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Neil, My condolences to your family. Best wishes, R

Man, that is sweet! After seeing this one, I may have to get me an Ingy!!

The rotor and bridge aren't a big deal to me; since they're hidden behind a caseback, I can't enjoy looking at them Since I build these for my personal enjoyment, these hidden details are not a priority. If one should come up (as they sometimes do), then I may consider getting one if at the right price, but I think that money is better spent on other items that I could put to better use...

Thanks, gang. These things are just so much fun to make, that I thought I'd start over again with a white dial Hopefully this one won't take a year to complete (unlike the black dialed one).

From left to right: -El Primero project #2 (now with white dial) -El Primero project #1 -DW 6265 with Swiss Valjoux 23 transplanted and other mods -MBW 1665 modified with genuine parts -Frankenstein 16610 modified with TWG 21j Sub and genuine parts -Modded 16622 YM

Not to mention that a genuine 16600 Sea-Dweller has a crystal that is almost 1mm smaller in diameter than a 16610's! If the 16610's rep case is being used for the rep SD, then the crystal and bezel insert diameters will also be a noticable 'tell'. 1mm may not sound like much, but when you're dealing with something as small as a watch, it makes a difference.

AP ROO for me, please!

Bill, Write ups don't get much better than this! An excellent job, along with clear, concise pics (as with all of your posts). Well done! Cheers, R

I'm cuckoo for Cosmographs. Just can't get enough of these things...

For a 11626x? I think it's 37mm/38mm; the lugs are substantially thicker than a standard DJ... The case is thicker too (I believe close to 13mm).

Sea-Dweller, BUT... 16660 transitional with matte dial/sapphire crystal combo.

That's what I did... 21j dial, bracelet and gen crown/tube, gen insert, etc... This is going to be a great project HD... The results should be top notch!

Franken DW 6265 with V23 for today...

I'd start buying Swiss chocolate bars tonight if that were the case!

Thanks, Mark. Much appreciated!

Euno- For your 5513, you'll need either a 242/24-700 (if it's a twinlock) or a 242/24-702 for a Triplock signed crown/tube missing external gasket. For your 1675, a 6mm 24-533 should suffice?

Ludo, It's a combination of different hands. You can simply use myst. mvmt hands and V72 hands That's what I have installed on mine...

I recently installed a davidsen plexi on my 3646 hommage, which is based on a standard 183 rep case. Changing out crystals was easy- Simply pressed out my old sapphire in my press and pressed the new plexi in with the gasket fitted. Took all of 3 minutes.

Yeah... Already have a 45mm that I built using a WM dial...

I dun tink it's ugly If my wrist could pull off 47mm, I'd be all over it...

Looks fantastic Rob! Another work of art! I am sure Arthur will be thrilled when this one lands back in his hands

"Tropic" is just the nomenclature used for Rolex crystals; i.e. similar "Oyster", "Rolesor", Rolesium" etc. Just marketing...

Nice, Flo! I'm sure you'd be at 3k by now if you weren't studying all the time With that said, I'm glad to see your count at 'only' 1,000... Here's to another!

$3k/$4k seems to be the going rate that I've heard consistently... $15k was a pretty obvious shilled auction; $100k is just stupid...

Indeed... I'm quite surprised that there aren't any true 1:1 replications of this one; seeing as how it's genuiine counterpart's popularity has been gaining considerably over the past few years, I'd think this would be on the list somewhere... I can buy a franken with genuine 1575 for a couple thousand dollars, but to me, it would be much more fun to build one. Euno- Nice to see you too, my friend! Hope you have been doing well