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Hi guys, just wanted to post a few pics of my on going chronostop project. A few of you may remember me posting some pics as it arrived b4f8ce77b048556180ea09b4a3b8e3bc.jpg980f6659742af42a9d1b2e340d6d3ee6.jpgAnyway, I sent the dial to Vsoni in London. His work is amazing, I decided to go satin black as the batons were to far gone to reproduce the sunburst effect. I also asked for the hands to be Superlumed. 356b5106a9d184746e03265c0143b8b5.jpg0df40d8dc50fdf1a885bf6e4a37ffff3.jpg75557d3d49c81adece75dcccbf89e439.jpgNext was the case & bracelet. Luckily I have a friend who is a master polisher, trained in Switzerland. I asked for something I'd never seen on a chronostop & I absolutely love it. Loads of bling. 784642e5b7c7c2a793f916677692210d.jpga9c4ebb91eb04327bd9cd48634f54939.jpg2c55ecd4e59789a11b1785e06c50575e.jpga007dcc12e47ccf260d0752be2711bb5.jpg5baa41389a0bc6522a19edf988077b6f.jpgif I have time I'll be doing a full strip, clean & service on the movement this weekend & my sexy chronostop will be completed.

I'd love your thoughts on the project so far. I only wish it had been my work, but as long as I'm contributing with the movement I'll be content with that for now.

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Nice work can't wait to see the finished product , the purists will probably scowl that it's not original , but i'd be happy to own it , i think it's going to look great

Thanks Andy, I'm still thinking of changing the sweep second hand a different lume colour (maybe blue).

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I like the case a lot ! Nice work.

The dial is OK but the accent is the wrong way and that would bug the hell out of me ;)

Movement update ?

Should be over the weekend, looking forward to getting stuck into it.

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Thanks guys for your kind words. Does anyone have any opinions on whether to change the lume colour on the sweep second hand?

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Thanks guys for your kind words. Does anyone have any opinions on whether to change the lume colour on the sweep second hand?

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If you wanted to change the Lume on the chrono hand how about orange then it would sort of be like the original brought into the 21st century
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Thanks guys for your kind words. Does anyone have any opinions on whether to change the lume colour on the sweep second hand?

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 Blue lume on the sweep hand would look good .

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Very nice project. I love the way the case looks now. Blue lume on the seconds hand will make it stand out, but I wonder how it will look since everything else is green. Personally, I would either leave them all green, or all blue. That's just my opinion. I have a project in mind and I think I am going to do the markers green and the hands blue.

 

Regardless, this is a very cool project as there is something very special about bringing neglected pieces back to life. I really want to see the final product.

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