danza1812

Here's mine with gen insert, crystal and dial.

Daniel Craig wore some rubber metallic looking planet oceans during filming of quantum of solace, to prevent damage to both the watch and the actor during stunts. Does that count?

TC sub, gen dial, insert and crystal, v3 bracelet.

Gen insert is a must.

Fair play it came across rather abrupt but he holds his hand up to that. End of story, let's do what we do best and help him get a box set!

When you look at the comparison at that distance it really demonstrates that a casual glance would make a rep po very hard to call out! Even to a gen or rep expert.

Took my Franken TC (gen dial, crystal and insert) to town and had chance to compare it with a 2006 sub in a second hand shop selling at £4495, I have to say it was visually impossible to tell a difference (ok maybe te slight lip between crown and bezel is more prominent on the TC) obviously the gen sels were a perfect fit (but in a couple of weeks when my v3 arrives that will be sorted! )

Oh and maybe a gen crown if I can find one!

That looks great.

Your hands look white, yet the dial and hands on the josh 5513 has the yellow look, which I'm not enamoured with tbh.

Josh 5513 127$

Ingod44 dial 130$

Gen crown 60-70$

Clark tube 17$

Ofrei or Yuki pearl 24$

Josh's insert is usable, just age it.

Clark T19 service crystal 10$

Open lugholes for 2mm bars

2mm springbars 6$

What hands would you recommend to fit the Asian movement if one was to buy an Ingod dial with white markers?

Ingods dials fit in a josh 5513? Interesting...damn you for supplying me that information I now feel compelled to act on!

Mbw 5513 will accept a gen dial, I'm not sure about the 1680, ive got a feeling they use the 5513 case so a gen 1680 dial won't fit. That's if you decide to Franken.

TC Franken 16610.

Franken 16610 for today and everyday these days

I know very little about IWC but Is this a top gun double chrono?

Just need that damn rep gasket! Andrew may be able to sell me one, failing that I will get a donor watch and sell the rest as parts!

Can't wait to finish this one, ive had one before and had big regrets after selling it!

Heres my Franken po.

So far it has gen dial, hands, eta dw, he valve, crown and tube.

The gen crystal arrived last week, I took this quick snap to show how it will look over the dial (when I manage to source a rep gasket!)

It appears to be the new style crystal with a more subtle blue hue to it. I have to say I like it. Bezel will be ordered later this month and maybe some gen endlinks or a rubber strap.

What do you think so far?

Thanks cougar. Can't believe I threw mine away by accident along with the bezel and crystal! Doh.

Damn it! Can't find the rep gasket! Where can I get one do you think?

I kind of remember reading somewhere that you have to use the rep gasket rather than the gen gasket. Maybe you can do a search or one of the experts can chime in.

A crystal press is very cheap, around $10 as I recall. If you have a Harbor Freight store near you, they sell them.

Ah I thought it was the other way round and that a gen gasket would be required, can any Franken 42mm po owners confirm?

Anyone got any tips on installing the crystal too? I've got the gasket in place but any pressure on the crystal just displaces the gasket...

Im in the process of installing gen crystal to my po. In reinstalling the movement, I now have a problem with the winding/stem

When the crown is pulled out it works fine, date setting works well as does winding (although a little noisy when winding) then when I push the crown to screw down I can hear the movement still winding until the crown is tight against the case.

My sub with the same movement doesn't have this issue.

Any ideas or tips from the experts? Thanks

I think the engraving is standard on all 16610's.

The other option is to buy another case from TC with engraving, remove the rehaut engraving yourself then swap your era and bezel etc into it. Perhaps you could then sell the non engraved mid case to recoup costs? I know it sounds like a pain but the construction and de construction of the sub is simple. It's like a Lego set!