Need some advices to buy a FM

[Joaopac]

Hi

I'm looking for a Franck Muller. So I would like to have some advices from members who already bought one in the past, like which dealer they bought from, etc. I prefer a dealer inside EU in order to avoid custom problems. Please give me some hints

Thanks

[miagi]

http://www.rwg.cc/topic/140316-my-2nd-fm-tourby-arrived/page__fromsearch__1 here is the new tourby of theflyingdutchman.. dont get mutch better than that... and do a search here on different models... the crazyhour colordreams were fun and great value for money when it came... dont know if its still available... some dealers offers "EU-re-route" stick with the trusted dealers on this forum.

[Joaopac]

Precious Time had an great Franck Muller in his site also. I asked the price but he never reply back.

[miagi]

wasn't the price listed? if it said 8888,88 its not available. i

[Joaopac]

Nope. Btw he's out now. Will only return in January.

I can't find much dealers with Franckies =/

[miagi]

i dont want to choose the dealer for you, but http://www.puretimewatch.com/category/franck-muller/ angus have some.

[Joaopac]

It's ok. I can give me some suggestions. I don't know here to start searching

[Joaopac]

i dont want to choose the dealer for you, but http://www.puretimew.../franck-muller/ angus have some.

I liked the Crazy Hours Color Dreams, but in the back, instead of "Casablanca" says "Casablamca" =/

[Joaopac]

http://www.puretimewatch.com/product/casablanca-chrono-ss-black/

This is the Franck Muller of my dreams! But US$ 328 it's a lot of money

[miagi]

yes, :/ thats an unfortunate fault from the factories ... should have been so easy to avoid, yet it passed through their quality controll.. (or lack of it)

[Joaopac]

The Casablanca Chrono SS black looks great. It's the same model that Precious Time had in his site. I wish I could find it in another dealer a bit cheaper

[Joaopac]

Can't find it cheaper than that

[ubiquitous]

Last year I built a Franken Muller for a friend; started with a not-so-accurate rep and added the following:

-Gen dial (relumed by Zigmeister)

-Gen 2892

-Gen crown and tube

-Nice ostrich strap

Turned out quite nice; this seems to be a daily wearer for my friend as it's all I ever see on her wrist

Started here... Gen dial with dirty markers, badly in need of a relume:

Quick test fit in case; notice the huge rep crown:

2892:

Gen crown and tube:

All finished up:

So, if you can't find a decent out of the box FM to simply wear, there are other options. A bit more expensive, but not terribly so. Certainly less than buying the gen...

[Joaopac]

That's a good option, but I dont know how to mount a watches lol

It's too bad that I can't find a decent FM replica for at least 300 US dollars. I only give, at maximum, 270 US dollars. Maybe I can negotiate the price with some dealers.

Edited December 3, 2011 by Joaopac