Puretime 1680 as a tudor snowflake base?

[what2]

not looking for 100% accuracy, just a decent snowflake I can wear without fear, what are your thoughts?

[highoeyazmuhudee]

theres plenty wrong with it. does it even accept a gen dial? i wouldnt consider the PT as a modders delight, if youre serious pay the extra and start with a good base. tudors are also a tough call since the gen is cheaper than most members rolex frankens.

[TeeJay]

I've used 1517 and 1513 cases for Tudor projects, and always been happy with the results Depends if you're going for 100% replication, or just a personalized representation of the watch

[what2]

looking for a basic vintage sub style case to put a repro snowflake dial and hand set that I found, I am not overly worried about absolute accuracy.

[crockey]

I tried.........if The Zigmeister can't make it work, no one can.

[sly]

I think the MBW 5513 case will work for this project.

[sly]

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[ebzen02]

Who is sellin these?

[turnipz]

Who are selling these cases? Narika said he isnt.

[Dizzy]

Is the Tudor sub dial the same diameter as the rolex 1680 dial? If so then it should work in the PT sub case. Gen dial fit in my PT case... its close, but it will work. How about the DW case set?

[mcotter]

I built a snowflake quite successfully w/ a rep 1680. however the Tudor gen sub dial is 26mm, a bit smaller than the rep dial & may not work. The solution in my case : I had the rep dial re-done beautifully into a blue snowflake.I also had the datewheel redone in red . The hands were an odd sizeyet Jay at motorcity watchworks had them. The rep bracelet w/ Tudor id came from JMB.. It turned out very well..Side by side w/ my gens it's not perceptable....A fun inexpensive project..Regards, mcotter

[highoeyazmuhudee]

the Tudor sub dial weighs in at 26mm and so does this 1680. if this is truly the case then it does indeed fit the MBK 5513 case

[what2]

I've got a 1680 case coming from a forumer, and bought this yesterday to serve as my guide...

lets see what happens next, just hoping the whole thing does not end up in a ziplock bag in my watch box along with other "bright idea" projects.

[highoeyazmuhudee]

I've got a 1680 case coming from a forumer, and bought this yesterday to serve as my guide...

lets see what happens next, just hoping the whole thing does not end up in a ziplock bag in my watch box along with other "bright idea" projects.

heh, i was tempted to buy that tudor too

[what2]

keep in touch, once I build the rep I will probably flip it

[d-rock]

I seem to recall comming close to purchasing a "Tudor Kit" 9411/0 and the case was going to be the 1680 from josh.

The deal never went through as it seems it was sent to The Zigmeister and the seller later told me it wasn't built due to parts not fitting correctly.

I'm not exactly certain what didn't fit but I am certain the build intended was with the 1680 from Josh.

Since then I've realized that the case back wouldn't be right as the Tudor has an engraved case back.

[what2]

a great forumer donated a 1680 rep case to the cause, and I have my gen snowflake to compare... while there are subtle differences all around the biggest difference is in fact the caseback, other than that the cases are very close in size and shape. The contrasts are not to the point of killing the project since all I really am after is a snowflake looking watch that I can get wet. I'll take some comparison pictures once the sun comes fully up out here in seattle.

[d-rock]

I'd LOVE a Blue SnowFlake 9411/0 Tudor IF there was a way to put the same unidirectional 120 click bezel that the 16610's have.

[Ephry73]

@What2

Did you ever take the comparison pictures? Also, have you tried fitting the case backs to see how different these backs are?

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