franken on travertin

[marsupilami]

hey guys,

finally completed and running:

special thanks to:

ubi, The Zigmeister,avitt,watcher,freddy,hemicuda,george for their help to make this dream come true.

[alligoat]

Congratulations! A 16520 certainly qualifies as a labor of love.

[freddy333]

Time to break out the bubbly & celebrate!

Congratulations, but the big question is -- Does it keep time?

[marsupilami]

Congratulations, but the big question is -- Does it keep time?

[freddy333]

the movement was nos and serviced by a local watchmaker

last dates:

rate: -001 s/day

beat error:0,2 ms

amplitude 286 deg

Just about perfect. Enjoy.

[dluddy]

Very sweet. Building and finishing one of these is cause to celebrate

[ubiquitous]

Fantastic! A wonderful companion to your gorgeous Tudor chrono!

[JoJo35]

WOW!!! Congrats! Both are spectacular. Would you mind telling us what has been done?

Cheers,

JJ

[marsupilami]

the daytona was made of

known 16520 kit

gen. crown,gen. bracelet,gen. dial and hands,movado datron movement 31 jewels.

the tudor

mysterious unbranded asia chrono (I took case,bezel,crystal,pushers,endlinks)

which fits genuine parts :-) (still have a gen.cyclop 130 here to install)

a nos le phare swiss 7750

a white datewheel

hands from a second@6 daytona

genuine dial from ebay

hollow midlink bracelet 78360 abay/pam111 1655

a l o t o f t i m e .........................

et voil

[ubiquitous]

Projects never end... That is for sure.

Well done, my friend!

Cheers,

R

[pitimany]

excellent, congratulations