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So I just bought this watch on another forum and supposedly it’s an MBW case with a nice slim case and slim bezel. Was debating on what to do and even had a conversation with member hugop. He told me that a DSRD dial might fit because mkw case wasn’t big enough to accommodate at 26.5 dial.. so I did a bit of research and came across the 5513 HEV which was created for COMEX. Bammm!! I decided to try this project out..

 

Base watch

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Crown: will be an Athaya 702 I have

 

 

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An MBW case will be inscribed with 1665 and will say- Polex or Polfy somewhere- between the lugs or on the inside of the caseback. Monarch Polfy and Gelena Shitinerand also come to mind- typical MBW inscriptions. SN will be 5,7 to 5,9xx,xxx, being late 1978 or early 1979. But no one will ever see the inscriptions with a bracelet on and the caseback closed. 

The 5513 dial which you have isn't a very good one- the bottom serifs on the L and E in ROLEX are wrong as are the serifs on OYSTER PERPETUAL. Might check out the 5513 dials from Ruby, MQ and Phong.

 

 

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An MBW case will be inscribed with 1665 and will say- Polex or Polfy somewhere- between the lugs or on the inside of the caseback. Monarch Polfy and Gelena Shitinerand also come to mind- typical MBW inscriptions. SN will be 5,7 to 5,9xx,xxx, being late 1978 or early 1979. But no one will ever see the inscriptions with a bracelet on and the caseback closed. 
The 5513 dial which you have isn't a very good one- the bottom serifs on the L and E in ROLEX are wrong as are the serifs on OYSTER PERPETUAL. Might check out the 5513 dials from Ruby, MQ and Phong.
 
 

Jesus.. talk about WIS eagle eyes.. I have contacted Ruby and will go with her. MQ is too expensive for me.


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2 hours ago, ebzen02 said:

Jesus.. talk about WIS eagle eyes.. I have contacted Ruby and will go with her. MQ is too expensive for me.
 

 

Along with what Alligoat pointed out, notice the "maxi dial" index dots and the proportional font in SUBMARINER.  Those are tells you can see from arm's length.

 

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Along with what Alligoat pointed out, notice the "maxi dial" index dots and the proportional font in SUBMARINER.  Those are tells you can see from arm's length.
 

Thank you guys! Saved me a bit of money. I’ll be ordering a Ruby 5513 dial then. Inner case engravings will be redone at some point as well.


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"He told me that a DSRD dial might fit because mkw case wasn’t big enough to accommodate at 26.5 dial..."

 

The MBW/MBK dial size issue is explained in the  'Building an MBW Sub'  sticky at the top of the rolex section.  It is not hard to cut the cases to accept 26.5mm dials with a small lathe.

 

If the case will not accept a 26.5mm dial, it will not take a DRSD dial...a genuine spec DRSD dial is 26.5mm.  Afaik all the later MBK submariner cases are 1680 spec inside but made for 26.0mm dials.  The older models might be different, I do not know.

 

Yuki has all the dial sizes included with the dial pictures...

https://yukiwatch.ecwid.com/Rolex-Dial-c6702294

 

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