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5513 rebuild with old-crowns custom case

Singapore9

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Slimmer case looks great! Good improvement!

Did you drill the lug holes out and countersink the crown tube?

Really liking the @drvintage case! I fitted a GEN Tudor 78500 bracelet with 380b end links and they fit beautifully.
 

drvintage

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Looks nice! Im interested to know more about Tube and Crown too.. Which refs are these and did you countersink or it was plug and play?
 
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Turned out great! I knackered my 2824 building mine, just can’t seem to get on with that movement. Getting a 3130 or 3135 and will hopefully complete soon
 

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Case comes from Old-Crowns.com and I can highly recommend it. It's a really good update.
 

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So gen fat spring bars will not fit the case as provided, correct? Hence the need to drill the lug holes to 1.2mm once purchased?
 

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I wonder if @drvintage can make that lug hole change on his next run of cases? It’s always a pain to drill out those holes, breaking bits, etc.
 

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Do you have recommendations for how to remove the provided case tube? I don’t want to damage the case.

Thanks!
I do always take this guy here:



I wonder if @drvintage can make that lug hole change on his next run of cases? It’s always a pain to drill out those holes, breaking bits, etc.
Yes next batch will be much better. The CNC shop who made this batch has made many mistakes and I will not more work with them. I am not sure when the next batch will be made - I think end of 2025, bcs I want to concentrate me on another models as first
 
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