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@oktaydemiryurek thank you. Do they take reps?

Wow! Great result. I am looking a contact in EU to do a DLC job as well with a Rolex. Any idea?

Wow. Good job.

Good job! Looks very nice!!

I would be up with one Rolex case and bracelet. If this is possible?

Wow! Great build!

Love the movement

Thank you. I already heard that you bought it. Nice one mate.

Thank you. Whenever I pick up the watch again to wear it has enough power reserve and perfect time. So much fun. That is good already mate. Enjoy it!!

It fits on the gen crown. No prob at all. Done that at my last Franken. Thank you mate.

Sure thats what RWG is for. A genuine crown fits on the rep movement. Done that before. Gen tube as well of course.

Had to laugh.. Thank you mate Thanks a lot It takes some time to source parts. You have to be lucky as well. Trust me. But Blake has some stuff as well: http://www.scotchwatch.com/ Thank you

Thank you for all this feedback and messages. I am wearing this now for some days and it is an unbelievable movement. So much power and so precise. Love it. Thank you. Since many people asked. I managed to stay below 50% of the GEN price. It is close but below and that was my goal. Thanks AJ. Appreciate that a lot. Happy to hear that from you. Thank you. It is so funny how detailed we are when it comes to Rolex. But looking at the rep hands, date disc, crown, distance crown to case, ... at the 5002 there are some many differences. I will not call them flaws. I always have the feeling we are going way to far with Rolex reps. They are good already. You don`t have to be. You bought my Deepsea and took it to the next level. Thank you Thank you. I hope so. Collecting and building is my hobby.

Some of you know that I already build some Franken 5002. Some still own former versions. It was time for a new build - A build nobody else has done yet. This time it was supposed to be perfect. With the help of the very talented watchmaker and friend Zocker4711 a long journey came to an end. Domi also helped and made a custom movement holder and thinned the case. Thanks a lot guys! For this build I visited Zocker4711 with all parts and we worked on the Franken the entire day. People that know Zocker or me know how hard we are looking for perfection. No mistake was acceptable. The setup: The perfect custom movement holder done by Domi: The case back was thinned by Domi so that the new movement fits: The watch case. Prepared by Zocker with the perfect installed GEN tube: The GEN crown: I was lucky to score two brand new old bufallo straps. The brown is the rare old one with the nice texture. And the black is even more rare and not available at all. GEN dial, movement and date disc: And GEN hands installed. Zocker did an awesome job. Not one scratch on the hands. Beautiful: There we go: Wristshots: 4 days power reserve: 5 days power reserve: Fully charged: I cant thank Zocker4711 enough. Finding and collecting the parts over years was one thing and my passion. But putting them together is the other story and Zocker4711 did an hell of a job here. I appreciate that he is at least as much a perfectionist like I am. The specs so far: BP Factory IWC 5002 Big Pilot IWC cal 51112 movement IWC 5002 dial IWC hour and minute hand IWC second hand IWC power reserve hand IWC date disc IWC crown IWC tube IWC crystal IWC brown buffalo strap IWC black buffalo strap And trust me. The movement is unbelievable. You can leave it on your desk for 5 days and it is still timed 100% correct. Not a second to fast or to slow. Cheers

Looking forward to that review. Cheers