Ezio Posted June 11, 2019 Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 Hey guys anybody a 5514 expert i traded for a5514 phong franken but im not so sure its a phong build or even a franken best S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted June 12, 2019 Report Share Posted June 12, 2019 Where are the pictures? OK, let's go down the list- a 5514 was only made for COMEX, it may or may not say COMEX on the dial, but it will have the HE Valve on the side. These were never available on the regular open market. It's basically a 5513 with the HEV. Movement would have been the 1520. Just because it's a Phong doesn't make it a franken- more like just a replica... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted June 12, 2019 Report Share Posted June 12, 2019 We'll need to see photos. Can you show it with the caseback off too? Try to get a photo showing the HE release valve from the inside. Also show the caseback both sides, and a profile shot of the CGs. Detailed photos of the dial will tell where it came from too, as well as the originality of the hands. That all adds up to its franken-ness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automatico Posted June 14, 2019 Report Share Posted June 14, 2019 "Just because it's a Phong doesn't make it a franken- more like just a replica..." The goat has a good point. A Frankenstein project needs a genuine case or movement. It takes genuine guts or skin to qualify as a 'stein imho. Dials... Some of the 'affordable' genuine dials are so bad that I would much rather go with a reproduction on a replica or Frankenstein watch. I have read long diatribes on rlx forums against dials accused of being Fake! and next, the same posters are falling in love with a ratty original dial that looks like moldy swiss cheese on a Ritz cracker (genuine swiss cheese). The day after that they are swooning over a 'service dial' that is not much if any better than the average $150 reproduction. Bu-bu-but it's Genuine! Genuine!...in a 45+ year old watch with half the guts swapped out including some generic parts thrown in and a $40 HK bezel assembly. Not to mention case corrosion so bad that they have to take it off to whizz. Next they discuss in minute detail microscopic differences in font, letter spacing etc that no one in their right mind would notice or care about. It's insanity. In my humble insane opinion... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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