Tudor 7032 Monte Carlo Project

[champagnesky]

Hi everyone. I would like to share with you my project - The Tudor 7032 Monte Carlo. Ive been gathering the parts for some time but now I feel that I would like to focus om making this watch to a reality. I still miss alot of parts but scavenging the interwebs for parts is part of this hobby right?

This are the parts Ive got now:
1. DW Tudor 7032 Sterile Case
2. DW Tudor 7032 Dial
3. Gen NOS Rolex T-128 crystal
4. Classic Watch Parts (Michael Young) centre seconds/chrono hand. This was bought in a group buy on RWG a couple of years ago and has also been repainted by the janeto for a closer match to gen. One of a kind (5 total I believe?).
5. Yuki hour and minute hands.
6. 1 Subdial Hand, also purchased through a group buy. Unfortunately Ive managed to get just one hand, will try to get a second one, otherwise I will have to use Yukis.
7. 702 Crown. Im not sure but I think its athayas crown. Sourcing a gen 700 would be nice
8. Gen tudor Clasp.

The parts that Im missing:

7734 Movement

Datewheel. It feels that getting the correct datewheel is impossible. Ive been in contact with a member who said that he could etch a datewheel but I have not heard anything more about this.

Second correct subdial hand.

Bracelet

Endlinks

The Mods that I would need to do are:

Send the Dial and hands to Big dazza for relume and aging.
Engrave the case between the lugs
Make the caseback engraving deeper
Try to engrave the movenent bridge. Not sure if anyone has tried it.
Send the watch for case aging and assembly to a modder due to my bad temper when assembling small parts together.

Here are some images of the parts:

 

[lgking]

Always been a favorite!

 

[rfireteanu]

Did you modified the colour of the dial? What dial version is that?

 

[champagnesky]

Did you modified the colour of the dial? What dial version is that?

No, its a DW dial.

 

[chronomatic]

Nice hope you can get 7734 and the rest soon! Good luck!

 

[d4m.test]

Awesome project; looking forward to see this finished. I always admire these - a lot. Good luck in getting the last parts together soon.

 

[Hugop]

These are great projects! I am about to start my third for a friend. How are you planning to mount the gen crystal since it is larger than the DW rehaut? I have the gen crystal for mine but have not been willing to take it out of rotation to upgrade it yet.

Heres a shot of mine.

And the VERY elusive date wheel!

 

[champagnesky]

These are great projects! I am about to start my third for a friend. How are you planning to mount the gen crystal since it is larger than the DW rehaut? I have the gen crystal for mine but have not been willing to take it out of rotation to upgrade it yet.

Heres a shot of mine.

And the VERY elusive date wheel!

Didnt even know that the xtal doesent match. Where did u get that datewheel? Im actually considering putting this project down because its impossible to find a dw

 

[Hugop]

Some others have made the crystal work my building up the rehaut with thin metal tape and sanding the inside of the DW bezel to make room for the gen crystal. I have received a communication from wso lately that they can provide a proper sized bezel for the mod.

I found my date wheel on an old movement for sale on the bay. They were available on a number of other manufacturers other than tudor. I had two others on mine that were close but not completely like gen. It drove me nuts and I was thrilled to buy the whole movement just to get it. A buddy of mine bought a 7734 out of a Jules Jergenson that also had the correct date wheel.

 

[champagnesky]

Some others have made the crystal work my building up the rehaut with thin metal tape and sanding the inside of the DW bezel to make room for the gen crystal. I have received a communication from wso lately that they can provide a proper sized bezel for the mod.

I found my date wheel on an old movement for sale on the bay. They were available on a number of other manufacturers other than tudor. I had two others on mine that were close but not completely like gen. It drove me nuts and I was thrilled to buy the whole movement just to get it. A buddy of mine bought a 7734 out of a Jules Jergenson that also had the correct date wheel.

Well this actually explains why these builds are so rare. This drives me nuts too I actually came across a member who could so overlays but he doesent answer my pms

 

[Hugop]

Another good grab is your gen spec split seconds. Mine came from a buddy on here Grimlock. They were also used un Omega chronos.

The great thing about the Valjoux based chronos is that ETA had a variety of off the shelf parts for the watch manufacturers to choose from. This is why we see the gen dhate wheel, sub seconds, split seconds etc showing up in other watches. It makes for quite an easter egg hunt but a lot of fun.

 

[champagnesky]

Another good grab is your gen spec split seconds. Mine came from a buddy on here Grimlock. They were also used un Omega chronos.

The great thing about the Valjoux based chronos is that ETA had a variety of off the shelf parts for the watch manufacturers to choose from. This is why we see the gen dhate wheel, sub seconds, split seconds etc showing up in other watches. It makes for quite an easter egg hunt but a lot of fun.

Thx, but getting a correct subdial hand seems impossible. When are you starting your build?

 

[Hugop]

Waiting on the movement to be serviced. Should be soon.

I dont claim to know everything there is to be known on these but would be glad to help steer you where I can.

 

[Hugop]

If I see a movement with correct date wheel I will contact you.

These often take a long time to source parts for but the finished watch is not to be parted with!

 

[champagnesky]

Waiting on the movement to be serviced. Should be soon.

I dont claim to know everything there is to be known on these but would be glad to help steer you where I can.

Thx buddy! I will continue to hunt for a dw but im almost on the verge of giving up.

 

[Hugop]

Here is a shot of my DW dial with custom lume by myself.

and here is one of the other bracelet choices made using a modded 6538 and a Tudor clasp.

 

[champagnesky]

If I see a movement with correct date wheel I will contact you.

These often take a long time to source parts for but the finished watch is not to be parted with!

Thx! The worst thing is when you start doubting a build I guess. I want to check on the homage forum if somebody can make a dw overlay. Checked with polexpete but he needs to order large quantities to make it happen.

 

[Hugop]

Dont give up bro, they are worth all the waiting.

 

[Hugop]

If yours has a sterile case back JMB might be able to engrave it and the case. He does top notch work.

 

[champagnesky]

If yours has a sterile case back JMB might be able to engrave it and the case. He does top notch work.

Cool, I was thinking about NeckyZips, but jmb does great work.