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Yeah, that's what I am going with. Just ordered one from Caskers

I loved the Newman Picture! That's a lot of newmans in one place...

I am getting some contrary information on what size tap to use for a 7030 Tube. Some sources show 3.0x.35 and others are showing a 3.0x.30...can anybody here shed some light on where the disconnect is on this?

Yeah - But, my budget is done - now it's a free-for-all

Maybe I need to add a gen bezel to my list at some point...

Ahhh- no wonder it looks so nice , and it whole bezel is gen right - not just the insert? What case? Phong?

I knew I'd seen that one before! What bezel is on that one?

Yeah, I was kind of surprised how quickly it came together too. I was going to take it really slow to make sure I stayed under by low budget, but everything was available and I ended up coming in at about $150 under my initial budget - so not too bad! I did search for stuff for about 10 hours a day, so 10 hours a day times about 6-7 days = lot's of searching I love being self-employed

Do you have any pics of yours vly? I tried finding some real quick and didn't have any luck...

The "Sub Club!" - I forgot you had one too, what dial is on yours? Red or White? @Zeleni - Thanks, you crack me up!

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:

Dang! That's what I'm talking about! Now I just need to find one

That's right where the price is. I I think I'll be stick with my yuki for the moment, maybe I'll pickup a Gen Glasp...anybody here have any leads on one?

That's all I needed to hear! Thanks man! Based on the prices of decent Gens, I think I'll be sticking with my Yuki 93"2"50....

I found this 93150 and I wanted to get some expert opinions on it. I am still trying to figure out any tells on fake 93150's so how does this look? It looks a little stretched - but I am not sure how much stretch is normal for these. Compared to my NOS Omega 1171 - doesn't look like much stretch at all - what do you guys think?

Hehe. Don't get me in too much trouble!

No prob!

Here, I made you a new one

Very very very nice

What's up B? If you change the theme (at the bottom of the page) to something other the Dark Side of RWG you end up getting a little Pallete Icon by the search field. That will let you change the font size, other than that, I can't find any other options to change either...

Since everybody here knows everybody else by their avatar - I thought I'd give a heads up on a change. Since I sold my PO I didn't feel as though I should keep it as my avatar...so - here's my new one

Getting closer....I now have dial (gen), hands(gen), insert(Brand New Gen), crown (gen)...just waiting on some crystals ...and thanks to Automatico - I learned how to micro-adjust the datewheel centering...so now I am dead on in the middle - thanks R!

Thanks guys! This information is perfect!

Cool! So I am missing the inside the crown gasket. I've order both 5mm and 6mm size from Ofrei, is the 6mm the correct size? I thought this was a 7mm crown..slightly confused.. Any help?

Thanks for the encouraging words!