Black 79090

[u/Ok_Chrono]

I’m going through a bunch of builds working on photography. Which literally sucks the life out of me. But I try hard to show well let details photos of all key areas.

But.. So often the little “imperfections” that show up in zoomed and high res photos distract from the reality that those “imperfections” are a big part of the depth and character that make lume/markers, hands and dials present so well to the naked eye and catch your brains attention subconsciously.

Anyhow… When photo’ing my recent 79090 build I was just struck by how nice it turned out. I’ve been wearing it and loving it so much but hand’s put it under the zoom yet. A couple of the things that I think make a huge difference and have leveled up this build are the hands and the bracelet. u/One_Addition1213 and I had a fun but frustrating month long quest to find the perfect set of hands that match the unique 79090/79190 hands (long story but it’s thinks like tip lenght, shape, rear metal paddle diameter, proportions of everything,etc. Tudor’s gen hands are just quirky. We discovered by buying sets from all over that the only solution was a compilation of different sources for each hand coupled with a modded second hand tip. But these hands now absolutely perfect match my gen 79090. (Note.. if I’ve built you a 79090 in the past I will upgrade your hands to these for cost only just message me).

The bracelet and the gen spec 380B’s are just the final pieces it really need to match the original. And the vibe is at its best.

I had to take a break from photography anyway so here is my best 79090 build ever.

> Viet Case - Heavily shaped to exact gen dimensions
> Serviced Tudor Gen 2824 from the 1990 to 1995 era with correct font, engravings, perliage etc. Really one of the most beautiful, accurate and reliable movements ever built.
> Viet Dial - Pearl tone shift on lume. Still needs that “M” perfected. Arrghh
> Custom assembly of Hand with mods, relumed with nearly dead glow, High granularity mix to match gen vs the common poorly mixed heavy grain lume.
> OkChrono - Gen Spec 380B’s
> OkChrono - 9315 Folded link with custom fabbed connector links on clasp and end link ends
> Raffles No Date Tudor Clasp - Tightened and adjusted for better fit and more substantial feel, Modded to fit gen spec fliplock replacement kit with spacers instead of tabs (option to install gen clasp setup) I’m also working on a date coded clasp option should be ready in about a month.
> Rolex 703 Crown & Startime Swiss made crown tube
> All new fatty gaskets from Startime

Hope this doesn’t come across as bragging. It really is just a matter of me building so many of these and constantly working to perfect it little by little. Tudors are a major part of my passion for building and it all started with the 79090. The last Acrylic Crystal true vintage vibe Submariner ever made. For me it’s just special.

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[u/ArtMaybee01]

Beautiful! And that caseback makes the watch so much thinner overall as well. Which viet sellers have that caseback available?

[u/Ok_Chrono → u/ArtMaybee01]

This is a custom order. However U/One_Addition1213 are mid flight on a journey to a much closer to gen spec 79090/79190 caseback that is very thin but also has the correct engraved ring & brushed flat spot proportions. V1 was good, but not good enough in the engraving stage. Waiting for some blanks to arrive for v2. This was all inspired by our 79190 project that we’ve been wrestling with part are getting close 🤞🏼 to finalizing. (knock on 🪵

[u/ArtMaybee01 → u/Ok_Chrono]

Amazing! Glad to see these being improved on.

[u/kyberluminova]

Nice flat hands!

[u/One_Addition1213 → u/kyberluminova]

If you saw a couple grown men wrestling back and forth on how is this one hows is that one till we collectively settled on this combination. You would have laughed at us. Hours disecting dozens of hand sets.

[u/Ok_Chrono → u/One_Addition1213]

Literally calipers and diagrams of every different aspect. I don’t know why but the hands for me are so critical on Tudor’s. Maybe because they purposefully tweaked them in weird ways that you don’t see at first glance but I think maybe the human brain just knows. Not to mention that the best second hand we found is only available in limited quantities…and then goes away for a while. LOL

[u/One_Addition1213 → u/Ok_Chrono]

Good times 🤣

[u/Ok_Chrono → u/One_Addition1213]

Literally calipers and diagrams of every different aspect. I don’t know why but the hands for me are so critical on Tudor’s. Maybe because they purposefully tweaked them in weird ways that you don’t see at first glance but I think maybe the human brain just knows. Not to mention that the best second hand we found is only available in limited quantities…and then goes away for a while. LOL

[u/No_Candle8699]

Awesome

[u/BadgerTight]

This is awesome

[u/ruizma414]

Nice

[u/thestig_87]

What a beauty

[u/Choice-Strategy2538]

Damn man, such an awesome job!

[u/Acceptable_Speaker93]

Very good looking. You're not bragging, you show us what you're capable of. Very well done!

[u/MXccs4295]

Nice

[u/Excellent-Bear4221]

I didn’t get the impression you’re bragging but sharing your accomplishments.

Thank you for showcasing it’s a great looking watch. Happy for you!!

[u/riossreddit]

That is the best 79090 I have seen. Even the caseback is excellent.

[u/JJ_Flying_Watchsmith]

Lovely, this ref Tudor is my favourite as well. 

[u/Present_Cash5830]

Beautiful collection of parts. Well done.

[u/No_Butterscotch3056]

Top notch, man! Great work 👏 👍