Sean's 16610 build completed w/ 3135

[irolexu]

Well my long and adventurous journey to making the ultimate sub has come to an end today and am happy to announce I am finally finished with this build! there is nothing more you can do here!!! on to the pics and details of what happened today

Everything is set out for assembly by RWG member mymanmatt

Brand new mint insert from rolex ready for install

Brand new gen crystal, retaining ring, click spring ready for use which if your all are wondering the genuine retaining ring will be a very very tight fit to your sean case and its best to use a genuine rolex bezel ring as well for the best results. the feel of the bezel rotating is just amazing and I feel that 90% of the reps can't seem to land this distinct feel on the bezel rotation and the clicker spring has a firm loud click as well.

Genuine fresh serviced 3135 movement. during the installation of this movement mymanmatt noticed that the movement does not fit the case very tight and has free side to side play. this was not an issue as soon as the movement was secured. I am not sure if this is the case on all sean cases but was with mine. (no pun intended)

Now to the build. Here we have the crystal set and lined up ready for the retaining ring to be pressed over the crystal.

Here we have the retaining ring over the crystal ready to be pressed and one thing to notice on the sean case is that the teeth on the case back are a little too wide on the case back as it is not a perfect fit to the bergeon case back opener.

The bezel is pressed slightly over the crystal and is lined up to be pressed in. its important to note that you check the position all around the watch to make sure while pressing in the retaining ring that it is even on all sides as to not damage any of the components on your bezel assembly

Bezel is pressed in fully.

The bezel ring, spacer, and click spring are all assembled and all there is to do at this point is install the insert.

Using TC's amazing V3 bracelet which gives this watch perfect SELs

Only thing left to do is ad these 2mm spring bars to the watch and we are good to go! which by the way there is absolutely no wiggle at all with these bars set in place. its going to take some wiggling and prying to get them in but just work with them and you will have very desirable results.

Now on to the completed watch. I would like to thank Matt (mymanmatt) for his wisdom and assembling the watch for me while I sat there and learned a few things and DCPARK87 for coming up with some very essential parts for the build (sean's case, gen bezel ring, TC v3 bracelet) ENJOY!!

[Guest]

That's some awesome stuff.

That looks like about $2000 worth of toys right there

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Edited September 15, 2012 by Guest

[Inertiadrifter]

Awesome

[dan_189]

Congrats! Exactly the same build as mine except ive got a slightly different dial and its all in parts.

Will post pics of mine when done as well!

Cheers

[highoeyazmuhudee]

looks good

[irolexu]

Congrats! Exactly the same build as mine except ive got a slightly different dial and its all in parts.

Will post pics of mine when done as well!

Cheers

Awesome man can't wait to see it. What's the difference with my dial and yours?

[dan_189]

Awesome man can't wait to see it. What's the difference with my dial and yours?

Yours looks awesome man! I'm still waiting on a few parts in the mail before I can get it assembled lol

As for the dial its a very tiny difference but the Oyster perpetual date spacing is different on my dial, there are two versions with Swiss made on the bottom

Its explained here:

[Tiyal]

Very nice !!! Wear it well

[msp]

Sweeeeet ! Sean's case is amazing. Having that said.. Wear it well

[its_urabus]

Looks amazing! Wear her well sir.

One question about the sel fit, does the raised middle portion of the sel rub the underside of your bezel?

Edited September 15, 2012 by its_urabus

[watcher]

Very sweet and a gen 3135 inside will last for ever! Enjoy !

[mymanmatt]

Looks amazing! Wear her well sir.

One question about the sel fit, does the raised middle portion of the sel rub the underside of your bezel?

[mymanmatt]

No the bezel is free an clear of the end links

[mymanmatt]

That camera takes some nice pics. Still looks better in person though

[irolexu]

Bezel turns and feels exactly like it should only last official thing this watch needs is a pressure test. What do you guys think this watch will do?

[seafoam]

Very nice, looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing.

[irolexu]

No prob my next build is a 16660 daily beater for work I just need a bk dwo and SL eta hands

[Ephry73]

I love the 666! I am working on two projects at the moment. The TC bracelet is well worth it until someone makes the proper one with closed endlinks. I may sell this one to fund school books.

[irolexu]

Pm me before it goes to the sales floor please

[rsh]

That is amazing !!!!

[irolexu]

That is amazing !!!!

thanks bud! saw your post about the spring bars. can you not get your 2mm to fit the case at all?

[alligoat]

Boy that is a nice build iRU! Congrats

[irolexu]

Thanks! I wonder if the guys over at TRF can call this one out

[panerai153]

Beautiful job. I will add my accolades to Matt's work. He does very nice work on reps as well as gens. Probably have a couple of other things for him in the not too distant future.

[irolexu]

I wouldn't hesitate to let Matt work on any of my watches he has worked on my watches since I was 14 when I bought my first DJ rep he did a little bit of Franken work on it and turned it around which ran flawlessly for 8 years or so