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Sea-Dweller 16600 - franken project | case work
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This looks awesome. Thanks for bringing us along the journey, very detailed and insightful - especially for me, since I am new to the watch game. 
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This looks awesome. Thanks for bringing us along the journey, very detailed and insightful - especially for me, since I am new to the watch game.
Thank you very much !
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Forgot to post these yesterday.
This is how the case looked like after the 2000 grit paper and before the final buffing :
Amazing work brother..
Have you seen the sa3135 BPSD case in person yet?
Im wondering if the crown height is correct, as all the non 3135 bpsd crown height is too low...
its very, very minor difference but its there, thoughts?
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Thank you domsdaddy123 ! This is the 3135 bp case unfortunately...
The stem height however is correct on this.
I know i haven't nailed the shape 100% but i find it way better looking than before. I blame it on the TC case that served as an inspiration
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The stem height however is correct on this.
I know i haven't nailed the shape 100% but i find it way better looking than before. I blame it on the TC case that served as an inspiration
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Great job andrei, officialy a fan of yours from now on. Love such projects
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Thank you Asmodeus ! I really appreciate your positive feedback.
I ve put a lot of work in this case and it took me a lot of time, mostly evenings, to get it done. So i really enjoy people appreciating my work .
Next hurdle is fitting the gen crystal.
The problem is that the bp case isn't gen spec in this regard as everyone here probably knows already. So the only manageable way for me to get around this is to improvise a gasket.
And since i don't have a small lathe, my best bet will be to grind away some of the height of the gen gasket which is 28.5mm in diameter and fit that inside the bp gasket which in turn it will fit the case.
Hopefully this will hold the cryatal in place and also offer some water resistance.
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My fabulous plan failed this evening
I've managed to make the gen gasket less tall but stacking 2 gaskets on top of eachother and pressing them together just isn't possible.
So the next solution i have in mind is to make a custom nylon gasket . Here are some drawings that will makes things more clear :
And here is the custom gasket i need :
Will search for a company able to make such gaskets.
I've managed to make the gen gasket less tall but stacking 2 gaskets on top of eachother and pressing them together just isn't possible.
So the next solution i have in mind is to make a custom nylon gasket . Here are some drawings that will makes things more clear :
And here is the custom gasket i need :
Will search for a company able to make such gaskets.
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My fabulous plan failed this evening
I've managed to make the gen gasket less tall but stacking 2 gaskets on top of eachother and pressing them together just isn't possible.
So the next solution i have in mind is to make a custom nylon gasket . Here are some drawings that will makes things more clear :
And here is the custom gasket i need :
Will search for a company able to make such gaskets.
Hey bro, theres a member modder in EU who has perfected modding bpsd to fit gen xtal..are you familiar? I know him but for some reason I cant remember his handle, hes a cool guy...
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Ahh yeah, its ado... ado213 I believe...he can definately lend some knowledge
What is about using a Daytona crystal from a 6-digit series (eg. 116520)
Some people installes these crystal on their BP SD. Daytona crystal are also without cyclop and available with LEC
Some people installes these crystal on their BP SD. Daytona crystal are also without cyclop and available with LEC
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Yeah that can be done but might as well do gen sd if ypur goimg to bother imo...
andrei01 Im sure you know Phong has a killer 66 and 666 SD case with almost perfect lugs and cg....did you not want to $$ ??
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I've contacted Adrian some weeks ago but he kindly refused to mod the case for me.
To be honest i agree with him. Making such a modification means a lot of work and charging a fair amount would probably just not be reasonable for a replica build.
I ll take a look at the phong case, thx for the advise.
Can anyone please remind me of his web address? It seems my bookmarks are gone.
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I thought of that as well but i always had the impression the daytona crystal is not as tall as the sd one.
Will look into this as well. Thx
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