TeeJay

I think they put a normal matte dial with white SL indices in it.

But one with the 'vintage-style' markers, as opposed to the modern ones with the white gold surrounds?

I hope all's been good with you, travel safely

My point exactly. I really like the early dials with the rose. Hard to get one. I have movement to match, hands, but no case.

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I know the dial you mean, I think I've seen them on Yuki's website. As for the case, that depends on your budget and preferences, but as above, I tend go with the cheapest option to get the job done

If Rolex serviced it, they would replace the dial with a modern dial. In that case, the dial would glow, but your watch would look like this (note the metal surrounds on the modern index markers)

Would they really put a modern dial into the vintage case though?

Looks good. Now I know what to build.

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Tudors have all the looks of a Rolex, but none of the stigma of having the R Word on the dial

I've got a day of tattooing lined up tomorrow, and will be wearing this one, but wanted to give it a bit of pre-work wear

Wow, what a write up I can't believe I've missed this for a whole week Absolutely incredible project, I would say 'enjoy it', but I know you will

Honestly, Bill took the words out of my mouth. I'm not agreeing with him because he's my friend, and he was NOT supporting me because he is my friend as well -- we simply both appreciate functional watches. I've spent more money re-luming watches than what I paid for the watches themselves. I like to know that when I walk into a dark movie theater my supposedly 30-something-year-old watch is still going to tell me the time. If it were Rolex serviced they'd replace the dial or relume it, right? Well, why not do the same during my servicing :-)

PBDad offered to throw in some tritium contamination if I wanted it, but we both agreed that I wanted a watch that had looked liked it'd been serviced and cared for over the years, and that's precisely what I received, agreed?

Absolutely, and spot on points about Rolex's tendency to re-furbish aged parts Have to admit, I'd always been somewhat hesitant about going from a Sub to a Sea-Dweller (Especially a double red, given the pricing and history) but having seen this, I'm going to have to bite the bullet and get one for myself (in time when circumstances allow )

Unless all rep forums are wiped from existence, then I think reps are far from having zero value.

Just my 2¢.

I agree. Selling my original collection pretty much paid for my wedding

Well I think for that price the watch should be pretty good. I might do it, still deciding. Do you have any pics of your tudor? I'd like to see if you don't mind sharing.

Cheers

Price is never a good estimate of quality Not a problem, here's a couple of pics

I swapped it permanently to the Tropic-style strap a while back to make it my 'summer beater', and will be using the bracelet on another planned build

I'm talking about this one, the last one http://jewelryandwatch.com/index1.html

I guess it depends how important accuracy of replication is to you As above, I've been happy to use a budget 5512 case with a Tudor dial... Sure, it's not perfect, but it does what I need it to do

Yes I will def keep an eye. where did you get your case?

Cheers

It was a budget vintage 5512 Submariner from a seller on CQout, I think it was about £45 shipped Not perfect, by any stretch of the imagination, but good enough for my purposes

What do you think of phong's tudor? is it any good at all? it is a bit pricy isn't it?

I haven't seen it, so can't really comment. I probably wouldn't buy one myself, but that's just because I'm broke as a joe, and tight-fisted

I know what you mean, I'm not someone who changes watches frequently, it's normally dependent on the overall weather, or if I'm wearing something specific, ie a DateJust with a suit, and then back to my beater (currently Tudor Heritage, but will switch to my Tudor Sub full-time when the summer weather settles in to stay) When I sold my previous collection, I had watches which I never wore at all, where now, even though I might wear a particular watch more than others, each dog has its day

I know, it is going to be hard to find one.

Wow, beautiful. any wants to get rid of their tudor, let me know.

Cheers

:rofl: :rofl:

If I ever have to sell my collection again, I know that the Tudor Subs will be the last items to go If you get the opportunity to pick one up, go for it

Looks great , with 1 exception -- I never understand why people spend so much time, effort & money to make a credible-looking 40+ year old Rolex & then splash brightly glowing (modern looking) lume on the dial.

Functionality

But yes, I do see your point with regards credible 'aging'...

