phillycheez

Yes, this is the watch I raffled off on WC. And damn do I miss that watch!! Congrats. It's the best Tudor Franken on the forums. It's indistinguishable. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

You might like the Mark XVI. I thoroughly enjoyed it when I owned one. But yeah.. Always wanted the ingy but it was always too big. Then they made a perfect size... http://imgur.com/qOYwYRp

Buying the whole watch is usually a better deal.

Sounds fair to me

Oh I really miss that beauty! That one is long gone.... Sadly. Sold it to get that phong tudor if I remember correctly. It was one of those frankens that needed nothing to be more accurate. It was perfect.

Oooo.. Your case looks great. I imagine it depends on who manufactured it at the time.

Hmm.. Which one? I've owned about 3 of them. Here's one I own now... Case is unknown but it's very good. This was the phong...

Phong Snowflake cases I've owned and see are ridiculously wokky.

Vintage... It's where everyone ends up if you really enjoy watches. And anyone who disagrees... You will get there. It's just a matter of time.

For that model I would leave it. It will kill its value if you do. But then again it is your watch and you should do as you please. If you've had it for 15 years it sounds like a keeper so as long as you're happy with it. I would personally just search for a service dial and hands so you can keep the original dial hands.

J12's look good to me. She loves em

Depending on what your uses for this watch is... If it's actually an outdoor tactical watch where you are actually active with it on I prefer quartz to be honest. While I see the "point" of using a automatic movement... I really don't see the point when using it for outdoor activities just because you can. When I go camping or biking I put on a Marathon Navigator because you never have to worry about it... Ever. Best $200 I've ever spent. It hasn't lost a second... Only time I set it is for daylight savings. Now if you're just looking for a tactical watch just for the design.. There's plenty out there to choose from.

Yummy. Please PM me when your finished with it...

I used drano. Works really fast. I dunk it in and wash it off in short intervals to wash off the drano with water to check fade. Be sure not to touch the insert with your gloves when drano is on it. It will mark the spot and fade differently. Between the 8 and 12 markers is where I accidentally touched it. It was a Gen insert. I started with 30 seconds and shorten the intervals until I got the exact fade. I then cape cod it afterwards.

Whoever does the lume for nbtimes.... Serious note... The Zigmeisters job on a Tudor snowflake is the best I've ever seen. Forgot who's but it's a Gen dial. I would say you're pretty close, just the texture isn't there yet.

Impressive

I'd leave as is. It's a service insert, those rarely if ever fade.

Jeezuz that's a grail build right there... Absolutely stunning.

How much patience you got? Good luck on the build!

When I've seen your insert before they called it super fat font insert. I'd wear the crap out of that too. Damn... Been waiting for somebody to replicate the fat font inserts (accurately) since I've been into vintage.

Scam... most likely. That's a shame. Too good to be true.

I imagine that forum is archived somewhere on Google servers. Once on the Internet, always on the Internet.

If I lived in Seattle I totally would help ya out. Unfortunately, that's pretty much a day trip for me from Portland. Hopefully a member north of me can help ya!

I recently saw this for sale from LawrenceB http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=tree&goto=6564753&rid=0#msg_6564753 If you live in Seattle... $2,500 http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/jwl/3985750677.html Looks like service dial and hands. Could likely flip this for $3,500. If I had some funds I'd pick this up in a heart beat.