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New aftermarket 16710 case set
- Thread starter drvintage
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Maybe a naive question but how is your case compared to the vietnam one?
Its cheaper and better shape, you have no work with it, but its blanco / no engravings.
Btw it seems rolex case opener tool size #6 (30,5mm) will fit to my case back.. I ordered one to test it out.
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Do you offer this as an after-sale service by any chance? I’m asking because I’m trying to picture myself with a Dremel in hand… and the only outcome I can see is completely shaving off the crown guards — or at best, ending up with something that looks seriously handicapped
I join the questionDo you offer this as an after-sale service by any chance? I’m asking because I’m trying to picture myself with a Dremel in hand… and the only outcome I can see is completely shaving off the crown guards — or at best, ending up with something that looks seriously handicapped
Hey guys!
I do not do the bigger opening between the lugs. I do not have the necessary hardware to make that and in my opinion this is not necessary. I looks good without this modification.
I do not do the bigger opening between the lugs. I do not have the necessary hardware to make that and in my opinion this is not necessary. I looks good without this modification.
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Pepsi have gen tube and crown, Coke have the stock tube and gen crown (i have sanded the tube a little bit, bcs it is a copy of 532 tube, which is little bit longer as 533).
rickyman94
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Well, I guess now I'm going to need to build a 16570 lol, super excited for these @drvintage ! Love your work as always
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my biggest issue with vietnam cases is they are bad at waterproofing apparently (why I never got one). do you think this will hold up to 5-10 bar with gen parts? looking forward to your testing!
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I will test once I got the case.
Even the BiVintage 79090 case withstands up to 8 bars in my DIY pressure tester. I had to change the crystal and the bezel to achieve that. Every non chrono case should be possible to get waterproof after applying matching gaskets, crystal and a correct tube/crown
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I have bought some VN cases (16710, 16610, 16803, 16600) from kuared and also from bivintage. All of the builds passed the 10 ATM test when my watchmaker finally pressure tested the build.
I expect that also this case will pass the pressure test at 10 ATM.
I hade many vn cases too and all of them was passed my dyi water proof test on 6-8 bars. Will see how this case will be. I will check is these days. I think it is all about gaskets, not case itself.
