just after christmas i came across Rob's photo of a SBBN007 dial on a 6309-704x cushion diver (iirc, it had the 6105 hands).
i was blown away by the look of the dial in that cushion case. i own a 6309-7049 and i love the size and feel of this diver.
it was definitely a mod that i want to get going - but no way was i going to use my 6309-7049.
so i started stalking ebay sales of 6309-7040, and within a week, i managed to snag one of those aftermarket ones on the cheap.
i liked the look of the tuna dial and hands, it goes well together, so i decided to email Rob.
Lucky for me, he had a new dial, but i soon found that the tuna hands do not fit on the 6309 movt.
BUT Rob suggested i use the hands from the Mapmeter, as they were almost the same look! Great news! (Thanks Rob!)
the second hand was from the skx divers.
the stainless steel insert and sapphire crystal was from Harold, and his service was super quick as usual (Thanks Harold!)
all the parts came and it was time to work. here are the photos:
aftermarket 6309 (dont u just love the 'green' lume!)
sapphire installed
movement out, hands and dail off.. new dial and hands on
i ran into some problems with the bezel. The stainless steel insert was a shave too large for the 6309 bezel. So i had to think of some way of sanding it down and yet keep it round in shape.
hand sanding with wet n' dry was way out of the question.
being late at night, i looked around the house and came up with this: yakult straw, dremel tool bit and masking tape (lots of it!)
after about 20mins of spinning and sanding with wet n' dry (with intermittent check for fit). I managed to get it just right so it snaps into the bezel tight without the use of glue.
with new gaskets, everything was put together.
throw on a thick 22/22 leather strap and its all done!
customary wrist shot
thank you for reading. i hope you liked it as much as i did working on it.
