welderdick

Definitely not a Tiger case I do not believe that will take a 29mm dial and there are engraving between the case lugs. Also the case is about 38mm across witch is smaller . My photography skills are not that great so the crown may not look like it but it looks better to me than the Athaya ( I have an unused set in my parts box to compare it with ). It could be a Phong however since I have never seen one in person. I know that the strap in the movie was 16mm I chose the 20mm just as an homage to the movie. Only James Bond could make a tool watch on a nylon strap look cool with a dinner jacket. I wear this watch almost every day and it keeps great time and looks great. The new pearl is on order.

Take it easy on me guys this is my first build posted on this forum. I consider myself more of a parts assembler than a true builder. So I wanted a big crown build but I decided to make it 100% non gen. since I had neither the budget nor the desire to to destroy expensive gen parts with my fat fumble fingers so I started with a HR 2 line guilt dial from Dazza and I added a 5538 case set from a mtm deal on another site. I have been unable to find out much about the case , but it seems to be a pretty good one. I added gold merc. hands and bezel insert from Raffles . I put it all together with a gen swiss eta 2834 that I robbed from my collection. I added a regimental stripe strap from HR to give it that James Bond look. All and all I am satisfied with the build the only thing I want to replace is the pearl SOON .

No I did not pay a gen. price I googled 7016 tudor and found out the serial number had been used in several non gen. watches.. It was not sold to me as genuine, but it was so good that at first I thought it might be . I completed a Tudor build with it and I am quite pleased with the result. I bought it from a well respected member on another forum and I would buy from him again

I recently bought these 2 cases but I was not able to get much info on where they came from .I would like to know where they were orig. sourced from . This is my first post and I am in awe of the knowledge available on this forum and the skill that is displayed in their builds. The first case is a 6538 big crown Next is a Tudor 7016 case

Hello rep fans. I just discovered this forum and have been lurking for awhile.I am a long time watch modder.I recently have been looking at Rolex reps. Wow thay have come a long way. I want to thank the forum members for all the great how to's and reviews . It is going to make my journy a lot easier Thanks and happy hunting for that perfect rep.