Leaderboard

Just finished this little build. I wanted to make a 6536 small crown and a few months ago managed to source a gen vintage crown. I couldn't get an old crown tube so I bought a twin lock with the right chamfered base from cousins UK and had to drill out the centre for the spring loaded tube to fit through. Case was drilled out and re-threaded. I also shaped the chamfered edges on the lugs and also took away some metal under the lugs to create a thinner more curved case profile. Bottom line is that the 6536 was a very thin case and nobody makes anything like it. And to re create the case accurately the lug holes would need filling and re-drilling in a slightly different place after the bottom and top of the case had been milled down. A massive job and not one I'm in a position to do. It's a tiger concept V2 case, pain in the [censored] to source parts for because there is a lack of any replacement plexis. I ended up using a cousins plexi which gave me a low dome. Hands are from a place called Ric's watch repair, they are flat sub hands made for 1570 movement, so I had to broach the holes to fit the asian movement I have at the moment, I'm waiting for a Swiss vintage ETA to be serviced that i'll put in for a truly nice finish. insert is from raffles, bleached so the coated layer comes off and fades. Dial is a re-lumed Helenarou from RWG member Big Dazza, cheers mate. I had to resize the dial to fit the TC case, from 29mm down to 28mm and in the process some of the matt spray coating came of, I cleaned a lot of the rest off but decided to leave some around the edge as it looked like the gloss dial was starting to age and fade and I liked the effect. Clearly the only major flaw and issue in this build is the depth rating, the 6536 had 100m / 330ft text on the dial, and nobody apart for Yuki does this, and the Yuki dial is 37mm which would drop straight through the bezel. Finally I added an "exclamation mark" under the 6 marker. I've seen these gen dials and thought it was a tiny detail i'd love to include, and a few days ago I found a gen 6536 picture with one of these dials. I hope you like it.

New Bulova for me today while catching up on the racing from assen!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920F using Tapatalk

+1 Sadly… Nothing we do in this hobby is sane. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

sorry buddy... no can do () In the end... if you worry too much about how sane you are, it'll drive ya nutz!!

I hate Tapatalk

Just got mine back today from misielkped, exactly the same specs as m1ars00's GMT. This isn't a cheap build, but it's a beautiful watch, and one that you can wear anywhere and not worry about having to walk around with your left hand in your pocket!! There are two guys on this forum that to me are as good as it gets when it comes to building Rolex frankens, Mymanmatt if you are looking for a Datejust or DayDate and misielkped if you want the best GMTIIC you can find. We are blessed and lucky to have those guys here in the USA for Rolex work. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Yup! Every 1665 case that I've purchased has had thicker cg's that need modding: just another thing that needs to be done

Since it is a GMT, then you would have a 2836 (either Asian or ETA), or possibly a DG movement. The best way to get it running again is to get it serviced.

Specs: latest Noob GMT II C case Complete Gen Bezel construction Gen Dial Gen Hands Gen Datewheel Gen Crystal with Gen AR cyclops Gen 704 Crown Yuki Movement w/ Gen parts to create CHS and jumping hour hand like Gen movement

Modded NOOB PAM 127 on a Corrigia 74 strap for today