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Reps are notorious for having poor quality crowns & crown tubes, which results in misthreading..........often within days or hours after delivery. The options are to replace both with gen parts (crowns can be found on ebay & the for sale sections of gen Rolex sites) & gen or Swiss-made (functionally the same as gen) tubes can be found at most watchmaker supply sites. Depending on the particular rep watch case you hold in your hand, the threads in your case may need to be retapped in order to fit either a gen/Swiss-made or another rep tube. Unfortunately, due to the lack of QC & construction variability of rep cases, the only way to know if your case requires retapping is to try to fit another tube. I am not aware of any shortcuts to this.

Out driving the golf cart in my in-laws' apple orchard. We are sprinkling our beloved dog, Sadie's, ashes in her favorite place to run. The horses next door came over to say hello.

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Ok - So I had a summarized build-thread already, but it was lengthy and I wanted to start fresh with a new post, as I am now calling the watch finished. Since the last post I have swapped the hands and added a genuine clasp to the bracelet. Special thanks again to Dbane, NeckyZips, MillerDave and Yuki as well as other members I picked up various odds and ends from. Many thanks to the community over-all for the insight, wisdom and motivation to build this. Spec's 1680 style sterile case - transformed by Dbane with gorgeous bevels and finish-work. I drilled out the lug-holes myself, but they needed some extra help, as did everything else. Spot-on mid-case engraving done by Neckyzips. Genuine 5512 Caseback - sourced from VRF - with Genuine OEM Rolex 5513 case-back sticker from eBay/Germany applied. Genuine Rolex T-19 Plexi Genuine 55xx hands - steel, sourced on eBay, relumed by Big Dazza. Replaced gilt/bright gold hands in favor of these. Genuine Rolex 700 Crown and Tube Genuine Rolex cal.1520 movement, completely rebuilt with new (genuine) auto-rotor and main-spring by master watchmaker Genuine Clasp mounted to rep Rivet Oyster Bracelet (StoneP sourced) - have genuine spring-bars and 2 other straps. Genuine Bezel assembly with aged rep insert sourced from Big Dazza Yuki 5513 Gilt Underline Dial - relumed and aged by Big Dazza, genuine foot-stem positions for a smooth fit This is my first build here - really thrilled with it all together. Here's the link to the original thread and again, these shots were taken with Canon EOS DSLR with 35mm lens. Tuned in Photoshop. For sale, $34,500.00 (clearly, I have no wish to part with it, ha-ha)

This is fast becoming a daily beater that is rugged, very good looking and never stops :-) Have agreat weekend guys. AJ

No, you can't buy just the case from a TD. Have to buy the whole watch. You can sell off whatever parts you don't use to recoup some of the money.

This just arrived in the post from Australia so lets swap them out! AJ

'66 - 5513 PCG Gilt Underline. Gen cal.1520 - see signature for build thread.

Comparison of crowns: 6mm, 7mm (standard Submariner; 5512, 5513, 1680, 1665, 16800, 16610 etc), 8mm ('Big Crown' Submariner; 6200, 6538, 5510 etc)...

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wow, looks amazing! That insert, omg, beautiful! Looks like a joy to wear! Best looking 5514 gen or franken I've ever seen, congrats!

Wow you got some balls

yes that's correct