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Dannys Guide To Perfect Crownguards. Forget About Files, Use A Sander!


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Hello friends,

This is not really a complete guide, it's more a safe tip to a perfect crownguard.

Many guys use a jeweler's file to shape the crownguards, and most of the time they become not even (somewhat curved)...but when you take a look at a gen submariner you will see that the crownguards are even and at a little angle to the crown.

Well the best thing is, you buy a very little sander. It cost me about 20 bucks, and when I look at the results it was a bargain.

In order to shape your crownguards, just remove tube/crown, put the sander at the desired angle to the crownguard, and turn the whole thing on. Make sure you wont take off too much material,...just always machine of just a little bit and put the crown on to check if it looks good.

The BIG advantage to a jewelers file is that your crownguards will be absoluteley even, and it's very easy to get that angle.

Now i will present you my work, and my sander: The crownguards look absolutely perfect, have correct angle/theyre even and im absolutely happy with my sander. It's not the last watch i modded with it. (By the way, got the sander from eBay, it comes with 42 pieces, so its not just a sander, it is 42 things in one.)

The Crownguards:

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The working part of my cool sander:

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Hope i could help you with your CGs for the next time!

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@repaustria:

Well...i hope i did no mistake :) but when i take a look at some watches at eBay i always see the crownguards have a little angle to the crown.

Take a look at this gen submariner (Got it from http://cgi.ebay.com/MENS-18K-SS-ROLEX-SUBM...QcmdZViewItem):

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They look angled to me, and the crownguards in my picutre look kind of round because of the light ;)

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@repaustria:

Well...i hope i did no mistake :) but when i take a look at some watches at eBay i always see the crownguards have a little angle to the crown.

Take a look at this gen submariner (Got it from http://cgi.ebay.com/MENS-18K-SS-ROLEX-SUBM...QcmdZViewItem):

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They look angled to me, and the crownguards in my picutre look kind of round because of the light ;)

your look not angled like the genuine picture. keep working on the angles

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