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Image 1 — Seamaster 300 completed
Image 2 — Seamaster 300 completed
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Seamaster 300 completed

Finally done, had fun and learned plenty doing this and pretty pleased how it’s turned out. Objective was to create a well used ~1967 transitional big triangle model 165.024

Specs:
Hruodland F025 base, aged. Bezel teeth ground and brassed.
Crown tube from alix, push in crown from ebay
Domed acrylic from Alix, shaved down base to fit
NH35 movement
Raffles big triangle dial. Lume plots aged with blowtorch (previous attempts to use oven turned the numbers also) and espresso
Hands from Alix, aged with espresso. White second hand from separate alix set
Case back engravings sanded down

Thinking about making it a full milspec version with upgrades to dial bezel and caseback engravings

u/Specialist-Shake8669 — 4 days ago
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Best options for 28-29mm 6538 dials?

Hi all
Planning another 6538 build and wondering if there’s a better option for a dial in the non gen spec size.

Helenarou quoted me over $90 but it’s a non gilt dial so wondering if it’s worth the premium over Raffles’ 2 liner dial? Any other options worth considering?

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u/Specialist-Shake8669 — 10 days ago