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Post your best modded non-Franken AP.

slaughterer62

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The idea for this thread is simple: post a few pics of your single best modded non-Franken AP. Two rules: 1.) you may choose only one watch, and 2.) no Frankens. Only watches with non-gen/replica, and aftermarket parts are allowed. Show the "Franken Club" what can be achieved without $3,000 dials, and $2,000 hand sets, LOL.
 
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slaughterer62

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I will start. My personal FC 44mm.
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theREALgoat

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Currently owned

Royal Oak Ceramic Diver


Specs

V6S Base
H-Fac Dial Inner Rotating Diving Scale, Minutes, and Seconds Hand
Matted Dial Back Plate
Mikey's Custom Datewheel
2X AR Date Mag

~$850 All-in

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Previously owned

44MM Forged Carbon Royal Oak Chronograph

Specs


JF Base
Custom Brushed Bezel
Matted FC Case
Custom Cyclops
ETA Datewheel
Hand Pinon Mod

~$1600 All-in

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slaughterer62

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Thanks. guys. I already see 4 "super-modded" (TM) watches on this thread where I do not think it is worth the $$$ going either gen or going Franken, LOL. I cannot tell you how much this pleases me.
 
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JohnnyBe

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i just have 2 stock APs ( soon 3) so i m just gonna fak off for now...lol :p
 

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This is interesting. Keep these pieces coming guys (and ladies?)! :thumbsup:
 

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.... after some help from the Forum and a good engraver .... I built my own very unique and one of the very first ROO´s .... gen are only 50 pieces ... rep is only one :D

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As some of you might remember I have an extensive gen AP treasure basket :) Yet, I get more joy in pursuing the purist RWI hobby of having aftermarket parts put together.

Here I have 2 divers for your consideration:

1. a SS V7 diver initially modded by Vac (PM80, sunken screws, relumed dial & hands - which are no longer part of the build); that was used as a starting point by the grand master @slaughterer62 who added for me a relumed HF cer diver dial, relumed JF hands and a Mikey classic style DW. This is my daily beater and I get so much pleasure from it that I rarely look into my drawer for other timepieces, including my beast frankens. Here it is in its pure beauty (was thinking of selling it but just can't do that :) The PM80 - unloved by many - is such a reliable engine, it can go for months at a +/-0 rate, beating all the likes of 10k rollies, etc.
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2. A build that was just completed by @Viggen - thank you kindly for this Sir! It brings together the following: an imaknockov FC case, an HF cer diver dial, a Mikey new style DW and a Swiss low beat movement. Pure pleasure. I hope viggen would not mind my sharing a couple of his workbench photos:
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and next to a stock Noob (imaknockov on the left)

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Never actually built one myself, don't have the patience. Bought this first on M2M from a member in the UK, loved it so much but then the second popped up so I essentially sold it to fund the RG one.

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Here is my humble collection of Modded APs

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Bumblebee
Shaved Hands
Shaved Tachy
MK2 Cyclops
ETA DW (thinking about upgrading with Mikey DW)
Serviced movement with ETA main spring

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Noob RGRC
Shaved Hands
Shaved Tachy
Relumed Dial
Logo Updated with slim logo
2AR XTal
MK2 Cyclops
ETA DW
Serviced Movement witj ETA Main Spring

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RBII

LWO movement
EDGE V1 DW
LWO gen Cyclops
CGD done directly on movement plate by Domi

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V7 Diver
Vac Modded
Full Relum
AR Xtal and Cyclops
Low Beat modded brandnew ETA movement

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JF 15400 V2
Guru 2AR Xtal
Rebrushed bezel and braclet

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Last but not least

JF Juan Pablo Montoya (Currently on hold for a member)

Shaved hands
Shaved Tachy
Custom Cyclops
ETA DW
Top part of the movement serviced.
 

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This is my Vac modded v7
PM80
Sunken screws
Relumed dial, hands, dive scale
AR Xtal and cyclops
Mikey DW
WR to >5ATM

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