First mod/build - 1675 GMT

[Watchloverz]

Hi'

I'd like to share with you my first mod/build .

I bought recently a 1675 GMT with a some asian movement inside. The movement had some basic problems: it was not holding the load, work intermittently, ... I was taking it apart when it finally stopped.

I decided to swap movement and aged the dial, hands, ...
I'm totally new to this so, I told myself that with a little patience and skill, it'll be within my reach.

Watch: BP (M2M, previously from Nembo on RWG).
Bracelet: BP (Aliexpress)
Movement: DG3804 (Aliexpress) https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/32856...377e6c37kBvpm9
Bezel: Aliexpress https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/40012...26b56c37bPTgoH
Hands: Aliexpress https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/10050...27426c37qzZwxZ
Coffee: Illy Colombia
Rum: Ron Diplomatico https://www.rhumattitude.com/cave/di...-vintage-2000/
Soda: Destop Express Gel

Total cost
- 170 € Miscellaneous: donor watch, bracelet, ...
- 33 € new movement
- 7€ new hand.

210 € excluding shipping cost, tools, soda, rum , ...

Work done
- Complete disassembly.
- Aging datewheel (heat stroke).
- Aging of the dial
- Aging index. Coffee + rust .
- Aging of needles. Coffee + rust .
- Aging of the bezel with caustic soda.
- Winding of the datewheel + dial + hand on the new movement.
- Lubrication of the stem.
- Reassembly of the bezel.
- Wear of the bracelet and the case using gravel (in progress).

Initial broken movement: DG3804

New movement.

Changing datewheel on new movement.

Aging Dial / hands / new seconds hands (old was stucked).
Coffee + Rust

And the result

 

[Watchloverz]

Here's the bezel. Before/after

 

[Ex-ki]

Good build

 

[Watchloverz]

Thanks Ex-ki