Ephry73

I think these may work on the gilt look if we can work them, meaning spray them with a thin shiny coat of clear, then relume the markers flat. To get that ceramic look on the dial face

That dial and a 7031 bezel would look killer

Love how it turned out brother!!! Wear it in good health. E

Count me in. I'm a hoarder of good parts this will be used

Good looking for sure. Will work indeed. E

Hi Ephry, yes, a gift , so for me, the best watch in the world! doesn't matter the value and how gen like it's made !

Don't know if the bezel it's gen like, when will put the mov and replace the bezel insert for a gen, will let you know.

Cheers

Exactly! Wear it in good health. E

It was a gift. If be interested to know if the bezel assembly is at least gen like.

Awesome grab Dave!!! Love that big red dial. Coronets off eBay will help.

Akira, still have the movement? If Dave doesn't want it as spares I may grab it. E

You can always get one of the gen ones I'm selling . IMO they are both the same. All jokes aside, One clasp has better fit but lacks in the print dept as you may already know. V3 but I forget exactly which clasp code had the better springbars.

Get the 2846 and find a swatch movement with the two step keyless. Swap the parts and have a movement that works flawlessly and acts like gen. This is what I did for both my 5512 McQueen and the 1016 I currently working on.

Again

I need to find one of these to work on. This will be a year long project using one if Esdee's WL cases.

Had to wake this one up. 

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Hornlug love for me. Not many of these around here lately. Relumed hands and dial by me. Strap remade by me as well.

Update on V2 BP SD gen crystal assembly coming soon !!!!

What????

Gave the bambino build a break. Wearing this 5512 "franken" on a custom Donerix bund strap for the second day

Very interesting to see what comes off of this.

Yeah I have that lined up pretty much. Will also be looking to install a gen DW.

I contacted a custom watchmaker who declined my business to repaint a DW with correct open font as per gen... Search continues in the meantime.

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Gen date disc is the only option if you wan the correct serifs. I have tried the WSO and the ST units and the yuki stock unit has better print(if you're lucky to get the semi correct one).

I'm finishing some homework at the library now, will chime in more detail later. If you're patient enough you can wait for an ST3035 case to show up on the sales threads. You can start with the ST3135 to get the "package" built and wearable. Then you can modify the st3035 case to accept the 3136 movement. Gen parts all fit the ST cases. The case still need a little massaging to make them better than great.

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Have the yuki hands relumed an problem solved.

16610 franken on a super amazing Donerix bund strap I had for my old PN daytona.

Love the strap! Watch looks great

Love both watches. If it were me I'll keep both. Yes the 16610 is more common, but also makes for a practical daily tool watch. The 1665 is just on a class of its own.

Bump for an awesome post

SSD is still one of the cult classics when building a franken. The BP case is definitely better suited for a newer 16600 build however. Can't wait for a V3 or a 1:1 SD case set.