A genuine Plexiglass makes all the difference !

[Prisoner6]

The Plexiglas somehow brought the watch to life

 

[warlordofnarnia]

Superb!!


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[Prisoner6]

Cheers

 

[BirkinTourbillon]

Oh wow yes it does mate! Looks way better than stock crystal. But then again nothing beats gen I would say mate. Congrats btw wear her in good health bro! Glad that you brought her back to life LOL


"Tienes que correr riesgos, en esta vida"

 

[Prisoner6]

Cheers and yes everything now looks good on it I'm so pleased with it unless anyone can suggest any other mods ?

 

[BirkinTourbillon]

Cheers and yes everything now looks good on it I'm so pleased with it unless anyone can suggest any other mods ?

Yes mate perhaps you might wanna consider doing aging mods on your dial and hands just for the sake of developing better patina in overall? What movement is inside it if I may know mate?


"Tienes que correr riesgos, en esta vida"

 

[Prisoner6]

Yes it's a 2813 and have you any idea how to age the dial and hands ?

 

[BirkinTourbillon]

Well, despite of the fact that I have not tried doing aging on watches myself, but I did read it somewhere regarding this mod and pretty much it is easy to do and definitely a DIY mod.

Question being, are you familiar with disassembling the watch? If you are then you can definitely perform the mod yourself. If I recalled correctly, the mod involves of adding egg yolk and lime to the indices and the dial as well.


"Tienes que correr riesgos, en esta vida"

 

[Prisoner6]

The case has been reworked and softened as has the bezel and insert the bracelet (93150) softened plus a silver datewheel fitted also and better endlinks fitted (580)

 

[Prisoner6]

Yes I have no problem disassembling the watch

 

[BirkinTourbillon]

Oh that’s awesome mate! Anyways, I came across this from my research, you might some suggestions useful here:
https://rwg.cc/topic/91588-how-to-make-your-dial-to-look-vintage/

Since you’re experienced with assembling and vice versa, this is gonna be easy for you I’m sure mate so this is definitely worth trying. My advice is to look for as many advices and information as possible before initiating the mods yourself. Good luck mate, I’m sure this will end well.


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[Prisoner6]

Just made the dial and hands a little bit more vintage and more mat now to me looks so good just now need to upgrade the movement to ???? Any suggestions anyone ?

 

[BirkinTourbillon]

Well done mate! As for movement, since I happened to have this project which in the end didn’t happen, you might wanna get an ETA2836 movement. Pretty much a robust and workhorse IMHO


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