The last few years I was mostly interested in Panerai and then Pre-V-Panerai and then Vintage Panerai... :beatahorse:
Logical step after vintage Panerai was a vintage Rolex - as those companies have a strong relationship in the past. :yoda:
A contemporary Rolex is to sterile for my tastes, I wanted a piece with
an interesting background and this is where it all starts: :cheer:
For an accurate 1675 build following parts are needed and were bought:
-Josh's 1:1 Rolex 1655
-wholesaleoutlets bezel-assembly
-cousinsuk Plexi with datemag
-gen insert
-and a gen dial found near Betania
This is the story which the seller told me:
The whole watch was found 10 years ago near Betania in Colombia.
It has been parted out, as most parts where not repairable due to the fact, that this watch was found near a plane crash site which crashed in 1972. :nuke:
This got me interested and I searched for that crash and came to the horrible fact, that 39 people died in this tragedy.
So the watch was lying there for almost 28 years, with broken plexi and that's why the dial looks that way. :jaw:
My goal was to achieve the look of that particular watch which has been exposed to the elements for almost three decades.
IMHO it would be a shame to restore a dial with such an interesting background!
And now for the pictures:
thanks for reading my tale
but this is the story I'm going to tell, if anyone will ever ask me, why my
watch looks like a truck hit it :rofl:
Andei
Logical step after vintage Panerai was a vintage Rolex - as those companies have a strong relationship in the past. :yoda:
A contemporary Rolex is to sterile for my tastes, I wanted a piece with
an interesting background and this is where it all starts: :cheer:
For an accurate 1675 build following parts are needed and were bought:
-Josh's 1:1 Rolex 1655
-wholesaleoutlets bezel-assembly
-cousinsuk Plexi with datemag
-gen insert
-and a gen dial found near Betania
This is the story which the seller told me:
The whole watch was found 10 years ago near Betania in Colombia.
It has been parted out, as most parts where not repairable due to the fact, that this watch was found near a plane crash site which crashed in 1972. :nuke:
This got me interested and I searched for that crash and came to the horrible fact, that 39 people died in this tragedy.
So the watch was lying there for almost 28 years, with broken plexi and that's why the dial looks that way. :jaw:
My goal was to achieve the look of that particular watch which has been exposed to the elements for almost three decades.
IMHO it would be a shame to restore a dial with such an interesting background!
And now for the pictures:
thanks for reading my tale
but this is the story I'm going to tell, if anyone will ever ask me, why my
watch looks like a truck hit it :rofl:
Andei
