ubiquitous Posted January 31, 2011 Report Posted January 31, 2011 What exactly do these mean? And have these terms been trademarked? Maybe it's just me and my old school ways, but I've always known a frankenwatch to be just that... A frankenwatch. Are these labels just different 'tiers' per se, or some sort of differentiation of varying levels of build? Did I miss the memo?
btocamelo Posted January 31, 2011 Report Posted January 31, 2011 LOL....i seen that the other day on a listing....Hyperfranken? Franken is a franken....there are no degrees
ubiquitous Posted January 31, 2011 Author Report Posted January 31, 2011 C-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-combo breaker!
Nanuq Posted January 31, 2011 Report Posted January 31, 2011 Drat, I was going to post up a spanking new Über-franken!
Eton Posted January 31, 2011 Report Posted January 31, 2011 C-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-combo breaker! Wow, that brought back memories!!! Super, Ultra, HYPER...are merely sales & marketing strategies, IMO. A Franken is just that...A FRANKEN!!! It's pretty black and white in my mind as you require a certain amount of parts to qualify a watch as such, end of story! Now, there is one more variation that I believe we all would agree on...and I believe it might be trademarked... ...The Ubi-Franken!!!
tomhorn Posted January 31, 2011 Report Posted January 31, 2011 Oh Ubi .... you know all of yours are Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Frankens ...
dluddy Posted January 31, 2011 Report Posted January 31, 2011 Hyper-Frankens include a Dial Blowjob lol
ubiquitous Posted January 31, 2011 Author Report Posted January 31, 2011 Nah... Mine are just plain Jane vanilla variety of franken-builds... But I do believe that a franken is a franken is a franken, semantics aside...
Justasgood Posted January 31, 2011 Report Posted January 31, 2011 Any Franken built by the Master Ubi shall be referred to as "The end all, beat all InFinite Franken" Quantum calculations and Infinite Mathmatics prove that only Ubi can bring more quality to any build......'tis immeasurable, and never ending.
Eton Posted January 31, 2011 Report Posted January 31, 2011 Hyper-Frankens include a Dial Blowjob lol Any Franken built by the Master Ubi shall be referred to as "The end all, beat all InFinite Franken" Quantum calculations and Infinite Mathmatics prove that only Ubi can bring more quality to any build......'tis immeasurable, and never ending. +1
sly Posted January 31, 2011 Report Posted January 31, 2011 So What qualifies as a franken. I hear this all the time, somebody puts a gen crown on a rep. And then calls it a franken.
vlydog Posted January 31, 2011 Report Posted January 31, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZnwIIKnWJtg
jmb Posted January 31, 2011 Report Posted January 31, 2011 Some of mine are Franken-Lite... I call all of mine that are built with just a gen dial as Franken-Lites - if just a crown then it's just a modded rep. I feel a full Franken would have at least a gen case, crown, and dial. But, that's just me...
freddy333 Posted January 31, 2011 Report Posted January 31, 2011 I think someone has too much free time.
Movementum Posted January 31, 2011 Report Posted January 31, 2011 I had a beer cup and glued a ceramic handle onto it. I call it my franken stein. Sorry, I should be punn-ished
ubiquitous Posted January 31, 2011 Author Report Posted January 31, 2011 So What qualifies as a franken. I hear this all the time, somebody puts a gen crown on a rep. And then calls it a franken. My definition of a Franken-watch is a watch that is built from genuine, replica and/or aftermarket parts. A genuine dial is a requisite at minimum; a true Franken should have at least 30% or greater genuine parts content (with dial) to qualify as such.
Watchmeister Posted February 1, 2011 Report Posted February 1, 2011 I am with Ubi on this one. A franken starts with a gen dial and then goes from there.
dluddy Posted February 1, 2011 Report Posted February 1, 2011 I am with Ubi on this one. A franken starts with a gen dial and then goes from there. My feeling as well. Not a franken unless you have a Gen Dial
Utheman Posted February 1, 2011 Report Posted February 1, 2011 I had a beer cup and glued a ceramic handle onto it. I call it my franken stein. Sorry, I should be punn-ished Well done. I appreciate a nicely delivered groaner
maxman Posted February 1, 2011 Report Posted February 1, 2011 Well done. I appreciate a nicely delivered groaner Im suprised that a man that has such a command of the english language would use the word ":groaner",oh well
krpster Posted February 1, 2011 Report Posted February 1, 2011 What I find interesting is that most of the initial posts state that a franken is a franken. But then later on some defining boundaries or conditions are put on it. Isn't that the same as defining using names such as Super...Uber...Ultra Continuing to play devils advocate I can't say that a dial is a requisite to be called a franken either. Suppose you had a gen case, crown, tube, bracelet with a rep dial. I would say that would qualify too. No?
jmb Posted February 1, 2011 Report Posted February 1, 2011 Well, I couldn't see wasting a gen case, band, etc. on a rep dial! That would qualify the builder as somewhat "unbalanced"...
ubiquitous Posted February 1, 2011 Author Report Posted February 1, 2011 What I find interesting is that most of the initial posts state that a franken is a franken. But then later on some defining boundaries or conditions are put on it. Isn't that the same as defining using names such as Super...Uber...Ultra Continuing to play devils advocate I can't say that a dial is a requisite to be called a franken either. Suppose you had a gen case, crown, tube, bracelet with a rep dial. I would say that would qualify too. No? No... I've defined what *I* consider a frankenwatch. There are qualifications for what I would consider to be an actual frankenwatch; sticking a gen spring bar in a watch's lugs does not make a rep watch a frankenwatch. My point of 'a franken being a franken being a franken' is that as long as it meets my criteria of being a frankenwatch, it's just that to me; a 'franken' and nothing more. There is no need to build it up with fancy super duper special titles or anything as such. A watch that someone 'built' by adding a gen crown and nothing else does not constitute a frankenwatch to me. Nor does a rep watch fitted with an aftermarket dial (differing from the original rep dial it came fitted with). Those are what I would define as modded watches... If you have a watch that's all gen *except* for a dial, then that to me is essentially an incomplete gen. However, these are only my personal qualifications for what a frankenwatch is defined as. What someone else might consider a franken will differ from what I consider a frankenwatch to be. Just as others will choose to use the term 'ultra' or 'extra fancy' with the term 'franken' to describe their pieces... It's nothing written in stone.
Utheman Posted February 1, 2011 Report Posted February 1, 2011 Im suprised that a man that has such a command of the english language would use the word ":groaner",oh well Dare it is
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