sander Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 I while ago I saw a Franck Muller Vegas and I was really surprised about the quality of it. The guy ordered it last year from King so I also gave it a try. I never ordered from her before but I must say it was a real pleasure to deal with her. For me she was very helpful and amazingly fast with her communication. It took only 1 week to arrive but unfortunately it came with a broken crystal I contacted her and she promised me to send me a completely new watch free of charge. Within a week I received it and I must say that this was the best service I have seen in this business so far. Anyway, back to the watch. What can you expect of a $ 100,- watch? Well first of all it looked really good. The dial is pretty close to the gen and also the case looks pretty good. The engraving on the back is also better than expected. Nicely deep and sharp. Uhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheaton26 Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 looks great, congratulations! i wish i could do little mods like this. my father has a crazy hours that is fun to see work. and fyi, king is my dealer of choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickdick Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Lookin 'real good man! Muller straps are quite good indeed. No need to wear them in. And you got to appriciate the quick change system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sql_pl Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Yes, King is amazing. Fast, reliable. Great to deal with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letibjorn Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Very nice. where did you get gen parts? anyway wear it well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sander Posted January 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 looks great, congratulations! i wish i could do little mods like this. my father has a crazy hours that is fun to see work. and fyi, king is my dealer of choice. Trust me wheaton, you can do little mods like this. Does your father has the gen one or the rep one? @ letibjorn: sorry man I have to kill you if I tell.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheaton26 Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 Trust me wheaton, you can do little mods like this. Does your father has the gen one or the rep one? just the rep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 Great but I love the long island style more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 Congrats. per usual your work looks great. The Vegas was one of two Mullers back in the day that you could get dials for and make into really a good rep. The old school smaller conquistador with ETA 2892 was the other. By the way the roulette mechanism is every bit as good on the rep as on the gen. I actually sat in a meeting with a client who is also a long time friend and he was wearing the gen in gold. He let me play with for a while. And yes, he had bought it after a good night in Vegas. And although I can't remember the exact details the wisdom when they originally came out a few years ago was to buy two different models and combine the parts. One actually takes the dial perfectly but has an inferior case back and crown. The other has a good case back, crown and some other better parts. Even buying both and a gen dial you are into it for $300 or so if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deniz21 Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 wow men nice work and it looks realy good what you have done here but can you tell me how you drilled the new lugholes? and is the scala in the middle for showing the date? how dos it work on the rep? best regards denz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letibjorn Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 How on earth did you drill the lugholes? I have not a glue:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geo1nah2a Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 and is the scala in the middle for showing the date? how dos it work on the rep? I think the central display is a roulette complication: you press the crown pusher and the center hand turns to a 'random' number. At least that is what it does in the GEN. BTW great watch and good work on the lugs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guanaco Posted April 26, 2010 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 (edited) Sander, just wanted to revive the thread to tell you that the CORRECT Vegas caseback can be found in the Totally Crazy Hours rep, silly Chinese, lol. So you'll need to buy one of those TCH and swap case-backs with the 5850CH you have on now. Edited April 26, 2010 by guanaco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 This is a handsome watch .. and I repeat someone else's question .. how did you reliably drill new lug holes in that tight area? It's beautifully refinished as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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