HaydenM

Ultra rare 1016 with gold hands I threw together after I accidentally destroyed the Mercedes hands which I should hopefully get replacements for soon



 

Another great 1016, they're a pretty good build and I do love that it's nothing too intensive.

Cannot wait to see the Paul Newman Daytona.

There really are some wonderful and uncommon vintage rolex watches out there.

That's an absolutely stunning seiko

Not quite a "who has the best sub"

Nice selection there, The first choice I would make if I were you is on the size as you have watches in that list between ≈36mm and ≈41mm. 
If you choose the smaller watches you also have the choice of vintage or modern models (vintage for those may require a build not a buy though).

Best of luck for your first rolex

Loving the latest super rep   

Lovely looking watch, droptopman

That's really nice on the rivet droptop!

 

Same watch, I wanted a more vintage look so used the Yuki matt yellow lume dial with the strap.

 

 

 

 

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Also loving the vintage dial, what's the band on it?

Rolex 1016 on a nato strap that I just stitched up.

We should start a poll with the help of angus. To do a super rep of this watch is more than feasible and many would consider to buy it since there aren't too many super reps in terms of dress watches

It's hardly what I would call a dress watch, almost but not quite.

Hopefully we will have a dress watch in the new reverso, if only it wasn't quartz

Wooooow i want one but dont Think they Will be repped

I too doubt that we will see it. They're typically not that good with simple replicas, or non sporty reps.

I would love one of these

It will not work: better to sell to me at 1/3 of its original price     

Considering the movement is completely broken

I'll definitely have to fix it instead haha

I need to try this soon. Broke the stem of my otherwise fine Tudor BB

Good looking 1016 What're the parts you've chosen?

It does look lovely, I'm interested.

Yes it may work, but I'd not place a watch in hot water as the heat could damage the watch/grease/oils.

I was thinking that could be a problem with it.

Looks like a couple of costly mistakes.

Nice! Which ETA movement did you use?

Mine uses a gen ETA-2824-2, which I think has the incorrect beat-rate but I'm not currently too worried about it.

Good luck, I initially planned on replicating that exact watch (the Ian Fleming if I'm not mistaken?) but found it too difficult to get the vintage to look correct, so I took the easy route and made a "modern" 1016.


As close as I got with the chapter ring:


"Modern" 1016:

Interesting. With the advent of Pelagos rep maybe some are offloading.

That's very possible

The problem with rep nomos is that they are relatively inexpensive gen, so you could probably find an accurate rep coming up in the percentage value of the gen.