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Franken UPO & advise for how to ?


bravoecho

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  • 6 months later...

honestly, if you are going to buy all the parts and pay someone to do it for you, I'd just buy a used gen.

The PO franken is already borderline too expensive in the rep vs gen scale. Adding build expenses would put it over the top for me.

Here's a breakdown of the parts from Ofrei

Name SKU Each Total

Omega Dial For Caliber 2500 OME-2500-DIAL#3 ................................ $242.00

Genuine Omega Cal 2500 Hour & Minute Hands Silver Arrow With Luminous HAN-4150 ................................$38.00

Genuine Omega Cal 2500 Second Hand Silver Arrow Luminous With Red Tip HAN-4151 ................................$17.60

Omega Stainless Steel Crown 42184 8100/3905W ................................$38.00

Omega Case Tube 090ST1232 OME-090ST1232 ................................$6.60

Omega Sapphire Crystal 062SB3063 OME-SB3063 ................................$169.00

Omega Bezel 082SU1703 OME-082SU1703 ................................$228.00

Sub Total $739.20

Shipping would be from $15 to $33 on the parts alone.

UPO $260

So you are talking about more than $1,000.00 for the parts (considering you don't care about the HE valve. That would add $75 to the bill).

Now add builder costs, time, shipping to and from builder and this project would cost close

$1300.

Considering you can find used gens for $1800-$2000, I don't really think paying to get a franken built would be a good deal.

I've built mine myself and I did not add the bezel (bought a new gen before getting there).

Hi,

I was also looking at doing the 'full mod' but rethinking it due to the cost....it does add up, but such a sweet result.

Just wanted to clarify a couple of your Ofrei part numbers. Although I have not confirmed the correct part #'s yet, for the 45.5mm I had the following for the hands:

Genuine Omega Cal 2500 Second Hand Silver Arrow Luminous With Red Tip 15.0 mm 066WZ4313 HAN-4222 $17.60

Genuine Omega Cal 2500 Hour & Minute Hands Silver Arrow With Luminous 14.85 mm long 065WZ4312 HAN-4221 $38.00

Also, if you wanted to really go over the top, I think I saw in either this forum or another that the caseback fits on the new UPO. If so, you can do this: Omega Case Back For Case 168.1650 OME-112ST1703 $118.00

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