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Heavily modded 16610 cheapie ... or "minutes of a shitinerand plastic surgery"

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What a great thread! I'm looking for a cheapie watch to learn how to work on, but seeing your step by step pictures, make the task less daunting. Post those finished pictures asap!
 

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11 - FINISHED ... and redy to go back to his owner :

Thursday I received the new dial for that "ex-quite-ugly-now-pretty-nice" cheapie.
So this morning she was ready for some pics though the light was not very good.
She ticks the time pretty well, the crown can perfectly be srxewed on the crown tube and she looks pretty good ... IMHO

I know my father in law will be very happy and it’s been a very interesting exercise of plastic surgery.
Now it’s time to leave for a 2 weeks vacation then I’ll go back to a much tougher build projects that I hope to finish before next december … but shh!!! it’s classified :hehehe:

And now some pics before I wrapp it in a soft cloth and put it back in my bag ...



















 

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Wahou! Really incredible work on this watch!!!
congratulations!
Bon je continue en français (^^)
Vraiment incroyable, quelle différence entre avant et après!
Je suis sûr que cette rép tapera à l'oeil de moults spécialistes qui penseront que c'est une gen!
Bravo!
 

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I like that a lot, nice work :D it's not a TC but it's 100x better than it started out, he'll love it!
 

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Wahou! Really incredible work on this watch!!!
congratulations!
Bon je continue en français (^^)
Vraiment incroyable, quelle différence entre avant et après!
Je suis sûr que cette rép tapera à l'oeil de moults spécialistes qui penseront que c'est une gen!
Bravo!
Merci @mascob1 [emoji4]
Comme on dit ... "du sang et des larmes" ... mais ça valait le coup.
I paid that with "blood and tears" but it was 100% worthy.


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I like that a lot, nice work :D it's not a TC but it's 100x better than it started out, he'll love it!
Thank you a lot.
And of course it's not a TC ... because if it was my name would be Thomas [emoji1]

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Well done - totally transformed !
 

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What a great thread and an excellent job you did. Really nice to read and a fantastic result. The old man is a lucky guy!
 

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Amazing work. You should have "signed" the caseback as an artist! Something like "reworked by ... "
 

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Great thread, very good work especially the bracelet.

Looks so much better, hope he likes it.


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Well done - totally transformed !
Thank you ... the BP dial you sent me really helped for the final touch !!!

What a great thread and an excellent job you did. Really nice to read and a fantastic result. The old man is a lucky guy!
Thanks

Amazing work. You should have "signed" the caseback as an artist! Something like "reworked by ... "
Thank you ... I think I have to improve my skills A LOT before signing any caseback :biggrin-new:

Great thread, very good work especially the bracelet.

Looks so much better, hope he likes it.


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Than you ... I'll certainly like it, but if he doesn't ... I still can keep it :hehehe:
 

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Two more pics from yesterday evening then I have to stop posting there [emoji3]

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Wow, very impressive! My compliments, you are very good in this kind of treatments!
 

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Wow, very impressive! My compliments, you are very good in this kind of treatments!

Thanks @ginopino ... it seems we joined this forum about the same time !!!
Me must meet there during autumn :happybirthday:

haha this is great

Also, never trust a woman with "SHITINERAND"

Thanks @Blackjack ... I multi-check my girl-friend but didn't find that "shitinerand" anywhere so I'll keep her without modding
I must be a lucky guy cause she really doesn't need any modd:hehehe:
 

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Vous avez fait un travail remarquable!! Félicitation!!!
Merci ... et félicitations pour votre français.
As I already told you in the French Corner, your French is near front perfect.
Bravo !!!

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