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At 5 AM can't sleep like always. I put my two tone on to go out last night for dinner so my May 1 where I had to adjust the date was my 16613. Built her myself. Startime 3135 case with Startime Solid 18K bezel. WM9 16613 bracelet which is amazing and a Yuki 3135 with about $1000 in rolex 3135 parts. Dial was a brand new 16613 dial. Rolex date wheel, rolex crystal. rolex Bezel insert, rolex 18 crown. It was my first jump from making tudors that at max were $400 to this beauty. I wear it with pride. Love this hobby.

I have made a few shots comparing the JF new 116520 to my Gen. It is amazingly close to the real deal. The crown guard reshaping suggest by a few fellas is a must compare to other minor discrepancies. The rehaut sanding and RRR removing is good if you have the skill to DIY due to wrong font and satin finish. The crown sits a bit low I would say about 1.0mm compared to gen, it don't look that bad in reality but it's there when you know what to look for. The bezel font and thickness seem fine to me, switching to 7750 bezel is a bit overdosed. The gen tips the scale at 12.7 vs the rep 12.85 with the same protective film (from JF factory) stuck to caseback, to me it's dead on. For those who still anal about this can either shave the crystal gasket or the case back down 0.1mm... What amazes me is the overall fit and finish, it really screams gen, unlike Noob factory the new JFs don't have sharp edges anywhere on the watch head, it's a huge step forward in the rep world. The SEL is rubbish while the clasp is 90% on the outside 50% inside, quality wise. That said I have a BP band ordered from a friend of mine who lives in GZ, yet to receive and I'll post an update when it gets in. I'll freeze the 3 & 9 Subdials when I have time to fiddle with it, it bothers me a bit for daily reset and I dun wanna pay for new crown and tube set every few months down the road... Enjoy the pics!

Message crafted while riding a leathery juvenile T-Rex and charging toward the horizon.

Guys please don't laugh at me. I am so proud. Until now I had a hard time to even remove a link from a bracelet with screws. But today I opened up my TC, removed the movement, changed the gasket, pressed on a new crystal and fixed the bezel spring which was somehow messed up from the beginning. And all that without f***ing up the watch. I made a pressure test and all is fine. Yeah!!! Thanks to all you guys. I could have never made it without this forum.

Message crafted while riding a leathery juvenile T-Rex and charging toward the horizon.

My first pre-daytona build is nearly done. Thanks alligoat for the phong dial.

Here is an earlier thread about what may be the same watch (I am not sure) and it has a good pic of a white dial model (post number 14). https://rwg.cc/topic/182274-best-daytona-rep-on-the-market-today The white dial watch that I froze the dials on is a bit different...1mm thicker case, thinner crown, has a DG movement, and still runs fine (in warm weather anyway). I have both types of this model...bracelet and leather strap but they appear to be identical from the front side to the one in these pics except for the hoods on strap models. "What amazes me is the overall fit and finish, it really screams gen..." Me too, I was impressed with the overall case fit/finish, dials etc...everything except the plastic movement spacer. I would have to cut a groove around the inside of the case for clamps and make a brass spacer to get rid of the plastic spacer but it is really OK the way it is. Since I would not use the chronograph much at all, this type of movement suits me fine and should give less trouble than the 'Old Reliable' A7750 s@6. I froze the center timing sweep second hand and hands on the sub dials at 3 and 9. It originally came with the center sweep timing hand and second hand at 6 running all the time and the dials at 3 and 9 marked same as genuine but were day and date so I took it apart and froze them. There is a post somewhere telling how I did it but I do not have a link to it.

Hey welcome back old timer! Nice to see you around again.

Everytime I see this watch I am amazed.

Man, You got me!! Glad to see you back around. there are a few blingmeisters around, mostly in the Rolex section.

finally my first build...

Changed up to red strap.

I think loss of 9 seconds a day is pretty reasonable. Should be good enough performance for reps

Today is a Panerai 089 on Horween suede nubuck day for me to match the overcast skies in Chicago.

5517 on the wrist today

You just can't compare the quality feel between a cheap 2813 sub and q Noob V6s. You feel and see the difference. Also.. A lot more differs between a 166110 and 16610. The bracelet, links, glidelock clasp. Thicker lugs. Different bezel construction and look. In the best of world's I'd like a Sub, with lugs and crown guards from the 16610, Maxi dial and hands like on 166110, bezel assembly from 166110. Bracelet with solid links and glidelock clasp.

DSC00811.JPG by Micky Aldridge, on Flickr

J12 Factory, made their first bucket of gold by repping the Chanel Ceramics.

IWC XVI in the sales section today

I think DW offered smooth bezels for his 6239/6263 case but, he had disappeared from the net before I decided to gather parts. Anyway, his smooth bezel was a bit too tall and I found it off. Smooth bezels are simple and it's not that hard to make one by yourself if you have access to a lathe. I used a hobby lathe for making the bezel and the movement ring for this build. There are sellers on the bay who offer smooth bezels for 36mm oyster cases but, they cannot be used off-the-shelf because of the brim at the bottom of crystal retaining ring on the DW cases. This means you anyway need a lathe. I agree with you and I like the oyster style of pre-Daytonas.

No good reps of the Monaco except a quartz - which is not very accurate.

Message crafted while riding a leathery juvenile T-Rex and charging toward the horizon.

Yes, absolute!

Drool-worthy brother.

Message crafted while riding a leathery juvenile T-Rex and charging toward the horizon.

Did your Hirsch strap have the adjustable insert? Some of them like the Leonardo has it and I have found it to be quite versatile and able to adjust to about any watch (I use them a lot as insert donors for custom straps). I don't know if you have seen that you can remove the square part of the insert and rotate it to get different spring bar locations. Just thought I thrown it out there. Nice Nato BTW

Nope. 2001-2004 (D, E, F, G)<br /><br />http://www.paneraisource.com/watch_details/Contemporary_35.html<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />