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MKS Tudor Prince Day+Date 36mm

DjPresident

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in my opinion, you made a good choice.

i rather buy the MKS date-day over the aliexpress/ rafflesdial kit. The MKS dial, hands, date/day disc font, case, bezel, everything... is just better and nearly as nice as my gen date-day (76200)
Would it be good idea to use this MKS case/bezel to build up one of your famous franken?
 

DjPresident

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No.
Tudor 76200 cases do not fit 3135 because of the shallow caseback.
Plus the ~27.8mm Datejust dial will fall through the rehaut of a date-day case.
Their lug ends are also different.

To illustrate my above points, here are pictures of my gen 16234 and 76200:


So cool to have access to this kind of knowledge people in this forum, thank you so much for your valuable reply
 

swozrep

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Is there a gen/rep comparison for this floating around anywhere?
 

Legology

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Uk. Ire
Made contact with Steve regarding these - currently priced at $378 + shipping

Has anyone got any more photos / wrist shots of the SS with the fabric dial?
 

dalongheapartners

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New here... reached out to Steve on WhatsApp a few days ago. No response yet. Will he ignore WhatsApp messages from users with no WhatsApp PFP's?
 

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Might still be catching up with CNY messages.
 

Tictac789

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Hey,

I bought a kit on AliX during 11.11 but haven't time yet to build it.
Honestly, quality looks not so bad. I mean, it isn't a 500$ rep but really not a shitter.
I can make some pics if interested.
 
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DjPresident

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Hey,

I bought a kit on AliX during 11.11 but haven't time yet to build it.
Honestly, quality looks not so bad. I mean, it isn't a 500$ rep but really not a shitter.
I can make some pics if interested.
Yes please
 

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Tictac789

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This is a great build!
I also have the date version from the same seller. The biggest tells are
1. Letter R. This font style was on the prince oyster dial, not prince.
2. Missing Luke dot next to the date window (can’t tell if the 36mm dial has that)
3. Fonts on the case back.

It seems the MKS version fixes all that.
Thank you for your answer.

1. Which R you mean. This one? Left is GEN.



2. Mine has the lume dot or I didn't understand?



3. I've nothing to compare but you're certainly right.

I really would like to have a MKS to compare. Is it still available? I need to ask my seller.

TThank you for your help
 

DjPresident

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Thanks a lot for the pictures! It looks quite solid to me, if you ask me the lugs look better in this than in the MKS, but of course I have only seen pictures of both and none in real life
 
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Tudors

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Thank you for your answer.

1. Which R you mean. This one? Left is GEN.



2. Mine has the lume dot or I didn't understand?



3. I've nothing to compare but you're certainly right.

I really would like to have a MKS to compare. Is it still available? I need to ask my seller.

TThank you for your help
1. For the R, in Gen a big portion of the last diagonal line should be left to the rightmost point of the curved line. Also in Rep, the last diagonal line seems to be a little curved, like ~. The end of the line in Rep is somewhat flat, while in Gen, it should be ticking upwards. Those are really subtle differences, but when you look at the dials a lot, they become quite evident.



2. Your dial is good. In my 34mm no day version, the 3 clock lume dot is missing. Raffles has the exact same incorrect dials. Their 36mm dial is of better quality.

3. I'm in the process of acquiring a MKS rep. Here's the QC pic I got.
 

Tudors

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Thank you for your answer.

1. Which R you mean. This one? Left is GEN.



2. Mine has the lume dot or I didn't understand?



3. I've nothing to compare but you're certainly right.

I really would like to have a MKS to compare. Is it still available? I need to ask my seller.

TThank you for your help
Case back:
MKS (Top) vs Raffles / AliXP


 

Lane

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anyone had one with the diamond dial.

Love this watch and want one really bad.

Can anyone make me one?
 

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Does this have any lug serial engravings? If yes, could you provide some pictures of these. I'm attempting to compare the quality of the serial engravings to Rafflesdials cases. Thanks