As some of you might remember I have an extensive gen AP treasure basket
Yet, I get more joy in pursuing the purist RWI hobby of having aftermarket parts put together.
Here I have 2 divers for your consideration:
1. a SS V7 diver initially modded by Vac (PM80, sunken screws, relumed dial & hands - which are no longer part of the build); that was used as a starting point by the grand master
@slaughterer62 who added for me a relumed HF cer diver dial, relumed JF hands and a Mikey classic style DW. This is my daily beater and I get so much pleasure from it that I rarely look into my drawer for other timepieces, including my beast frankens. Here it is in its pure beauty (was thinking of selling it but just can't do that
The PM80 - unloved by many - is such a reliable engine, it can go for months at a +/-0 rate, beating all the likes of 10k rollies, etc.
2. A build that was just completed by
@Viggen - thank you kindly for this Sir! It brings together the following: an imaknockov FC case, an HF cer diver dial, a Mikey new style DW and a Swiss low beat movement. Pure pleasure. I hope viggen would not mind my sharing a couple of his workbench photos:
and next to a stock Noob (imaknockov on the left)