Vintage milguas with all the bells and whistles !!

[rbj69]

I have worked on this watch a few times now, and what we have is the famous milgaus with lightning bolt second hand , what i did to it is aged the dial (markers and dulled the finish a bit) , installed a highly domed edged tropic 16 genuine crystal, installed the almost famous michael young thicker bezel and bezel insert, i refinished the case and drilled lug holes to fit thicker pins and installed a rivet oyster on it to top it off, hope u like it , it was hard to take pics because of the glare off the domed crystal , it is really rounded around the edges sort of like a superdome tropic 39 , hopefull when the owner gets it on monday he can take us some more deserving pictures of it

oh yeah i painted the second hand tip as well

[XRT]

One word:

perfect

[ubiquitous]

I agree 100%; Perfect! Absolutely gorgeous.

I think I want one.

Hmmmmmmm...

[dluddy]

Damn thats nice Joe

[jonthebhoy]

Well done Joe. Looks great, but you just had to get that thumb in, didn't you?

JTB

[rbj69]

just about everything was changed out on this watch definitly, just remeber all the ones that rare vintage i usually do r complete changes , we just use the case and maybe a dial here and there but the rest usually r custom made and or whatever i can come up with lol its a time consuming task but as u see well worth it , mostly after all said and done for most of the vintages they can run over a grand just because of the parts the initial watch price that u pay the dealer and my time /labor

this is not for the guy that just settles that is for sure lol

but if u think about it u r looking at a 20k watch that is soooo close for just above a grand , not a bad savings if u ask me lol parts r killer priced for a rep or genuine but i cant do anything about that u know

thanks for your comments it makes me want to impress u guys and raise the standards even more , wowowowowo, whats cooking at rbj's inquiring minds want to know lol