mastergod Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Hi all, doing a fantasy project based on the US Marines Rolex fantasy. Which of these dials (if any) look good? Thanks! MG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyyammine Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Middle one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aero_Dave Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 +1 on the middle one. Dave... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Middle as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceocorona Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Middle one. +1 on the middle one. Dave... Middle as well What they said.. Middle one hands down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffedupboy Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Middle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastergod Posted June 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Middle Thanks guys. Couldn't agree more (although I had to think about it for awhile). Will post finished-pics in a years time. MG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eduardor Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 middle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtguk Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 I'd agree with the guys middle is best one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docthor Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Disagree Right one would be my choice just for the look of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilseam Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Disagree Right one would be my choice just for the look of it Me too, right looks very cool! Interesting project. Good luck with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyyammine Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Thanks guys. Couldn't agree more (although I had to think about it for awhile). Will post finished-pics in a years time. MG Make me one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavidoc Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Personally I'd do a combination of the middle and the right. See below. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky4691 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 It was a toss up for me between #1 and the middle one but after looking at them both for a while I will have to agree with everyone else the middle one takes it. Good luck with should be a great project. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geof3 Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Maybe it's just me, but ever since this thing popped up in the Rolex world the discussion has been is it real, or memorex? I think we all know the answer. To that, I'm glad rolex never built it. It just an ugly watch... In terms of dials, the middle one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastergod Posted June 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Maybe it's just me, but ever since this thing popped up in the Rolex world the discussion has been is it real, or memorex? I think we all know the answer. To that, I'm glad rolex never built it. It just an ugly watch... In terms of dials, the middle one. OK, thanks I guess. How about this one? that one Rolex DID make mg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geof3 Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 OK, thanks I guess. How about this one?uglyrolex.jpg that one Rolex DID make mg Ha ha! I knew one of those nasty things would pop after my comment! Scary that those are actually real watches!! My prob with the others is the proportions. They just look odd to me. It's all good! Where are you sourcing the case and band/end pieces? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Good question. I want one too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ephry73 Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 I like it with the black bezel insert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchguy2 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 The right one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastergod Posted June 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Good question. I want one too! Ha ha! I knew one of those nasty things would pop after my comment! Scary that those are actually real watches!! My prob with the others is the proportions. They just look odd to me. It's all good! Where are you sourcing the case and band/end pieces? Found the case/bracelet on ebay (250 bucks or so). According to some HFers it's probably a rep of the fake US Marines that was made in Asia (Vietnam) around 2007. As I am currently working on a movie involving a US Marine I am looking forward to using the watch on him as a kind of ultra-insider joke :-) link to the bay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 1036869086 Cheers, MG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ephry73 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 I would love to build one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastergod Posted June 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 (edited) I would love to build one Finding it extremely difficult to decide how to build. One voice states with overwhelming logic that the original fake US-M version is worth more, easier to sell on and of more historic interest. Another demands beadblasting, black bezel and a Commando dial as a matter of taste. Also, I have to admit that as far as HF &RWG community devotion goes, it becomes kind of a duty to go for option 1. But although I spend embarrassing amounts of time on HF & RWG, I don't tend to wear "purist" or true-to-original reps or SS watches as such, regarding Rolex I only wear this Space-Dweller 2 prototype that I got last year...so I'm fearing that I wouldn't use the US Marine true version a lot... Edited June 16, 2013 by mastergod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastergod Posted June 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Middle on for sure, maybe throw a lollipop second hand on it and your good to go. Lollipop hand - is that a front-pinched merc secs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ephry73 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Totally a fantasy model. The sky's the limit for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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