A very special franken: Call it Rolex 1685 (by Tribal and The Zigmeister)
Hi,
It's been a long time since I shared with you, my friends, one of my projects. A lot of work, very busy days, you know. But today is a different day and I wanted to present you a very special franken, made by our masters Tribal and The Zigmeister.
This one started being a conventional red 1680 franken, made by Tribal, an incredible work of art. Some old pics:
The parts in this watch were:
- A Genuine insert (not a vintage insert. It was the Luminova replacement Rolex technical service uses).
- Genuine bezel!!!!!!
- Genuine 127 crystal.
- A refinished and expensive NDT dial.
- Genuine tube and crown.
- Genuine springbars.
- Low beat swiss ETA.
- MBW case fully modded by Tribal: rounded sides, CG, lug holes, etc.
- The best not genuine 93150 bracelet I've ever seen.
- Etc.
You can read the completed story here: http://www.rwgforum.com/topic/65486-my-franken-1680/page__p__382921__fromsearch__1&#entry382921
After making this watch I realized that I needed to buy a genuine 1680 (a white one this time) and this one started to lose wrist time. So it needed a change and I sent it to The Zigmeister.
The master gave the dial a completed treatment with his mix of Tritium and SL, serviced the movement and replaced the pearl by a vintage one. But I needed something else so I thought a genuine T39 superdome could look great in an MBW 1680 case. And here are the results:
The 1685
Thanks for looking.