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New budget 3646

COLDI

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First BIG thanks to a certain gent across the pond who helped a ton with this ;)

This is a budget 2533. The watch was bought from silix. The case was aged and then the dial was completely reworked. The crystal hasnt had much aging as just wearing it for a while will give it a nice agin process. To top it off Nightwatches v3 solid caseback was added. This adds a lot to the look, but does a great job at hiding the asian engine (which will eventually be replaced). Its important to note a Ross dial was going to be added to this, but Silix must have a new source for these and Ross dials will NOT fit (just to warn you guys). I do need to find a nice vintage buckle to compliment it. But anyways thanks to a great friend and I will let the pics do the talking!

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hooligan

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Looking great, COLDI! You need to get those lugs welded now. The Nightwatch caseback is awesome...
 

COLDI

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Ya well this is the watch where I'm going to teach my self to weld the lugs and the stem.
 

arty909

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Looks magnificent! Especially to someone who knows the history, and value, of the Gen. Kudos!
 

Para

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First BIG thanks to a certain gent across the pond who helped a ton with this ;)

This is a budget 2533. The watch was bought from silix. The case was aged and then the dial was completely reworked. The crystal hasnt had much aging as just wearing it for a while will give it a nice agin process. To top it off Nightwatches v3 solid caseback was added. This adds a lot to the look, but does a great job at hiding the asian engine (which will eventually be replaced). Its important to note a Ross dial was going to be added to this, but Silix must have a new source for these and Ross dials will NOT fit (just to warn you guys). I do need to find a nice vintage buckle to compliment it. But anyways thanks to a great friend and I will let the pics do the talking!

COLDI,

This is a budget?! Man, this looks really good... the crystal is a piece of cake to age; you've done the toughest part and you've done it well!!

Congrats and thanks for sharing!