Hi,
first of all I want to thank all the members that have replied to my noob questions by PM. There are a lot of great guys in this forum.
I've never post in The Rolex Area before, because since I discovered RWG I've been interested in other brands: Omega, Breitling, Bell and Ross and of course Panerai. I've bought lots of watches: reps, super reps, mega guachi super reps and I've got some great full modded Pannies, by friends as Vaccum and Finepics.
Even so my first rep was a green bezel sub. No idea if it is accurate or not. I like it and it's the important thing for me.
During last days, and after reading some of your great reviews of vintage subs, I've turn again to Rolex. Now I'm fully involved in the search of the best parts for a project: a franken (I think you use this word) 1680.
My first step was to find a MBW 1680. After some PMs, Dan in RepGeek (thanks, Dan, you're the best) told me that Paso and TTK can sell it to me. I wrote an email to both of them and Paso was the only one that answered. Paul looks a great guy and now I'm waiting for the watch (the new one with hollow mid links and stamped 503b) but here some pics of his gallery:
After that, I started the search for some genuine or good aftermarket parts.
A genuine 127 crystal:
A genuine bezel and insert:
A genuine black dial with red Submariner font:
For the crown, I'm not sure what's the correct model I need. So I've got two options.
A genuine first one, with genuine gasket:
Second one (a genuine vintage crown that repaustria told me is a 702 model):
For the springbars, another two options. Used genuine:
Or good aftermarket:
Now I'm looking for a good date wheel and a genuine hands set. If you can tell me a good source, I'd thank you very much.
I'll send this watch to a modder for putting all together and the usual mods (drilled out lugholes, crown guards, etc.) and, in the future, I'll buy a genuine caliber and bracelet.
I'd appreciate your sincere opinion about the parts I've bought (I need to know if they are accurate for the project and real genuines) and suggestions about what more I need and where I can find them. No worry to hurt my heart with the bad opinions
Thanks for reading.
Cheers,
Carlos
PS: Spain's just beaten Germany in the EuroBasket. Oeeeeeee oeeeeeeee oeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee