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Rafflesdials has the 36mm 18239 DD case http://rafflesdials.com/rolex-signed-vintage-style-of-36mm-stainless-steel-day-date-watch-case-with-fluted-bezel-and-20mm-lugs-size-fit-eta-2836-movement/ It will take his President's bracelet I believe

RJ's cases are for the 18239- with the 'flat spot' between the lugs. The 118239 which came out around 2000 had the round case between the lugs and brought back the oyster bracelet. I don't think the oyster bracelet was an option on the 18239. @Hayden M- the advantage of the 2834-2 is that it's 28800 beat and made for the Rolex style day date. 2846 is 21600 beat. You linked to the dial that I used- it's not the greatest but it's ok.

I had a swiss eta 2834-2 that I wanted to use and mymanmatt got the DWOs- day and date and installed those on the 2834. The dial came from raffles and the case and bracelet are really DJ 116234 stuff but it worked out for a 118239 of sorts. The nice thing about the 118239 is that it runs under the radar so to speak- people have no clue what WG is. Clarks had a nice 2834-2 a while back- it has to be a clone but might work well https://www.ebay.com/itm/ETA-2834-2-style-movement-Swiss-made-white-nickel-in-color-clone/254043608728?_trkparms=aid%3D333200%26algo%3DCOMP.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20171012094517%26meid%3D4d9ba1b0fafc49089c4a290933784ff0%26pid%3D100008%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D273202529994%26itm%3D254043608728&_trksid=p2047675.c100008.m2219 Silix prime has a ss 118239 type of watch and I've thought about maybe buying it to use the case and bracelet. http://www.silix-prime.us/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=116_205_207&products_id=2056 It probably is a little more accurate than using a DJ case..

FYI, the 726 is a later Valjoux and it runs at 21.600.

Darn, there's no droop to the crown guards Check out this red sub on Chrono 24 https://www.chrono24.com/rolex/vintage-rolex-1680-red-submariner-meters-first-mk1-long-dial--id9501838.htm Also, GS is Germanov Simon up in Rochester, NY- it may be cold up there but it isn't Switzerland. I did see where rafflesdials has an overlay with open 6/9s and flat top 3s in white- that's pretty close for a 1680 overlay. But this one is from one of the forum guys and is spot on. https://www.ebay.com/itm/ETA-movement-part-date-disc-silver-2824-2836-2893-oyster-date/123414447503 At any rate, it's a good effort, dial and hands look good!

Bezel insert is wrong, dial looks off, date font is atrocious- is this a canal street rep?

Ranfft is incredible, but he's somewhat scant on rolex movements- but here's the 630 for what it's worth. http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&0&2uswk&Rolex_630 He doesn't have anything on the early sub movements- the A296 and the A260 or the 1030.

I'm thinking that a Datejust seconds hand would work. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Exquisite-Vintage-Rolex-1601-Datejust-1960s-Steel-18K-White-Gold-Bezel-36mm/332865404605?hash=item4d8052febd:g:cywAAOSwUv5bW2X2:rk:8:pf:0 Or maybe a 1500 Date seconds hand since it's a 34mm case https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mens-Rolex-Date-Stainless-Steel-Watch-Black-Leather-Strap-Band-Silver-Dial-1500/202095352296?hash=item2f0dd259e8:rk:4:pf:0 Maybe HAN6713 would work

I've got an old iPhone 6 and sometimes it does ok Lighting is the biggest challenge, trying to neutralize the glare

There are rep crowns out there which are good copies, but I don't know where you find them these days. TC used to have them, but he's gone. I used to buy used gen crowns for $30-40 and then install a wholesaleoutlet990 case tube . I do know that if you change the crown, you will most likely have to change the case tube. And you will have to tap the hole in the case. And tapping the hole in an old TW case might be a challenge- I once broke a tap off in a case. Stems are all tap10- .90mm AFAIK.

Interesting piece of history. The upgrades you mention would definitely help. Eddie Lee got out of the business about 10 years ago. Around 2012, after the WM9s disappeared, BK had the updated TW best 16610s- with a more gen like bezel assembly, but even those are gone these days AFAIK. Now days the JF is the best 16610 rep- with the SH 3135 movement.

No, tritium was used up until 1998 and the holes in DJ 16200 cases went away in 1996, so there's a slight overlap.

Looks good! Congrats Maybe you could share the build details

looks ok to me- T SWISS MADE T indicates that it's older with the small dots next to the stick markers being tritium- probably don't glow anymore

Around the same time as the WM9-V1, there was this MBW which I got from Chris at Eurotimez. It had drilled lugholes and I converted the bezel assembly to gen like construction with some gen and aftermarket parts. Lastly I ditched the noobmariner dial and hands and swapped in WM9 dial and hands. Oh, gen crown and tube and a TC 93250 completed the deal. It goes swimming regularly. Drilled out the lugholes also.

Startime Supply has them- they're unmarked http://www.startimesupply.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=1&Category_Code=1D_Rolex_Gold_Bands-sub&Product_Code= The DJ one is a little cheaper at 14kt. http://www.startimesupply.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=1&Product_Code=RMO14K-DJ&Category_Code=1D_Rolex_Gold_Bands-mnsDJ

Looks good to me. The 3130 is the upgraded movement- hence the M behind the model number. Kind of like the 14060M submariner. With a Swiss Made dial, I'd date this watch to around 2000 or slightly later. The serial number would tell you when it was made.

I agree- that baby is beyond hope.

I'm thinking the WM V1 was around 2010-12. There was V1, V2 and V3 as I recall. WM9 was after that. I was building an A serial MBW which I converted to gen bezel assembly around that time- got it from Chris at Eurotimez. I'd post a PIC, BUT IT'S TIED UP OVER AT PHOTOBUCKET AND I WON'T Pay THE RANSOM! Come to think of it, there was also WM9- V-1 thru 3- maybe that's what ByTor is thinking of. After that was the TW best 16610 from BK and then along came TC. Then it was BP and JF

LOL, Eddie Lee wasn't Taiwanese- he was Canadian, or at least living in Canada when I spoke to him over the phone 12 years ago. He did sell TW Best watches. Unfortunately, he hung it up 8 years ago or so.

If you got a movement from Eddie Lee 8 years ago, it is a Swiss ETA. Since then all of the dealers have had to start using clones since Swatch has restricted the sale of the Swiss movements

13 mm sounds right for the Explorer 1016. Everyone always complains about the 12mm hands being short.

It's fairly easy to do. First you remove the existing tube from the case (maybe with a rat tail file). You need a 3.0mm x .35 tap to clean out the threads in the case. Then you need a tube wrench to install the new tube- it's a Rolex tool which cost $35 or so. Put a little bit of thread locker on the tube before you install it. All of the crowns typically take a .9mm stem which is probably what you have on the dg2813. Don't know what the watchmaker would charge- if he has the tools, maybe $50-75. It takes maybe 30 minutes at most.

Raffles has what appears to be a 7mm 703 copy crown and tube for $16.99. Hopefully the thread pitch on the Tiger concept is 3.0mm x .35 as is the Rafflesdials tube, but once again, you'll just have to buy it and try it.