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Yea I figured this was going to be the case oh well ill have to get at it when I get home next month and in the mean time get proper stems. May send it to the doctor (I think you know who you are lol) if he is interested in doing the work. Cheers !

Think he would do a Comex dial for me ? Im itching to get my 5514 complete !!!! Hahahah just realized how old this thread was..... oops got a little excited

Yea I hear you but there is no nub lol hats the problem it's broken off just before the cone inside the movement. May tear it down tonight

Yea it seems to be spot on. There was a little stress on the stem and i allowed it to go back a bit, so it wasnt so stressed. It seems like the issue is the stem height in the new CHS case. although the measurement of the 2824 and the 3135 isnt much of a difference, it does seem to be a bit more in this watch. im going to check the thickness of the rep dial etc.. because i really dont think this should be this much stress on the stem.

Hey Mike, I used a Gen Crown and I was told by the local watchsmith I bought the stem from it was a Genuine Rolex winding stem. I think ill have to go have a chat with him as he charged me $38 cdn each for them steep but i needed them asap

Hah sounds like you are a lot like myself in that regard. I've always been one to turn my own wrenches on my cars unless it was something mundaine and I didn't want to touch like tie rod or something boring like that. But I can't handle having things not just right. My brand new BMW X3 had a creaking on the moonroof and BMW couldn't fix it as they didn't hear it although it was blatant.. so I took apart the whole headliner and found it to be plastic rubbing metal that should have had some sort of felt on it haha but the worse was when my fiancée came home and went down into the parking garage looking for me and seen her new truck all taken apart inside ?? she wasn't a happy camper, but it was driving me nuts, so it had to be done lol cheers ! I'll be moving around when I'm over there, the internet isn't that great and sometimes unavailable but I'll be around when I can. Cheers !

Haha yea I'll have to do that and remove all hazards ? The porker isn't so serious I hope, just a $17 relay but they had to order it in for tomorrow and it's a pain in the ass to get at up under the dash.. so that's my Friday ruined lol I was hoping to go for a drive up north and now the weekend will be tearing my dash apart and stripping down my GMT before I head back to Africa Monday night. I'm too anal to leave it for when I get back next month ?

Hmm so if my day couldn't get any worse.. first thing this morning my 911 decides to shit a fuel pump relay in the car elevator of my building at 8am lol not much room in there to get a push on that fat pig of a car.. so I saw red for the first part of my day.. then took my GMT franken out of my box to wear again a bit before I leave and I start winding it up as it sat and then it got really easy... hmm odd is it stripped ? No way it was just built lol.. haul the back cover off and pop out the stem and it had sheared off just inside the movement.. lovely lol anyone know now if this will need a tear down or if th bridge above the stem will allow me access to get it out... my other option was to put a strong adhesive on the stem and put it back and let it set then hope it comes out lol i think with this case the stem is actually a little off causing a side load and weakening the stem over time.... or the meatball at one of the watch shops here in Toronto sold me gen stems for Chinese pieces. Ugh not a good day all around.. any quick ideas fellas, something to cheer me up lol cheers ! C

Beautiful build ! Loving the idea of it ! Cheers !

Here is my franken on the left with a V7 insert and a V7 on the right with the V6S insert. You see depending on the light they both look very different. And again the Gen is another story. It pops in an emerald green in most lights and is stunning!

Difference in lighting makes a huge difference. I have had several of both and it really depends on the lighting. Sometimes the V7 insert in my franken looks emerald green like a gen then I shift a half a degree and it flattens out to a dull green lol then I get sad..

What crown guard is this ? That's a beautiful watch !

Beautiful build my friend ! Enjoy it in good health ! Mine me says hello ?

Marlin 127 OOR serial with Gen strap

Yea I'd like some stuff plated as well

AJ's beautiful Marlin fiddy for sale in the sales section pushed me to wear my OOR serial Marlin fiddy today! Truly beautiful watches !

The dial is wrong, the insert is wrong, minute hand is wrong, second hand is wrong. thats the majority of the value right there. and $130K lol good luck it will never happen for this watch. Without seeing the side of the case the back of the case and between the lugs i will say that this is a 100% waste of funds. On top of the fact that there are no papers for Milsubs I see Mill subs go in the $50k - $75K to very dumb people, but $130K for a watch that looks as fishy as as a whores drawers lol I don't think so.

I've used him a lot years ago, but not sure recently. His stuff used to be ok, but I hear it's gotten a lot better. Ill give it a shot ! Cheers !

Beautiful watch you have there ! I'm looking forward to building a few vintage builds. Cheers !

I bought 4 or 5 Yuki decorated movements last year and if I had my time back I would have bought more. I have used them in my fiancées datejust and explorers. Been work horses for me and all seem to be running fine.

Hey guys, i just put together a 201A I have been waiting to assemble for a while and when the time came I'm just really not happy with the crown guard. The case is a WOlf reshape EL old school case to damn perfect pre V specs, a Swiss 6497 decorated as a pre V Panerai movement, Matt C3 preV spec crystal and a Rolie 201A dial and hand set. All on a dirk squalor olive green shark strap. The CGs I have do not do this thing justice and it pisses me off lol anyone have any ideas for a good base for a CG or have one that's good and want to sell ?

Thanks fellas !! I need this thing assembled before I lose interest lol

Hey fellas, i became a little obsessed with this Rolex thing lately as I used to be a die hard Panerai guy, but I have been bitten by the Rolie bug in a bad way lol these are the first 5 I have built and I have a 6th in the stable, a 5514 HH case with a comex reprinted gen dial and a 1520 gen movement beating inside.. just waiting for the right lume job so I can assemble it. I need someone who can do puffy vintage lume to finish it ? It hasn't been easy to find and get done quickly. Anyways here they are, the Space Dweller is a JMB case with correct engravings for the 1963 space dweller, whoopy space dweller dial, rep riveted bracelet, old ETA low beat 24€& lol can't remember the model. But it runs strong. 116610LN, 116610LV both all gen aside from the mid case, bracelets and the insert on the LV is a V7 insert. 116710 all gen aside from case and the Yuki hybrid 3135/3186 movement. 16622 (always wanted one) this one is also all gen aside from Sean mid case and bracelet. Quite happy with them.. but now looking at some vintage builds and well the 5514 that seems to have been lingering for ever

So is this little slooot incorrect ? LoL everything on the Rolie forums I've seen shows that the gloss gilt is correct ?