Ultimate Franken Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore White Themes

[Guest Daytona1984]

Here are some pics of my Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore White Themes with the following features:

 

gen dial

gen tachymeter bezel

gen hands

gen Schwarz Etienne movement (swiss ETA 2892-2 + gen Dubois-Depraz module)

custom date wheel as per gen

AR cyclope

thinner midcase 

recessed crown position

thinner caseback

lots of other modifications such as recutting the threads etc.

rep rubber

mikey no hole deployment buckle

steel bracelet

 

This watch was built by my friend and great watchmaker Domi ! Thanks a lot ! you are the best watchmaker on the planet !

 

I hope you enjoy the pics and I welcome all comments :-)

 

[APguy1]

That machining wasn't done very well !! Im very well experienced and it looks like he didn't even use coolant ! I'm also surprised it didn't come out of the vice you really want a mini rotary table with a internal expanding collet. Not to mention using a milling bit in a bloody Jacobs drill chuck !! You are meant to have that tool 600-700 rpm and drown in coolant otherwise it kills the tool and leaves that awful 2Micron surface finish. Done correctly with the correct feed and speed feeds it will leave at least 0.4micron surface finish( equal to a precision CNC turned or ground finish). That way you could blast it straight away rather than wet flatting it or brushing it. You want a precision square and flat face to ensure a perfect fit on the case back. I did notice a mark on the back where a machining mark was after it was blasted. Not good in my opinion but if your happy I'm happy for you. 

[altesporsche]

The chuck on a drill press being used for milling is a no no, but seriously for the amount of metal in contact with the bit i highly doubt there will be a huge risk of damage. as for the coolant feed.. again if there were more metal in contact with the bit then i can see it as 100% necessary, but for this type of work and if there is limited equipment avail then no coolant is fine...  the work would be better on a proper milling setup, but [censored] lol give the guy a break he did pretty damn good for a drill press and chuck.  

 

Beautiful watch !!! enjoy it !! 

That machining wasn't done very well !! Im very well experienced and it looks like he didn't even use coolant ! I'm also surprised it didn't come out of the vice you really want a mini rotary table with a internal expanding collet. Not to mention using a milling bit in a bloody Jacobs drill chuck !! You are meant to have that tool 600-700 rpm and drown in coolant otherwise it kills the tool and leaves that awful 2Micron surface finish. Done correctly with the correct feed and speed feeds it will leave at least 0.4micron surface finish( equal to a precision CNC turned or ground finish). That way you could blast it straight away rather than wet flatting it or brushing it. You want a precision square and flat face to ensure a perfect fit on the case back. I did notice a mark on the back where a machining mark was after it was blasted. Not good in my opinion but if your happy I'm happy for you.