Thanks! Well, all things must pass...
I’ll post some glamour pics of the watch here once I get round to them - but apart from that, I’m happy to have finally drawn a line under this build!
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Project "RWI Raffle Win"... a 1675 Build
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Thanks! Well, all things must pass...
I’ll post some glamour pics of the watch here once I get round to them - but apart from that, I’m happy to have finally drawn a line under this build!
In the meantime, some more wristies this morning...
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maikols
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p0pperini can you please share the parts you used ?
Now the 3d is so long so it can halp a lot of user if you do a list of the parts you used.
The case is a beautiful milk case .Do you reshaped the crown guards?
Original crown and what tube?
The dial i don't remember is ti from yuki - ruby - mq - bivintage ?
The hands came from wso or raffles ?
the movement is a 2836 with gmt module?
The dwo is from raffles ?
thank you
Now the 3d is so long so it can halp a lot of user if you do a list of the parts you used.
The case is a beautiful milk case .Do you reshaped the crown guards?
Original crown and what tube?
The dial i don't remember is ti from yuki - ruby - mq - bivintage ?
The hands came from wso or raffles ?
the movement is a 2836 with gmt module?
The dwo is from raffles ?
thank you
Had this up for sale, just needed a few changes for the buyer. Finally finished and going to a good home
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I’ll try to remember...
Milk case, shaped by tripdog (crown guards rounded and fat on this one)
yodog bezel
Milk insert
Gen crown - fit the tube already installed
Refinished Singer dial from MoChaCha
Hands... Raffles, I think... I’ve got a box full - but none from WSO.
Movement 2836 with GMT
DWO from ado213 (he suggested it when doing final assembly for me)
Custom dial spacer and movement ring by ado213
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Diplomatico
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My 1963 pointed crownguard case is coming along slowly but surely. I’ve reshaped the crownguard area, added wiiiiiide chamfered bevels and some dings and dents for the „age“ of it all.
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Hmm that crownguards.. fantastic!
Which dial do you plan to put in sir?
Which dial do you plan to put in sir?
deadpan
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Beautiful! That crownguard shaping, the chamfers and general level of case dinging is all lovely. I'm saving your pics to my reference collection.
My 1963 pointed crownguard case is coming along slowly but surely. I’ve reshaped the crownguard area, added wiiiiiide chamfered bevels and some dings and dents for the „age“ of it all.
Is that a WSO fuchsia insert?
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It is the same MILK case that p0pperini has used for his
The journey to his finished build and all the great resources in here have inspired me to pull the trigger.
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Beautiful! That crownguard shaping, the chamfers and general level of case dinging is all lovely. I'm saving your pics to my reference collection.
Thank you kindly, mate! It’s your fault haha! I think I may go even wider on the bevels and slimmer in the top view of the crownguards. A vintage build is always a work in progress.
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It is Milks Fuchsia insert. It has to be shaved to fit his bezel assembly but it is really lovely. I’ll do some bleaching later on
That’s awesome. Where can I find those? And, eventually, would you be able to source one for me and do the bleaching?
A quick note of thanks to deadpan who messaged me to suggest a remedy for my ultra-matte fuchsia insert (it went matte when bleached). He mentioned that I could reinstate the shine with a Polywatch polish - I just gave it a good going over with my Polywatch/diamond compound impregnated cloth and by Jove it worked a treat!
My matte Milk insert is now metallic again. Cheers buddy!
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My matte Milk insert is now metallic again. Cheers buddy!
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deadpan
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A quick note of thanks to deadpan who messaged me to suggest a remedy for my ultra-matte fuchsia insert (it went matte when bleached). He mentioned that I could reinstate the shine with a Polywatch polish - I just gave it a good going over with my Polywatch/diamond compound impregnated cloth and by Jove it worked a treat!
My matte Milk insert is now metallic again. Cheers buddy!
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Lovely! Cape Cod also does the trick for that
It has turned out great, I love the color story!