watchme22 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 I'm mostly a lurker on this forum but I enjoy it more everytime I visit. Been a long time member over at the RG though. Wanted to show what I had Domi put together for me a while ago. The watch is based of a V4 Chronopassion in solid Titanium. Now over the the specs: Case - Solid Titanium rep Movement - Brand New LWO 39 jewels with Dubois-Depraz Chrono Module Custom datewheel with gen font Dial and Tachy Bezel - Brand New Deep blue Genuine Audemars Piguet Crystal - AR coated rep crystal Strap - rep Rubber with AP signed buckle. The watch runs super smooth, keeps great time and the chrono features work perfectly! The chrono pushers work flawlessly and are easy to activate, not hard to push in like A7750 movements or some of the reps around that make a nasty noise when pushed.... Tried to sell it over at the RG but its such a powerful piece its hard to part with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordanf1 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Very Nice Mate, congrats ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 looks just like the one that's for sale on RG At any rate it is a beautiful watch. I'm afraid that these franken AP builds are too rich for my blood, but they sure are nice. Sorry that you are having problems selling your watch over on RG, but selling one of these "Super frankens" is often as hard as finding the parts to build it. I have been on this forum for over 8 years, and around 4-5 years before that on the old TRC. In those 12 or so years, I have seen the sales forums littered with broken dreams, beautiful watches lovingly put together that ended up being broken up for parts, as they never sold. Sell a 300-500 USD watch on these forums, no problem, but the higher the price the smaller the buyer pool. When you get into that 3-4K+ price range, the air gets pretty rarified up there. Just not that many folks on these forums that have the cash or desire to buy a 3K+ franken. When new members come onto the forum here and start asking about building a franken with lots of expensive genuine parts, my advice has always been, "You better really like it and plan it as a keeper, because it may not be very easy to sell if you have to sell it" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegasvic Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 looks just like the one that's for sale on RG At any rate it is a beautiful watch. I'm afraid that these franken AP builds are too rich for my blood, but they sure are nice. Sorry that you are having problems selling your watch over on RG, but selling one of these "Super frankens" is often as hard as finding the parts to build it. I have been on this forum for over 8 years, and around 4-5 years before that on the old TRC. In those 12 or so years, I have seen the sales forums littered with broken dreams, beautiful watches lovingly put together that ended up being broken up for parts, as they never sold. Sell a 300-500 USD watch on these forums, no problem, but the higher the price the smaller the buyer pool. When you get into that 3-4K+ price range, the air gets pretty rarified up there. Just not that many folks on these forums that have the cash or desire to buy a 3K+ franken. When new members come onto the forum here and start asking about building a franken with lots of expensive genuine parts, my advice has always been, "You better really like it and plan it as a keeper, because it may not be very easy to sell if you have to sell it" Great info panerai! I was kind of wondering that myself, seeing guys on here spending a grip installing all these gen crystals, faces, inserts, hands, movements, stems, etc. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martijnp Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 looks just like the one that's for sale on RG At any rate it is a beautiful watch. I'm afraid that these franken AP builds are too rich for my blood, but they sure are nice. Sorry that you are having problems selling your watch over on RG, but selling one of these "Super frankens" is often as hard as finding the parts to build it. I have been on this forum for over 8 years, and around 4-5 years before that on the old TRC. In those 12 or so years, I have seen the sales forums littered with broken dreams, beautiful watches lovingly put together that ended up being broken up for parts, as they never sold. Sell a 300-500 USD watch on these forums, no problem, but the higher the price the smaller the buyer pool. When you get into that 3-4K+ price range, the air gets pretty rarified up there. Just not that many folks on these forums that have the cash or desire to buy a 3K+ franken. When new members come onto the forum here and start asking about building a franken with lots of expensive genuine parts, my advice has always been, "You better really like it and plan it as a keeper, because it may not be very easy to sell if you have to sell it" I totally agree with you. The watch looks great tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 I'm mostly a lurker on this forum but I enjoy it more everytime I visit. Been a long time member over at the RG though. Wanted to show what I had Domi put together for me a while ago. The watch is based of a V4 Chronopassion in solid Titanium. Now over the the specs: Case - Solid Titanium rep Movement - Brand New LWO 39 jewels with Dubois-Depraz Chrono Module Custom datewheel with gen font Dial and Tachy Bezel - Brand New Deep blue Genuine Audemars Piguet Crystal - AR coated rep crystal Strap - rep Rubber with AP signed buckle. The watch runs super smooth, keeps great time and the chrono features work perfectly! The chrono pushers work flawlessly and are easy to activate, not hard to push in like A7750 movements or some of the reps around that make a nasty noise when pushed.... Tried to sell it over at the RG but its such a powerful piece its hard to part with. What would really complete this are gen hands. To me, this is a significant tell of any rep ROO, but its just me. Yes. I did and still own some frankens and gens. Sadly, 2 of my frankens were sold because I could not find gen hands to complete the set. Having said that, yours is a very nice piece by itself. Enjoy her, and wear her well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valante Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 i think why its hard to sell because sort of fantasy. that dial did not come with a bead blast case. i dont think it will be that hard to sell if the dial is a favorite dial like panda or safari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armanou-pascal Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Lovely Franken mate ! Visited Domi on monday - he is a master ! -sent from my iPhone5 using Papatalk- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmosblau Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Looks nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchpt Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 I saw this on rg. It's a great build. I'm so tempted but I'm looking for a franken safari or rc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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