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A new 2533 project I planned to take a break from building during Christmas holidays, I almost did it but couldn't REALLY stop you know I suddenly got the inspiration to finish this project and here it is. This was my reference: The biggest thanks goes to Emilio666 from HF. The dial I bought from him a while ago is the best 2533 dial I have seen so far, featuring an incredible texture and perfect RP engraving. It is the corner stone of this build, all parts have been chosen subsequently. The maximum attention went into the aging details, especially on the hands (dial was already perfect). Bezel and CB were "stolen" from another build of mine as they looked perfect for this build, just a little blending with the other parts was needed. Here's a list of what went into this build: - River case set reshaped and aged, tube hole drilled and soldered to accept 7mm Oyster Patent crown, lugs soldered again. - NW hands relumed and rusted - Emilio666 dial - Molnija 3601 from Belkin12 - Strap is from Stach. Aged is not enough to define this leather, I have no proper adjective. Exceptional. A few more pics: That's all for now, but there will be more to come. Hope you enjoyed the reading and pics

Absolutely beautiful! Practically perfect in every way. Wearable art work!

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Franken ARF - Gen dial, modded pushers and hands.

Yep as is the 3130 that you see on some movements. They are all the same main plate and parts that the factory that was selling too Yuki. They just got better. I dont know if you remember about a year and a half ago Yuki did a price increase. I just explained this in another post. He started charging all of us that were buying in bulk and cleaning them. He jacked up the price $60 a unit and charged shipping. Now the only ones that were going to suffer were the customers. A bunch of us said fine as long as he does some upgrades. He said no that the factory was charging him more now and it was going to have to have to get pass down too us. I wouldn't do it and I blasted him on RWI. Less than 3 months later the JF factory came out with all these watches with he "SH3135 and the SH3130". Tickle was the only one who actually continued with Yuki and became the exclusive USA distributer and repair guy. He did an evaluation on the SH3135 and found it to be a dressed up Yuki. He is the kicker. Yuki was charging almost $400 for the unit. You can get the SH3135 with the upgraded/decorated bridges from trusted dealers for $180. SMH. I still get a little heated when I think of it. While I want people too make money, don't rip us off. A yuki being almost $400 shipped needed service which is about $140. Then a date wheel which is $120 and autowinding wheels and winding wheelsX2 and cannon and hour pinion. Intermediate cal. wheel. Few other parts. Total in parts that I would change would cost someone anywhere between $400-700. Now do the math. min was $1020. Then it could go up too $1600. A real one back then was about $1800-2000. Then he wanted to charge another $60 plus shipping. LOL. It was just a losing battle. I tried to get him too see the light but he wrote me a letter, Me and Craig got the same one. He wrote that I was his best customer and that he needed me. He blamed the factory. The one that is now offering it to other dealers and nothing. If the dealers are selling them to us for $180 dollars, how much is that costing the dealer? Half of that? That was just Yuki trying to get the most out of us while he could before the SH3135 came out. It backfired on him. All of us refused to buy at the price he was selling it at. My loyalty is to my friend here on the forums. Not a dealer in china trying to rip me off. Funny thing was Yuki would charge me $280-320 per unit depending on how many I would order. I would order 10 at a time. So I was getting them for $280. That would save a customer $100 dollars and get them a date wheel. Or get it serviced and really only pay $40 over the price yuki would sell it off his site. I charged $320 to BK's customers that wanted it in the V6S. I did around 10 people for him. Greed is what kills this and every hobby. Sorry for the rant. LOL. RWI is down.

