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C Master

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Kcnminus

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beautiful! specs?
it's an MBW that I bought here.
MBW case
gen T39 crystal
ETA 2846
gen dial
gen hands
CAC insert

@tripdog reshaped the case, polished the crystal, installed the gen dial and hands, added a nicer pearl, and swapped out the broken Athaya crown for a Viet one.
Then once it came home, it got a full overhaul, more polishing on the xtal, and got the ghosty insert (with the new pearl) installed.

 

manodeoro

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Amazing!! 🤩

Thanks 🙏 now I'm looknig at it and I think I'll rework the crown a bit ... chamfer the side that sits on the case to make it look thiner ...
I'm really happy with the dial and the bezel ... both custom made in my workshop :p
I'm already working on another honeycomb dial ... 6204 "split logo" ... I'm afraid I'll have to take my skills up by one level or two :eek:
 

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Thanks 🙏 now I'm looknig at it and I think I'll rework the crown a bit ... chamfer the side that sits on the case to make it look thiner ...
I'm really happy with the dial and the bezel ... both custom made in my workshop :p
I'm already working on another honeycomb dial ... 6204 "split logo" ... I'm afraid I'll have to take my skills up by one level or two :eek:
I looked at the dial - just WOW!!! Followed up also another thread were you did some explanation regarding "honeycomb" dial.
Amazing work.

Nice work. Also nice works you are planning (slim the case, rework the crown)
Great build!