Hello Folks
Wanted to share this recent build by Tripdog. I missed an excellent Space Dweller in the M2M and became a bit obsessed with having one of my own. I stumbled across a dial and case here in the forum and sent them off for Tripdog to complete and mod. The loose concept was it was the first Rolex on Mars and made it back a little worse for wear. Eventually I may replace the dial.
A great first build experience and Tripdog is of course THE MAN. I left the decisions to him.
The dial came aged already.
The case was a 1016 JMB. When we got it Tripdog noted "The case needs to be refinished, there are lateral scratches running down the sides of the case, the lug holes haven't been drilled out evenly, sitting too high or too low on the lugs - refinishing will help to correct this."
He added a set of new aged, lumed hand set "I've lumed the hands so that they match the lume on the dial - heavy patina and discoloration. The case and bracelet have a lighter patina."
He set in a low beat NOS ETA 2842 & bespoke movement ring and finished it off with his refinished 7206 rivet bracelet with 2 mm spring bars.
Here's some of his build shots
And some glamour shots of its new life in London.
Wanted to share this recent build by Tripdog. I missed an excellent Space Dweller in the M2M and became a bit obsessed with having one of my own. I stumbled across a dial and case here in the forum and sent them off for Tripdog to complete and mod. The loose concept was it was the first Rolex on Mars and made it back a little worse for wear. Eventually I may replace the dial.
A great first build experience and Tripdog is of course THE MAN. I left the decisions to him.
The dial came aged already.
The case was a 1016 JMB. When we got it Tripdog noted "The case needs to be refinished, there are lateral scratches running down the sides of the case, the lug holes haven't been drilled out evenly, sitting too high or too low on the lugs - refinishing will help to correct this."
He added a set of new aged, lumed hand set "I've lumed the hands so that they match the lume on the dial - heavy patina and discoloration. The case and bracelet have a lighter patina."
He set in a low beat NOS ETA 2842 & bespoke movement ring and finished it off with his refinished 7206 rivet bracelet with 2 mm spring bars.
Here's some of his build shots
And some glamour shots of its new life in London.