Datejust model 116200 2007 Franken Project

[the collector]

Guys,

Again, i am looking to start a new project, this time a SS Datejust 116200 the new 2007 model with rolesor oyster band.

Need some help, where can i find a good base to start with. I have been looking at joshuas datejusts, they look pretty good...

please, any advice would be highly appreciated.

Thanks

Edited May 11, 2007 by TwoTone

[the collector]

bump

[manuel]

heard that old bands dont fit newer models...

You will have to work from a rep case. I think joshua cases are good enough.

Only downside is crystal and dial. Crystal aint as thick as it should be.

Maybe you will need to make a gen crystal fit...about dial, the crown of dial is very bad, I will suggest you to replace crown from a genuine datejust dial. Sometimes they can be found for 60 euros in ebay. sure it is a big improvement.

Hope that helps.

[alligoat]

I think it's going to be tough to find a 116200 case, gen that is. They're just too new. A Joshua rep w/ the eta wouldn't be too bad. Like manuel says, the crystal won't be as thick and the crown on the dial might be a little off, but I doubt you're going to be able to do much better. And 99.99% of the people would never know the difference.

The Frankenjusts we've been building are from cases which are 15-27+ years old, where someone has stripped the Rolex movement out of it and put it in an aftermarket gold case. No ones going to do that on a relatively new watch. A new 116200, or slightly used runs over $4K and you can buy older DJ's for $2K or less, so it will be a while before people start stripping movements out of 116200's.

I've never had any luck putting a gen dial in a rep case, as far as Datejusts go. It seems the rep cases run just a bit bigger than the gen dials.