We all know how iconic a red 1680 is, and the interest that wearing one will elicit amongst watch people... so I'm thinking of taking a road far less travelled (and far less repped) and going with a, gasp, non-red 1680 dial for this item I just bought over yonder - https://forum.replica-watch.info/forum/replica-watch-sales/7790179-fs-1680-red-sub
My reasoning is simple - I've owned three subs to date, a custom 16800 built out of a JK 16610 by tripdog , a model which no factory has ever repped, loaded with gen goodness (and remarked upon by former senior Rolex management who thought it to be gen), and two TCs which were Frankened to near legitimacy externally (one having been off my wrist and fondled by a guy who knows the current subs intimately and makes a sideline flipping them with his AD friend to London money people looking to skip the wait).
In short, its got to be believable or fly under the radar. My view is, a service dial/"ruined for the collector" 1680 ticks both boxes.
Here we have a genuine luminova service dial for a white 1680 -
Considering that the host watch is a JK 1680 head running a DG2813, could anyone suggest a who has a good dial and hands with the service style markings?
My reasoning is simple - I've owned three subs to date, a custom 16800 built out of a JK 16610 by tripdog , a model which no factory has ever repped, loaded with gen goodness (and remarked upon by former senior Rolex management who thought it to be gen), and two TCs which were Frankened to near legitimacy externally (one having been off my wrist and fondled by a guy who knows the current subs intimately and makes a sideline flipping them with his AD friend to London money people looking to skip the wait).
In short, its got to be believable or fly under the radar. My view is, a service dial/"ruined for the collector" 1680 ticks both boxes.
Here we have a genuine luminova service dial for a white 1680 -
Considering that the host watch is a JK 1680 head running a DG2813, could anyone suggest a who has a good dial and hands with the service style markings?