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for me, that would be another reason to wear it all the time! you would be "carrying the memory" with you. why don't you go have some adventures with the watch, I'm sure your friend would be pleased. (for example, climb a mountain) you can always have it serviced if you want it new and shiny! well, that's my opinion! cheers, tim

I believe that watches are tools, they shouldn't be treated as new born childs. Every little dent and scratch adds to it's history, a watch that looks brand spanking new always seems dodgy (at least to me) I'd say wear it and enjoy it, a rep, although none exist, would never give you that satisfaction! Cheers, Tim

moving it on again, are you? got bored?

Not quite But 50's manual wind Tudor movements don't seem to be that hard to source anyway! Should be the same (or a similar) movement. The bigger problem will be hands and caseback Cheers, Tim

Thanks for the input Donerix! That puretime case might really be an option. I think the case was actually shared with the 6536, some examples I believe were even delivered with a rolex engraved caseback. Of course, with these old watches you never know if it's actually gen or a "franken" example, possibly even put together by RSC. But anyway, the PT case looks just fine, if you give it a little "fake" wear, nobody could tell the difference anyhow. Also the bezel in the last picture is quite interesting. I would say it's a 6536 bezel that's just changed it's appearance over the years. In that case the PT stock bezel would look "pre-aged", which is great. Does anybody know if the older Tudor/Rolex Oyster Precision models had a caseback that would actually fit a 6536/6542 case? Cheers, Tim

completely forgot about NDT ... They actually offer two dials, the one for 600$ is more accurate for the 7923 I believe Also they offer a 7922 replacement case. Possibly they could do custom engravings and have 7923 engraved instead. That would def. save some money on that account. Can anybody say something about their quality / reliability? Is that case somewhat accurate? Never dealt with them before! Cheers, Tim

Little list: Phong's or Yuki's 6536 case (I have no idea which one is better and why, somebody would need to make a suggestion on that) with custom engraving Dial would have to be a redial, maybe Phong could also take care of that (For the beginning may a decal? à la jmb maybe?) 6mm brevet crown (DSN or gen I suppose), maybe 8mm to make it special Rolex Oyster precision caseback (Does anyone know if it would fit?) and custom engraving Tudor movement from an old Tudor "precision" (maybe the caseback would work aswell) or alternatively, for the beginning, a simple ETA 1080 no idea on the hands though

Hi there guys, I haven't quite made my mind up on this, but I'm very tempted by this. Also I don't think anyone as actually atempted it, so in any case it's a hard one. Here's what i know so far: It's the only manual wind submariner ever produced, sporting a Tudor caliber 1163 (opinions vary, some state the internal Tudor reference as 1188, based on an ETA 1156, most probably, a modified ETA 1080 with added Kiflector shock absorbtion). It should be possible to find one of those in old manual wind Tudors. Otherwise a 1080 could be used. Possibly it is also a FEF 350, the base manual wind caliber of the TUDOR/ROLEX 350. That would obviously make sence, because the watch is a prototype and Fleurier never made automatic movement. The 7923 seems to have been produced (or designed) before the 7922, even though the serials are sequential. Most people don't believe the movement was made by Fleurier, but it's an option never the less: The case design was shared with it's Rolex brother the 6536 (although some 7923's are reported to have a 8mm brevet crown.) Except for the caseback, the cases should therefore be identical. The caseback is a special topic ... it's flat, to accomodate the manual wind movement. More like something found on a Rolex precision and has the serial engraved on the outside (!) Dial is shared with TUDOR 7922. Some are supposed to have pencil hands and very rarely red dial printing. So guys, what do you think? Is this one possible? I think obtaining case an movement should be possible ... caseback, hands and dial are a different story! Well, maybe one of you has some advice and an idea where to start! Thanks in advance, Cheers, Tim

pleasure

Hi there, hope this hasn't been asked before, didn't find anything using the search function. I got really excited when I saw this: Yuki's new Aqua Lung Is this an upgrade from previous DSN releases? I understood they had their flaws ... Cheers, Tim BTW.: Does anyone know what Phong charges? (Does this one even compare?)

I think this belongs in the "other brands" section

Don''t know of any Fortis reps ... and I don't think there will ever be any ... there just isn't enough demand!

and i thought you had actually got your hands on a gen dial or something! still, Sounds like fun

wonder why I never find any good deals on eBay ...

Interesting read, however I'm not sure if it actually attempts to answer the question ... it merely describes an experiment that proves the initial problem. but maybe I'm not getting something

just read this! Even if it's ages old, seriously awesome post!!

My advice: Seek and you shall find. (hint: use the search function)

There you go: 2836-1 2836-2 2824-1 2824-2 They are quality wise as good as each other. That should answer the questions, Cheers, Tim

Def. better without the inner circle. I didn't quite see the point in the first place ... Unless of course you'd shorten one of the hands. Meaning that the inner Ring would have markings for hours and the outer one displayed minutes or vice versa ... I'd reckon that could actually be quite cool.

nope, the same case should be used

What were you thinking how the date should work? Run backwards aswell? If so, you could probably just reprint the datewheel ...

a little suggestion from my side: I would make the markers on the "outside" ring half-hour markers and line them up with the numerals! would make everything more balanced and they would have a function! but maybe that's just my view, cheers, tim

How sad ... he was an absolute genius! I thought the same thing, I would have thought everyone would chime in ... there seems to be hardly any acknowledgement at all!

I can understnad this is an issue for some of you guys, but I think that just looks absolutely awesome! Kind of "neo-vintage" in two weeks! Wonder what it will look like in a year

as far as I am aware of, there is no functioning rep movement with split-seconds!