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Sea-Dweller 16600 - franken project | case work
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I will pm you Phong and Jensen websites...I strongly suggest before you order anything from them you talk to them and explain exactly what you want and are looking to do. If what you are looking for is not on their websites, they can get it for you, so def reach out and email either way...
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I'm using a brushing machine with a bergeon brushing disk.
It's hard to abrain a straight vertical lines...that's the most important thing to keep in mind for a good brushing as gen.
A lot of hands with a fast vertical movements(one direction only) when the disk spin fast.
That's the results also on my sd43 despite i have to finish some parts on this watch...
That's a finished clasp, my gen hulk never brushed vs my franken noob 114060
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This looks very good. Congrats. I use a diffrent technique that allows me to brush in a straight line every time .
I don't use a buffing a wheel . I use a 3M green scotchbrite pad.
Rather than to rub the pad against the bracelet i glue the bracelet down in place to a square piece of thicker wood.
I then take another square even thicker piece of wood an place on top of the scothcbrite pad so that only a small part of the pad is covered.
I then put the fist piece next to the thicker piece with the bracelet facing the pad and start going up and down.
This allows a perfect straight finish every time .
I don't use a buffing a wheel . I use a 3M green scotchbrite pad.
Rather than to rub the pad against the bracelet i glue the bracelet down in place to a square piece of thicker wood.
I then take another square even thicker piece of wood an place on top of the scothcbrite pad so that only a small part of the pad is covered.
I then put the fist piece next to the thicker piece with the bracelet facing the pad and start going up and down.
This allows a perfect straight finish every time .
Good tecnique!
The most important thing is the final results!
I just finished my sd43.
I got it on m2m full of scratches and never polished.
What do you think?
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Good tecnique!
The most important thing is the final results!
I just finished my sd43.
I got it on m2m full of scratches and never polished.
What do you think?
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Found it!
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1. I think you got an amazing deal since arf is out of stock on this one
2. I like it but i want to see an interior lightning shot just to make sure it's as good as i think it is.
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I bought a gen bezel that had the gen insert already mounted.
I m not home till friday but i ll try and swap the inserts and let you know as soon as i get back.
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Considering that you have a great ability handling the steel...you should try to reshape the sels..i tried it but the results was not so good...i think you can reach better results than me!
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FiliGelli very nice brushing mate! I have a jf bracelet. I ll use that
Another ideea i had is to use only the bp sels along with the jf links and clasp.
The reason in doing so is that the sub jf sels are diffrent on the back side than the SD ones. Sd sels have the backside flat while the sub has the back side curved, like on all subs of course.
The SD sels have no recess indeed but rather than grinding away material from the top, i'll try and re-drill the springbars holes in order to make the sels sit a bit lower.
The BD sels also use 1.8mm springbars instead of 2.0mm so i think it will be pretty easy to enlarge the hole only in the upper part. This way the 2mm spring bar would fit and also make the sel sit a little lower.
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Another ideea i had is to use only the bp sels along with the jf links and clasp.
The reason in doing so is that the sub jf sels are diffrent on the back side than the SD ones. Sd sels have the backside flat while the sub has the back side curved, like on all subs of course.
The SD sels have no recess indeed but rather than grinding away material from the top, i'll try and re-drill the springbars holes in order to make the sels sit a bit lower.
The BD sels also use 1.8mm springbars instead of 2.0mm so i think it will be pretty easy to enlarge the hole only in the upper part. This way the 2mm spring bar would fit and also make the sel sit a little lower.
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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 think I'm able to realize this nylon gasket...Are you in EU?
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I think Phong does a 1665, but I have never seen a triple six let alone a 16600 on his site. Same for the other Vietnam case sellers. I believe they all do only vintage models, with the 16610 as an exception (and if you ask me, those never look as close as a TC anyway, or even a V2 JF).
If a lathe were available, is it a simple process to modify to fit a gen crystal? Is there enough metal to do it?
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Not really. The bp crystal in bigger in diameter than the gen one so there is no excess metal that can be grinded away.
There are several other possibilities however.
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