txrob779 Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 (edited) This has been a year long quest to find the right parts, at the right time for the right price. Might wanna have a drool rag ready. I owe my quest for the Holy Grail to my friend jmb, The Tudor Jedi Master as I call him. It was his initial flash of his personal Tudor Chrono's that gave me the ephany. Tudor "transitional" Chronotime 79260 This is one of the models I am after. Tudor Transitional Dial, Oysterdate pre Prince Date. I have spent hours doing my due diligence on this line of Tudor. As with Rolex, especially during the transitional years and models there is a "letter of the law" then there is the real world. There is SO much room for interpretation here as features cross top and fro with in the models. It was really a challenge to sort it all out. I had an unsolictited PM on RWI from a member whe had 3 of these dials horded. He bought them about 6 years ago he said. I negotiated the two dials you will see in this thread. The first thing you notice is this dial is missing its Tudor Shield logo and its stick markers. After a week for searching, whipping members asses about where and who I could buy the parts to assemble this dial I finally contacted Phong, who sold me the shield logo for the dial. A replica Rolex Datejust stick dial will be the donor for teh stick markers. They are 3.60mm x 0.50mm. Rep Daytona 116520 case, Tudor Pre Tiger bracelet...I bought these parts from an RWI member as well. Replica Daytona a7750 case and Tudor bracelet...some think this is just a Tiger bracelet but I have found it on all 3 post Big Block models' This will get a Tudor case back engraved and search is in for a Tudor 7mm crown. I can also use a Rolex engraved caseback, 703 crown and a Subs bracelet and still be correct to the transitional features. This tranny is very complicated and there seems to be tolerance left and right of "the letter of the law here" around 1997 ish. This build will have a black 500mph tachy insert and bezel from WSO, large cyclops from Ofrei and drilled lugs. Also an ETA 7750 Valjoux from Rochest and w/ Daytona hands from WSO. This one is my Holy Grail.........79280 or 79260 Genuine Swiss ETA 7750 Valjoux Drool away fellas, drool. My friend trks-bzr said, "build THIS!!!!!!!!!" Good news here. WSO has the 116520 Daytona bezel and inserts that I hope will fit these rep cases. They also have the Tudor's 500mph inserts in both polished SS and black. Edited February 4, 2013 by txrob779 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txrob779 Posted February 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 1996-1997ish.......before Tudor endorsed Tiger Woods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmj Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Very nice work. enjoy her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Very interested to see if the new bezel fits the Daytona case... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txrob779 Posted February 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 It wont Justin....The pics on WSO is just a super imposed front and back pic I do believe. The part is just an insert. I am bummed too, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txrob779 Posted February 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 (edited) But you are The Tudor Jedi Master.....contemplate for a minute. Milling the Daytona 1 piece rep bezel down so you can epoxy or JB weld (lol) a WSO 500mph $59 tachy insert on that milled part. We now have instant Tudor correctness OR machine a channeled bezel like this one trksh-bzr linked me to at Chrono-Shop. Stand by for the link. If you could MAKE a bezel to press on the Tona case....and we can buy these $59 WSO inserts we "GOT SOMETHING" man....what do you think.....possible? Have a look, http://www.chrono-shop.net/en/bezels/728-rare-genuine-79260-rolex-tudor-bezel-chrono-time-tiger.html Edited February 4, 2013 by txrob779 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Machining a bezel to accept the insert sounds very doable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trksh-bzr Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Tudor "transitional" Chronotime 79260 robz, that's not a transitional. transitional would have oysterdate dial and oyster bracelet. I think it's not even a 79260 but the 79280....not sure wether the ref defines the brushed / polished lugs. anyway, you have an oysterdate dial, so you're definately going for brushed lugs, OR ELSE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTooper4 Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Great project massive effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVNE Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) Sorry to bump a old thread Rob but did you ever find a 500 mph bezel to fit the 'Tona case? Edited June 22, 2014 by DVNE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txrob779 Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Nope, negatory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabioliveri Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 I have it....one rep and one gen but for plexi not sapphire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Rob, if you ever received that insert bring it over and we'll try to make a bezel for it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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