The highly-modded and franken reps thread!

[jmb]

My "best" Franken - Gen case, Gen dial, Gen bracelet, Gen crown, Gen crystal, ETA 2824. Nothing fancy just a plain Jane Air-King...

 

[LHOOQ]

Nothing fancy just a plain Jane Air-King...

Plain like Jane Russell in The Outlaw? Jane Seymour in Live and Let Die? Jane Fonda in Barbarella?

 

[Bonesey]

Like Jayne Cobb in Serenity and Firefly?

 

[LHOOQ]

Oh, get back to your bunk!

 

[Bonesey]

Tee wuh duh pee-goo!

 

[LHOOQ]

Yet again, I'm slow to add to this thread.

6239 Daytona: 'El Peruano'

• DW 6239 case, modified by jmb
• Ex-LeJour Valjoux 72 movement
• Gen refinished (not "refinished"!) 6239 dial
• Gen 6265 bezel
• Gen Tropic 21
• Gen 7205 bracelet and 357 endlinks
• Gen 6mm crown

 

[rol_man]

These threads should not be allowed... I just had to change my shirt from all the drool! lol! ;-)

JMB: nothing plain jane about that Air King, beautiful piece!

 

[rooster133]

Simply stunning, LHOOQ!

 

[jmb]

I'm glad people can appreciate something simple like an Air-King. I get the feeling they are pretty much the "Rodney Dangerfield" of the Rolex lineup...

M, I would think that watch drop-dead gorgeous even if I hadn't got to help with it! ;-)

 

[woof*]

I'm glad people can appreciate something simple like an Air-King. I get the feeling they are pretty much the "Rodney Dangerfield" of the Rolex lineup...

M, I would think that watch drop-dead gorgeous even if I hadn't got to help with it! ;-)

"Can't get no respect...the other night I was leaving the bar..someone stepped on my back!"

and...agreed..I love the Air King!

 

[ispytonyv]

... been wearing this one every day since it arrived!

 

[phillycheez]

... been wearing this one every day since it arrived!

That is a helluva dj dude... Enjoy it!

It was a killer price too for all those gen parts built by our best to boot!

 

[ispytonyv]

That is a helluva dj dude... Enjoy it!

It was a killer price too for all those gen parts built by our best to boot!

Thanks! I totally agree, feels 100% gen and though I've always preferred the fluted bezel the engine turned is fantastic in person (less common, more subtle)... plus it's almost like I stole it for what I ended up paying

 

[Q5?]

My FrUPO:

Gen dial, hands, crystal, pearl, crown, tube

I'd like to take this time and add my FrSD and Fr4GPO to this fine thread .....

 

[ispytonyv]

I'd like to take this time and add my FrSD and Fr4GPO to this fine thread .....

Love the SD! Where did this strap come from? Looks 2 piece?

 

[Q5?]

My FrUPO:

Gen dial, hands, crystal, pearl, crown, tube

Love the SD! Where did this strap come from? Looks 2 piece?

If I tell you, promise not to get it in pink?

 

[phillycheez]

If I tell you, promise not to get it in pink?

Looks like a maratac... I've got the same color and stitching.

 

[Q5?]

And the room goes silent.

Here you go..... http://www.watchworx.co.uk/pages/lwb/NatoG10.htm

 

[phillycheez]

Sweet! It's bookmarked. They look quality.

 

[dpark1234]

Not nearly as great as the ones listed, but here's mine:

-PT case
-Bracelet 93150 with 455 endlinks
-Swiss ETA lowbeat
-Silver date wheel flat 3's and open 6's
-NDtrading dial
-Clarks top hat plexi
-Gen 703 crown with yuki tube
-Yuki pearl aged to match dial and hands
-Case reshaped and smoothened
-Lug holes chamfered
-Bracelet modded to fit gen size spring bars