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Won at auction! Franken arf 904l submariner sh3135

Lee231090

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Hi I recently won this sub at an auction from a dealer here in the UK
specs are:
Gen crystal
Gen crown
Gen date wheel
Gen bezel spring
Gen main spring
after winning this watch I've done a lot of research into the movement and some of its issues, could someone kindly give me some advice and recommend if anything else would need changed to ensure better reliability
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Wouldn’t really call it a franken


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Lee231090

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Ho is it not a franken? Princewilliam isnt franken a watch that has real/original parts mixed with replica or after-market parts in/on it.

​​​​​​How hard is it to get a little help these days! without people looking down there noses on things people would rather try and nock someone/something down before offering to help.
 

Lee231090

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Thanks MonsieurMax for your reply.
I'm not aware of any genuine parts added apart from what's mentioned above, I've not yet got the watch in hand would you say this is worth the £730 Im paying?

Thanks again
 

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Thanks MonsieurMax for your reply.
I'm not aware of any genuine parts added apart from what's mentioned above, I've not yet got the watch in hand would you say this is worth the £730 Im paying?

Thanks again

No problem,

It's worth give or take that with the labour put into it. I'll like you a thread to read about making a SH3135 movement more reliable
 

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Thanks MonsieurMax for your reply.
I'm not aware of any genuine parts added apart from what's mentioned above, I've not yet got the watch in hand would you say this is worth the £730 Im paying?

Thanks again

So you are buying or won the watch?
 

Lee231090

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Well I have won the watch as of 11pm last night I have not yet paid him as we have agreed he is posting it out on Wednesday he is a well know rep dealer on FB
 

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Any help greatly appreciated

1. Build a budget for the gen dial, this is a biggest tell now. The dial one of the post-2015 dials, to match the rehaut
2. Build a budget for gen hands
3. Buy a gen autowinding module for SH movement

How much did you pay if you don't mind sharing?
 

Lee231090

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Thanks k4jun I'll have a look into it the watch is arf,
​​and no not at all it's £730 would you say this is a good price?
 

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Yeah, I read again and realized you already have ARF bracelet.
Bezel insert looks not bad. If you want to spoil yourself - send it to ussdassein or spongebob for beveling and platinium coating. I am not sure whether the beveling is needed, on the 2nd pic looks like there is some beveling.

I think you did O.k. with £730.
£730 is $940.

Gen crystal $300-350
Gen crown $150 without tube
Gen date wheel $100-150 (probably?)
Gen main spring, don't know how much is gen spring but a base watch is $450-480

Gen bezel spring - ask the seller what does he mean here? This bezel assembly does not have a "spring", it has 4 springs, 3 clicks for leveling the bezel and one click for anti-rotating.
 
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