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Also, I'm getting a tc V6 tomorrow and will keep that as a standalone piece. So excited!

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. The movement that I planned for was the eta2824. I will take other members' advice about the genuine dial and will look out for one. My budget breakdown looked like this Bracelet - $ 900 from tnsdiamonds http://www.tnsdiamonds.com/rolexBrac1.htm(see $900 bracelet) TC V6 - $575 Genuine crown - $300 (ebay) Bezel $350 (ebay) Tc dial, insert and markers - $110 (this will be roughly 450 if I use the genuine dial) Mod fee - $250 (thoughts??) Total range = $2485 to $2825 depending on whether I use the genuine dial and insert. I will probably just use the tc clasp from the v6... With that being said - this was based on my initial plan. You all have given me food for thought so I may need to rethink some of this. What's most important to me is that the gold be real 18k gold, then next important is that the details be as close to genuine as possible within the constraints of my budget. I'm interested to see if anyone has an equal or lessor budget that can get me where I need to be.

Hello everyone - I'm new to the board, but have done a fair amount of research as a lurker, until now. As many of you know, the tt submariner with blue face - 16613 has very few quality replicas in the market. I do want to attempt to have a good replica put together though. My plan is as follows: TC v6 tc 16613 bezel insert, dial an hands aftermarket bracelet from tnsdiamonds gen crown and tube gen clasp aftermarket 18k bezel i plan to send a tc v6 off to be modded with the tc bezel insert, dial and hands i plan to replace the bracelet with a aftermarket real 18k/ss bracelet, replace the clasp with a genuine clasp, and replace the bezel woth an aftermatket real 18k bezel. i plan to replace the crown with a genuine crown also. i will pay someone in the community to do the mods. budget is $2700 assuming all goes well i think i will end up with a very good looking device for less than $2700. What do you think of my plan? any pitfalls?