Guest submersible24g Posted June 1, 2007 Report Posted June 1, 2007 After stumbling across and older TW cased sub the other day with the rare "centered lug holes" and deep rehaut ring, I decided to put this one together. with the wife out of town this weekend, i get to play....... THE SUBMARINER I modeled this one after the "T" serial cased sub from the early nineties. BIG mad thanks and props to Ubi for sourcing me some parts to finish it. Ebay for the dial and other parts. And also to Hefland's also known as Florida Watch and Jewelry Supply in St. Petersberg, Florida. All work done by me. TW old style center holes case (holes drilled/polished) crown guards shaped/polished OEM style shoulderless springbars (source: Hefland's) OEM 315-16800-1 insert (source: Hefland's) OEM 24-703 crown (source: Ubi) OEM (maybe A/M?) 24-703i triplock crown tube (had to drill/tap case) (source: Hefland's in St. Pete, FL) new orings all the way around greased w/ silicon grease OEM 93150 clasp (source: ebay) A/M hollow midlink bracelet (source: Ubi) OEM T-25 Submariner dial w/ original lume (source: ebay) A/M Tudor hand set (source: ebay) ETA 2836 movement
Guest submersible24g Posted June 1, 2007 Report Posted June 1, 2007 (edited) another view: Edited June 2, 2007 by submersible24g
bosk Posted June 1, 2007 Report Posted June 1, 2007 Hi, Superb project! What was the dial size? I was unaware that TW cases could fit gen dials. My CN case is definitely uses a larger dial than gen. thanks bosk
Guest submersible24g Posted June 1, 2007 Report Posted June 1, 2007 in the TW cases the inner rehaut ring is smaller in diameter than the CN sub case. therefore the gen dial fits right in. only mod is to relocate the feet on the back of the dial or in my case, cut em off and solder an ETA scaper ring to the back and then fit it to the ETA top plate.
Jetsons Posted June 2, 2007 Report Posted June 2, 2007 That is a beauty & terrific work. The OEM dial makes a huge difference! I've though about doing this to my old TW but just can't get myself to alter an OEM dial. Enjoy!
freddy333 Posted June 2, 2007 Report Posted June 2, 2007 Great work. The hands & dial make that watch a real beauty. I think the cyclops magnification may be a bit low though. But other than that the amount of effort you obviously put into that project definitely shows.
HauteHippie Posted June 3, 2007 Report Posted June 3, 2007 Very nice sub. Perhaps the best 16610 yet. The HEL bracelet and T < 25 dial make this watch amazingly accurate. The excellent CG work doesn't hurt either.
bruce79 Posted June 3, 2007 Report Posted June 3, 2007 Shoot, this is absolutely a stunning 16610. It's the best I've seen on these forums, period
bklm1234 Posted June 3, 2007 Report Posted June 3, 2007 holy cow, top notch, the CGs are about the best i've seen reps. congrats. -bk
FxrAndy Posted June 3, 2007 Report Posted June 3, 2007 VERY NICE INDEED! I take it that as a gen tritium dial and gen tudor hands that the lume matches as well, any chance of a lume shot so that us poor people can see what get tritium is like.
bruce79 Posted June 4, 2007 Report Posted June 4, 2007 VERY NICE INDEED! I take it that as a gen tritium dial and gen tudor hands that the lume matches as well, any chance of a lume shot so that us poor people can see what get tritium is like. It probably won't glow much
Sir-Lancelot Posted June 4, 2007 Report Posted June 4, 2007 as the others said, very nice, the best I have seen. You would not ever be called out on that one me thinks.
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