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dang, just stumbled across this.

to echo the others, this surgery now is about as “routine” as it can be for a good CV surgeon and though not without risks, people in your overall state of health tend to have excellent results, both in the short and long term. mini AVRs really have been game changing.

i will be sending my prayers your way.


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beautiful! specs?

My latest baby... Bought from [mention=29372]capre[/mention]. This franken is astonishing...

anyone have any more examples post patina / aging??


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got mine. they are such a huge jump in quality, thank you so much for your efforts brother!!!!


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incredible work dude


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stay strong buddy, sorry i just saw this, don't frequent around much anymore, but sending my prayers to you and yours.

here are the specs for the other two as i have had some requests:

6542

PT case re-welded to make the lug holes in a better place to allow for fat chamfers, rehaut taken back so no wOKKy wok wok.
Phong bezel
Gen 116 nos
Gen crown &tube
Tonny gilt dial
Tonny insert
Mix of hands
Hangzou gmt with modded secs hand to fit pinion
Datewheel wso

SSD

SSD case and bracelet with beautiful drilled lug holes vintaged look

Gen dial with vintage tritium

Gen insert with vintage tritium beautifully faded

Gen 702 crown

Swiss 2836-2

Hands are a mix

On 2/14/2017 at 6:50 PM, jigelow said:

Gorgeous. Where did you find an open 6/9 for a 3135? I searched for a year and couldn't find one. 

it was the hardest part of the build to source, my understanding is that the window for the open with the 3135 as opposed to the 3035 was just very small and limited. i got it from a guy off one of the gen forums, he had snatched it in a part out from either a 16234 or 15200, he said he couldnt recall exactly. i paid nearly an arm and a leg for it but I'm very happy with it

On 2/15/2017 at 2:05 PM, RickFlorida said:

Nice.   What camera did you use?   Nice macro photos.

thanks dude. i love taking the macro shots if nothing more I'm always amazed what i find in them that i missed from afar with the naked eye.

nothing fancy, just an iphone6 and an olloclip. 

21 hours ago, QueTip said:

Wowzer. Great collection you have there. I'm digging the 16800. Makes me miss my old build. 

thanks man, they are all 100% a credit to the awesome guys around here, an amazing group of gentlemen and artists

and i was hesitant about the 16800 build at points, but just something about the sapphire with the matte that is tough to beat. the most under appreciated sub IMO.

7 hours ago, JSebWC said:

AHhhhhh   so this is who DLF's 6542 went to!!   I almost had that watch!!   It looks great in your collection!!

cheers mate! I'm telling you, thats the second watch I've had from DLF's bench and both were just fantastic. 

photoshoot time

been mostly off the forums for a second, life has gotten busy, but had some time to snap some pics of most recent acquisitions

i had sold everything off during the summer, slowly gathering some pieces, trying not to hoard, but y'all know how that goes.

all love, hate, criticism, corrections are welcome.

the 16800 is my baby

she was just finished in the fall, and she is the culmination of about 2 years of parts gathering 

all in all cost me about half the price of the gen but getting to pick the parts piece by piece and to my wishes is priceless

all the credit goes to @dbane883 and @misiekped. those dudes are awesome, none of us know how lucky we really are to have them.

old TC case with chamfers, lug holes, and casework per the master dbane

gen bezel assembly

unknown crystal

gen matte dial

gen hands

gen insert

gen open 6/9 datewheel

gen crown and tube

yuki 3135 serviced and upgraded with miskipied's magic

need to get NZ to do some engravings and i may call her done. want an alternative dark blue/grey faded insert as well but haven't found the perfect one yet.

the 6542 is a @Dlf build and is just breathtaking in person. that dudes work is absolutely insane, he is about as nice as his work is incredible, and he is really pushing the levels with his laser welding. 

the seadweller is the one i won on the raffle here but in august. i never win anything. contribute guys, it pays off

without further ado....

the three kings

16800

the 6542

the sea dweller

good god. that's THE watch. what a way to end.


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pm sent on the 216!

wowzzaaaaa. awesome job brother, man that's pretty. your posts in the recent days have been insane!

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From the research I've done trying to get my S/N engraving as close as I can that serial is from 1975 and the case should be marked "REGISTERED DESIGN."  Cases marked with "ORIG ROLEX DESIGN" started around 1982 unless my research is totally wrong...

I am nearly 100% ignorant in the knowledge of all this, but that is most definitely correct. The thing that complicates it is according to some sources, there are apparently service cases from the RSC and those actually come inscribed with ORIG ROLEX DESIGN and those serials run from the high 4.3-4.7 range. Causes quite a stir with owners as they get their watch back and the serials now don't match, but yet are associated. Who knows. I will likely withdraw the watch, it is currently for sale, but if it's debatable, don't really want to take the chance of hosing someone and rather just keep the watch if it's gonna take a 2-300 hit in value.

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thanks fellas

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in short, bought the watch several years ago as a franken, in the original listing had one serial number, and in the process of gathering info for potential resale yesterday, realized the actual serial is different than advertised. it has been to modders since arrival so this is in no way a call out or accusation, could

be a simple misstep and if not gen I'll accept my loss. but don't want to pass it off as gen if it isn't.

the case is a 4.39 serial. ORIG ROLEX DESIGN on opposite end.

from short reading, it sounds like there are RSC Service Cases from the 4-3-4.9 million range , allowing it to possible match the ORIG ROLEX DESIGN designation that is typical of newer serials. but it could all be crap and wanted to double check before I sold something as gen, that isn't.

as it is franken, case was acquired seperate from the bezel, etc, per the sale ad

thanks y'all for any input

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absolutely incredible, raised the bar even higher with that one!

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awesome!

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you in Singapore?

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PM sent.... holy crap.

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I sent that watch to Sbybbuser, sold it to him on another forum, have contacted him after seeing this, he stated he sent it to you and that you were sending to Spin for him.

this is insane. I had a small stroke when I read through the messages the first go around.

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PS I love you guys, I don't frequent as much as I should or would like to, definitely a lurker, but I admire yalls honesty in all of this and all of the main commenters in this thread, all legends, but Legend, you are the man. I sincerely thank you.

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I believe I have that same dial I was planning a very similar build, is it from dung via eBay? after looking at MQ site, some are seemingly identical.

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duuudeeeeee. that is so well done, amazing what you're doing with that welding.

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could this 5512 be used as an appropriate PCG base build. believe LHOOQ had a legendary PCG build based of an MBW 5512 but not sure, and my eyes aren't nearly as sensitive the cases as the experts around here

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Make sure you check all sides, especially the lug profile, bevels (chamfers) and lug holes!

The case I received only had bevels cut on 1 lug. The lug holes were not drilled at the same height on both sides, which meant I had to re-drill them at an angle to fit spring bars. Also the lug-shape ended up being completely different in the case that I received vs the case I saw on the pictures.

It's very easy to hide all this at the right angle. So make sure you get straight facing shots from the sides (check out Robert maron for example pics of how to take good shots of vintage Rollie's).

yea, your story makes me very hesitant to make a $600 jump, especially given those two limited selected shots "showing off" the case. perhaps he will be a great source, but a decent dial maker doesn't necessarily make a decent case maker. still hopeful.

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slay, what was Tonny's response to your case's issues?

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nope, those were the two initial he sent. I'm going to ask for more angles.

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