flavor flav Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 this one was one tough project with one hangup after another! it's a cortebert 616 fitted into a vintage 47mm case with plexis installed. took 2 months to finish as parts are not so easy to come by and i had to do alot of fabricating to make everything work.. the dial especially came out awesome as well as the hands. the case was put in a jar of coins and shaken for about 20 minutes to create a worn vintage look on the finish with clean plexis installed front and rear. the stem sits so low that it wouldn't line up even close to the case hole so extensive mods had to be done here including milling 2mm off the inside of the bezel and modifying the crown itself!! just doing some final tuning now so i can ship it out to it's lucky owner who sent me a few days ago a lemania 8 days movement for a 44mm custom PVD case with clear back and plexis are going in.. and a rolex pocket movement for another vintage 47mm pam..... work work work but the end result is priceless! EDIT: by popular request... the fonts have been wabi'd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonibari Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Sweet work as always flavor flav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babola Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Flav, you rock I'm just a bit surprised you didn't go extra mile to 'vintage-ize' that crisp white dial txt, time for your signature "2-day coffee dip", maybe? cheers, babola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slay Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 looks very nice, but that movement is not a cortebert 616! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavor flav Posted May 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 it's a 617.. my mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slay Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 never seen one like that before.... did it have a seconds subdial? otherwise no clue why they would produce a procket watch movement like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 i have see a 617 before... but i don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Flav, you rock I'm just a bit surprised you didn't go extra mile to 'vintage-ize' that crisp white dial txt, time for your signature "2-day coffee dip", maybe? cheers, babola I agree.. Beautiful watch and work but the pure white lettering on the dial text is ruining the whole watch and vintage look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slay Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 i have see a 617 before... but i don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eunomians Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Great work on a unique historical piece. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavor flav Posted May 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 i have see a 617 before... but i don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavor flav Posted May 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Flav, you rock I'm just a bit surprised you didn't go extra mile to 'vintage-ize' that crisp white dial txt, time for your signature "2-day coffee dip", maybe? cheers, babola was not requested originaly from the owner. the sandwich cannot be seperated at this point without ruining the dial. i can wabi the fonts but may mess up the airbrushing.. after 30+ hours of work on this.. a ruined dial would not make me very happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavor flav Posted May 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 I agree.. Beautiful watch and work but the pure white lettering on the dial text is ruining the whole watch and vintage look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavor flav Posted May 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 I agree.. Beautiful watch and work but the pure white lettering on the dial text is ruining the whole watch and vintage look. how about this??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sssurfer Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Now the text looks a little too dark, doesn't it? Just kidding... It is perfect now, congrats! (I just still wonder how you could be able to airbrush a dial and leave any text untouched...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 @Flav are dial and hand for Unitas? How do you fix dial and hands on cortebert? It is difficult work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Now we're talking... EXCELLENT!!!! how about this??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadog13 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 really impressive work...this vintage reps are really great looking when made by such an expert like FF! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadog13 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 you could always do it this way (do you like it?) : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavor flav Posted May 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 @Flav are dial and hand for Unitas? How do you fix dial and hands on cortebert? It is difficult work? the hands are cortebert hands. moljina hands may fit with a bit of crimping and reworking. the dial is unitas. it's a really hard project and takes alot of patience and time. absolutely nothing fits! everything i mean everything needs modded to fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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