I've been wanting to that to mine but the 3235 dw seem rare to find having searched for the last couple of months. At this rate the ZF version will be out before I find one!
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I've been wanting to that to mine but the 3235 dw seem rare to find having searched for the last couple of months. At this rate the ZF version will be out before I find one!
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We don’t buy reps for others (at least I don’t), we buy it to wear for our own pleasure and pride. The ARF DW is an eye sore, so I can’t personally see it the 2nd time. As you said, change it for yourself
I keep going back and fourth between replacing the dial on my Blue DJII....and putting on a silver dial with the blue numbers. I havent seen any rep examples of it, so i think i might be forced to buy a gen dial.
I purchased my watch from an M2M sale, and cannot find the thread (must have disappeared when the server crashed a while ago). I believe its a BP maker, with a swiss ETA.
1) will it accept a gen dial, gen crystal, and gen bracelet?
2) should I do a clark crystal versus a gen? I want to get the black hole effect
3) who is a good CONUS based watchmaker I can send this stuff to?
I purchased my watch from an M2M sale, and cannot find the thread (must have disappeared when the server crashed a while ago). I believe its a BP maker, with a swiss ETA.
1) will it accept a gen dial, gen crystal, and gen bracelet?
2) should I do a clark crystal versus a gen? I want to get the black hole effect
3) who is a good CONUS based watchmaker I can send this stuff to?
i got mine from a fellow member here - Banana Split , you can PM him to check it out. Or you can pm interaktiv , saw a couple of reviews on his nice work too.
Hope this helps.
We don’t buy reps for others (at least I don’t), we buy it to wear for our own pleasure and pride. The ARF DW is an eye sore, so I can’t personally see it the 2nd time. As you said, change it for yourself
yes indeed, i thought it was ok at first. but as you wear it daily its really an eye sore, so i decided to get it replaced. Other than the DW, i think ARF generally did a great job on the other aesthetics. The next mod i would actually consider is to change the hands to GEN thou.
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+ 1. Regarding mods, my suggestion is the following sequence:
- Gen crystal (if you specially have Blue, Rhodium, Black dial). Gen crystal contrast and shine of markers is amazing
- Gen dial
- Gen hands. ARF hands are great. But the lume markers in both dial and hands are too white compared to gen (see prior pics in this thread). I would do both dial and hands together. That way the lume intensity/color will also match
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My 2 cents...Get the ARF DJ41. Case/Bracelet and build quality is much better than BP. Also it accepts all gen parts including bracelet.
The 116334 Arabic dial fits the ARF case with some mods to dial feet to go on a 2824 movement. Also, the Arabic dial is the only 1163xx dial (they are the old Datejust II dials) with chromalight lume, so it goes well with the ARF hands.
Regarding crystals - I have never used Clark. There is no substitute to gen, nothing matches Rolex crystal quality. I have used Prof crystals on APs, he is the only alternative I would consider (and he does make the b25-318-c2-c1 crystal)
Good luck with your build!!
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The 3136 fits easily into the ARF DJ41 Case.
The only thing that needs to be modified is the date indicator seating to fit the back of the gen dial.
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That is a fantastic news! Thank you so much.The 3136 fits easily into the ARF DJ41 Case.
The only thing that needs to be modified is the date indicator seating to fit the back of the gen dial.
One question, though. Do you think the crown height matches the gen 3136 stem height? Idk why but in pictures the ARF crown looks like its sitting a bit low.
Thank you, once again!
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My plan is to use these ARF 126334 V3 case to build a 116334 with a gen dial, gen hands, gen crystal, gen 3136 movement, gen crown and tube. Might even go for a gen bezel, if I can find a good one.
I wish they had a nice 904L 116334 case, but unfortunately they do not, so that's why I want to use the 126334 with oyster bracelet. I have all the parts ready, just waiting on a good base and I think the arf v3 with nicely defined lugs might be a good candidate. But heard that arf uses a thick spacer to fill the space between the dial and movement hence the movement sits lower, causing the crown position to be little lower as well.
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sfbatman787 We are talking about two different watches. If you want to install a 116334 dial then you don't have to modify anything in the movement.
But I don't think the ARF DJ41 case is a good solution to build a DJII. As I said, they are two different watches!
But I don't think the ARF DJ41 case is a good solution to build a DJII. As I said, they are two different watches!
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Thank you for sharing this image. I didnt know that the two cases had different profiles from the side. Thought they just modified the endlinks, made the lugs thinner and more defined in the newer 1263xx version and fitted a 3235 in the case.sfbatman787 We are talking about two different watches. If you want to install a 116334 dial then you don't have to modify anything in the movement.
But I don't think the ARF DJ41 case is a good solution to build a DJII. As I said, they are two different watches!
Appreciate this information.
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