What are you working on now?

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0101001000 wrote: October 19th, 2020, 2:59 am here I am with my next "work":

case 6152 (Aliexpress)
Molnija 3601 movement (cleaned and serviced by me)
Bronze hands (made by me)
Stainless steel dial (made by me)
Genuine Italian leather strap (all made by me)

now I just need to color and finish the Dial and assembly
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Nice! That Molnija looks almost like mine... does the bridge for the balance fork also have „ears“ for positioning? How long is the cannon pinion? How old is it?

Sorry for that many questions... 😅
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Phaedros wrote: October 19th, 2020, 6:29 am
0101001000 wrote: October 19th, 2020, 2:59 am here I am with my next "work":

case 6152 (Aliexpress)
Molnija 3601 movement (cleaned and serviced by me)
Bronze hands (made by me)
Stainless steel dial (made by me)
Genuine Italian leather strap (all made by me)

now I just need to color and finish the Dial and assembly
PSX_20201019_093701.jpg
Nice! That Molnija looks almost like mine... does the bridge for the balance fork also have „ears“ for positioning? How long is the cannon pinion? How old is it?

Sorry for that many questions... 😅
yes, he has "ears" (if I understand which part you mean) :crazy:
the height is the standard of 3601... :angel: if you need I can measure it... but you can not put dials thicker than 0.80mm
this is from 1950 and it is really well kept
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0101001000 wrote: October 19th, 2020, 8:16 am
Phaedros wrote: October 19th, 2020, 6:29 am
0101001000 wrote: October 19th, 2020, 2:59 am here I am with my next "work":

case 6152 (Aliexpress)
Molnija 3601 movement (cleaned and serviced by me)
Bronze hands (made by me)
Stainless steel dial (made by me)
Genuine Italian leather strap (all made by me)

now I just need to color and finish the Dial and assembly
PSX_20201019_093701.jpg
Nice! That Molnija looks almost like mine... does the bridge for the balance fork also have „ears“ for positioning? How long is the cannon pinion? How old is it?

Sorry for that many questions... 😅
yes, he has "ears" (if I understand which part you mean) :crazy:
the height is the standard of 3601... :angel: if you need I can measure it... but you can not put dials thicker than 0.80mm
this is from 1950 and it is really well kept
Great thank you! Mine is from 53 and has the ears as well. My watchmaker has more than 100 molnija but none with ears, all with pins.
I asked for the cp because mine is very high and does not end as a tube but has a solid top. We wondered if it had been replaced at some point...

I like your dial as well... I thought of making one that has „пaнeрaй“ written on it 😁
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Some more finishing touches needed (maybe a better movement?), but an old silix DLC 47mm Radiomir case, belkin dial, NW hands, NW Cali plexi, and a simple A6497 for now....

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Alou wrote:
djolemag wrote: October 8th, 2020, 5:01 pm Generally I don't like quartz, except if it's vintage...
Seiko 7a28-702a James Bond
Finishing it...
Still need SQ clasp and bracelet... [emoji1]
Some inscription on CB but cab live with it... ImageImageImageImageImageImageImage

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I Have one like this but its gold plated,its extremely accurate!Size a liitle small for today standards and if you have a big wrist like me.
Yes i am not a fan of quarzt myself but if you want an accurate chrono these movements are superb!

This and the Seiko Olympic chrono were considered among the most accurate chronographs.
The rare Seiko olympic chrono 7t42-7a50 made for the Barcelona games in 1992 is still unbeatable with 1/100 of a second timing worlds only analog with 1/100.
Only thing i didnt like was the gold plating!!.
You can always perform gold plating at some jewelers shop... Seiko GP cases are well known for thin layer of gold... [emoji1]
7t42 is good movement, very accurate.
I don't like quartz as I said before. However, having quartz with 13 or more jewelsis very different situation... [emoji106]


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Simonix wrote:Some more finishing touches needed (maybe a better movement?), but an old silix DLC 47mm Radiomir case, belkin dial, NW hands, NW Cali plexi, and a simple A6497 for now....

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nice build, the dial is amazing
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Beautiful dial color, if you sell any let me know

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aris.dayton wrote:perfection as always!

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Still working on this one, a pain in the ass to find a suitable non display caseback as NW one i ordered has a thread witch is to small for my case set. Just fitted NW compression bars
And waiting for pantograph engravings.
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Cooking a dial using an induction kit :)
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