DAMN!!!!! That really is a beautiful build

A tip I was given, is to practice your lume skills, lume the lettering on magazine covers I wish I could help with the other stuff, but I don't know enough about parts to really advise what is best to pick up, but best of luck with the project

Remember that even the Gen is rated for only 1000 gauss ... so ... using a rare earth magnet stuck to the back of the watch could be way over the tolerance of even a Gen Milgauss.

edit: I just looked it up, and even a small NIB (rare earth) magnet is 2000 gauss. So placing a strong magnet on an anti-magnetic watch will always overpower it's protective shell.

Your comment reminded me that my father in law has a couple of gauss meters, so tomorrow I'll see what kind of kick the magnetic coils in the machines puts out

For some reason i did not test my gen ingy though, i think i will have to get it out one day and test that.

It'll be interesting to see how it fairs, is it reputed to have any anti-magnetic qualities?

Not so sure about that, the inner "shield" looks to be brass while I think I remember reading the gen is a soft iron composition. I'll set it on top of a big-a$$ magnet for a few days when I get it back together and see if it will either still run or work as a really cool refrigerator magnet! I've always wondered why they just didn't make the movements from non-ferrous materials and be done with it...

I like the sound of that experiment, reminds me of Nanuq's experiment in how to cook a Rolex

Wouldn't the biggest problem be the hairspring. Rolex uses a non magnetic hairspring as I recall.

Yes, I believe the hairsprings do stick, and that's what I want to avoid happening

I have tested a few rep anti mags with a strong magnet Tim, the only one i have found to work so far was on a 45 PO from silix, the test was stick magment on the back of the watch and see if it still runs, i think the subjects we the Silix 007 PO, Ingy, Milgause a couple of breitling 7750 and a vintage sub, all stopped bar the silix PO. but that may have been because it was a 007 rep version so made by the rep Q Branch

Thats a wide range for testing, and interesting that only the PO was, and that the Milgauss wasn't I guess I'll just stick to quartz while tattooing

My vintage 6541 is, and I kinda wish it wasn't.

The case is really thick!

Is that a rep or gen? I know the easiest solution is for me to just wear quartz while working, but once the idea was in my head, it just got me to thinking and wondering as to if the reps actually would be anti-magnetic I think I've seen UPOs with anti-magnetic inner-casebacks, but I wasn't sure if that was functional protection, or just replication of detail

Let's get this show on the road! This was the case-back guinea pig for M's project...

Very nice work

Would this be a Daytona I've heard referred too as 'The Peruvian'?

I think I paid £36 shipped for my 1655... We didn't get off to the best start, but it runs like a champ, and now I have it on a leather cuff, I really enjoy wearing it

I don't think I agree with that. T-shirts are cheap and simple, big watches are expensive and gaudy. Kind of like these were:

And the most disturbing thing about them? The people who wore them thought they looked great. Incrementalism breeds monsters.

When I try to talk people out of spending much money on big watches, I feel like I'm back in the 1970s talking a friend out of spending $thousands on wide lapels and bell-bottom trousers. It's a losing battle until a decade later people stumble upon my posts and go "Hmm, why could Vuggy see the cycle and nobody else could?"

If you have huge wrists, then fine you should probably be wearing big watches. But if you don't, yet you think that big watches "look good" for some reason that you can't quite comprehend, you're just like those poor shmucks who bought into the 6-inch-wide tie phenomenon in 1976 because everybody else was doing it. I don't know how else to say it, and the fact that more people don't understand it makes me very nervous.

:thumbsupsmileyanim:

The ideology behind my rebuilt/rebuilding collection, is practicality and wardrobe compatability: Watches for activity/climate-specific and wardrobe-specific occasions. I wouldn't wear my Rolex 1655 on leather cuff to the beach, likewise, I wouldn't wear my Tudor Heritage with a suit and tie. Having tried on the DSSD, I now know that, popular as it is, it simply "isn't the watch for me", so I'd never buy or wear one. I'm a big believer in "to each his own" but it can be pretty funny when seeing things which are just fad/trends, rather than truly lasting classics

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Need to get me a pair of those belbottoms though, just to be proper retro

Don't laugh, but I just realized that when I tattoo, the machine is not far from my watch, and I'm concerned about if the magnetic field from the machine could eventually affect the timing of an automatic Yes, I know I have quartz watches I could wear while tattooing, but I just wondered if the Milgauss reps might actually be shielded as per the gens, or am I just being ?