r/ArchaedinsWatchBox

• Commando Explorer purchased direct from / built by Archaedin
• NH38 movement
• Some wear and tear on the bracelet (see photos)
• All links included
• Scuff / mark on the crystal (see photo)
• Green NATO strap included
• £160 including RM T24 Signed-for postage

A friend‘s parents have this for sale at 6000. I personally have never seen this model. and in my opinion, it sounds too good to be true. Does this look legit to you guys?

Feelin a little nostalgic today, so here’s a few of my faves!

Hey all! Thank you so much for the outpouring of support for last month's giveaway, here at r/ArchaedinsWatchBox.

The July winner is u/cjsponie - congratulations!

Now, on to our late summer banger; the August giveaway! The rules are much the same as last month, and someone will be walking away with a fresh custom build.

#1: Like this post.

#2: Comment below! Photo comments with your favourite watches are counted as entries too.

#3: Join the r/ArchaedinsWatchBox subreddit.

#4: Follow this account!

And that's it!

This giveaway will be posted over on Chinatime as well, and comments there will be counted as entries too!

A link to that post will be posted in the comments below.

May the odds ever be in your favour!

New bracelet came in. Thanks u/RevolutionaryFact2 for making me finally feel like a certain New Jersey crime boss in constant hypertensive crisis.

Introduced in 1985, commemorating the 80th birthday of the iconic brand we all know and love the anniversary dial is born. Released in various colors, this example boasts yellow gold Arabic indices on an almost black dial that has Rolex embossed repeatedly and changes from almost black, to a brown in certain lighting. Like the Tapestry dial this one yet again mesmerizes in person. This build didn’t go without its set of minor challenges. First we refinished the Old crowns case to take on a softer, slightly worn feel, instead of that freshly brushed sharpened new watch look. The rehaut on this case was impressive at first glance, more on that later…The 3135 got the full treatment to aid with reliability and give it a smoother feel when manipulating the crown. Upon inspection I noticed the mainspring had a couple kinks in it so I replaced the spring, barrel and arbor with a genuine assembly. That , along with a set of genuine reversing wheels and a freshly lubricated movement adds to the genuine datejust experience. During test assembly I realized we had a problem. When installing the 3135 and dial I noticed about a 1/2mm gap between the dial seat and dial! Strange… I looked in the crown tube and noticed the stem alignment was good so I knew the movement was in place. Hmm what to do… I got it! I’ll move the dial away from the movement with a spacer. That way the dial reaches the dial seat without disrupting stem height. The handstack is high enough to do so. So I did that. And it worked perfectly. Once fully assembled the watch functioned perfectly … success!!! Wait another problem… when moving the dial away from the movement, the date now sat in the shadows in the window as if it was located in a black hole. To remedy this I stripped the clone date wheel and used it as a carrier and overlayed it with the genuine datewheel. Everything cleared, problem solved.

Genuine parts— tritium jubilee dial, yellow gold tritium hands, beige open 6 and 9 datewheel(modified),25-135 crystal, 24-5330 crown tube, 24-603-8 18k gold crown, vintage 18k fluted bezel ( waaaay over polished ), 18k 455 end links, 62523 H 18 clasp J code.

Aftermarket parts— Old Crowns 16000 case , old crowns caseback, VR3135 movement ( serviced , regulated and modified), Italian 62523 18k bracelet.

Switched the bracelet for a nato band and it doesn't squeek and also looks even better IMO. Very happy