Couple of PICS of my latest mod. Red dialed 6309-7040. . .
May 17 2008 at 10:56 AM Score 5.0 (1 person)
Kelly M. Rayburn (Login KellyRayburn) from IP address 74.241.208.205
I had quite a few spare parts on hand and decided to use some of the latest aftermarket parts to make something different. This watch has a red dial, steel plonguer hands, an aluminum chapter ring, 24hr bezel insert, and a domed mineral crystal. Thanks to Noah for the dial and bezel insert, to Harold for the hands and chapter ring, and Jonathan for the domed 6105 crystal. I did a WTB ad on SCTF, and Kevin McCarthy was kind enough to send me a super nice case. I had a caseback that was in very good shape. I didn't have a spare 6309 movement so I bought a very inexpensive 6309 dress watch on the bay and used that. It has an English/Arabic day wheel. Duarte at NEWW installed a new click-ball and a NOS crown, and put everything together for me. This is the result. This dial really pops. I've had quite a few comments on it already. The strap is a Hirsch "Waterproof" with a double pad and shark grain. This a super heavy duty strap, and is rated 100m water resistant. As always, thanks for looking.
Kind of a hard dial to photograph with a domed crystal.
a little art shot
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the dial is a very nice deep red and is glossy. The steel markers are particularly well done. The dial printing is very crisp, much more so than in my pictures. The lume is not as bright as on the hands, about half as bright actually. I'm very impressed with the quality of the dial and the chromed hands.
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Great look Kelly. And the box second hand is so 'right' ..
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May 17 2008, 11:20 AM
with the indices . Do I dare tease you again? So .. how soon will you be selling this one? Sorry, well, only a little, couldn't resist.
It is another fine creation Dr Frankenstein .
Yes, I'm jealous .
Cheers,
Patrick
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Exceptional 6309 mod Kelly...you really have a good eye for detail...
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May 18 2008, 5:22 PM
must be all the legal brief's you look over!
lol, haha...More like all the watches you have done over through the years, you really can see them in your mind before you even start them I think & that's a great WISdom trait to have.
Fantastic post & photo's,
Jimmy
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Impeccable once again Kelly. The dial indices and those hands are perfect together.
I notice in one image the hands and indices seem to have flecks in them. How the heck did you do that?
Ron Bushell
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