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10 things you can do with a Cartel/JK 5513 Sub

tripdog

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OOTB these are pretty ugly, inaccurate watches, so one of the first things you could do is modify it - basically to make it less ugly.

This is what the case looks like when you get it from the TD:


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As I'm sure you noticed, there's lots of things that are wrong - wrong case height, wrong shaped lugs, wrong shaped crown guards, wrong shaped bezel ring, wrong shaped crystal etc. So you'll need to remove metal - lots and lots of metal from the top, the bottom and the sides.

I use one of these:


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Once you've corrected the lugs, case height, CGs and bezel ring dimensions and you've got the semblance of a 5513 case, you can polish it, brush it and add your chamfers:


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Before and after - a slimmed bezel ring next to a stock bezel ring:


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You'll need a dial, a set of hands, a crystal and an insert. Gen dials are nice, but expensive at $1.5k - $2k, so a relumed, aged Viet' dial will do - the finished article with a Rolex service crystal, fat font insert and a Rolex crown:


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Sorry, but I lied about there being 10 things you can do with a Cartel/JK 5513 - IMO the only thing to do with these fugly things is modify them.
 
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Now you state you can "brush it". Do you brush all your cases per "gen spec" and how much does that usually cost?
 
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Interesting and job well done. To shape the case to gen specs represents a great deal of detailed work. What resources do you use to get the exact measurements of a gen case?
 
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Awesome job on the bezel, hats off
 
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I have had a few 5513s. But I consider myself lucky to have a 5513 built by the op. It still remains my favourite watch and if you know me you will know I have many to choose from.
 

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Mr Tripdog is a really magician.
I have also one of a modded tripdog build and I am still amazed of the result.

Really nice write-up and funny and interssting to read.
 
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Nice work there, I'll have to try using the particle accelerator on my next build.
 
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