Werlynne Posted November 29, 2013 Report Share Posted November 29, 2013 The term Franken, is it short for Frankenstein or Frankenshnide as in "Shnide" Watches or any other phony things. Just an out of interest question! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteM Posted November 29, 2013 Report Share Posted November 29, 2013 It is short for Franknfurter But if you used the search tool and put 'meaning of Franken' The first result amongst many others would be this http://www.rwgforum.net/topic/162583-franken-criteria/?hl=+meaning%20+of%20+franken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werlynne Posted November 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2013 Thanks PeteM....... it seems Shide is just a coincidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteM Posted November 29, 2013 Report Share Posted November 29, 2013 No probs mate... you can see it means different things to different people and I aint never heard of Shides personally... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted November 29, 2013 Report Share Posted November 29, 2013 Franken is short for 'Frankenstein', Mary Shelly's monster that was cobbled together out of parts from disparate human bodies. In the case of a watch, it is a watch cobbled together from parts. Traditionally, in horological circles, the term generally infers gen or mostly gen parts, but, here, it can also apply to reps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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