paneraiguy Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Hi Guys, I am looking for a professional whom can build me a nice Day Date Franken either a Day Date 1 or II in either stainess or gold, depending on what looks more Gen. I work in the luxury industry but at the moment just dont have enought funds to buy a Genuine Rolex and dont really want to look like an idoit and get caught out wearing a rep!LOL LOL So I am looking for a Day Date with a reliable New Serviced movment "Swiss", I guess by reading on this forum it would need a Gen Dial,Hands,Crystal, Date wheel, crown,Tube. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions on where or who I should talk too that would be great guys. Thanks for your help. ex Paneraiguy, LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 You mean something like this? You can build a super-franken datejust like that for under $1k if you shop hard (dunno how much the labor adds though, I do my own work). Can't get called out unless someone adjusts the time and notices the hands turn the wrong way. The DD is a different story though. For starters, you can't (cheaply) use a gen case, because the gen cases are all made in precious metal. Steel is not a good substitute for platinum (b/c of weight), and rep gold doesn't pass the smell test, so you're boned right off the bat. I don't think someone in your situation should be wearing any rep Rolex other than a superfranken. There are good Rolex reps, but very very few are in the same league as some Panerai or Omega reps. It's a fact of life when dealing with watches that have all in-house movements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paneraiguy Posted December 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Hey thanks Sneed12, thats great advice and will take that on board, maybe I need to look at a Panerai to be safe n sure as I could be I guess. I will check the panerai forum and see whats what these days! Thanks again mate!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Get one of the new 029's. Everyone says it's the best PAM rep ever made, period. Mine is supposed to land tomorrow. I think Toro said he still has them in stock, he can get you one in a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red series 3 Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Hey I want to do the same thing. I was thinking that a SS Datejust case like a 16014 with a WG bezel Has anybody ever tried fitting a gen 3055 to a gen datejust case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 (edited) I was thinking that a SS Datejust case like a 16014 with a WG bezel Has anybody ever tried fitting a gen 3055 to a gen datejust case? I haven't tried this, but there might be a chance that the stem of the 3055 movt is too low in the case- just my educated guess. Thicker movt, maybe. A 1555/6 might work in the 16000 case- 16014 in your case would be ok. Ubi did such a build last year, but thats all I know at this point. Edited March 27, 2012 by alligoat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valty Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 A 1555/6 might work in the 16000 case- 16014 in your case would be ok. Ubi did such a build last year, but thats all I know at this point. 1555/6 caliber is fine with a 16000 case... once the case has been modified to take it. Phong can do the job ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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