa4a6f857a7a3d316f0bb3f3560d8351781044e0844.jpg&key=159dd700b8bae3af9cf12dc64207717dba7750a2a4f4aa88dc5a0ced16592215ff90402324a8eee24aaec9caf9703170.jpg&key=438a77488a1bda39f2a062cd1df0ea90f7b3aa2b9b0a8cdaf506362966f04a03

 

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To blue the case and get a even color you'll need a jewellery oven or pottery oven to get the right temperature.

I have a color/temperature chart somewhere so I'll search for it and post it here.

 

BTW ... may I suppose your cork says "vieillit dans nos chais" ?

So you're a French wine fan, congrats !!!

 

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