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Old 29 February 2020, 03:29 AM   #1
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Well sort of still need to find a crisp DateJust example to put this into. NOS birch wood dial with Arabic date wheel





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Old 29 February 2020, 03:30 AM   #2
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Great find!

18xxx series?
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Old 29 February 2020, 03:32 AM   #3
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Thats nice Bas
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Old 29 February 2020, 03:33 AM   #4
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That looks so awesome
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Old 29 February 2020, 03:34 AM   #5
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Looks pretty cool!
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Old 29 February 2020, 03:46 AM   #6
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Great find!

18xxx series?
16008, but might go two tone, idc
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Old 29 February 2020, 03:48 AM   #7
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Old 29 February 2020, 04:11 AM   #8
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Cool dial!!
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Old 29 February 2020, 04:12 AM   #9
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Nice Bas! Excited to see the end product
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Old 29 February 2020, 04:14 AM   #10
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good god almighty.

that’s exquisite.

*drools*
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Old 29 February 2020, 04:14 AM   #11
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Nice. 16013?

I was thinking DD, not DJ, when I said 18xxx. LOL
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Old 29 February 2020, 04:20 AM   #12
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Nice Bas! Excited to see the end product
Thanks!
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Nice. 16013?

I was thinking DD, not DJ, when I said 18xxx. LOL
lol, wood dials are much more common in DD than DJ, I've actually never seen one in a DJ in the flesh. These are rare.

Going to be a 16233 because I really want the Arabic date wheel in there which was not made for the 3035, only for 3135 and they're not interchangeable
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Old 29 February 2020, 04:34 AM   #13
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Very cool Bas can't wait to see the finished result..
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Old 29 February 2020, 04:36 AM   #14
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Old 29 February 2020, 04:44 AM   #15
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lol, wood dials are much more common in DD than DJ, I've actually never seen one in a DJ in the flesh. These are rare.

Going to be a 16233 because I really want the Arabic date wheel in there which was not made for the 3035, only for 3135 and they're not interchangeable
I like that plan. Can't wait to see the final product.
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Old 29 February 2020, 05:33 AM   #16
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Old 29 February 2020, 05:34 AM   #17
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Old 29 February 2020, 05:36 AM   #18
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Old 29 February 2020, 06:12 AM   #19
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Can't wait to see the finished product! That is a neat NOS dial.
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Old 29 February 2020, 06:44 AM   #20
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Old 29 February 2020, 06:49 AM   #21
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Nice finding..
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Old 29 February 2020, 06:53 AM   #22
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Old 29 February 2020, 08:00 AM   #23
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That’s beautiful Bas 👍🏻
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Old 29 February 2020, 09:36 AM   #24
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Nice one Bas, can't wait to find out how it turned out.
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Old 29 February 2020, 09:40 AM   #25
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Very nice Bas. Those will look amazing together!
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Old 29 February 2020, 09:41 AM   #26
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Looks like something special! can´t wait to see it "in action"!
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Old 29 February 2020, 12:33 PM   #27
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That is very cool and unique. I'm picturing all gold for that.

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Old 29 February 2020, 12:35 PM   #28
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Not bad bas.
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Old 29 February 2020, 02:07 PM   #29
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Woah, super cool Bas. Thanks for sharing!
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Old 29 February 2020, 02:15 PM   #30
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