A couple of notes from The FrankenFarm Team 📝📝📓📔📘✏️✏️⌚️⌚️
- THE OTHER MODDERS: Guys there are a TON of new “modders” popping up. We see their posts. We see their work (some are really NOT good). We get flooded with messages “I just bought a Frank from so-and-so and it’s got problems” or my favorite “theirs doesn’t shine or look like yours does”. There’s a reason we are the number one Frank source. Making them “look” Gen is easy. Buy Gen parts, replace rep parts with Gen. But making them “feel” genuine is the challenge. Did you know almost every other dealer/modder/watchmaker on Reddit outsources their work? Yep. They don’t do it themselves. It all comes out of China shops. We do ALL OUR OWN WORK. And we stand behind it. You may see a cheaper price but you’re gonna get what you pay for. And be wary of those who are selling the same product yet sending DMs out to trash our name. Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out what their angle really is…
- NOT ALL MODELS CAN BE FRANKED. We are beholden to what we can get. Genuine watch parts are as volatile as oil. Pricing changes daily. Supplies dry up quickly. Chances are the model you want simply CANNOT be done. Pepsi, Batman/girl, 126 panda Daytona, Starbucks, any sub 41….FORGET IT. You and 174k other ppl looking for the same. Be REALISTIC. If it’s a Gen that’s selling for $35k grey market and it’s a $10k retail watch, chances are you’re not finding parts for it. Parts are available because of these factors: someone sold it out the back door, it’s damaged, it’s a part taken out to customize the watch with diamonds or another custom part. That’s pretty much it.
- TIME WASTERS. Please stop wasting our time. If you message us and then ghost us after we spent time replying to you, expect that we won’t reply back ever again to you. We get 50-100 messages PER DAY. It’s nearly a full time job managing messages alone.
- BE REALISTIC. Franked watches are expensive. They contain genuine parts. Genuine parts are expensive just like the genuine watch it came out of. It’s simple. Nobody is getting something for nothing..be prepared to pay for the very same thing you’re trying to NOT pay for..the genuine article.
- TERMINOLOGY. I see many “super franked” posts by other modders/dealers, but when I look at their post, all I see is some polishing and maybe a genuine crystal. They use cute terms like “refinished dial” or “CNC” as marketing hype. Everything today is CNC. That stands for computer numeric controlled. Almost every machine in modern manufacturing is a CNC machine now. So what you’re really getting is just a standard old replica case. With a cute little term. A true SUPER FRANK should have at least 3 to 4 genuine components that are all front facing parts. Things you can see with your eyes, not looking inside and seeing that it has a genuine spring bar or a genuine screw holding the movement tab down. This is why we came up with terms like “LITE FRANK” or INSANITY FRANK”. To differentiate between the different levels of the amount of genuine parts going into the build.
- LASTLY….BUYERS REMORSE. This doesn’t happen often but it does happen. Wives find out. Asses get chewed on. Your expectation of getting a Gen watch for a cheap price isn’t met. Your OCD is so out of control you need literal medical attention and a fat ass prescription to manage it. And please don’t lie to us. We have seen and heard it all. We will take returns but at a restocking cost.
Thanks to all our loyal customers and new ones too! We truly love what we do. And we couldn’t do it without you guys!!!
-BP
The Horological Engineer
u/bpannell73 — 20 hours ago