By-Tor Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 I thought it'd be nice to repost some Palpatine's vintage Rolex posts. Older members remember him, he was one of the pioneers who started to vintagize the MBW's. He was a good forum friend of mine, and I really don't know what happened to him. Personal real-life reasons probably? Let's start from this post #1. I'm not very familiar with the vintages, so I let you guys decide. Comments? i love vintages....i just love them.... -dial aged and relumed -hands repainted and relumed -generic crystal -bezel and case polished -drilled out lugholes and installed genuine springbars -genuine tube now we need a better crown.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted May 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Repost #2: My vintages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted May 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Repost #3: 5508 With Thin Case it begun with that: wrong shaped case which is too thick and with bulpy lugs (IMHO a modern DJ case or something like that), no lugholes, wrong bezel etc. now it looks like that. not finished yet and it has not the demand to be accurate, still wrong crystal, wrong fat hand, insert and some other things i have to do, but i like it better than before. and it has a thin case, i tried to model it after the case of my 1675: reshaping the case (that was intense work and took around 10-12 hours incl. sanding back to shine), drilled lugholes: slowly sanding progresses (that took the longest time, my fingers still hurt): then springbars, dial and hands aging. i like it looking old (where is nanuq? )... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted May 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Repost #4: 5513 with Explorer dial the 5513 with the explorer dial has to have gold writings on the dial. the white rep ones are not correct so this shopuld be a bit more accurate its not finished, i will do some things on it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dani Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Palp was great miss him and his great watches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 He was great asset and a pioneer in the modding of vintage Rolex reps. I still have his first Daytona seconds at 6 and it is beautiful and still working - a testament to his skills both mechanically and aesthetically. I know that he left the forum in an emotionally distressed state (nothing to do with watches) and I do hope he has recovered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzanooo Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Palp and his posts overwhelmed me on how you could take these to another level. Truly instrumental in initiating a culture of modding the watches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephane Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Vintage Rolex fans like myself know something: the subject will never die. Everyday there is something more to learn about the vintage Rolies. It would be great to see an artist like Palp come back one day. In fact it would be great to see all "old members" come back of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rek001 Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Palpatine - an incredible, amazing member. I so enjoyed viewing his work, and the effort that went into it - breathtaking. I hope he is doing well in his personal life. Thank you very much, By-tor for bringing back this memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 That 5508 was some kinda work! And somewhere he managed to pick up the correct bezel. Very nice. It would be nice to hear from Palp, hope he's doing OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 I miss Tommy too. Know him well. He is a nice guy and his work is great. Learned a lot of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 has anyone heard from him? I would love to see more of his work!!!! You can just stop loving these watches.. its not possible! How can you quit and never come back? haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 He is missed. It would be nice to see the man posting again and not see "Palp" only referred to as a crown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAMman Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 He built some great watches, including a WM based DRSD for me. It's a fantastic watch but I'm just not a Rollie fan and every time I think of posting it for sale I wear it 'just one more time' and then it goes back in the box. However it really should go to someone who will love it more than I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docblackrock Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 I believe we may see Tommy back in a few months, once the leaves start to turn brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seagull11 Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Nostalgia! Three years down the line, the 1665 and 1680 Tommy modded for me (both MBWs) probably remain my favourite reps, and he remains the person I most enjoyed dealing with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star69 Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 i feel a little sentimental - so a bump for this thread Tommy is missed 4 sure - i still remember all his topics ;-) also when Oliver and Tommy had some "misunderstandings" - good old times what i really miss - is that some skilled young modders show us their amazing work there still out there - but maybe the reps got better and the interest in mods smaller ? some watches from Tommy that i had (keep in mind this was 3 years ago) cheers, Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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