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Speckled dial to mimic early bubbling found on the mark 1 9411’s. I’m currently working with a factory to produce the correct Tudor serif fonts that modern 2824s don’t have. TBD on those. This 9411 has the standard 2824 date disc. I used some Tamiya aging powder and short quick bursts of silver paint to add a slight contrast to the date disc. The dial was baked in the oven carefully, then layers of matte varnish lightly applied, rebaked in the oven, Tamiya weathering, a rebaked AGAIN.

hands were made to look cracked and distressed. Relumed by me using Lobtime vintage lume.

Specs:
Phong case
Ruby dial
eBay handset
Swiss ETA 2824
Italian bracelet with Raffles clasp
Viet 280 end links
Bezeljuice ghosted insert
Startime caseback gasket
Case aged and weathered

While doing brain off audio work in office today, started to lay in the case chamfer on a watch. First time doing this and yes ideally you would do it with the case in parts, but as this is just a person project and learning experience, just trying to see what I need to do to get sorted. Almost happy with initial cut but will need a lot of work to then bring it to mirror polish then I can finally get started on case weathering with will ruin the sharp edges I’m working to put in lol

Same classic Big Red look, built for three different budgets:

• Cartel bezel — entry level
• Milk bezel — step it up
• Viet bezel — go all in

Different price points, same goal

Looking to sell my fully engraved 1680 Viet case set with a few quality upgrades added.

1680 Viet Case Set: $700
Genuine Rolex 25-127 Crystal: $250
Crown Art Customs fat-font insert: $295

The case is in like new condition and perfect for anyone wanting to do a 1680 build. My loss is your gain. Last pic shows how it looked complete.

$1000 Shipped (CONUS only)

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

Hello everyone!

Just built this 6241 Tiffany black, will be on sale soon 😛

Build details:
Full custom st19 build 100% gen specific
Custom st19 case mod
ST19 movement modified and perfectly regulated (0/0)
Custom Tiffany black dial three lines
Gen spec real bakelite bezel mk2 (fat font)
Domed plexy 21 T25
VJ style hands
Gen spec crown and tube (604/6040)
Swiss quality pump pushers
Tested 3 ATM waterproofing
Well aged and overall refined ✌️

ENJOY!

Greetings all!

The mods here at Repbuilds have worked hard pulling together parts to create this giveaway piece. We are nearly at 10k members! This winner will be drawn as soon as we cross the 10k mark. All you need to do to enter is comment “10k!” *And be a member.* Make sure to hit join at the top of our sub to qualify.

Now onto the giveaway piece:
UAE dial 1675! A RARE 1675 using some good quality parts:

Assembled by me. Unlikely Length helped source some of these killer parts!
Milk case
Vietnam red back fuchsia insert
Vietnam high quality dial
Athaya tube and crown
Raffles hands - relumed by me
Asian 2836 GMT with a custom silver brushed date disc
Raffles oyster bracelet
Clark’s plexi crystal

We want to thank you all for showcasing your builds, your amazing work and collaboration. Good luck everyone!

My personal builds. Always a work in progress with better dial, better crown. Is the Pelagos the replacement for their Submariner line? Left to right: 7924, 7928, 79090, Pelagos.

The 80’s were a cool time in the Rolex watch space - the Oyster Quartz, the transition models, higher beat rates. Here’s a fun one I had the pleasure of building.

Rolex creamy Panna Cotta dial Explorer II
Specs:
Viet case HCV
Custom made Cream dial with aged markers
Gen bezel
Gen crown
Gen crystal
Aged hands to match dial
Italian oyster on a gmt clasp
VR3186
*Not for Sale*

First "decent" build I've ever done.

1675 Coke with slight aging. Also my first time aging watch parts.

One of those pictures is not like the others, should be easy to tell. It was taken with a lens manufactured in 1975. Found it interesting to shoot the watch with it. 

Raffles case with reshaped cg's by u/Unlikely-Length6661

Raffles dial

Raffles Hands

Sillian 2836 movement

Raffles bracelet

I removed the GMT intermediate wheel to match gen, aged the bracelet slightly just with pebbles by hand in a tupperware (i dont have a tumbler), aged the dial 15~20 min in the oven at 150c and a bit of mate lacquer spray, and hands i tried to match the color of the lume on the dial with just markers and also added the mate lacquer. Insert just went yolo with some sandpaper.

The acrylic is a bit fragile and cracked, i might replace it with clark's.

All raffles parts and used a 2836 clone.
Accidentally damaged the insert at the 4, but i have a pepsi insert on the way to replace it.

Little update to the Tudor Snowflake build. Just finished successfully (and cleanly) adding on a cyclops lens for the date using UV glue kit. Pretty tedious getting it straight, but managed doing so without a sloppy mess. We will see how long it will last, as the cyclops sits fairly close to the edge lip of the crystal and doesn’t allow for an exact placement imo. Feels like it’s on there pretty good tho. Overall, I’d say this looks pretty good with the aesthetic. My eyes also appreciate the larger date now. I am a happy camper with this one 👍🏼

HCV Case

HCV dial textured

Raffles Time hands

Fat font overlay

Fat Font viet insert

Athaya crown

Startime Italian bracelet and end links with raffles clasp

2836 GMT

Cerco 16570 nero bp 3186

Thanks Ghost_Chrono for the awesome dial. Getting better. OC Case, T&co dial aged, aliusa hands aged using iced coffee, and a bunch of ebay stuff!!

16800 Build

Old WM9 Case, drilled Lug holes, gen 703 Tube/Crown, Insert, Crystal, 501B End links, Italian 93150 Bracelet.

VR 3135, open 6&9 Date, vintages ARF Dial and Hands

Working on a birth year 1665 viet build, and it’s the first time modifying a case. The crown guards were already shaped for me based on reference photos, but I wanted to change a few things. All the work was thinning the crown guard profiles in the front to back dimension. Overall I’m satisfied with it being a first. You’ll notice the internal shape was a little asymmetrical from the start. I used a metal hand file and finished with a Bergeon 2290 polishing stick - took forever but didn’t want to overdo it with a rotary tool or belt grinder. Photos show before and after of each view.

Hoping to finish this week with a new crystal and other gen components. Will share specs then. Happy Sunday!

I just finished a build of a 1675. The problem I have is that the old crowns case takes the fat spring bars but my jubilee can’t take the 2mm diameter bar. Does anyone have any suggestions? I was going to bore but that doesn’t leave much metal left on the jubilee.

For the automod:
Old crowns 1675 case
Yuki dial
Yuki hands (tamiya added to match pumpkin patina)
2836 modded gmt movement