SRP turtle "tennis white"

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SRP turtle "tennis white"

Post by kilowattore »

Another turtle build because one just wasn't enough ;)
Ali case set is fairly priced but also very nice imho, you just need to tighten up the bezel and it's good to go with at least 50m WR (I can't test deeper)

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Re: SRP turtle "tennis white"

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Interesting combination 🤠
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Interesting effect. It should be called the ebony and ivory dial. BTW, how do you go about ‘tightening’ the bezel.
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nje2791 wrote: September 21st, 2021, 10:03 pm Interesting effect. It should be called the ebony and ivory dial. BTW, how do you go about ‘tightening’ the bezel?
I would like to know too.

Back in the day, we used dental floss wrapped around the lower part of the bezel to tighten it up.
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Bezel is held in place by a metal spring that's an open dodecagonal shape. First you need to remove the insert, its attached to the bezel with double sided tape so nothing too difficult. This way you gain access to the spring and can remove it, then
You just have to bend the angles further so once back in place the spring makes more pressure towards the bezel and voila.
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kilowattore wrote: September 22nd, 2021, 5:28 am Bezel is held in place by a metal spring that's an open dodecagonal shape. First you need to remove the insert, its attached to the bezel with double sided tape so nothing too difficult. This way you gain access to the spring and can remove it, then
You just have to bend the angles further so once back in place the spring makes more pressure towards the bezel and voila.
That sounds more professional than using dental floss LOL
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It always amazes me how many so different, but good looking watches you can make with those Seiko kits👍
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Post by straps68 »

Very cool! Also, to me the dial design looks like the yang kicked yin's ass - or is it the other way around? :D
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straps68 wrote: September 22nd, 2021, 2:28 pm Very cool! Also, to me the dial design looks like the yang kicked yin's ass - or is it the other way around? :D
LOL :mrgreen:
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