Guest vantica Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 What is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 All in all, a not very convincing contraption, but 1 that is not too dissimilar to what my 6536 may end up looking like if I fail to come up with the last remaining part on my conversion checklist. 1st, your purposely smallish, de-focused pics make it difficult to make out details. However, I have reprized them into more useful form Based on the updated pics, you have an aftermarket and/or relumed mid-50s 'Sub' dial stuck onto a gen 1030 movement planted into a non-date version of 1 of these OPs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vantica Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Soo practically it's a mixture of parts to produce something weird? and for the note it is not mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Yes, that weird something is called a frankenwatch, which are very popular around here. However, the goal of a franken is to end up with a watch that looks indistinguishable from its genuine counterpart. In this case, your watch (the watch you posted here) has the wrong dial/handset for its case. But you have the makings for a very nice Oyster Perpetual, if you can find a dial & proper handset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 I agree with Freddy 100% One option might be to come up with an early Explorer dial and make it an Explorer- is it the 1016? Maybe NDTrading has something like that. Of course, it is an interesting franken on it's own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 The Explorer I that I was thinking of is the 6610. http://ndtradingcorp.com/zen/index.php?mai...products_id=168 But NDT doesn't have the dial- just a watch w/ the refinished dial. I did notice your sub dial has no crown above the Rolex- guess it got painted out in the redial process Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyberetta Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 I agree...an Explorer dial in the case would make a nice looking watch! I am sure it would cost lots less than ND Trading's price! I agree with Freddy 100% One option might be to come up with an early Explorer dial and make it an Explorer- is it the 1016? Maybe NDTrading has something like that. Of course, it is an interesting franken on it's own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vantica Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 This is a watch being sold on eBay for $1500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Well, if the movement is freshly serviced (by a professional Rolex-trained watchmaker), then it might be a reasonable deal (for the movement & case). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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