hologramet Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 Very nice insert! where is it from?You really didn’t read like 6 posts up did you? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teiki75 Posted February 25, 2021 Report Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) On 2/23/2021 at 12:54 AM, hologramet said: You really didn’t read like 6 posts up did you? ok, Ruby, my mistake. The 0 of 30 looked different from between 2 pics earlier and I thought they were different. Edited February 25, 2021 by teiki75 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackflash Posted February 25, 2021 Report Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) ok, Ruby, my mistake. The 0 of 30 looked different from between 2 pics earlier and I thought they were different. I guess it’s still early Initially I had a Ruby insert installed: On a recommendation from [mention=59902]hologramet[/mention] I swapped it out for one from [mention=47967]dlf[/mention] ... et Voilà Edited February 25, 2021 by jackflash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rower Posted February 25, 2021 Report Share Posted February 25, 2021 Yours is definitely my favorite 5517 on the boards. Here is mine: It needs so much more work to be acceptable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackflash Posted February 25, 2021 Report Share Posted February 25, 2021 Yours is definitely my favorite 5517 on the boards.Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hologramet Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 I have a spare one should anyone wish to buy it.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackflash Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 Comparison, rep above, gen below. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ialyo Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 Hello guys, I wanted to share my project story and ask you some questions. — I started it from a genuine late 5513 (white gold index) with a poor dial. With a detailed PNG I found on internet I spent a lot of hours drawing a vector picture of the 5517 dial and ordered a negative in Switzerland. Then I have it printed one the dial. That was the most expensive part but the good point is having the negative, I can make dial again. Insert and hands are aftermarket (found on eBay). Pearl is coming from the helenarou insert. I sent everything at another Swiss company to have BGW9 lume painted (blue-ish with a good intensity) and finally, my watchmaker assembled everything, brushed all the shiny part of the case and added fixed lugs. These last days I felt the will to improve it. — @jackflash you said your hands are coming from Yuki but your second hand is closer to the original 5517 second hand with a shorter part after the arrow and a shorter tail than the SM300. Are you sure you got it from Yuki ? Also, you mentioned DLF for your insert ; who/what is it ? Your insert looks great ! I had some will to take one at ruby but found yours (DLF) better ! Thank you ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackflash Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 Congrats nice build!I reshaped the tip of the second hand on mine. The tail was the right length. Dlf is aka Crown Art Customs and sells his inserts via ebay or Instagram as well as here. https://instagram.com/crownartcustoms?utm_medium=copy_link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ialyo Posted March 3, 2022 Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 Thank you very much for your fast reply @jackflash. Already spoke with Crown Art Custom ; did not realise he was also know as DLF ! Nice work on your second hand ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GDorantes14 Posted June 9, 2023 Report Share Posted June 9, 2023 On 2/25/2021 at 7:54 AM, rower said: Yours is definitely my favorite 5517 on the boards. Here is mine: It needs so much more work to be acceptable. Could you please tell us where did you get this beauty and what are the specs? TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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