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Added 11-03-2020: Revere: "Wow, an ingod dial. Haven't heard that name in a minute" (from a recent '5513' sales thread). https://rwg.cc/topic/196303-fs-donerix-5513/ I added an address to a thread on Ingod44 dials so if anyone wants to add IG44 dials to this nostalgia fest, feel free. Since just about all of my replicas are older models with the majority of them being vintage styles, they are just about all I know much about. Many members have been around as long or longer than I have so maybe there is still quite a bit of oldie replica stuff left. My newest replica is a 'noobmariner' F520117 so you can see I am stuck in the past. Wrong...have one 214270 'new explorer' somewhere, saw it last spring. Original post: Just for fun, list the vintage rolex MBW/MBK submariner type watches you own and a short note on modifications. Q...Why? A...Since they are no longer being made and are 'World Famous Classic Replicas' it would be nice to see how many are still floating around RWG. I know the Vnam etc. cases have eclipsed them in accuracy to genuine...numbers/lettering/minor details etc. but I doubt the Vnam etc. examples will surpass MBW/MBK in production numbers (no way to tell) and probably never sell at MBW/MBK prices back when they were available. Mine... Two 1680 from Reggie 6 or 7 years ago. One unworn, same as new. One also unworn with the case modified to accept a 26.5mm 1680 dial...the 26.0mm dial and 2836 have been removed. The complete watch has swisseta 2836, the other one had a 2836 etaclone. One 5512 from an RWG member a few years ago. Now has a recently c/o nos ETA 2879 with the MBK dial, ST case tube/bezel kit, GS crystal, 'Mary' foldoyster, genuine crown. Had 1570/Yuki dial for a while. Forgot if the original movement was swiss or clone. One 5513 unworn, same as new from a member a few years back...one of the last batch of MBK from 'Rolexfinder'. Movement unknown, never opened it. One 5513 from a member a few years back. Put a 1520 in it for a while. Now an empty case with ST case tube/bezel kit, GS crystal. Iirc it came with an etaclone 2836. Bonus 1: List vintage DW 'submariner' cases/watches if anyone still has one. They were Hot for a year or two and made pretty good 1680 projects. I have a few new, empty DW cases from 10+ years back plus one with a 1570 and original Mk I Lemrich 1680 dial. I needed a container to store the movement/dial in and the DW case worked fine, everything fits. I sanded one case down to thin the lugs and was going to make a vintage project watch of some sort but never finished it. Never decided to cut the CG off or not either. I could make an oversized vintage 'explorer' or something with a 26.5 to 27mm dial and ETA 28xx etc. Added 11-3-20: Bonus 2...Ingod44 dials...anyone still have one in a watch or stored away? They were pretty good back when available. Last one I bought was in July 2013 and it was from an RWG member. Do not know when IG44 went out of business but the dial from July 2013 is a 'comex 5513' and the last one I bought directly from IG44 is a regular 5513 dial. I wrote the date down for the '5513 comex' but not the 5513, I got it a year or two earlier iirc. I had not looked at them for a few years and was surprised at how good they are. cornerstone: "I haven't worn my most expensive watch in ages." Me neither. The MBK '5512' is what I would wear if I wanted the 'high $$' look. IG44 thread from 2012, there is a very good pic from Akira of an IG44 '5513' dial like mine in the thread. 9-7-2023 Still have the MBK '5512' that I have worn more than any other MBK. It has an ETA 2879 that started out nos and still runs fine, but the autowinding is not as efficient as newer 2824/36 etc. I need to dig it out and wear it.

I’ve been after this project since forever. I always missed having a Red Sub in the lineup. I dabbled here and there and each time the results were horrible. Finally I found an old school MBW and the game was on. I watched from the sidelines until the “right” dial showed up, then I found the right bezel and started aging it. I went with a very early pointy-four insert and amber pip. Then an original Polex Pete silver flat-three overlay washed up on these blissful shores. I tried 1,000 different T127 crystal and ring and bezel combinations until settling on the Sternkreuz. Then I filed and sanded the MBW ring until it all went together. Then I sent it all off to my ever-patient builder and gave him very minimal guidance: “use your artistic eye”. He machined the case and worked the details until it all fell together, and now it’s home and finished. I still need to have the PP overlay installed, but everything else is DONE. And what a beauty. It’s more than I hoped for. Thanks again to NeckyZips for being reliable, and being patient with me. The man is an artist nes plus ultra.

Very pretty. What hands did you use?

This post is way old news but I figured I would update it as I had recently completed a commando build. Recipe : Raffles 34mm tudor case with tudor solid caseback and rolex crown solid caseback sanded down to remove tudor engraving and given a light aged polish modified bezel to accept Yuki Domed crystal AF-294 ( ID of bezel needed enlarging) yuki dial - aged with translucent airbrush paint hands from Ofrie part number HAN- 6595 (eta hands) eta datejust hand eta 2824 clone raffles 19mm rivet bracelet - ( proper rivet bracelet on the way ) 2 very minor differences in my build to gen. the opening in the corrnet could be slightly larger the hour hand is 1mm too long. for under $500 in 2020 you cant go wrong its a sweet lil piece and has been getting alot of wrist time. Voila