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Old 2 November 2014, 05:51 PM   #1
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Destro Tudor black bay

Got this sweet modification done to my tudor black bay today. Decided to flip the dial to wear it like a true lefty. What do you guys think??:) considering also doing it to my ND Rolex sub
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Old 2 November 2014, 06:02 PM   #2
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If you like it congrats. I always thought lefties had a nice advantage wearing a watch on their right wrist in that the crown faces away from the wrist allowing for more comfortable range of motion.
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Old 2 November 2014, 06:14 PM   #3
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I like it, don't know why, maybe cuz it's different. Is it possible on the Sub, I think I read that it isn't on 3130/35 movements, but easier on ETA because of the movement mounting points.
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Old 2 November 2014, 06:21 PM   #4
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If you like it congrats. I always thought lefties had a nice advantage wearing a watch on their right wrist in that the crown faces away from the wrist allowing for more comfortable range of motion.
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Old 2 November 2014, 11:52 PM   #5
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Can this be done on A DJII?
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Old 2 November 2014, 11:55 PM   #6
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It's reversible, why not? Kinda of a cool way to customize without replacing any parts whatsoever.
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Old 2 November 2014, 11:57 PM   #7
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Old 2 November 2014, 11:58 PM   #8
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Curious as to how it was done? Feet cut?
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Old 3 November 2014, 12:54 AM   #10
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If you like it congrats. I always thought lefties had a nice advantage wearing a watch on their right wrist in that the crown faces away from the wrist allowing for more comfortable range of motion.
That is true.
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Old 3 November 2014, 02:50 AM   #11
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I think tools mentioned in another post the feet on the eta allow for rotating the dial 180 due to their mounting points, whereas the feet on the rolex movements don't but can be modified to do the same thing....

Looks great though!
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Old 3 November 2014, 02:54 AM   #12
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Old 3 November 2014, 04:15 AM   #13
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Very nice!
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Old 3 November 2014, 08:35 AM   #14
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Can this be done on A DJII?
No, the date would be upside-down still.
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Old 3 November 2014, 11:51 AM   #15
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Very cool. Any idea if this is possible on the BBB with new in-house movement?
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I like it. It would be interesting to see it on the ND Sub.
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Old 19 October 2016, 08:55 PM   #18
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If you like it congrats. I always thought lefties had a nice advantage wearing a watch on their right wrist in that the crown faces away from the wrist allowing for more comfortable range of motion.
If this is the case then why not make all watches with the crown facing away from the wrist? As a left handed member (with no Destro in my collection) I've gotten used to the crown on the other side and, yes, it does offer greater freedom of movement IMHO.
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