vilius69

well, I bought my first rad back 4 yrs ago, it was 232. had lots of prelims first strap change took like an hour or so I did have 292 and 288. all sold. was tempted wit 183 by HF but a friend from other fora bought it and... it survived only one strap change. 

yes, you can lactate but after you will not be able to change straps. you can buy panatime screws and lugs (I had) and nevertheless you will experience problems. I decided store dreaming about rads

if I saw this earlier I would suggest to talk with your dealer regarding replacement. radiomir screws are very sensitive. I had in the past 4 rads and all had problems with screws and lugs.

was thinking about this kw model but no, after your responses, I doubt they managed to make this well

but have you seen pics of Angus project? hopefully this wont need any polishing

While reading the headline , i thought about a new released LE by RENAULT

Dr. Theo

I thought the same ! Renault and OP ! what a bjutiful combination !

hmm looks kinda great !

have only seen pics of a black ingy on mesh.

what mesh is that?

Polonus, for sure your wrist too small for this watch  

this would look better on mine 16,5.

new noob indeed

v1 i thing- crown tube is correct. ar is great on these from what I heard.

gonna pick mine tonite

very tough decision, only 3 pams... actually I want to figure those 3 for myself

390M for sure as she is one of the best looking watches ever

029M I've been in love with her for some years (love started from 029B)

and as the 3rd one... there are many candidates- 288, 292, 026, 024, 359, 217...

^ try vintagewatches.it

this Stefano Mazuoli web shop- he's got a really nice selection of vintage straps. And straps like above can be made by, eg gunny or any other strapmaker

get cartel 390, NF 111N and merge as described above. you will get amazing result. and dsn hands.

everything as described. and believe me- nf case is really much better !

thanks !

I do really enjoy pics of rolie aficionados metings, much better than pam as pics from these focus not on watches but the meals they eat and similar crap

these rolie meetings pics are insane, simply astonishingly insane ! so many watches in a small place

3717 for the beginning

DECENT strap, eg Rios

later get Taka xstal or get your AD'd with dial relume

later gen dial/hands/tube with crown

and voila ! you are a happy owner of a frankenstain

very very bjutiful

Uso bucket , would. E better.

Your pin flaw Obvious and need to be fixed and I am sure angus will do this asap.

Dsn only and these hands are better than hf ones

I do prefer the black one too.

probably would like to build it frankenstain but the dial is needed first which is hard to source

btw have you ever considered 164? looks good for me but if you want a perfect you have to get both HF and NF and merge these

Thanks for the info !

My personal preference goes for the late models with whiter lume. Think Yuki make quite nice dials for these.

And Jubilee bracelet just make this watch LAVISH ! Looks sporty and elegant at the same time, something which can not be repeated.

Btw can you tell where have you sourced your bracelets? There many of producers but not all make good stuff, eg wholesaleoutlet bracelet is rather cheapa chepa

A gen dial is ice on the cake fore sure but the ones i always wanted whent from 500-800 and i think that is a little to much, but you can find very nice gen dials for alot less if you are at the right place at the right time the price depends on condition on the dial and what year.

With my cornino i bought a yuki dial not longer made im afraid! With this new one i whent with a nd-trading dial they are the best aftermarket dials out there.

I also have two sets of great aftermaket jubilee bracelets, they feel all gen and i dont think a gen would make me feel better.

^ NF 029 V1 ( I call it a cousin of Rolex Explorer II 16750 and GMT Master 1675), 243 V2( looks rather similar to 111 but it is a sub), 326 (the blue one if you like blue chrono watch) these 3 are supposed to be best OTB Pams ever. NF manuals have got some flaws: optics, CP not polished on some, some a bit worse CG.

I had 029 V1 - love it and going to buy. Can not live without it.

Walther is NOTHING compared to GMT's !

The first one makes me salivate

I had 5513 built by PbDad, sold and I'm missing plexi, patina etc etc... now I am torn between Exp II 16750 and Master 1675

as I understand pointed CG is for early releases and it is more expensive though. my aim is "not to be called out" regarding the gen price

will be very interesting to read your story

btw I can find on ebay gen dials from $100 to almost $1K... does it depend on the rarity or so? same with the bracelets, found for $800 I can asume price should be like $200-300

yea i can understand you 110%! Well the 1675 cornino isent easy to do with the pointed crown gards, nor this regular 1675 isent easy also, i know that Rolexaddict (who is building it) uses a mold from a gen 1675 to shape the crown gards on this regular 1675.

I will write a full storie about the watch very very soon.

do not know...speechless... this thread has just killed me... tooooo many nice watches....

the MOST comprehensive thread on all foras ! as I've been looking for some time on info reg GMT 1675 and Exp II as do not know which one to start building

240 from HF is quite good but not supa rep, though.

177HF has typical week points from HF- case construction (I do have 390 and love it but planing to swap into he NF case) and CG corners

also I am thinking about 177 from NF but here you must be careful with QC

^ well said- very rare model, very. also it has got the immediate tell- chamfered CG corners...