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

[FlipLockBuckle]

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:

The working part of my cool sander:

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

Edited January 27, 2007 by FlipLockBuckle

[rbj69]

hey whatever is easiest for u i always say, cool looking gadget, looks alot like those mancure sets i have seen for about the same price if not more

joe

[FlipLockBuckle]

@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):

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

[flavor flav]

@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):

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