Rolex 1016 Tiffany & Co. ... for the missus

[mir36]

Just finished this gift for the wife.  Fresh off the workbench.

 

 

 

 

Partlist:

jmb case with all the upgrades

Tonney dial

raffles time hands

hacking 2824

rios strap

 

Hopefully better pics to follow in the daytime.  Thanks for looking. 

 

 

[TheSociety]

Gorgeous! What a great gift brother!


Want to Buy: GEN Rolex Movements and/or Franken Sub / GMT / v72 or DW Daytonas!

[mui.richard.hk]

And the Tiffany & Co blue strap color to match that dial...PERFECT!

a watch is meant to be worn

[prdk]

I like that a lot! Well done.

[mir36]

A better shot with natural lighting

 

[dieselpower]

Lovely watch. Hope she likes it. Well done.

[jmb]

Turned out SUPER!!  Great looking dial.

[Sogeha]

That looks really good and a great present.

[Dawagner]

Nice job man! Might have to look into a similar build myself.

[Dawagner]

Just wondering was the dial a gen from tonney? I don't see any up on his store for sale currently. Where there any other sources you would recommend? Thanks again. Love the watch I'm going to try building my one as well!

[mir36]

On 12/3/2016 at 9:47 PM, Dawagner said:

Just wondering was the dial a gen from tonney? I don't see any up on his store for sale currently. Where there any other sources you would recommend? Thanks again. Love the watch I'm going to try building my one as well!

 

Thanks.  Glad you like it.  The dial is Vietnam made.  Just send Tonney a message and he should be able to source one for you.

 

As with many projects, the end result does not adequately capture the journey (aka pain) that it took to complete it, but here's a few tips that I hope will help you:

- The Tonney dial is made for a gen movement, so you'll need to clip the dial feet if using a 2824, which is preferable if using one of JMB's cases.

- The JMB case's rehaut diameter is 27.26mm, while the Tonney dial's diameter 27.19mm

- Whoopy's dials are made for ETA and will probably be easier to work with, if you can find them.  I haven't seen a Tiffany & Co version though

- To make the Tonney dial work, I had to clip the feet.  I then glued it onto the 2824 dial mounting ring - sorry, I don't have a picture, but basically dial feet stickers won't work.  So I used 5-minute epoxy to align the dial to the ring to the movement.  In turn, after making sure the keyless worked, I epoxied the dial/ring structure to the movement.

- Be careful when servicing the movement.  I lost the click spring while re-building the keyless works (for the 10th time) and spent an hour flat on my floor looking for it.

- I used Raffles time hands, the curved ones with white lume.  Probably not period correct, but I love the contrast when I'm looking at the dial.  To age the hands and match it to the aged indices, I just gave it a wash of Vallejo burnt umber acrylic paint. Worked like a charm.

On to some pics...

 

JMB Rehaut diameter:  27.26mm

 

Tonney 1016 dial diameter:  27.19mm

 

Whoopy Space Dweller dial:  27.97mm

 

Whoopy 1016 dial:  28.0mm

 

Aligning the dial to the stem:

 

Mounting the Raffles Time hands:

 

Dial glued to mounting ring, in-turn glued to movement, hands mounted:

 

 

Now that I have my feet wet, I just need a couple more cases from Justin!

 

Thanks for looking!

Edited December 6, 2016 by mir36
Clarity

[altesporsche]

looks great!! i think i may build one for my fiancee   she seems to like rolies 

[jmb]

Are the Tonney dials for a 34mm case?  

[mir36]

7 hours ago, jmb said:

Are the Tonney dials for a 34mm case?  

 

I actually contemplated going with a gen 15xx case, since I had one on hand.  Your case on left, gen 15xx on right:

 

I wish I took a pic of the Tonney dial inside the 15xx.  It fit just fine.  I just couldn't make it work because I didn't have the right movement, my 2824 didn't line up to the crown position.

Any tips on what I can do with the 15xx?

 

Edited December 9, 2016 by mir36
question

[jmb]

Is the stem too "high" (toward the dial) in the tube or too low?  If too high, try a 2836 and see if the stem lines up.  If too low remove the dial spacer, date wheel guts, and stick dial directly to movement and see if it lines up...

Sometimes ya gotta get creative and "sneaky."

My cases require a 28mm - 29mm dial.  Gen size is right at 28mm.

[mir36]

11 hours ago, jmb said:

Is the stem too "high" (toward the dial) in the tube or too low?  

Yup, "high" towards the dial.  The 15xx case is for a movement with date, so I knew I needed a thicker movement.  I'll try it out with a 2836 later and report back.

Your cases are awesome!

Edited December 10, 2016 by mir36