Guest apetrills Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Post your pictures of AS Frankens!!! Lee's see what you got! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concepta Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Don´t have..but have gen dials if someone wanna go franken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave123 Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Only recall ever seeing one (i think) on all these forums. Loads of franken SA's out there but not AS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shab Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Don´t have..but have gen dials if someone wanna go franken How much for a gen dial for skyland?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest apetrills Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Hmm i am very interested in the build. This would be my first breitling mod and from what i can tell would be a rare one at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave123 Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Ya,you could pick up a used gen Skyland for not that much more $ then putting together a good franken so i really see no reason to make one,might be a reason why there doesn't seem to be any around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest apetrills Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Ya,you could pick up a used gen Skyland for not that much more $ then putting together a good franken so i really see no reason to make one,might be a reason why there doesn't seem to be any around. Intresting point. SO than why all the SA franken. Used gens can be picked up for 3500, used AS gens are only $500-750 less. Are SA parts just cheaper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave123 Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Ya, SA parts are more readily available and the SA is a far more popular watch then its little sister,the AS. (go big or go home with that watch style... ) I own a gen SA and have put together or purchased alot of franken SA's,just for fun and interest in them,it is borderline on the cost vs gen with the SA being worth it imo,and the Skyland price difference really just makes it not worth it,no matter what parts you add on to a franken,you still own a rep. Unless you really love the AS and putting a franken together is for fun or hobby alone,but again i think i have seen one on all of these forums over the years and i'm really not even sure about that. Not really a popular watch i guess,but would love to see yours if you put one together,a rare rep it would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackR Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 the v2 skyland is a terrific rep out of the box...the watch, while not gen, is nicely done...when you decide to franken one of these, you have to add the cost of the dial, re-lume of the hands and the work to disassemble/reassemble...oh - and to get it right, you will need to add in double AR...all in all, this could cost you $600usd or more...double the orig cost of the v2 skyland...pushing the total cost near $1,000usd...still cheaper than the gen pre-owned, but still a lot... all said and done, tho, if you realllllllly like the skyland, go for it...i have a v1 chrono avenger titanium with a gen blue dial, re-lumed hands and chieftang double AR...was it worth it to me...hell yeah... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yannou Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 I have a Skyland which has : a relume on dial & hands and ETA 7750 ..that's all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard lawton Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 My Skyland V2 has an original Breitling 7750 movement but that's all, the rest of the watch is really good, even the lume dots on mine are perfect which is rare. Richard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
importr Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 ....and just remember....the genuine Skyland bezel does not readily attach to the v2 or v3 case. So to echo Dave123's comments, a Skyland franken is not cost effective oh yeah, my v2 has relume dial, gen hands x6, 25j ETA7750, gen b13 Rotor, gen diver pro strap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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