The watch oozes summer! Good one!Hypnogagia wrote: ↑July 19th, 2023, 5:16 am With the heat waves coming in for the summer and the 26mm leather straps being a bit warm, I thought a light steel summer watch was in order. 36mm Air King case, green Wyler bubble plexi and an Angelus automatic (ETA 2451).
Tore down and rebuilt the movement. Everything looked great inside, with the exception of a chipped jewel- have a replacement on the way along with a new mainspring. Runs perfect dial up, but the amplitude dives dial down. Not sure if it’s the chipped jewel (train bridge seconds pinion), but here’s hoping the replacement fixes it
wau! looks super great for my tasteHypnogagia wrote:With the heat waves coming in for the summer and the 26mm leather straps being a bit warm, I thought a light steel summer watch was in order. 36mm Air King case, green Wyler bubble plexi and an Angelus automatic (ETA 2451).
Tore down and rebuilt the movement. Everything looked great inside, with the exception of a chipped jewel- have a replacement on the way along with a new mainspring. Runs perfect dial up, but the amplitude dives dial down. Not sure if it’s the chipped jewel (train bridge seconds pinion), but here’s hoping the replacement fixes it
the panerai standard engravings are pantograph made, I will engrave pantograph. Standard Ali engravings are engraved by laser. they are very nice laser engravings. also I want serial number according to the movement and year of production. so I do not want one side laser, another pantograph. I bought few cases, they are insane cheap, just want to play!Mike08 wrote:great work! Standard engravings are good in my opinion...wwwEvgeny wrote: ↑July 19th, 2023, 2:55 am reshaping AliExpress caseI didn't finish two Gordon's case, why I now reshaping Ali case? it's about the madness of HF hobby !
also laser ingravings removed. I will put proper one. ooooh, Now I get it, Ali is cheap, so I do not care much and act more boldly...
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Lugs look great, centered tube perfect - how did you move that safely down?
Or is it a new tube?
This is super cool! Would love to know where you found that case, I’m a big fan of engine turned bezels!Hypnogagia wrote:With the heat waves coming in for the summer and the 26mm leather straps being a bit warm, I thought a light steel summer watch was in order. 36mm Air King case, green Wyler bubble plexi and an Angelus automatic (ETA 2451).
Tore down and rebuilt the movement. Everything looked great inside, with the exception of a chipped jewel- have a replacement on the way along with a new mainspring. Runs perfect dial up, but the amplitude dives dial down. Not sure if it’s the chipped jewel (train bridge seconds pinion), but here’s hoping the replacement fixes it
Wow!! these look super promising!! May I ask how did you manage to move the crown tube down?wwwEvgeny wrote: ↑July 19th, 2023, 2:55 am reshaping AliExpress case
also laser ingravings removed. I will put proper one. ooooh, Now I get it, Ali is cheap, so I do not care much and act more boldly...
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Be the kinda man that, when you get up in the morning, the devil be like “Oh shit he’s up” 
Hypnogagia wrote:Thanks Yoda, wwwEvgeny & Ciccio!
[mention]Ciccio[/mention] I bought the case on eBay from a seller named riyi002. He was really helpful in answering my questions about the internal case and crystal measurements, and the shipping was actually pretty quick from China to the US.
[mention]wwwEvgeny[/mention] that case work looks excellent! Would it be possible to order a couple with custom lug engravings from you when your workflow allows?
thanks!
just heat it with a heat gun!
