nick1972 Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 After searching and lurking a long time on this forum! I'm ready to build my own super franken. I wanted a 1680 Red submariner, The project started with a nice yuki case set from another rwg member, I put the case in a box full of coins and shaked the hell with it. After that I needed a dial. de case has a red sub serial so my next task was to find a genuine not so expensive red dial. I found that dial but I have to do some work on it, repainting the indices takes alot of work, i'm like halfway So next I bought a gen 702 crown and tube, the tube wont fit the yuki case so I have to retap it, again thx to this forum for the right answers. Things I have to do is, finding a decent 1570 movement and a T39 Superdome, No cyclops for me on this baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 I think you are making a mistake fitting your watch with a non-cyclops crystal. If the watch was 100% gen, then customizing is not a problem. But, with a franken, it is always best to keep things as close to oem as possible. Deviations from oem tend to increase suspicion & elicit closer inspections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rag9fx Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 if you want to go for a non cyclops go for a t19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 You bought a 702 Tube and Crown?!? That's sound so easy. A lot of us are searching them long time. Sounds like a great project keep us updated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick1972 Posted November 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Yes a T 19 is also possible but look at this red sub with superdome, I love it.. I bought the 702 crown new from justasgood and I had a few 702 tubes so it was easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username here Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 my next task was to find a genuine not so expensive red dial. I found that dial but I have to do some work on it, repainting the indices takes alot of work, i'm like halfway inexpensive gen red dial??? Didn't know they existed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselpower Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 All excellent stuff and good luck with the project but I don't get one thing. If you like the look of the red letters and you like the superdome why didn't you build a 1665 DRSD? Oh well, each to his own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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