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The inside of the case back is nicely finished with the brushed swirls. Below you can see the massive movement holder that makes up about 50% of the weight of this watch, but without it the watch would feel way too light.
The pictures below you can see the crowns 2 rubber gaskets for water resistance. There are no rubber gaskets in the tube going into the case, but the stem gaskets fit tight in the tube and I wouldn't be worried here when washing the watch with soap and water. The case back gasket is a bit thin and I may look for a slightly bigger one if it will allow the case to screw down correctly. I don't plan on swimming with this watch, but I like a water tight watch.
Below you can see the case and parts after the bead blasting. I wanted a darker finish on this case so I turned the PSI on my compressor up to about 110 and went over the parts a few times. I use a fine grit glass for blasting which produced a smooth and bright finish, so turning up the PSI just allows the glass to hit a little harder, darkening the finish a bit.
There were some dark marks on the inside of the case that I cleaned with watch putty, below you can see the cleaned case walls and cleaned the sapphire.
re assembled
47mm!!!
