daveb33 Posted July 24, 2014 Report Posted July 24, 2014 Hey guys and girls. Dave B here, been a lurker for a couple of years now, thought that it was time to say hi! Love watches and unfortunately I currently dont own any nice timepieces at the moment as I have a habit of selling them to pay for other things in life -my first watch was a Breitling Colt that I sold to get my sleeve tattoo finished (wish I never), Then I had a Breitling Superocean Steel Fish that I sold to get some money towards my wifes engagement ring and then I had a Rolex Datejust in stainless steel that i sold to get funds to put towards a wedding! Anyways, I have a small window before my wife wants to have children that I can get myself a watch before they come along, saying that, I have just purchased a 16234 datejust case complete with sapphire crystal, white gold fluted bezel and I have a white stick/track dial to go with it. Im gonna make a franken for 3 main reasons to ensure that I keep it 1 - the time and effort put into it would not allow me to part with it 2 - the fact that it is franken will mean that I cant just take it to a pawnbrokers/online auction site and sell for anywhere near as much as an original 3 - Its about time I had a nice watch as I have just turned 31! Anyways, just saying hi to everyone so I dont just jump into peoples threads without people having the slightest clue who I am! Any questions, I will happily answer, Right Im off to search the Franken Datejust threads! Thanks all, Dave
martijnp Posted July 24, 2014 Report Posted July 24, 2014 Good you finally registered on RWG! Welcome Dave
Legend Posted July 24, 2014 Report Posted July 24, 2014 Welcome Dave, and it sure took you a while to say hello! Collecting rep watches is a little little like potato chips, you can't just stop at one!
daveb33 Posted July 25, 2014 Author Report Posted July 25, 2014 Thanks for the welcome guys. Yeah, Im sure that just one wont cut it, but, its not a bad place to start! Ive just checked the tracking and my case is just waiting to clear uk customs, cant wait to start tinkering! Right, off to find myself a nice eta movement.... Cheers all Dave
Nightwatch Posted July 26, 2014 Report Posted July 26, 2014 Hi and welcome. Nice story and project - hold onto it and get Yourself some more watches - lol - just divide the nr. of Years ahead by the fun of owning them right now... and done:)
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