C60 Franken . . . Mk II.
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Re: C60 Franken . . . Mk II.
My apologies Gary, I'm still not quite with it.
The sentiment still stands.
The sentiment still stands.
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I don’t do anything serious with movements, just low level stuff, but yes almost 40 years of watch “fiddling” have taught me a thing or two. I started with cheap stuff that wouldn’t make me cry if I stuffed them up - and there were a few in the early days, before I learned that watches require the right tools, not just a hammer and a saw...monkeymax wrote:Do you just experiment with these yourself? Did you start off learning by pulling other watches apart?
As I gained a bit of confidence I was prepared to do more and more. It didn’t hurt that I had struck up something of a friendship with an old school watchmaker who was quite happy to show me a thing or three. Sadly, he’s no longer with us. I can however impart one thing he taught me; know your limitations and don’t try something you haven’t already done successfully with something you can’t afford to either scrap - or pay a professional to fix...
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Re: C60 Franken . . . Mk II.
It’s cool Nick, I just couldn’t resist myself .. and thanks mate!ddav wrote:My apologies Gary, I'm still not quite with it.
The sentiment still stands.
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Re: C60 Franken . . . Mk II.
You are a clever old sausage Gaz The result is certainly worth the experimentation. Very nice indeed!
Cheers now, Paul
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Ta Paul, I’ll take that as a compliment mate.stefs wrote:You are a clever old sausage Gaz
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Re: C60 Franken . . . Mk II.
Another great creation, Gary. Looks fab!
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So Gary, when do you start taking orders for custom watch commissions?
Did you work on any of the Speedys yourself?
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That's very cool Gary. The dial looks great with the clean, modern bezel. Please keep giving us these ideas and inspirations.
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I like your creation Dr Frankenstein, I mean Gary. As a past owner of a C600 IPY, I really love that yellow dial and it works well in the C60 case with the ceramic bezel.
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With Omegas (and anything similar) I limit myself to bezel changes and things like that. I mentioned not working on anything I can’t afford to scrap... they definitely fall into that category. Anytime one of them needs to be opened, it’s a professional who does it. A 2824 on the other hand can be readily sourced if I do something stupid.Soporsche wrote: Did you work on any of the Speedys yourself?
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welshlad wrote:Another great creation, Gary. Looks fab!
albionphoto wrote:That's very cool Gary. The dial looks great with the clean, modern bezel. Please keep giving us these ideas and inspirations.
Thanks all, I’m pleased and a little surprised by the number of responses. And Patrick, you didn’t mention the other advantage - fear of scratches on the black PVD of the C600 - the reason why this one got the Dr Frankie treatment.Thegreyman wrote:I like your creation Dr Frankenstein, I mean Gary. As a past owner of a C600 IPY, I really love that yellow dial and it works well in the C60 case with the ceramic bezel.
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I love the bold dial and hands of the c600 so it's fascinating to see them with a more refined bezel. Excellent work.
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That looks great Gary, although one thing that may improve it imo is a fully brushed case/bracelet.
Good work
Good work
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Re: C60 Franken . . . Mk II.
You are far braver than I Gary! Curious: Did you ever consider keeping the C60 hands or was it always to drop the dial/hands of the C6 into the C60 case?
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Thanks Garry... I must admit that the C600 bezel is one that took me a while to like, even though I already liked the C6 one.sproughton wrote:I love the bold dial and hands of the c600 so it's fascinating to see them with a more refined bezel. Excellent work.
Thanks Ryan. For the moment it will stay partially polished, but who knows...StrappedUp wrote:That looks great Gary, although one thing that may improve it imo is a fully brushed case/bracelet.
Good work
Not so brave Lance, as no swapping of hands was ever contemplated, just the entire “guts” in one piece. I’ve done hands once before, but only on a “throwaway” watch, and I’d need to invest in better tools than the ones I have before doing it again. Besides, my intention was always to have the black hands against the yellow dial.Viognier wrote:You are far braver than I Gary! Curious: Did you ever consider keeping the C60 hands or was it always to drop the dial/hands of the C6 into the C60 case?
There are two reasons I’ve not bought a C60 LE in yellow - I much prefer a black bezel (or red, blue or whatever) to the LE’s steel one. I know that’s an attraction for many, but not for me - I sold an orange LE virtually unworn because of the steel bezel (although I do now own a non-LE orange with black bezel, that I like).
I also really like the contrast of the c600’s big black hands against the yellow - the LE has the much less contrasting silver hands. So I saved myself from even contemplating whether I should risk changing the hands on something I value, by preferring the hands already in place. If that makes sense...
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