LACO Pilot Baumuster B Special Edition (Forum Project Wach) - Discussion

[stuffler,mike]

Hello everyone! I've been following this thread closely and looks like its going really well. Still deciding though whether i should pre-order or not. I agree about the strap issue. My wrist is around 6.5" but i my hand is big for my wrist. It is really a tight squeeze getting the watch over my hand. If Laco could add 5mm-10mm to the long side of the strap that would be ideal without making it tool long.

No problem imho if you´d find a strap maker who is going to produce a 5mm to 10mm longer strap which means ordering a customized (non serial) strap.

What´s my message ?

Ordering a customized strap for - let´s say 30 to 40 watches - will automatically increase the priceand prolong the wait. If a strap would be too short or too long I´d have a look for another strap on the www. Just my 2 centavos.

[stuffler,mike]

.....2: On the inner ring/circle, there are luminous DOTS on the mark 1, 2, 3 etc, including 12.
I know I sound anal, but why not try to get the dial 100%?

First part of your question. Obviously not all B-watches of Baumuster B type had had those dots. Here´s a Laco not having those dots:


On the other hand, Stowa and Wempe had had those dots:





Maybe the dots have been a question of the batch delivered to the RLM (just a guess). The watches shown on qahill.com don´t have the dots either (Laco, Lange & Söhne). Interesting enough.

I think a customized dial with dots will cost some additional money seen the very small limitation. I can live without though..............

[hotnerd]

I have an update from Laco with 2nd draft of mock up pictures

- Laco is still searching for the right onion crown, so please wait patiently for 3rd draft to reflect the new crown
- Dial with lume dots on the hour circle is included and is not a problem
- Caseback engraving is redone per your suggestions

I am highly impressed by such a quick turnaround by Laco and excellent communications on this project




Cheers,
Bhanu

[Paulo]

Yes, looks perfect.!

I'm so anxious to see the crown.

This project is running great, :thanks guys!

[reinman60]

Looking great.

With the onion crown, it'll be just about perfect!!!

[thodgins]

I am impressed too. Things are moving along with this watch and is looking great.

[thodgins]

I do have a question about the lume. Are they able to do the lume like on this Wempe?

Pic posted by Pbjocean on EOT.

I like that all the numbers, minute markers and the triangle have the lume. What is the lume like on their current dial?

One thing I noticed about the Wempe and some of the original Laco B-Uhr's being pictured is that the minute hand seems to have a nice harmony with the hour hand due to the fact that minute hand is fatter at the tip. I looked up on Qahill and found that the Laco he has pictured has the long thing minute hand. So I guess both are correct. I would love to see the fatter minute hand, but it wouldn't stop me from jumping on this project. I am still deciding.

[Paulo]

Yeap, a lume mock-up would help.

(just kidding, a description is more than enough)

[BRUCE]

Bhanu, I am also impressed. Both with the watch, and your selfless contribution to the entire effort. I just wanted to say thanks.

I know little of this watch type; all of my watches have crown guards (wouln't want that crown to fall off now would we?) But I am happy that, as I understand it you are working with Laco to get a crown that looks more like the historically correct ones. Love the addition of the dots on the hour ring, and would like, if possible, real C3 Super-Luminova (just my .02 on that).

So when does mine get here?

[DeDe]

Hi friends,

I am also interested in this project. I read the whole thread an I am not sure if I understand everything because my english is not the best. Did we discussed an outer circle around the minutes? I think the original watch have a outer white circle and the mock not? Can someone explain it?
Thanks and regards,

Dede