chiman12 Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 I've been getting a lot of builds done lately and here are a couple more of my vintage Tudor builds. I must admit, the title for the "King of Tudors" will always belong to JMB, but I do enjoy my Tudor builds. Here are a couple of Tudors that I've recently completed and quick stories behind them...my Franken Jumbo Tudor Day-Date and my 7922BC. The Story of the Jumbo Tudor Day-Date Franken.... I always mention that I have certain parts that just sit in my parts box. What I do is buy parts that I think are hard to come by and they sit in my parts box until a project evolves that I can use a particular part. I've had a NOS Black Jumbo dial that has been sitting in my parts box for well over a year. One day I ran across an auction for a Jumbo Day-Date on fleabay... The movement was obviously in poor shape, but I was more concerned about the shape of the case. Based on the pictures, the case was in worn, but good shape, so I decided to take a chance and buy the Tudor for just the case. The same day, an auction came up selling a Felca with a serviced AS1895, but the case was in poor shape. "This was mean't to be" I said to myself... When I received the Tudor, I was correct in my intial observations in that the movement couldn't be saved and was rusted beyond repair. The only parts I could use were the day and date wheels! The case was a different story, there was only a tiny bit of rust on the edge of the case back that could be easily removed with sandpaper. I proceed to put everything together and refinished the case and hands and installed a gen Tudor bracelet using rep Datejust endlinks. Here it is... ...and the Tale of my Tudor 7922BC I built a 6538 quite awhile ago using a Yuki case, but with time I was a little disappointed at how the rehaut looked on the watch. I thought it was a little too wokky as compared to gen pics that I have seen. I also have a Tudor 7922 and was never quite happy in that the dial was a little small for the case it was in currently .One day, I ran across this pic of a 7922 on 10pastTen.com and noticed that the rehaut was also a little wokky. So I proceed to take apart my 7922 and 6538 and convert it to 7922BC... I think the conversion turned out perfectly, in that 7922BC with the 100m dials were actually very rare and that some 7922 actually used 6538 cases! I love how the dial is properly displayed in in the rehaut and enjoy how the watch now looks. So why are the pieces similar??? The size of the Jumbo Day-Date is 37.5mm while the 7922 is 38mm. With its shear size, the Jumbo DD commands the same wrist presence as the 7922, but will also go with a suit! In addtion, the Jumbo DD actually uses 2mm spring bars. The genetics of both pieces are so similar, yet are completely different watches!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 My, you have been a busy little beaver!! Two great builds! The Jumbo Tudors are in a class by themselves. I think the current Datejust II size is a bit much but the 38mm just feels "good". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Absolutely fantastic work, they both look great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ylfig Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Great work, beautiful watches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sly Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Very Nice Tudors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiman12 Posted February 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Thanks guys! My, you have been a busy little beaver!! Two great builds! The Jumbo Tudors are in a class by themselves. I think the current Datejust II size is a bit much but the 38mm just feels "good". very funny J...very funny....BUT...I agree with you, the 38mm feels and fits "right"...now what the heck am I going to do with my Franken 1550 Date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 It was the best of Tudors, it was the ... um, well, the best of Tudors. Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwatch Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Great conversion!! And that jumbo!!! I love it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiman12 Posted February 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 on my 7922, I thought that the "SELF-WINDING" text was too low to on the dial, but according to the pic below of a gen 7922, it is actually not bad! Now I got to git me a big bubble second hand from cwp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eton Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Fantastic!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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