chefcook Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Heyho, what does one think when seeing a Tudor bracelet next to a serviced Valjoux 7750 and a set of old Daytona hands in the parts bin? Of course - build another watch! A Tudor 79280p Chronograph was my choice. I found a nice Tiger dial on the bay thanks to a hint here in the WTB section, bought a second @ six Daytona from Eurotimez. The case was reworked to fit a gen crown and tube (currently a Rolex crown is fitted to the watch, but I am awaiting a gen Tudor triplock crown). I superlumed the hands to match the dial and glued a cyclops on the Daytona crystal. I am still searching for a crystal without the etched crown... The bracelet's endlinks had to be bent slightly to fit the rep Daytona. Actually I think the bracelet is not a genuine Tudor band, but the clasp is (had it in my parts bin as spare). I was lucky with the movement: It had the correct datewheel for this dial allready The watch wears perfectly comfortable on the Tudor bracelet. Actually much better than with the Daytona bracelet. I think only the big second hand should be red with this type of dial, but I like it as it is. But the watch still has two big flaws: Wrong caseback and missing "500" on the bezel. Maybe I'll find some good replacements one day.. I am happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmg Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Nice job indeed CC!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southcoast68 Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Cool!!!!!!! Don't touch a thing, I like it the way it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robb01 Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chino Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 That's a great build, kudos! Beautiful choice, beautiful watch, I don't think the details you think are missing are so important by now... You've got a fun and beautiful franken there. congrats! Chino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemaniac Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Man its Beautiful! I think the Tudor Chrono thickcase like this one is one of the best bargains out there if you have a need for a Daytona. and of course my favorite, the snowflake, are two of the best bargains on the market today. nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flex Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 beautiful watch you got there chef.. Tudor has a beautiful, solid, stubtle look. since you mentioned, i was snipping on a Bezel for my franken 16520 project few months ago. Just up until teh very last minute, I realised it is the tudor '500' bezel. i informed the seller, the seller refused to change from "Rolex Daytona Bezel" to Tudor.. in the pic, he even put a Rolex cloth under the bezel... but anyway few weeks after, i see this seller relisted his bezel again on ebay as Rolex daytona bezel.. talk abt false advertiment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elprimerozen Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Beautiful franken ! Bravo ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Nicely Done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertk Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Beautiful job. I agree about the bracelet. I don't think that is an original. I have access to three tutor chrono's (friends) and theirs is different. But so what....that's a keeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Bravo!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjfesq Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Nice put together from the parts bin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTooper4 Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Very Nice good work ST4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefcook Posted November 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Thanks to Ubi I received a genuine Tudor Triplock crown from him today Great gesture from a great member of this lovely community! On the way home I stopped at the local AD and bought a set of gen spring bars, now it's nearly perfect for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 If you don't mind me asking, what was the total investment to get this 79280 done? looks great btw! Such luck with the datewheel!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephane Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Can I send all my spare parts to you please? Maybe you can shake them in a bag and make a watch out of them Congrats ChefCook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefcook Posted November 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 - Daytona for the case: 245 USD - Gen Clasp: 102 USD - Bracelet (eBay): 100 USD - Case tube: 70 USD - Dial (eBay): 110 USD - Hands: 45 USD - Cyclops and glue: 7 USD - Swiss ETA: 559 USD (price at OFrei) - Crown: 60 USD So about 1300 USD... A franken like this is only possible for reasonable money if you have a lot of luck and someone gives you a wonderful crown for free (as said befor: Ubi is great ), you have a ETA 7750 movement in spare and someone needs the Daytona dial and movement and is willing to pay for it (sold here for about 60 bucks). I invested about 400 USD + movement + hands + gen clasp + bracelet. If I did not have the parts allready I'd never built a franken like this. A gen can be bought for about 2000 USD second hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 I had some luck and scored a 72980p with a burgundy dial, the dial on this is breath taking and oyster band for 1200 + change, have not verified if its a gen yet, will do when i get home later. T SWISS T Dial. No papers with the watch. Needs a good amount of polishing though. Nearly scored a 79390 for $900, but missed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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