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The Ladies' Rolex thread...a guide to assembling a nice Franken (thread will be updated periodically)
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Something that occurred to me that may or may not be helpful. I picked up a gen Tudor ladies' watch for the girlfriend, mostly because it was super cheap and 2 tone, and I wanted the bracelet for one of these builds. It turns out the watch worked, cleaned up nicely, and was essentially a Rolex case, bracelet, dial, crystal, and crown with a Tudor 2671 movement. If you're hoping to build one of these with a 2671, a Tudor case might be worth considering. Other than the lug engravings and case back, some of the Tudors are essentially the same watch.
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@dpd3672 It sounds great for lots of smart people. I would have the same issues that I'm currently having with my rolex case. I wouldn't be able to get the overlay to move without ruining the movement. And I wouldn't be able to get the hands on because the overlay has raised the dial height too high to fit hands. 
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I've re-read this super guy's thread and can only imagine that he might have chosen riyi's 'tall post' for 2671 hands, which Riyi no longer stocks.
There's no room for the datewheel overlay to go on, and hands to be applied and move freely without tall hands posts.
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Also I no longer believe a DWO can possibly work on these tiny movements
They can't bear the weight. I dremelled the back of my overlay so it was as light and thin as paper. Removing it's metal backing. It still had no chance of turning on a good quality ETA movement without stuffing up the movement.
Oh it sucks
There's no room for the datewheel overlay to go on, and hands to be applied and move freely without tall hands posts.
Complete Build Thread: Franken Rolex 69173 (Ladies 26mm Datejust)
Hi everyone, I scored an awesome deal on a full Rolex 69173 case set on the Bay and I’ve always wanted to build one of these. There are some information out there on how to build these, but I haven’t come across any that are compiled so I put this together for anyone that wants to build one. Here...
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Also I no longer believe a DWO can possibly work on these tiny movements
They can't bear the weight. I dremelled the back of my overlay so it was as light and thin as paper. Removing it's metal backing. It still had no chance of turning on a good quality ETA movement without stuffing up the movement.Oh it sucks
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If I'm building a 26mm watch. And I want to attempt another try at using DWO in the watch, I have found that the DWO pushes the dial to become too tall to mount the hands nicely. The hands are sitting so low down that they are scraping the dial. My query, set to expose me as the least informed watch modder I noticed the hour wheel on my 2671 movement can be bought in all different heights. Can I buy a taller hour wheel to apply my hands, as simply as that. Or absolutely not, and infact more has to be done to the watch to use a taller hour wheel please?
Chaps, please may you help me with my rather ameteur question please I'd really appreciate it. @KJ2020 @pompompurin
I noticed the hour wheel on my 2671 movement can be bought in all different heights. Can I buy a taller hour wheel to apply my hands, as simply as that. Or absolutely not, and infact more has to be done to the watch to use a taller hour wheel please? Chaps, please may you help me with my rather ameteur question please
I'd really appreciate it. @KJ2020 @pompompurin
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What a pickle.
I wonder, if I keep having absolutely no success with fitting a dwo to the 2671 movement that turns successfully, If I might be able to instead dismantle a GMF 28mm 2671 mov. with DWO already installed. I'd use the movement, and hands. And discard the rest of the watch. and try to mount a gen dial on their set up. It would not be a cheap option but it might work ok.
My only concern with doing that would be that I know GMF use dial feet probably 100% of the time on their dials. So their dial would be applied nice and closely to the dwo, just above it, but my friction fit dial may need to be secured with dial dots.. raising it up. Eek.
I'm looking forwards to seeing how you guys build anything in future!
I wonder, if I keep having absolutely no success with fitting a dwo to the 2671 movement that turns successfully, If I might be able to instead dismantle a GMF 28mm 2671 mov. with DWO already installed. I'd use the movement, and hands. And discard the rest of the watch. and try to mount a gen dial on their set up. It would not be a cheap option but it might work ok.
My only concern with doing that would be that I know GMF use dial feet probably 100% of the time on their dials. So their dial would be applied nice and closely to the dwo, just above it, but my friction fit dial may need to be secured with dial dots.. raising it up. Eek.
I'm looking forwards to seeing how you guys build anything in future!
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I've chosen LCD phone screen repair tape instead of various dial dots, because it's much stronger, and much thinner than anything else i've found so far. I'll be attempting one last shot at constructing the 2671 very soon. haha.
In the meantime, if ever any of you guys think about using a 2671 movement, particularly for a 69174 build, there's a fantastic gen like looking case on ebay for less than 20 bucks that comes with a movement holder too within it's case too. It doesn't have gen like construction: in that, the bezel and crystal cannot be removed. But they are of fantastic gen-like looks so don't need to be removed.
I'm not a big fan of the NH05 bleiger cases, because to me they look nothing like gen rollie by comaparison. But will move onto using an NH05 in some kind of housing if I have any more issues with the DWO on 2671.
In the meantime, if ever any of you guys think about using a 2671 movement, particularly for a 69174 build, there's a fantastic gen like looking case on ebay for less than 20 bucks that comes with a movement holder too within it's case too. It doesn't have gen like construction: in that, the bezel and crystal cannot be removed. But they are of fantastic gen-like looks so don't need to be removed.
I'm not a big fan of the NH05 bleiger cases, because to me they look nothing like gen rollie by comaparison. But will move onto using an NH05 in some kind of housing if I have any more issues with the DWO on 2671.
Can somone help me please with a nh05 build, I have an overlay to add to a nh05 movement for a 26mm datejust build, just not sure to how to glue it on, if anyone has done it before would really appreciate any guidance or some pics from their project. I'm using a genuine rolex dial btw. Thanks guys 
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Awesome I'm wishing you lots of luck with your project. I hope it's a gorgeous success!!Can somone help me please with a nh05 build, I have an overlay to add to a nh05 movement for a 26mm datejust build, just not sure to how to glue it on, if anyone has done it before would really appreciate any guidance or some pics from their project. I'm using a genuine rolex dial btw. Thanks guys
I found '3mm Double Sided Extremely Strong Tape Adhesive for LCD repair' the best for DWO application. It's very thin in width and height and much stronger than dial dots etc.
I tried epoxy resin to apply a datewheel overlay at one stage too and it was far too messy even when applied with precision, because the movement is so ridiculously tiny. - Killed my movement.
I did it with an overlay I created on a copy machine just to test the concept. It worked, but it looked ugly, and I haven't got around to ordering a better one, since the date wheel on the NH isn't too far off. There's a small gap to the one side, but it's barely visible on such a small watch face, and it didn't seem worth the trouble.
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@TonyMontana I don't know if looking at this again might help you brother. Although this chap is doing 2671, it shows how he uses bundled up balls of dial dots to stick the dwo to his datewheel. https://www.rwg.bz/board/index.php?...ead-franken-rolex-69173-ladies-26mm-datejust/
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I'm waiting for a little more sticky tape to arrive before I can give my build a keen second attempt.
But in the meantime I removed the foggy plastic 6517 case crystal and quickly swapped it for a sapphire + gasket one. Works nicely, because nothing on my own build particularly makes sense. I'm just putting my favourite bits and pieces together in one watch. I love a good sapphire crystal
But in the meantime I removed the foggy plastic 6517 case crystal and quickly swapped it for a sapphire + gasket one. Works nicely, because nothing on my own build particularly makes sense. I'm just putting my favourite bits and pieces together in one watch. I love a good sapphire crystal
That's very good to hear somone else attempting a dwo on nh05, have you had another attemp with nh05? Is it possible to share any pics from the project. Thanks
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