watchguy51 Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 One noticeable flaw with Rolex reps, is that the crowns often don't have the crimped inner edge that the gens have. I remember once hearing of someone filing down the inner edge of their rep crown to make it thinner and to give it the correct inner edge. Has anyone hear tried it? Can you post pics of your results? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyB Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Yep. I used a small file on one and emery cloth double sided taped to a popsicle stick on this one. Eyeballed the angle, went slow and it worked well. http://www.rwgforum.net/topic/140709-6mm-brevet-crown/?hl=%2B6mm+%2Bbrevet#entry1046879 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromatic Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 One noticeable flaw with Rolex reps, is that the crowns often don't have the crimped inner edge that the gens have. I remember once hearing of someone filing down the inner edge of their rep crown to make it thinner and to give it the correct inner edge. Has anyone hear tried it? Can you post pics of your results? I milled the rep crown from both sides to make it appear thinner the watch on the right has the same crown width it looks thinner but was not shortened just tappered on the inside and a little taken off the front edge. sorry not a very clear photo it was done on a lathe but i think some members have used a drill and a file. i have since fitted a gen crown and tube i think it makes the watch look better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 I have turned down the inner side of an MBW crown to give it a 702 shape but i did not atempt to make it look crimped Its the one on the left 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromatic Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) Looks great Fxrandy ! Edited December 10, 2012 by aeromatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWP123 Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 I milled the rep crown from both sides to make it appear thinner the watch on the right has the same crown width it looks thinner but was not shortened just tappered on the inside and a little taken off the front edge. AAA 012.JPG sorry not a very clear photo it was done on a lathe but i think some members have used a drill and a file. AAA 013.JPG i have since fitted a gen crown and tube i think it makes the watch look better black bay style submariner 033.JPG black bay style submariner 035.JPG Hey where'd you get these reps?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymanmatt Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 I do it with my dremal. Takes about 2 mins. Then lightly polish the edge. Looks really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromatic Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Hey where'd you get these reps?? Sorry i just saw your post these are from puretime ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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