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Hello fellow watch enthusiasts! Just thought I would start a post introducing my next little project. I am planning on building a Franken 168000/16610 transitional submariner (the triple zero). So far, I have the following parts: TC Sub Case Set (rehaut sanded down & soon to have lug holes drilled in it) Genuine T<25 Spidered Submariner Dial Genuine Fat 4 Bezel Insert with aged tritium pearl Need to find a bracelet and the elusive 593 end links for it. Also need to find a nice 2824 date wheel overlay with rounded 3's and open 6's and 9's. Looks like I might have some help on that one with one of our famous modders here Here's a pic of the dial which is on it's way from New York. Special thanks and kudos to Ubiquitous for finding this dial for me!!! Check out the spider web cracking on this dial!!!! More to come soon

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Dear All, Thanks for the advice. I believe PeteM's "free gift" idea is brilliant and to be followed, if/when the custom agents are to contact me. "Pete and Old" sorry to say , but your package got sized 1 minute before mine, if you click for the "redelivery" button you are likely to see that your address has been changed to "Customer Seizure “. Please let me know if anything changes on your side. Will keep you posted on the development

Honest opinion is don't go for the 2500 movement for a franken, sure they seem relatively cheap in some corners but if you want the feeling of a 2500 just go for a 2892 in it and you would be much better off in the long run. For starters, who is gonna service a 2500, not many people will be able to and you cut off one of the main advantages of a franken PO over time....cheap service/maintenance costs. Good franken PO's are an amazing watch, and this is coming from someone who has gen, franken, half franken and another rep The only one issue that could've made franken PO's perfect is the tube job that needs to be done, if they could've made it truly 1:1 and allowed a gen tube to screw directly in instead of all the mucking about with epoxy or other methods, then it would've been outstanding. Also no worries on the new PO reps, hopefully they are good, but they won't be frankenable (where are the parts gonna come from?) and regardless of how good they are on top, turning the watch over ends the illusion! The old PO can be made externally perfect!