Vintage style BP reps?

[Alhig72]

That’s a gorgeous piece, is there anymore you could share with us ?

There will be more soon hopefully, waiting on a bunch of parts but a week in Vietnam time seems to run into a couple of months ????

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[Alhig72]

Been on a bit of a break from watch building but the bug is coming back,
Got a little something on the go,more pics to come once I finish.

 

[Alhig72]

So here it is ,just finished this evening.

 

[Chuckchillout]

So here it is ,just finished this evening.

Wow! Looks amazing. I’ve been on the hunt for a Tornek Rayville. I saw you posted one earlier in the thread. Was that your build? I’m debating on if I should attempt a build.

 

[Alhig72]

It was a rdnae from Ali express with a custom dial,
Just found this amazing item on AliExpress. Check it out!
￡244.78 | RDUNAE Men Automatic Watch Diver Military Mechanical Wristwatch 200M Waterproof Luminous NH35 Ceramic Bezel Barracuda Pot Cover

https://a.aliexpress.com/_EIc9x9B

 

[Reaps]

It was a rdnae from Ali express with a custom dial,
Just found this amazing item on AliExpress. Check it out!
￡244.78 | RDUNAE Men Automatic Watch Diver Military Mechanical Wristwatch 200M Waterproof Luminous NH35 Ceramic Bezel Barracuda Pot Cover

https://a.aliexpress.com/_EIc9x9B

Yup those Aliexpress watches make an amazing base if one does not care about 100% accuracy. They get the feeling correct.

 

[Alhig72]

I managed to remove and strip the insert to relume with a more authentic look,it looked too new before

 

[evilgenius88]

Since @Alhig72 started my Blancpain / