you have seen this one before, but this is its final product, and will be heading back across shortly.
its been a long road as with any of these, handmade parts to get that exact look and fit.
she started life as a old VDB build, and came for a face lift and some new duds!
the case reshape and even out was just the start, then it went crazy with the addition of sourced and
on hand gen parts to make this a one of a kind!
i like parts!
wew, now if i could only learn to take decent photos... thanks for looking!
and just for fun, name the gen parts!
more gen goodness, final draft
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Re: more gen goodness, final draft
the gen parts are:
*dial
*crown
*case back note the stamp not an engraving. it came from a smith in Italy, in a box of junk (at least thats the story... lol!
*movement at least its a gen pocket watch movement from Rolex.
*dial
*crown
*case back note the stamp not an engraving. it came from a smith in Italy, in a box of junk (at least thats the story... lol!
*movement at least its a gen pocket watch movement from Rolex.
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Re: more gen goodness, final draft
Gen dial!
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence”
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