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Got more pictures from my man, dbane883 variations among noob cases. Both of them are noob case, mine at the bottom, dbane883 on top

U might wanna pm him, he is a great guy.

Wow

Bud, care to share more info about your chopard mille miglia franken? Thanks!!

Lol I didn't get your comment above. So v3 does not accept gen movement, or y3135 movement. The hole needs to be plugged and redrilled and I think most of the modders would not attempt this procedure but dbane883 was kind enough to offer me his assistance

Well a modified case to hold gen like movement.

Watcher, make sure the rehaut is good on the new case. How are the crown guards on this new sa3135 case?

Here is another example of how good the noob v3 case is. The side profile is really really close to gen, unlike j12 case which is sompletely flat from the side.

It's not my bezel but yes it's a Gen bezel in the picture, courtesy of dbane883. I have a Gen bezel of my own.

Once again, I cant thank dbane883 enough for all his efforts so far. He simply rocks!! These are all notes from dbane883, "Mismatched lug widths of noob. One side is fine. Other side is way wide ():" NOOB CGs. GEN CGs (even they are not 100% symmetrical "Case thickness of noob is about bang on with gen:" Gen Noob "Lugs. Gen lugs have a slightly larger radius to the taper. Noob on bottom. Gives illusion the case is fatter (thicker/taller) than gen:" "Noob tube is about 2.8mm from top of case. Upon measuring the Yuki and comparing with a 2836, it would seem that moving the tube up about 0.6mm is about right. Next stage is the welding."

Try tc v4, that was going to be my last option. Another reason to use yuki is for gen hands. Rep hands cannot match the gen hands sparkle.

@ceocorona, did you try tc dwo v4?

yup, that is the main reason behind this build. The dates were never centered.

All, As most of you know, I have a franken bp submariner with bunch of gen parts but due to the bp case, it looks nothing like gen. Well I was lucky enough to find a noob v3 case with perfect rehaut. After acquiring the case, I was able to find y3135 movement from Mikiesped and also bought a gen date disc and gen hands from him. Mikiesped has been an instrumental help through out the way but unfortunately the noob v3 case cannot be used with y3135 movement. The crown stem height doesnt aline properly. After getting my heartbroken, I asked Mikiesped to somehow find a way to fit this movement in this case so I can use gen hands and date disc. Well he recommended that we involve dbane883 in the project. Initially dbane883 recommended that I shouldnt go this route due to the cost involved in modifying the case. But after a little bit of convincing he was able to help me with this project. The case needs a lot of work and it is not going to be easy or cheap. But dbane883 has been simply great so far and I have no doubt that he is going to be able to accomplish our objective here. This is what the watch looked like with the BP case and all the gen parts. Now the journey begins, Packaged shipped to dbane883 with movement and case all disassembled These crown guards are going to require a lot of work to be symmetrical and to accommodate the higher crown position This is going to take a long time to get done but I dont mind the wait as long as its done right. I will keep you all posted. Thank you Misiekped and dbane883 for all your help!

Maybe j12 is more profitable???? Unless j12 corrects the hour hand, no j12 v5 or v6 diver for me.

Gotta post pictures

Wow man, great eyes. I do see what you mean about the numbers being too square.

The 15 minute marker is way off

Dbane, then in your view how good is this rep insert?

I have a Gen insert in front of me and they are more matte than glossy

Well brother, you have a very unique piece and I won't lie I envy you brother. But I wish you all the best and wear it in good health.

Come on man, give us more

Holy ******* where did you source the gen dial from??

I have seen some on ebay. I'm NOT sure how good the quality of the dials are. But yes ebay has some

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