pam007

Here is a picture of a gen feet first dial that you would expect to see on a 2-4 million serial range before the precomex and Maxi dials 

Look at the S in Oyster.  Look at the flat S in Submariner.  Look at the placement of the SWISS T < 25.  Look at the thickness of the font

I hate to rain on your parade, but that's not a gen bezel.

+1

Looks like an ST bezel....

That dial is also ... not gen.  

Love the SMP.  
 

Today is a 5513 day 

http://www.network54.com/Forum/207673/message/1420658607/Sport+model+dials+for+sale-

I love the build.  Good choice in parts for budget, but still retaining the vintage feel. 

The thing I don't understand about all these Franken Red 1680 builds is.... why the silver date wheel?
Gen Red 1680's were born with white date wheels. 

The silver date wheels came later on the white dials. 

Pam007- I love the egg shell colored lume! Combine that with the ghost bezel insert and this is a real winner.

Thanks Rower

Also Derek is notorious of splitting up heads and bands to try and make a bit more $$$.... for what it's worth.

It has been more than a decade since I last saw a $200 9315 in that condition. & if I needed another gen 9315, I would happily pay $1,180 for a mint 1. Next year, that price may seem like a bargain.

 or the bubble could burst.... Crossing my fingers. 

Holy Crap, so this was the home for your 7206 ...

Truly awesome write up and build.

Amazing Y.  

Over saturated market...

I'd rather save a bit more and grab an Omega Seamaster Pro for 1k. 

ooooo can't wait !!

You're welcome

Here is my franken 94010 with a gen dial and eta 2783.

Right after I bought it, my wife stole it from me and won't give it back.  

i'm willing to bet money that the "Expert" thought the Mercedes hands were Sword hands

Beautiful example. That dial sets it apart from anything else. The Tudor 76100 and 79090 both used a dial which had similar triangle indicies, but they all had date windows. Your beautiful example is obviously no date. I cannot find another reference which used this dial outside of the early 80's Tudor Subs made for the Marine National.

Someone is welcome to correct me, but I did lots and lots of searching on this. Any example you see with this dial is a MN Sub.

 

Tudor 94010 is a no date sub that uses this dial and is not MN

like this http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=tree&goto=6439044&rid=0

this http://forums.watchuseek.com/f29/fs-vintage-blue-tudor-submariner-94010-no-date-515748.html

Very good info.  Thank you for sharing your knowledge on the matter.

Seems like a very good investment considering the Rolex Milsubs are considerably more expensive.  

Young, that is my favorite shot of your 5513

Absolutely gorgeous in snow 

30-40k pounds? 

Hash marks for the firsdt 15 minutes?  Really?

better than the super super rare James bond model?

There is a mention on sword hands but no comment on why he has replacement hands or how that affects value. 

That may be true, but most of us can't order from them.

 

Dave...

Why not?

I called ST and told them I was a watchmaker and they gave me a Temporary account.  

After my first order, they upgraded me to a permanent account automatically. 

There was no actual verification to see that I was an actual watchmaker.  

Very Nice piece.

I love no date subs.

So what makes it an MN?  Excuse my ignorance on this matter.

Also ST bars are $1.70 a piece.

Pam 007, thank you for the nice words and this great photo.  The inserts are definitely brothers or cousins at least. You want to sell me that pearl 

 

What year is yours?  The dial text is quite a bit different.  Beautiful time piece you have there.  I am very happy with this build and will give it plenty of love, but some day I will find the perfect 1966 5513 with a Bart Simpson gilt dial.  For now this will do rather nicely.  

Ha !   the pearl doesn't even match your plots  

Our inserts are cousins for sure, made from the same plate.  

Mine is a 2 mil SN 1969 Last of the Meter First Dials

I think for the price, the Yuki case is terrific value. It takes a bit of work to reshape but it's a great base. Fact it can accept a gen movement is a bonus.

Well, it's in the mail. You should have it early next week.

 It sure is a fat pig though, look at those lugs.  

Great job on the crown guards !!

Awesome build man. 

I love how you kept to the genuine feel of a 5513 while keeping your budget in mind.

Making very Smart sacrifices.  Love your insert,   

I put your build next to my gen to see how spot on your build is.  Incredible man. 

Oh awesome.  Akira does some amazing work over on HF.

Nice strap rotation. 

I'm currently trying to amass an nice Insert rotation.  I'm currently up to 3 Mark III FF Inserts on rotation.  

Can get quite expensive, especially with prices people are wanting these days. 

Wear it well, your collection is quite amazing. 

I'll take 3 so I can sell my gen and get me some more purty inserts