How to replace crystal (or remove bezel) on 116710LN clone?

[freddy333]

UPDATE --



To do --
Disassemble previous (ebay sourced) '3186' clone & diagnose/fix gen balance issue, so I can install the display caseback.

In the meantime, this 'clone' now looks/feels like the gen from an arm's length away -- my benchmark. That is, this 'clone' is visually, tactilely & functionally indistinguishable from my friend's gen 116710LN (sorry, in my haste to post this update, I completely forgot to shoot some comparison pics -- but I think you all know what the gen looks like).

The watch is regulated to within gen specs (+/- 2 sec/day), winds/hacks/sets with gen-feel, bezel feel is as decisive & smooth as the gen (I did do a bit of polishing of the wavy retaining ring/click spring pins & underside of the bezel, which obviously affects this, but bezel feel was good out of the box) & it has the heft & presence of a proper ceramic GMT.

Weekend looks busy, but, time permitting, I will try to post some more formal pics.

 

[freddy333]

New (ceramic) & old (Perspex) --

 

[freddy333]

UPDATE --

Now on jubilee

 

[geoffdragon]

@freddy333 - got to love a GMT rocking a jubilee.....

What are the details of your Albino?

 

[freddy333]

@freddy333 - got to love a GMT rocking a jubilee.....
What are the details of your Albino?

With the exception of the gen dial (a badly water damaged 6542 dial I had repainted by 1 of the official Rolex dial vendors using original service plates, so it is effectively a gen dial) & bezel insert (which was a 1-off accident that took on a life of its own), my Aryan Master is all gen.

It was a long, long project. I am unable to locate all of them, but if you are interested, you can read some of the construction threads (in no particular order) here, here, here, here & here.