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Frankenstein 116610LV Hulk all Gen except case set


altesporsche

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Just finished this beauty when my dial arrived today.. I didnt have a set of hands, so I robbed a set off one of my other builds just to get it assembled lol 

V6S case set

Gen Dial 

Gen hands

Gen crown and tube 

Gen 3135 movement 

have a V7 bezel and insert coming unless I can find a Gen insert that's not stratospherically expensive lol 

anyways please critique ! I'm always up for ways to improve ! 

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2 cent worth from a Noob (me)

it's important to get the bezel color right - emerald green, not sage green.

Most of the rep hulks I saw have a darker green bezel

I hope your incoming v7 bezel has the right color

All the best to your new built

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2 cent worth from a Noob (me)

it's important to get the bezel color right - emerald green, not sage green.

Most of the rep hulks I saw have a darker green bezel

I hope your incoming v7 bezel has the right color

All the best to your new built

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I completely agree. Unfortunately not even v7 is the right color.

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You've spent so much money so far but the single most important part when frankening a hulk is gen bezel/insert. Without that it will always scream rep. Gen xtal being the second most important


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I agree! It's the face of the watch.


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I agree fellas on the insert and although in photos the insert looks sage in person it looks very much emerald and brighter not dark st all. I'll get another photo tomorrow when I am out in better natural light. 

The V7 does look very much gen like or as best as you can get without going gen. 

i have not been able to get my hands on a Gen insert. 

I have gen GMT bezels and inserts and a few gen LN inserts, but I cannot come across the Gen Hulk insert. If I do I will buy it on the spot, but until then the V7 insert will have to do, I think it's much nicer than the V6S 

as for the crystal ? Already have one just have not had time to install it. Waiting on the V7 to arrive to do it all at once. 

 

And yea yea it is a costly build and some will say if they go that far they would buy the gen etc... but I can go out and buy the gen any day and probably will, but the fun part here is building something as close to gen looking as you can. For some odd reason that feeling gives a sense of accomplishment lol ?

 

Thanks for for the input fellas ! Cheers !

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Sacsah1 you could possibly get a gen insert ? ? I'll shoot you a pm tomorrow. 

 

Ryantunna yea the V6S is a little darker but the number paint is a lot more faint then the gen. for someone who knows, it sure is a dead give away, but I'm on the hunt lol 

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Thanks legend ! 

Vipassana quite sure this would fool the general public. Most people have no idea they even made a green submariner ?

The V6s colour flattens out in overcast and doesn't glow emerald like the gen. 

I will be getting a gen at some point. 

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Hi altesporshe, that looks pretty ok to me. ...:)
I bought my hulk in late 2010, had it till 2013 before my son took it, after which I bought a 114060 No Date for a more simpler dial.
So, my impression of the emerald green is still vivid and I am sensitive to the different shades of green found in the earlier batches of rep hulk.
A rep can never be made to look gen but it must serve one utimate objective - fool the eyes of the indiscernible

In this case, from this photo, it has served this objective. ...:)

Nice watch indeed, you have done a good job mate!


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49 minutes ago, Vipassana said:

Hi altesporshe, that looks pretty ok to me. ...:)
I bought my hulk in late 2010, had it till 2013 before my son took it, after which I bought a 114060 No Date for a more simpler dial.
So, my impression of the emerald green is still vivid and I am sensitive to the different shades of green found in the earlier batches of rep hulk.
A rep can never be made to look gen but it must serve one utimate objective - fool the eyes of the indiscernible

In this case, from this photo, it has served this objective. ...:)

Nice watch indeed, you have done a good job mate!


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Thanks mate !  cheers !  Im still on the hunt for that gen insert lol 

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