doraemon Posted March 29, 2013 Report Posted March 29, 2013 Auẞergewöhnlich. Wonderful. The King of watches. Though, for that amount I'd have waited to cash in a little more and get the gen. But. The search for the parts and, most important, the building process justifies the money/effort (I'm also a modeler :thumbup: )
lhooq Posted March 29, 2013 Report Posted March 29, 2013 M, I was able to source a gen NOS Superdome T21...... Me too! I was going to sell it to you! The search for the parts and, most important, the building process justifies the money/effort (I'm also a modeler :thumbup: ) The other important thing is being able to get the end result looking EXACTLY as you wanted. While it's true that you could buy a gen and tweak it by swapping out some parts, there would be big mental obstacles preventing me from doing so!
janeto72 Posted March 29, 2013 Author Report Posted March 29, 2013 Even though this build is outrageous in cost....I was still able to stay within my budget with room to spare...The search for the parts and the building process justifies the effort/cost....and i'm stil not finished...LOL!!! I have to say this build was easy enough.The only major mods that were done was the retapping of the case to accept the gen pushers and crown tube and the slight modding of the case and case lugs to accept the gen endlinks.The funny thing is that the case was brought within the Rolex +/- spec of tolerence for their parts for this particular Daytona 6263 case set.Which tells me that Phong's case is pretty much as close to gen as your gonna get in looks and dimensions.... Auẞergewöhnlich. Wonderful. The King of watches. Though, for that amount I'd have waited to cash in a little more and get the gen. But. The search for the parts and, most important, the building process justifies the money/effort (I'm also a modeler :thumbup: )
Valty Posted March 30, 2013 Report Posted March 30, 2013 Wow mate, speechless, one of the best franken Daytona for sure... the P301 are icing on the cake !!! Big congrats ! Can't wait to post some photos of mine... soon...
janeto72 Posted March 31, 2013 Author Report Posted March 31, 2013 M, why were you holding out on me...lol!!!! Me too! I was going to sell it to you! The other important thing is being able to get the end result looking EXACTLY as you wanted. While it's true that you could buy a gen and tweak it by swapping out some parts, there would be big mental obstacles preventing me from doing so!
janeto72 Posted March 31, 2013 Author Report Posted March 31, 2013 Thaks Bro for the kind words....Yes the P301 pushers are the icing on the cake..definately bringing this build to a new level...... Wow mate, speechless, one of the best franken Daytona for sure... the P301 are icing on the cake !!! Big congrats ! Can't wait to post some photos of mine... soon...
doraemon Posted March 31, 2013 Report Posted March 31, 2013 (edited) I think I'll throw my 6263 rep in the garbage can Or. I'll try to search for parts (not expensive like those you used) to make it better Edited March 31, 2013 by doraemon
Laser3000 Posted April 1, 2013 Report Posted April 1, 2013 Congrats janeto Perfect watch I Hope my watch will be as Good as yours Cheers
janeto72 Posted April 27, 2013 Author Report Posted April 27, 2013 Congrats janeto Perfect watch I Hope my watch will be as Good as yours Cheers M, your build is amazing...welcome to the Elite club..lol!!!
paneraiguy Posted April 27, 2013 Report Posted April 27, 2013 Just got my Gen Strap today, 78350 with Gen 571 Endlinks, fits like a glove on the DW Case!!<br /><br /><br /><br />
paneraiguy Posted April 27, 2013 Report Posted April 27, 2013 Sorry to thread jump, but thought people might like to see the fit, in case anyone wanted to do the same?<br /><br /><br />
MIKE32500 Posted April 28, 2013 Report Posted April 28, 2013 Fantastic watch Happy to see that you followed my advice regarding the crown and pushers ;-)
janeto72 Posted April 28, 2013 Author Report Posted April 28, 2013 Fantastic watch Happy to see that you followed my advice regarding the crown and pushers ;-) Mikey you cost me a bundle for those upgrades...I still have a superdome to install and a period correct clasp and endlnks..lol!!!
