pbdad Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Life started off as a DSN 2533. vintaged the case, sanded the crystal height down a tad, modded the Rolex Brev crown, shortened the case tube, darkened the blue hands and aged the lume (the hands are actually a lot darker blue than the pics convey), replaced the the dial with a RMScherry dial, overfilled the indices slightly per gen, aged the molnija movement bridges, replaced the blued screws with clear ones, and finished it one with a one-off one piece gunny strap (ala zulu strap). hope to replace it with a gen rolex 616 one day... enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Wow, stunning piece! what Gunny strap was that? did not see anything like that on Peters website. Congrats, really nice one! I am still waiting for a pam249 with blue hands from Rocket/DSN. have a Gunny strap already waiting for it. Cheers, wear it well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishgodeep Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 It looks superb, loads of nice details and touches....I agree the 616 is all that's required!! Thanks for sharing FGD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbdad Posted April 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Thanks, guys! It was a lot of fun putting together. I learned a lot and think I developed a lot of good techniques that really bring the age out of these watches. The Gunny is a one-off strap I commissioned him to make for me. I told him that I wanted him to make a single long strap that I could thread through the fixed lugs like a zulu strap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milesd Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 I tried sending you a PM, but I couldn't. Did those hands come from DSN? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palani21 Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 dayum that baby looks gooood...love me some vintage pam... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmg Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Well done PB, it looks great! I particularly like the tone of the hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbdad Posted September 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 I tried sending you a PM, but I couldn't. Did those hands come from DSN? Thanks. hands came from Helena Rou and were modded to accept the molnija CP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milesd Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 hands came from Helena Rou and were modded to accept the molnija CP. thanks for the reply. I think I'm going to just stick with a closed caseback 6497. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlaletom Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Very nice where did you have the engraving done ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbiz Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 That's not engraving but foil overlay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbdad Posted September 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 no, it's actually engraved. It came from a cali I bought from ubid several years ago. I have a dsn molnija with foil overlays which are quite inferior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svlwolf Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 pbdad, ,,,, nice as always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forrestal Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 it's good, man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allsvinnn Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 It truely is sexy... Nice Job!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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