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On 5/6/2022 at 12:57 PM, Nanuq said:

 

Hello all. My name is David, I’m Nanuqs son.

 

He told me a lot about his friends on the watch forum, so I thought it would be appropriate to post this here

 

Unfortunately Bob passed away on Monday due to complications from heart failure.

 

He loved this group, or all of the forums he was a part of, and I’m going to post this on all the watch forums he has on his Tapatalk app

 

My Dad was an incredible man, and watches and watch collecting was probably his favorite hobby.

 

I’m currently wearing one that he made for me, probably with help from people here

 

Bob did not suffer in the end, and his passing was peaceful and surrounded by loved ones.

 

I just wanted to let his possible friends know that they were appreciated, and I didn’t want people to wonder why he went radio silent

 

Thank you guys for being his friends. It’s brings me and my family a lot of comfort

 

 

I am so so sorry to hear this. 
 

I too have significant heart failure. He was a real gem of a man and inspiring. Sincere heartfelt condolences to you and your family. 

Pure marketing drivel and a nonsense POS is what I'm hearing from a couple friends in NYC that snagged one. Like a cheap kids watch. Stay away imho

I believe much of the massive prices online are pure money laundering  

47 minutes ago, Nanuq said:

Great topic! Okay here’s a quiz... which one has had 63 years of aging and which has had 3?

 

 

Screw you and your impossibly difficult tests with your amazing watches 😝😉👍🏻

THRILLED TO HAVE YOU BACK SIR

thank you both!

Still looking 

9 hours ago, macarone said:

I just grabbed this GM dial with gen lume installed by @interaktive

Watch is noob v9 3135

thanks man!

hello All - finishing up a  high quality 116610LV "hulk' franken build and put gen indice pips from gen dial on it

lume is poor  

indices look great!

who can lume dial and hands properly?

mymanmatt is assisting on build 

@rolojack @Legend @Mike on a bike  @misiekped     any suggestions? 

White Lexus GSF

19 hours ago, beanvatan said:

 

I thought about that watch because I have my eyes on the same model and or the Yellow Gold 18238. But because of the COVID-19, my spending and my income are limiting. Supporting a family of five and a business to run with limited incomes is hard! It makes me feel like when I first started my own business, and the only difference is only my wife and me back then. It's such a shame that we didn't know each other earlier and I missed your day-date sales thread! I guess at least we know each other now, rather than later. This watch below is always my dream watch! It's such a shame that it's still unobtainable for me.

 

 

At least that day-date served you well, I hope!

It was a lovely piece! Thanks. 
 

I want to build a killer franken modern Day Date 

4 hours ago, beanvatan said:

If I am bot mistaken, are you the one with an awesome day date 18239 long time ago? If so do you still have the watch?


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that was an exceptional build, but no I sold it I sell most of these things, build them, enjoy them, sell them. I am always bored. There’s only  a core select few watches I keep. 

4 hours ago, ceejay said:

Aliexpress?

 

https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20200807064339&SearchText=3135+movement

 

 

That site makes me wicked nervous...

I'll reach out to Matt, good idea. We've done a lot of builds together. 

8 hours ago, beanvatan said:

May I asks you why eBay? First of all, it's overpriced! Secondly, most of the pictures on there are SH3135-SA3135 advertised as VR with a blue hairspring. Why not get one from our M2M sales for less? And more secure shipping???


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it’s where I found them? Yuki is sold out as is everyone else, and I haven’t seen anything come up in M2M sales. 
 

do you have one for sale?

Hello all

looking for a clone 3135 - see a lot of them on the bay. 

they range from $200 to $300

https://www.ebay.com/itm/for-RLX-submariner-parts-and-case-Clone-ETA-SH-3135-Movement-complete-compatible/264566823171?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item3d99695903:g:dYwAAOSwKKZdpRot
 

and here’s the $ one

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Watch-Movement-Automatic-CLONE-Replacement-Rolex-cal-3135-Frequency-28800/333088054870?hash=item4d8d985e56:g:HpwAAOSw40Zeg5tn
 

thoughts? My plan is to put a good amount of genuine parts into it mostly the time-keeping and reliability parts. 
 

anyone ever do this? Any suggestion on parts to replace? 

I have one, unused.

WOW. 

Can someone embed 'fly like an eagle" please so we can listen and view this awesomeness haha 

That's so cool mike! 

What a marvelous piece of history and longevity. I love seeing Rolex tool watches "in the wild" being useful, as they were designed.

Having a good solid read through the forum will answer all those questions for you...

I don't have one, lol. I'm on the hunt for one too 😉 sorry

On 11/2/2019 at 11:43 PM, swdivad said:

ok... that sucks if you need to rotate through 24 hours

 

Yes, yes it does. I have a genuine rolex 1603 and non-quickset BITES
But it's a "heirloom" so it is what it is...

In Europe there's several options - what are you looking to have done? That might narrow it down a bit.

What about a gen dial? 

Moose tend to get in the way. Glad you're okay. That is an impressive piece, love the case styling and dial. 

That watch is as fake as _________________..... lol 

anything?

I've not seen anything that shameless in a long time, it's just bad. If you really don't see that man, and didn't know... stay away from watch-buying. Me thinks else-wise you were just stirring the pot.

What the flying F is going on here? 

Reminds me of Oswald Bates 😂