pam007

Is this for real?

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4rlz

Awesome job as always D. 
I remember I had to lightly sand my 7020 for my 5513 project

Damn you Rolex... Damn you...

Can someone help me out, I always struggle to identify a gen fat font insert (especially this fat) and buying a dud keeps putting me off from giving over a shed load of money on one. Can someone point out what exactly separates these from the fakes?

As a collector of coins, I guess anything can be faked if there is enough profit in doing so.

So you have to ask yourself, what does it take to make a passable fake FF insert?

You'd had to create printing pads with the correct fonts and you have to construct them the same as the genuine FF inserts. (this can get costly taking into account the different iterations printing and pad wear that evident on gen FF inserts)

So in order to make sense in terms of profit.. meaning if there was an operation faking them, they would need to flood the market to make a profit.

Do you see a flood of Fat Font Inserts into the market?  Nope.  Actually it's the opposite, there is more demand than supply and it's been that way for the past 5 years or so.

And the ones that are coming on the market are all different, in terms of age, patina, fade, wear, mk0, mk2, mk3 etc.  No 2 inserts are rarely the same.  

You don't see for example 500 mint condition long 5 kissing 4 inserts hitting the market. 

The only known fake is the Yuki FF Insert and genuine fat font inserts have some "printing" tells vs Yuki.  

The silver font printing on gen FF inserts are printed on top of the black.  On the Yuki, the silver printing is exposed metal.  

You can tell this by trying to fade the yuki with bleach, the silver fonts won't fade out as the black fades out.  

story of my life.

I've ruined many thumbs and chipped many finger nails trying to install inserts into bezels. 

I just let my watchmaker do it.. he's a magician with watches...   I had him do it so many times, he doesn't even charge me anymore.

What the hell did you feed that thing?
That is the fattest Fat Font Insert I've ever laid eyes on.

It's so fat, it puts other Fat Fonts to shame 

Well done sir

It might add 20 pounds to the watch you install it on, so be careful

Stunning CC

Good morning guys,

1675 still on my wrist

AMAZING long E

finally some proper photos

at this point I would eat Ramen noodles for a week to spring (pun intended) for some gen end links

life is not worth stressing over end links

Of course the pic is an example of extreme bending to show what I mean. It's always a good Idea. Doesn't hurt a thing. The chinese have been doing it for years and never had a problem. Not everyone has the ability or the tools to trim end pieces.

You must be trolling...

Doesn't hurt a thing?

I do a lot of Judo Chops when I'm walking around and the only thing that is keeping my $7000 watch from kissing the pavement is the springbars...

@cc33

Love it! No doubt about character.  What a beauty.  

@pam007

that strap is super cool.  That is the one the wife gave you right?

Yuppers.

I'll take some more pics later with my DSLR

crappy phone pic.

Here's my humble 1680

Major Props goes to Dbane for the Pearl !!

Great pics today guys!

Got my new watch, low q iphone pic for now

OMG WHUT 6536 or 6536/1 or 5508 ?!!!? I can never tell with these early "bond" subs.

I've seen that insert before...Love it

More pics.. and that watch deserves it's own thread

Last pic of my double swiss before she was shipped off yesterday.. sad but I traded up for something else, arriving tomorrow!

 

Gilt PCG.. what!!  SHut your mouth.

NOooooooooo... don't do it.

Absolutely Gorgeous 

Look how fat those fonts are.... wow

Yup.  I currently have my end links pinched half way on my 1680 like this:

Open them up to move the pins closer to the case

Close them up to move the pins away from the case

I ordered another lens for my phone. Couple of quickies this morning

Sent from my droptop using telepathy ️

Incredible watch.  Great Shot 

Love everything about this watch

I got it from Rolex Forum... can't take credit lol

Hmmm I'm a bit confused... as always...

I was wondering how the bevel UNDER the Retaining Ring Helps with the bezel rotation?

If I'm understanding this correctly....

The bezel is inserted (pressed) on the watch until the bottom edge clicks onto the edge of the retainer ring (small red arrow).

Once in place, the washer pushes the bezel up and the friction between the bezel and the retainer (light blue arrow) prevents the accidental turning of the bezel.

Pushing down on the bezel creates a small gap between the bezel and the retainer (light blue arrow) and it rotates more freely.

I keep coming back to this and I can't get over how fat those fonts are on that insert....

Do you know if there are any MK designations for these Fat Font Pepsi inserts similar to the MK0 MK1 MK2 MK3 Fat Font designations assigned to diver inserts?
 

Oh wow I did not know about the beveled edge and it makes perfect sense, as pointed out by CC33.
When I have some time this weekend I'll dissect my 1680 and let you know if my retaining ring has the same characteristics.

How did I miss this...

Great looking 5514.

Cwazy did a great job on that lume. 

Last week I was luck enough to pick up a great MK3 FF Ghost Insert for my 1680

My wife knowing how much I loved the Diablo, surprised me with a Bulang & Sons Distressed Denim strap today as an early Fathers Day gift.

Sorry for the horrible phone picture, but I'm waiting for a pearl from Dbane and once installed, I'll take some better pics with my DSLR.