Well thanks to ogling all the nice 1680's for sale over on the Vintage Rolex Market, I decided I needed to build my own, but I wasn't totally sure if it was possible. So, after some searching here on RWG I stumbled across Ronin's 1680 Build and knew that it was possible. After some deeper research (i.e. bugging poor Ronin, Ubiquitous, Alligoat and Automatico via PM), I was able to collect all of the information and parts needed to build my own Franken White 1680. It's not quite done yet, I am still working on getting a bracelet, installing the gen tube, and delivery of a gen crystal, but it is at least presentable and wearable. So here's what it is:
- Genuine 1575 Movement (Freshly serviced with Sunburst Silver Datewheel with Flat 3's and open 6's and 9's) via a very nice donor Rolex 1500 Perpetual Date sourced from Florida
- Genuine Mark 1 White Dial sourced from Singapore
- Genuine Hands sourced from Australia (thanks bwhitesox)
- Genuine Bezel Insert sourced from Italy
- Genuine 703 Crown sourced from New York
- Genuine Springbars from Ubiquitous THANK YOU SIR!
- Clarks Crystal (temporary until the gen from Geneva shows up, I may leave it on there for a while as it is pretty nice!)
- Yuki 1680 Case sourced from Washington (thanks Sly)
- Yuki 93250 Solid Link Bracelet
Here are a couple of quick iPhone pics, I'll take some better ones tonight when I get home from work: