Milsub 5517

[seraphe]

Got this done but wondering what else I can do for it...

Watch case: MBW
Movement: ETA 2846
Dial: Yuki
Hands: Omega Seamaster 300
Insert: Aftermarket from classicwatchparts
Crystal: Watchmaterial
Lug bars: Self made using 2mm marine grade steel bar

Jobs done:
- Drilling lug holes
- Microwelding of steel bars
- Sanding edges of lugs to flatten ends of lug bars
- Reshaping of CG

So what else can I do? Vintage relume of hands? Vintagizing the insert? Case back engraving? Yuki caseback?

 

[arcadia]

I like your photo outline. Nice work!

 

[Vinguru]

Nice piece! I would go for the hands relume to match the dial

 

[Alex_P1]

Beautiful work!

Maybe an age of the dial (the matt finish some of the guys here put on them look great)?

As others have said, match the hands and dots a little more.

 

[olworthers]

Great work - I love these vintage subs!


-OW

 

[rols16610]

very nice, great photos

 

[Debellum]

All perfect mate !
Perfect picts and a gen of vintage military Submariner.

Cheers

Junio

 

[Ed911]

Very nice, thanks!

 

[bee23]

stunning work

 

[DVNE]

Found this in a search. Nice build!

 

[Escapizm]

Fantastic piece, I need one next!


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[Escapizm]

Live the missing pearl, proper bashed in. Seraphe you seen the thread were a member put his case in box of rocks and screws etc, shook up then polished it again. Really looked original, maybe soften lines of case too with dremel?


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[Escapizm]

*love (darn auto correct)


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[Ezio]

Live the missing pearl, proper bashed in. Seraphe you seen the thread were a member put his case in box of rocks and screws etc, shook up then polished it again. Really looked original, maybe soften lines of case too with dremel?


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Gooe idea and bake the dial

 

[J!m1]

I'm a bit obsessive with the 5517, but I think the case and dial are awesome. MAYBE bleach the insert A TINY BIT and that is all good.

I am particularly sensitive to the hands. Those are not Seamaster 300 hands (well the seconds hand anyway) as I have gen Seamaster 300 hands on my Seamaster 300 project. I have never seen that seconds hand before.

Anyway, if you search for gens on line, you will see the minute hand just hits the minute track of the dial- it is shorter than the one you have. (mine is too long as well). The hour hand is probably by fine, and I wouldn't mess with it. The seconds hand- that is where you really seperate the great ones from the also-rans. I am defecit in this department as well. The gen seconds hand has a very unique shape. The point is curved (concave) ever so slightly on the outer edges of the tip. There is a very short straight section at the very tip of the hand, and it has a short tail. I modified a seconds hand where I trimmed the tail and shaped the tip to a sharp point. It was still a bit long and I still wasn't happy with it.

I now have a great dial (same as yours) and a set of hands that let me down. I will get back to it again, but for now I just wear it.

That is my well more than two cents!

Herer is mine now