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1016 EXPLORER FINALLY DONE!


Blindpirat

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Hi gents,

Want to share with you my 1016 build.

It took a long way as I collected and chased parts for more than a year and a half.

Great thanks to Rolojack for amazing advices and case reshaping!

A bit of history.. I fell in love with early 1016's. Chapter ring..gilt dial..underline..

That's a dream unfortunately unachievable for now..

I made my first one 1016 2 years ago out of 16000 case, gen 1570 movement, Yukki dial and hands, Clark crystal, JMB bezel.

That was okay for the first try, but nothing was right there..

This time I tried to make as close as possible full Gen Explorer.

Specs:

Gen 16014 case amazingly reshaped by Rolojack.

Gen 16000 caseback

Gen 1575 movement.

Gen 1016 "Stern" Dial

Gen Sub hands(they where sold to me as Explorer hands on VRM, minute hand shorter than should be..)

Gen T22 Domed crystal.

Gen Bezel(outer diameter is half mm smaller than should be..have no idea why, inner diameter is perfect to fit T22)

Gen 78350 bracelet with 558B endlinks.

Gen 600 crown

Proper springbars to be added!

Here are some pics:

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Please tell me what do you think guys!

Thank you,

BP

Sent from Hell

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It's a beautiful watch. I understand it's a long way to source all these gen parts. But the result is beautiful. Congrats !

My 6610 parts are waiting in a box. See your 1016 make me want to build it now.

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Vintage rollies and in particular 1016's got me into this game....

That's a great looking watch, I have the dome rather than the top hat too. I think Rolojack's work is the best and he is really easy to deal with. For such a simple looking watch it takes a lot of effort to get it right. Well done and have fun with it!

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Congratulations!!!

a great piece of work!!

all genuine parts. = genuine timepiece 

it may not be exactly the explorer model issued by rolex but I would consider it a special edition genuine rolex rarer than most mil subs!! !ha!

the real giveaway evident for me that it is not a 1016 is that your case has a back lip where the case back meets rhe mid case wheras the explorer 1016 does not.  Too bad that if it were possible to grind it off and re thread the case threads at the same level so that it would be flush with the case back!!

otherwise I would be overjoyed with this.

enjoy in good health!!!!

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