Fantasy Black Bay Build

[$$Bone$$]

So I recently got a Corgeut Black Bay case and a 2836 clone from a friend of mine in a trade. I had always been interested in the black bay, and I'd tried them on at the AD, but I was never able to pick a color. I liked the blue, red, and black, but I always wore steel watches with black dials, so the colors felt intimidating. After a few weeks of seeing that case sitting in my parts bin, I decided to make something out of it. I found a set of dial and hands from Raffles, and a sterile ranger bracelet on the bay, logged into paypal, and played the waiting game. More time went by until one day I had all of my parts together, and set to putting together my first Tudor rep. It went together without a hitch, and I'm pretty pleased with this inexpensive build. I'ts not perfect, the springbar holes are closer to the case than gen, and sapphire is a different shape and has no AR, but it runs beautifully and it convinced me to buy a ZF Red Rose and now I'm thinking about getting a ZF Only Watch. Thanks for reading, enjoy!

 

[Ralphy]

So I recently got a Corgeut Black Bay case and a 2836 clone from a friend of mine in a trade. I had always been interested in the black bay, and I'd tried them on at the AD, but I was never able to pick a color. I liked the blue, red, and black, but I always wore steel watches with black dials, so the colors felt intimidating. After a few weeks of seeing that case sitting in my parts bin, I decided to make something out of it. I found a set of dial and hands from Raffles, and a sterile ranger bracelet on the bay, logged into paypal, and played the waiting game. More time went by until one day I had all of my parts together, and set to putting together my first Tudor rep. It went together without a hitch, and I'm pretty pleased with this inexpensive build. I'ts not perfect, the springbar holes are closer to the case than gen, and sapphire is a different shape and has no AR, but it runs beautifully and it convinced me to buy a ZF Red Rose and now I'm thinking about getting a ZF Only Watch. Thanks for reading, enjoy!

OP, pics are not showing if you use imgur. Try another hosting site or upload via tapatalk. postimages.org is a good site that works. You can upload you imgur url's right to it. Good Luck!!!

 

[$$Bone$$]

OP, pics are not showing if you use imgur. Try another hosting site or upload via tapatalk. postimages.org is a good site that works. You can upload you imgur url's right to it. Good Luck!!!

Strange, I can see them but I'll try again.

 

[solipsistic]

So I recently got a Corgeut Black Bay case and a 2836 clone from a friend of mine in a trade. I had always been interested in the black bay, and I'd tried them on at the AD, but I was never able to pick a color. I liked the blue, red, and black, but I always wore steel watches with black dials, so the colors felt intimidating. After a few weeks of seeing that case sitting in my parts bin, I decided to make something out of it. I found a set of dial and hands from Raffles, and a sterile ranger bracelet on the bay, logged into paypal, and played the waiting game. More time went by until one day I had all of my parts together, and set to putting together my first Tudor rep. It went together without a hitch, and I'm pretty pleased with this inexpensive build. I'ts not perfect, the springbar holes are closer to the case than gen, and sapphire is a different shape and has no AR, but it runs beautifully and it convinced me to buy a ZF Red Rose and now I'm thinking about getting a ZF Only Watch. Thanks for reading, enjoy!

Nicely done. I got a PVD Corgeut case and movement a while back and you may have inspired me to throw it together.

One thing I've found with my case is that the water resistance sucks--have you pressure tested your case set? It took me some work (gasket swap) to even get to 3ATM :/.

 

[$$Bone$$]

Nicely done. I got a PVD Corgeut case and movement a while back and you may have inspired me to throw it together.

One thing I've found with my case is that the water resistance sucks--have you pressure tested your case set? It took me some work (gasket swap) to even get to 3ATM :/.

Thank you! I haven't tested it, but it holds up to hand washing, which is as close as my mechanical watches ever get to diving.
I have greased the seals, so hopefully it holds up for a while.


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[Pyknic]

hey - lovely little build there!

Why are you going for the rose version?

 

[$$Bone$$]

hey - lovely little build there!

Why are you going for the rose version?

Thanks!
I like the thinner case back and the vintage look of the dial, plus I don't hide the fact that I'm wearing a rep so the logo being a little off doesn't bother me. The shield is more clean, I think if I get the blue version it will be shield.

 

[JOP]

Such a nice piece! I wonder how did you keep yourself in order to give him some patina, I could not resist if I was you ...

 

[Campbelloni]

That looks great, let's see some more pictures!

 

[$$Bone$$]

That looks great, let's see some more pictures!

Thank you!
I will take more pics soon. I need to set up the lights and get good shots of a bunch of watches.

 

[Mahtze72]

Fantastic work, really a credit work and patience. Would love to see more pics...particularly back shot. Cheers.