lhooq Posted April 28, 2013 Report Posted April 28, 2013 Mikey you cost me a bundle for those upgrades...I still have a superdome to install and a period correct clasp and endlnks..lol!!! jmb's currently fitting a gen dome onto my FAP 6239 Redux. But I'm passing on the genuine pump pushers!
janeto72 Posted April 28, 2013 Author Report Posted April 28, 2013 it's interesting to see several of us going pretty much all out and building these superfranken's..... .....i'm wondering if or how long i'll keep mine for...i've entertained afew offers on it but nothing has materialed as of yet....
Valty Posted April 29, 2013 Report Posted April 29, 2013 it's interesting to see several of us going pretty much all out and building these superfranken's..... .....i'm wondering if or how long i'll keep mine for...i've entertained afew offers on it but nothing has materialed as of yet.... You seriously thinking about selling it ? Don't do this mate, you'll regret it !!!
janeto72 Posted April 29, 2013 Author Report Posted April 29, 2013 Valty, i probably have about $13,500.00 USD into it right now...with the superdome, and period correct clasp and period correct endlinks i'll have $14,500.00 USD into it....or about 50% of the price of a gen....plus all my gen parts were NOS pieces....so if someone is willing to give me at least 90% of what I have into it, I would probably sell it..but so far I haven't had that type of offer....
Valty Posted April 29, 2013 Report Posted April 29, 2013 Valty, i probably have about $13,500.00 USD into it right now...with the superdome, and period correct clasp and period correct endlinks i'll have $14,500.00 USD into it....or about 50% of the price of a gen....plus all my gen parts were NOS pieces....so if someone is willing to give me at least 90% of what I have into it, I would probably sell it..but so far I haven't had that type of offer.... Yes you have many many money into this build, I understand what you are feeling about it.....! I feel it will be kinda hard to sell this build... There is so many money involved in !!! I probably will consider it if I had not my 6265 and the incoming 6240........ But all in all, 50% of the gen price is good anyways for basically the *same* watch, except the 727 and the gen case ! PS: if you have advises about what tools are needed to retap / redo the threads for the pushers, it will be appreciated, I just can't live with the aftermarket pushers on my 6265 lol...
janeto72 Posted April 30, 2013 Author Report Posted April 30, 2013 Yes you have many many money into this build, I understand what you are feeling about it.....! I feel it will be kinda hard to sell this build... There is so many money involved in !!! I probably will consider it if I had not my 6265 and the incoming 6240........ But all in all, 50% of the gen price is good anyways for basically the *same* watch, except the 727 and the gen case ! PS: if you have advises about what tools are needed to retap / redo the threads for the pushers, it will be appreciated, I just can't live with the aftermarket pushers on my 6265 lol... I would have to ask The Zigmeister about what tap sizes he used..unless some else could chime in...I never did get a 100% answer from anyone during my build...
Valty Posted April 30, 2013 Report Posted April 30, 2013 I would have to ask The Zigmeister about what tap sizes he used..unless some else could chime in...I never did get a 100% answer from anyone during my build... My watchmaker told me it's 2,5mm - but I don't know much more about it... Thanks for asking mate
janeto72 Posted May 12, 2013 Author Report Posted May 12, 2013 just a little blast from the past.....hope this build gives some insight for some hopeful vintage Daytona projects...
Kaplan Posted March 22, 2014 Report Posted March 22, 2014 Valty, i probably have about $13,500.00 USD into it right now...with the superdome, and period correct clasp and period correct endlinks i'll have $14,500.00 USD into it....or about 50% of the price of a gen....plus all my gen parts were NOS pieces....so if someone is willing to give me at least 90% of what I have into it, I would probably sell it..but so far I haven't had that type of offer.... Hi janeto , you still have this piece ?
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