sander

Not sure whether this will help Sander........?

LV MK Versions

In terms of best colour match the WM9 is pretty much spot on........

Rgds

Wow.... I thought there was only one (I'm not a Rolex guy!)

Thanks for the link. It helps a lot.

So does this means that the one in the pic is not even that bad?

Does George sell these inserts or are there any other places to check as well?

WOW!!

Just saw this thread today S!

What can i say?

Once again i am really stoked!!

A real beauty you have there

and we can call you now rightly

Sander the virtuoso

Now this piece is something

to last for a lifetime.... and

BTW Sander: ARE YOU MAD @rep industry??

If anybody starts to mod like

you CN factories can "close" their doors!

No market for the second version/new version

V2, V3 or ultrasuperdooperrep - ultimate versions any looonger!

Its all been done on your own

Respect!

George

Thanks mate!

I'm screwed....

I promished someone to install a green insert in his sub, but for some reason I can't find the right ones.

They all have the wrong 4 and 5 numbers.

What is the best place to find them?

Thanks!

That's too bad!

Seems like all the big names share the same policy

Great job man!

Looks to me I need a lathe as well

Show us when you finish it.

for some reason, I can't stop wearing this one.

I think I even like it better than my franken black themes

Seconds @ 6 with gen dial.

great shots man!

You have to fix that screw though!

That is a great looking strap! really suits the watch well.

Few questions:

Where did you get the lug screws from? AP as well or a dealer?

how shiny is the tachy ring. I've heard it's too shiny if you compare it to the real deal.

Any, great looking watch. Hope you enjoy wearing it!

No way it won't happen.

The movement is different, this means that the dial feet are at different positions. This COULD be solved by cutting the feet off and glueing it onto the movement somehow. BUT: The subdial spacing is also a tiny-little-bit closer on the gen, which means, you can't use the A7750 as base movement. Now take it to a step further, let's say you can locate a gen movement somewhere (which won't happen). Gen uses an ETA2892 + Dubois D

I got the MBK rep from Reg and I am really happy with it!! Looks are impressive and, as you said the only downside is the movement... an immediate giveaway when seen from behind! But, movement issue apart, I just love the watch!!!

The 38mm is such a classy watch!!!

I agree with snoxx. The 38 is a classy watch which works great with a suit.

I have it and love it (although it doesn't get much wrist time though )

It's not a "look at me" watch but people will notice it.

About the date window, it seems to me that the date wheel doesn't lign up very well.

If I remember well, the date wheel on my MBK has an over lay glued on it. perhaps its just an alignment issue.

Wow, they look great Paul.

How about a pic of the other side?

Holy moley! That is amazing work right there! Im not an AP guy but I sure can appreciate ingenuity at it's finest. Well done! I am sure many will be able to take advantage of this kind of information although few will attempt I'd wager since it seems a significant amount of skill is required. Kudos! Now post some pics of the final product! I wanna see I wanna see!

Here you go mate!: http://www.rwgforum.com/topic/115655-ultimate-modded-watch-finished/page__pid__822657__st__0&#entry822657

Today I received my gen APROO dial so I could finish the modified seconds @ 6 movement.

For the story about this movement see here: http://www.rwgforum....-sec6-movement/

I'm pretty happy with the result.

Also I really love the blue dial. I was afraid that it would be kinda boring but in real life it's great. I have tried to capture it but the lightning was pretty bad so I didn't really succeed.

Although its not as worse as I thougth is would be, the black tachyring has to go of course.

Unfortunatley I haven't found the right one yet, so if anybody

wow, it's beautiful! Enjoy wearing it !

That is a nice sweeping hand man!

It's even beter than my gen DD module

My first question is, has the Swiss 7750 really more

Everybody said, it isn

Great watch sander, congratulations. A lot of work, I cannot actually imagine the amount of work needed to move the winding crown down.

How about bezel screws - is there any special trick you used to align them perfectly? I tried to align mine but there is always something a little wrong, I mean you cannot see it normally but if you look closely or under a loupe they are a bit incorrect... It looks as if bezel holes were a bit too big for these screws so they have a little play when in.

Thanks man.

I sanded down the bezel a little (I guess about 0,1mm or so) and then a gave it a new brushed finish.

I also polished the screws.

That's all

Ciao,

Sander

Great watch sander, congratulations. A lot of work, I cannot actually imagine the amount of work needed to move the winding crown down.

First I sanded the bezel a little (I guess about 0,1mm or so) and then gave it a new brushed finish. I also polished the screws again.

That's all I did to it.

Holy grail indeed!

20 years from now they will have great problems telling if your watch is a genuine one or a superfranken

Thanks guy's. Just waiting for some gen hands now

Franken 188 this weekend:

Wow....never seem this one before. Very very nice!

For me it's all weekend this:

Although it was almost perfect (see here the original post: http://www.rwgforum....-my-holy-grail/), one thing kept bothering me.

The thick case back. Time to trim it down.

It was way more time consuming than expected but the results are great.

I thought that it will take half an hour but it took like 3 hours.

The hardest part was to brush and polish the side.

Originally it was 2,39mm and I trimmed it down to 1,58mm.

Although 0,81mm doesn't seem much, in reality it's a huge difference.

It looks way more gen now.

Also I got I call that my gen deployment arrived, so I picked it up and now it's complete.

Hope you like it.

Cheers,

Sander

side by side with non modded one.

Inside with room for gasget.

Back mounted on the watch.

Gen deployment (look at the marks on the inside. Our reps don't have it.)

Gen strap as well.

On metal.

Again thanks for all insights and input on you project!

Will definitely try to get you some gen hands as it

worked out for kruzer...

You deserve it

George

Thanks mate!

@sander

just curious:

maybe stupid question but anyway, is the gap to the left with a gen AP ROO dial

really as much as one entire mm or less?

It's less. I'm not really sure what the best way to measure it because all the dimensions are different.

I made you a drawing so that you can take a look.

The 7750 date disk is 1,3mm bigger than the 2892 disk (24,55mm -/- 23,25mm)

If you defied that by 2 the difference is 0,65mm. Maybe this is the easiest way to tell?