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Always done a sterling job for me, although he can get very busy so the wait can be a while

Congratulation Mike

That blue insert transforms the watch, absolutely beautiful. Shame about that bloody awful PANAM logo!

Landeron Polaris Compressor, reliable stylish and cheap!

Lovely Tom, I have one on the go as well using one of Justins case sets, an ets 2824 and a gen dial Cheers DH

Early Modded yuki 5514 case set, with incorrect case back engravings removed MQ dial, the best aftermarket one available in my humble opinion UK based supplier of Tudor eta hands Lowered profile yuki bezel Not sure on the fat font insert and pearl, I assume yuki Hope that helps Cheers DH

Hi mate, yep CG's and the bezel profile lowered Cheers

The crown is the modern 704 replacement for the old 703. Which will be being replaced on this watch soon

Enjoy chaps!

Very popular in Italy at the moment, quite cool as a piece of mens jewelry

703 on the way lions Cheers :-)

Hi castro, as my post states BIg D specialises in re luming dials and hands, not casework With regards to the CG's, having owned Gen 5513's, 5512's and a 1665 over the years they have varied hugely depending on how polished or not polished they've been. The crown is a Gen 704 monoblock, which is the modern service replacement of the steel capped crimped 703 crown. Hope that helps Cheers DH

Omega Planet Ocean with a swiss eta movement. Achievable and realistic considering your age and stage of life. Sadly the minute i see anyone with a Panerai on their wrist i always think 'Rep' Sorry i know i shouldn't but i do

Well I suppose it had to happen one day, Big Daz has finally landed a proper job. A big congratulations mate! I guess the degree and all of the hard work finally paid off. So here's my lovely Comex 5514 build done by my old mate.. Yuki 5514 with offending in correct case back engravings removed Mq 5514 dial with a lovely subtle cream lume Hand set re lumed by Mr D Gen tube with Gen 704 monoblock crown Serviced Swiss 2846 slowbeat movement I'll post some proper pictures when I receive it on Friday Cheers DH

Thanks for the feedback guys, I think i know where i need to go with the project. I'll keep you posted Cheers DH

For me personally the fun of a franken build is the sourcing and hunting out of hard to get parts. I have learned so much purely through the collecting aspect. The other thing is that any Gen parts in terms of Vintage Rolex are always going to hold their value. So if you ever get a bit stretched financially then you can always cash your chips in. That's why i own them. A rep is a rep and ultimately is only going to be worth what the forum members deem. Cheers

Agreed on a PVD/DLC Case in order to go for the full on Stealth appeal. I have actually asked my supplier to replace the Pale Green print with a dark brown so you will be able to see the white print. Your right TJ on it always being recognised as an after market dial, i do think that the purist attitiude surrounding Rolex has eased with companies Like Project X doing some really interesting stuff, and coming up with some better options that Rolex currently offer DH

Yep Mike, Its going to be one of those posts mate. Certainly not for everyone but there does seem to be a lot of interest in this sort of modification

Good Morning Gents, I've been keeping an eye on the current trend for whole PVD/DLC coatings in Camo and also the camo dials that seem to be appearing in Italy. Always one of the first countries to embrace individual personalization of nice things. So please find my initial prototype of a 1016 dial, which i think looks quite nice with the red seconds hand. The idea is to produce 4 variants which would include a Sub, Seadweller, GMT,Explorer 2 and possibly some form of datejust. I realise that this is one of those 'Marmite' subjects so I'm sure it's going to be a 'love it' or 'hate it' topic

Bloody Hell Mate Sorry to hear your news Cheers M

Yowzer, you don't see many of them in the wild Eh Mr B

Classic listing this http://www.ebay.com/itm/meccanismo-ETA-2836-2-comex-vintage-plexiglass-/111368518167?pt=Accessori_e_Ricambi&hash=item19ee14ba17

You might be better using an eta 2846, remove the calender date parts then you'd have a nice reliable slow beat movement. Closer to the Gen than the 2836. Can't remember having any issues with the stem height using the Raffles Movement ring either Cheers DH

Apart from having a 93150 bracelet fitted this 1675 looks fine to me. The CG profile and thickness look correct. Much slimmer than a Subs ones But I'm happy to stand corrected Certainly looks like it's had a newer set of hands at some stage

It's possible to fit a gen 1575 into a lot of rep cases. Having owned the majority of rep and good aftermarket 1655 cases over the years I'd hedge my bets on this being one of ingod44's cases. I've worked on a couple of his and had to mod them to address the issues raised in the post DH