MatBat Posted December 27, 2020 Report Share Posted December 27, 2020 Hello, I found this case. How is it? I was planning to do a vintage franken with a raffles case, but I found this one. The seller says that is a Vietnam one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Rolex's "gents" watches are pretty plain-Jane, so it's all in the details & dimensions. It is impossible to make any judgements without knowing which model you want to assemble &/or without measuring that case to see if it matches the gen. What I can say is the case looks pretty beaten & the crystal looks a bit too tall. Once you know which model you are building, why not just buy a gen case? There are plenty of them floating around & they can often be had for reasonable prices in similar condition to the 1 in your pics. That way, you know gen parts will fit without much fiddling &, in the future, you have the option of swapping any rep parts for gens to end up with a total gen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Seamaster Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 That looks more like a Day Date case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatBat Posted December 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 7 hours ago, freddy333 said: Rolex's "gents" watches are pretty plain-Jane, so it's all in the details & dimensions. It is impossible to make any judgements without knowing which model you want to assemble &/or without measuring that case to see if it matches the gen. What I can say is the case looks pretty beaten & the crystal looks a bit too tall. Once you know which model you are building, why not just buy a gen case? There are plenty of them floating around & they can often be had for reasonable prices in similar condition to the 1 in your pics. That way, you know gen parts will fit without much fiddling &, in the future, you have the option of swapping any rep parts for gens to end up with a total gen. I have a 1601 dial that is in poor condition, I was planning to build a fun project with a low budget. I’m trying to find a cheap case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automatico Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Agree with freddy333 and Mr Sm. It looks (to me) like a DD case from china. DD cases are 'partially hooded' like the one in your picture. "The seller says that is a Vietnam one." Never saw a Vn case with a green sticker on it...that's a chi 'trademark'. Maybe the mail plane flew over Vn. Replica Builder Rule 1: Learn More. Buy Le$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Lugholes on a DJ case went out around 1995- the 16220, etc models. And like was said above, it looks like a DD case in ss with the flat spot between the lugs and a plastic crystal. All DJs 1601, 16013/4 etc, had lugholes so this is just a bad Chinese copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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