Franken?

[gran]

What The Heck Is A "Franken" Watch

Was wondering what the origin for the word Franken to describe replicas with genuine parts.....is Franken actually derived from being like the Frankenstein monster?

I am just wondering?????

[PeteM]

That has always been my understanding, as in made up of different parts - rep and gen

I do remember reading a thread discussing this when using the search tool

[deniz21]

when the watch comes out of Franken...

but back to the topic

i also heard the work FRANKEN in gen forums so i say its not only a rep with gen parts...i would say if you use other gen or rep parts, it makes you a franken, and yes i think it comes from the name of DR. Frankenstein, who implatet everything in his son (monster)

so if you implate something in your watch it make you a franken imo

deniz

[FxrAndy]

A watch made from different part not originally destined to be together if i took a gen yachty dial and fitted it in a gen sub case then that would also be a franken

[gran]

A watch made from different part not originally destined to be together if i took a gen yachty dial and fitted it in a gen sub case then that would also be a franken

True!

Seems as if the first frankens were made from differnt parts of verious genuine watches....a sort of a hybrid or chimera

(guess some of the very first PANERAIs could fall into this category also?)

[Watchmeister]

In our hobby I think of frankens as watches mixing rep/aftermarket and gen parts. After all didn't Frankenstein have some gen parts and some rep ones.

[dluddy]

I'll go one step further and say that to be labeled a "Franken" it has to have either a Gen Dial or Gen movement

[spooky driver]

I'll go one step further and say that to be labeled a "Franken" it has to have either a Gen Dial or Gen movement

i have a smp with gen clasp, tube and crown and bezel is that not a "franken"

[Watchmeister]

I am with Don in thinking that a watch with gen dial or movement is what makes it a franken but I would also add that I expect them to have modification work done on them.

[ubiquitous]

I concur; frankenwatch to me has always meant gen dial, gen movement (in some cases, gen equivalent movement would qualify as well) or a combination of...

[maxman]

IT"S ALIVE

[gran]

Maybe ther is actually need for a whole repertauare of "frankens" to distingusih one type from another

Replifranken (only fake parts)

True Franken/genuinefranken (Only parts from different genuines)

Hybridfranken (mix of the two above)

and if it has the genuine movement and dial/face of the watch it is trying to imitate in it its should qualify to the prefix SUPER-

...

Just so we know exactly what we are dealing with here

[spooky driver]

so you cant have a SUPERReplifranken

[gran]

so you cant have a SUPERReplifranken

now you sound like Andrew Trusty