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How would you build a 6542 Albino GMT-Master?
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Holy crap. Tiberian Tiger Tears have gone up in price... Will a normal black datewheel fit the Hua... Haauuu. Hzjdfdfzsou 6460 movement???
It's a bit more expensive but this will be a good purchase. It comes with a free insert, crown, tube, movement, bracelet and crystal as well - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/VINTAGE-...050803?hash=item1c821d6cf3:g:O3UAAOSwWxNY0--Y
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Case and dial. This is what I asked yuki about:
http://www.yukiwatch.com/catalog/item/6924997/10000048.htm
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Again I will repeat do not buy a Yuki case it is not anywhere near correct. Unless you feel like Dumping $1k on a bad case and dial.
It doesn't just tell time. It tells history.
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Thus is a Phong case with a converted ETA-2846 GMT. You can get the roulette DWO from Calvin in Hong Kong. $100 a piece. If you don't want a gen movement then ETA converted or Asian 2836 "Hangzhou" is cheaper route. Just don't cheap out on the case or bezel, or dial.
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FML!!!
@TheSociety @yodog - What's the cost of the Phong? Do we get the Phong dial as well?
Why is the Yuki a piece of crap for both?
P.S. Is anyone in the market for a kidney - lightly used, only one owner so far
EDIT: Jesus Teddy F#$&ing Christ!!!! ALMOST 7 THOUSAND DOLLARS?!?!?!?!?!
Does anyone's butt-hole hurt?!
1) I'm sticking with Yuki; you know what, screw it! I'm sticking with Cartel and getting my aircraft engineers to take off the crown guards! I can get a TC which is considered the pinnacle of rep building for 10% of the cost of that rep
2) This thread needs to be "disposable income locked" thread. Sorry guys this is a private party - One must have a disposable monthly slush-fund of at least 20K or be a pilot to post.
3) Dress-code:
@TheSociety @yodog - What's the cost of the Phong? Do we get the Phong dial as well?
Why is the Yuki a piece of crap for both?
P.S. Is anyone in the market for a kidney - lightly used, only one owner so far
EDIT: Jesus Teddy F#$&ing Christ!!!! ALMOST 7 THOUSAND DOLLARS?!?!?!?!?!
Does anyone's butt-hole hurt?!
1) I'm sticking with Yuki; you know what, screw it! I'm sticking with Cartel and getting my aircraft engineers to take off the crown guards! I can get a TC which is considered the pinnacle of rep building for 10% of the cost of that rep
2) This thread needs to be "disposable income locked" thread. Sorry guys this is a private party - One must have a disposable monthly slush-fund of at least 20K or be a pilot to post.
3) Dress-code:
Its not the owners, its the miles......
Good question here, with today's CNC mills available, is one of the reasonably priced cases close enough to act as the baseline, and we come up with with the geometry to re-cut it to the right specs? If we are going to polish it down anyway, reshaping the case may not be too hard.
are there any really good blueprints available for what that 6542 case shape is to use for reference?
Its not the owners, its the miles......
Good question here, with today's CNC mills available, is one of the reasonably priced cases close enough to act as the baseline, and we come up with with the geometry to re-cut it to the right specs? If we are going to polish it down anyway, reshaping the case may not be too hard.
are there any really good blueprints available for what that 6542 case shape is to use for reference?
This is why I'm sticking with the Yuki/Reshaped Cartel - I would never know what the gen shape is. Too rare! Most think that the 1675 was the first GMT and haven't even heard of 6542... It was going to be astronomically expensive as it was... 1-2mm here or there is not worth it for me.
For those who it is worth it. I salute you!
Huh? Thats probably with a gen mvmt man. Around 2k with eta mvmt
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Yeah, but insert alone is $650 USD plus shipping -
And even if I want the entire package, one doesn't even get a bracelet for that much!!!
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6542 that is VERY accurate is a BIG BOYZ $$ game see post number 1 .. however its a slippery slope, 1K on a Yuki why not go to 2K on a phong etc ultimately you have to wear it so whatever suits ... you will never be in the same room as someone with a gen ,but if its way off it will look way off
Okay, I've come to a realisation that this is madness. There is a solution I'm willing to try
@puretime - Would you and the JF Factory like to be doing this:
Perhaps a little bit of this:
I don't know maybe you want to send your dog; say a Shiba Una - into space?
Well... Do I have a deal of a lifetime for you. When it comes to a 6542, It seems that our member are literally turning into this:
We be buying some GMT Replicas for prices up to 6.5K USD... I think you may want a cut of this; I know you did it before and that model is now sold out. But we need some JF style replicas of this watch, none of that Alibaba type repping.
You only need to purchase the "genplica" from Phong under a pseudonym "Ted Striker" - The main character from an 80's movie "Airplane" - excellent movie that will sure look awesome in your own private iMAX screen payed by the members of RWI. And then make a 1:1 copy and post here, buy an indoor swimming pool and wait for it fill up with $$$. What ya say???#challangeaccepted or what?!
@puretime - Would you and the JF Factory like to be doing this:
Perhaps a little bit of this:
I don't know maybe you want to send your dog; say a Shiba Una - into space?
Well... Do I have a deal of a lifetime for you. When it comes to a 6542, It seems that our member are literally turning into this:
We be buying some GMT Replicas for prices up to 6.5K USD... I think you may want a cut of this; I know you did it before and that model is now sold out. But we need some JF style replicas of this watch, none of that Alibaba type repping.
You only need to purchase the "genplica" from Phong under a pseudonym "Ted Striker" - The main character from an 80's movie "Airplane" - excellent movie that will sure look awesome in your own private iMAX screen payed by the members of RWI. And then make a 1:1 copy and post here, buy an indoor swimming pool and wait for it fill up with $$$. What ya say???#challangeaccepted or what?!
I'm a couple of G's in on the build that Yodog posted above and I will say that doing this thing right isn't cheap. Some of us demand a higher level of aesthetic so there is value in throwing money at the build.
@TheSociety builds pieces that are beyond what most of us want or are willing to pay for but that's his passion. If you take the gen movement out of the equation you can have a piece that's 80% to 90% there on the level of appearance for $2,000ish. Just my opinion though.
@TheSociety builds pieces that are beyond what most of us want or are willing to pay for but that's his passion. If you take the gen movement out of the equation you can have a piece that's 80% to 90% there on the level of appearance for $2,000ish. Just my opinion though.