Really nice results.
What are you working on now?
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Re: What are you working on now?
Just finishing up my 3rd case set - learning as I go. On this one I even remembered to position the crown tube properly so that the coronet is upright when fully tightened....
Hopefully I'll soon have all of the dials / parts in house to finish these builds. I need to work on my logistics & procurement methods!
What's the consensus on the lug bars here? I seem to prefer drilling the lugs out to 2mm and rotary sanding 2mm stainless rod just enough for a snug fit. To my eye the larger lug bar ends are nicely proportioned with the case - just curious what others prefer.
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Hopefully I'll soon have all of the dials / parts in house to finish these builds. I need to work on my logistics & procurement methods!
What's the consensus on the lug bars here? I seem to prefer drilling the lugs out to 2mm and rotary sanding 2mm stainless rod just enough for a snug fit. To my eye the larger lug bar ends are nicely proportioned with the case - just curious what others prefer.
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Re: What are you working on now?
Nice work ![](http://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji106.png)
By the way, you solved the well known Rolex “imperfection” with their crowns (except on their Sky-Dweller). That’s what disturbs me too. For me it’s all about symmetry. This is the reason why I like submariner no date more than the date.
This crown non-alignment won’t be fixed since Rolex hasn’t identified it as an issue.![](http://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji2369.png)
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By the way, you solved the well known Rolex “imperfection” with their crowns (except on their Sky-Dweller). That’s what disturbs me too. For me it’s all about symmetry. This is the reason why I like submariner no date more than the date.
This crown non-alignment won’t be fixed since Rolex hasn’t identified it as an issue.
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Re: What are you working on now?
Today I finished my 2nd 5218-201/A for a friend of mine.
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Dial from Belkin
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Caseback from Kp0y
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Waiting for the strap and buckle with Panerai engravings.
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Dial from Belkin
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Caseback from Kp0y
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Waiting for the strap and buckle with Panerai engravings.
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Re: What are you working on now?
D friend I bought my dial: https://www.ebay.com/itm/355294044950?m ... media=COPY
Very nice dial, 39mm..
Very nice dial, 39mm..
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Re: What are you working on now?
Waiting to see the resultDenis wrote:D friend I bought my dial: https://www.ebay.com/itm/355294044950?m ... media=COPY
Very nice dial, 39mm..
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