TUDOR Black Bay 54 - 7924 Big Crown Build

[nbeezy]

any opinions on the plexi topic?

 

[drvintage]

any opinions on the plexi topic?

With Sternkreuz you cannot going wrong.

 

[drvintage]

I had a luck to bought an original bb58 case as basis. Athaya crown and pip installed. Movement 2824 incl holder is fitting perfect.
I’m still waiting for the Mercedes hands in rosé

 

[nbeezy]

I had a luck to bought an original bb58 case as basis. Athaya crown and pip installed. Movement 2824 incl holder is fitting perfect.
I’m still waiting for the Mercedes hands in rosé

Looks nice! Did you have to modify the case for the new tube to fit?

 

[drvintage]

Looks nice! Did you have to modify the case for the new tube to fit?

Thank you bro!

On my ZF case was the pressed tube mounted. So you have to modify the case

 

[nbeezy]

Thank you bro!

On my ZF case was the pressed tube mounted. So you have to modify the case

Is it a zf case or gen? (Can second the pressed/glued Tube for the 54)
So you had to drill and retap the thread aswell?

 

[Singapore9]

That looks fantastic - Merc hands for me and that is spot on modern-vintage!

 

[drvintage]

Is it a zf case or gen? (Can second the pressed/glued Tube for the 54)
So you had to drill and retap the thread aswell?

Here is standard ZF bb58 case / tube. The hole is app. 2,2mm wide. So you can easily drill a bigger hole for the 3mm thread.

 

[drvintage]

Here is the gen case - here was already 3mm thread matched perfectly with athaya tube. I do not know if it gen or not. The case I bought was very strong used, I had to totally rebrush/repolishing all surfaces. Even caseback.

 

[nbeezy]

Here is the gen case - here was already 3mm thread matched perfectly with athaya tube. I do not know if it gen or not. The case I bought was very strong used, I had to totally rebrush/repolishing all surfaces. Even caseback.

And thats the 7mm anthaya crown assume?

 

[drvintage]

And thats the 7mm anthaya crown assume?

correct

 

[drvintage]

My bb58 build is done..

 

[Singapore9]

Merc hands FTW - great job!

 

[drvintage]

Merc hands FTW - great job!

THanks bro. I like it very much, but the hands look a little too small for my opinion.. will see - maybe I will mount the old snowflake hands back..

 

[nbeezy]

little sneak peak, waiting on hands and dial to finalize the build. but i can already say that this is how tudor should have released it.

 

[RoXeW22]

@nbeezy any updates? Has been an interesting story so far