OK I’m new to this hobby, but a (VERY) keen learner. From what I can gather from this thread if you want a working sub dials watch that is near to Gen then you have to:
1. Buy BOTH ARF and Noob 116520s with white dials.
2. Swap, bezel, dial and bracelet out of ARF into Noob
3. BUT the ARF dial won’t fit into the Noob so you have to buy a genuine dial (can be black or white if you do this) or shave the ARF dial which I can’t do and can’t find anyone in Australia (or Overseas) who can for me. Does anyone know who can?
This way I get a VERY GOOD Rep for a fraction of the price?
I don’t know where to buy the watches from but Intime, Pure Time and Chazingtime will be able to fix me up I think? (any suggestions). I’ve used Intime before and they were GREAT!
Can you guys tell me where I’m going wrong on this plan? If I’m correct in what I plan then maybe this will save a lot of reading for others and will basically be pretty well as good as you can get without too much expertise. . Now I know you “experts” will see all kinds of minor faults with the finished article but I reckon this would fool 99.9% of people and after all it is a rep!
FYI……I’m currently modding a (2012) 116599 RBOW in steel (bought from InTime) with a new dial. bezel and Moissanite diamonds and so far haven’t hit any obstacles. I know a LOT of people don’t like this watch but I do. I will post a thread with pictures when it’s all finished. Will cost me about $US5,000 when finished and I’m guessing another month to complete.
1. Buy BOTH ARF and Noob 116520s with white dials.
2. Swap, bezel, dial and bracelet out of ARF into Noob
3. BUT the ARF dial won’t fit into the Noob so you have to buy a genuine dial (can be black or white if you do this) or shave the ARF dial which I can’t do and can’t find anyone in Australia (or Overseas) who can for me. Does anyone know who can?
This way I get a VERY GOOD Rep for a fraction of the price?
I don’t know where to buy the watches from but Intime, Pure Time and Chazingtime will be able to fix me up I think? (any suggestions). I’ve used Intime before and they were GREAT!
Can you guys tell me where I’m going wrong on this plan? If I’m correct in what I plan then maybe this will save a lot of reading for others and will basically be pretty well as good as you can get without too much expertise. . Now I know you “experts” will see all kinds of minor faults with the finished article but I reckon this would fool 99.9% of people and after all it is a rep!
FYI……I’m currently modding a (2012) 116599 RBOW in steel (bought from InTime) with a new dial. bezel and Moissanite diamonds and so far haven’t hit any obstacles. I know a LOT of people don’t like this watch but I do. I will post a thread with pictures when it’s all finished. Will cost me about $US5,000 when finished and I’m guessing another month to complete.