Of course you can brother. The SA3135 is a clone on its own build. While it will take a real dial and real hands, it will not take any real rolex parts on the movement itself. There are a few that will fit but in general they wont. It isn't a Rolex spec 3135. The SH3135 is a full clone of the 3135 that Rolex made. Yuki was one of the first to come out with it then the factory started making movements for the JF factory and others. This movement will take almost every part from a Rolex 3135. The Rolex balance won't work on it. The SH3135 is the best movement around because after a great cleaning and a few parts changed for reliability, like the calendar wheel and and the intermediate calendar wheel, you will have a movement that behaves and runs like a Rolex 3135. Great movement for the long haul until you throw in a real 3135. I have some yukis out there that Mike build and that I have built that are 2 to 3 years old and still running perfectly. Like I said the yuki is the SH3135. But they did improvements like engrave the winding and auto winding bridges so they look like Rolex. Mostly cosmetic stuff. But they made a big leap on the hand pinions and the reversing wheels. Really one of my favorite movements side to a real rolex 3135.

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He got it from Andrew at trusty. Yes the DW looks shitty. Surely with the experience you have you will sort it no time. Looks brilliant Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

My 7928 with new seconds hand from TC and decal dial. Sorry for bad pics, no sun today

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Bart! It’s time to get a Panerai LOL. You’ll be hooked. Try one. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wow..@occb2 thanks for sharing your wisdom. Great insights. This thread has been bookmarked for future reference. Cheers. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Thank you kindly Freddie! By sharing your own experience and knowledge it helps other members learn through your posts. That was what I meant. Thank you in advance for your willingness to integrate into our community and help others. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks @Legend i will help as much as i can and once i get watches in i will post them on here. Kind Regards Freddie

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Thank you very much bro, for the comprehensive and detailed reply. I appreciate it. So I understand from what you said that the SH3135 is essentially a prettied up Yuki movement. And I assume likewise that the same goes for the SH3132 movement.. You make a difference with all your specialized knowledge, thank you once again!

Yea. Over at RWI refugee page they are saying its because I'm a mod over there. I don't think they know. Its not like my name gives it away. Unless they live there and realized that my email is occb2@me.com and they put 2 and 2 together. I just think I am very lucky. This is amazing and they have my business because of this. Really. Very happy. Well let me get it and it be working first. LOL. That is why I stopped with one TD. The last 3 orders I had with him, One came in DOA. I contacted them and of course they wanted me too return it. I said screw it and I upgraded the movement and I left it alone. The next order the watch didn't work. It was a SA3135. So I swapped it to a SH3135. The third and final order from them was a Daytona. The balance was broken off the main plate. The screw was not removable. That one I reached out to them and told them that was 3 for 3. It took me a month to get a replacement movement and that was after I had to send them the broken one. Then I switch to Puretime ever since. I wont mention the TD because lots of people love them and I never mess with a persons wallet. But pure time has been great. But Mike told met to try Andrew over at Trusty time. I reached out to him and if I get this watch tomorrow, holy crap, it will be the fastest ever. Yuki use to ship fast. I dont know if anyone remembers that. On the movements. I would have them in a week. But besides that. I have never got one this fast from a Trusted dealer and I have used a lot.

That is unprecedented!

I think the ARF Rolex 126600 is the best rep out right now. They got it right with 904L and the insert is amazing. The dial looks good. They got the rotation correct with the ETA2824. Good deal. Few issues that I noticed. The bezel notches are sharp and closer than the real deal. The crown on the dial sits a little lower than the real deal.

Thanks alot for the recommendation of using SSTEEL !! He has fixed the watch now and the whole process was such a good experience that I almost hope it breaks down again so I can use his services one more time Thumbs up for an extremly service minded and great watchsmith!

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The one on the left was one of the first five DW sold. "halley" from years ago sent me some pics to see if I was interested... boy was I! The one on the right has a tiny bulge at the crown tube opening, it was the v2.0 case.

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Tudors in the rep world are always understated, primarily because of the gen:rep price factor. But it is a fact that they are one of the best made reps around and one of the most accurate. Good choice and classy watch. Wear her well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I look forward to seeing that buddy I absolutely love the cornino deffinatly my favourite watch, the rail dials are beautiful, nice choice

I believe it's a MkII

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