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1675 PCG gilt OCC dial

kilowattore

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1675 PCG gilt OCC dial

Hello gents, here I am again :)



Let me introduce tonight a special project I completed.
The base watch is the cartel 1675 which has been heavily reshaped.







It was not easy at all to get an acceptable PCG shape, there is just not enough meat to work with and very little room for errors, but I did my best.





I used a special transitional dial for this build. The "Officially Certified Chronometer" inscription was in fact typical of the 6542 reference and changed later to the commonly known "superlative Chronometer Officially Certified". A raffles small GMT hand matches finishes perfectly the build.





Parts list

Cartel case completely reshaped and refinished to PCG
Aftermarket crown and tube from ebay
Clark complete bezel assembly and insert
Yuki hands
Sternkreuz plexi
And last but not least a fantastic vietnam true gilt dial with the transitional OCC inscription.


Some more pics:















That's all for now, hope you enjoyed the pics :)
 

RepPossessed

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Mannnn... that is swweeeet

perfectly done. and that beautiful gilt dial
 

369mafia

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Fantastic work brother. Love it

My ‘60 says hi.
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Looks amazing!

I have a question - is the crown 5.3mm like on the gen or the frequently used 6mm?


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DeLoMan

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Excellent job on the CG's, it's quite difficult to get a decent shape out of them :)

Thank you!! Like you said, there isn’t much meat to work with. When I got them to where they looked reasonably symmetrical, I then stopped before risking taking too much metal off! I’m having the hardest time deciding between which level of wear I want on my bezel insert. I keep swapping them daily!


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LEBLANC

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Bravo’ to both of you , the watches looks stunning.
 

jomtones

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At a first glance, it’s hard to tell the difference between your reworked cartel case and a PCG Vietnam Case.Fantastic work kilowattore
 

369mafia

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Friend what are the specifics of this beauty

Thank you

Its a cartel base
modded case..drilled lugs. aged pcg shaped
clark crystal
wso bezel assembly and custom faded insert
vietnam dial and hands to match
dg based movement
folded oyster

its been switched up a bit since then..
Bart decal dial for a gilt gloss exclamation point dial
different faded insert


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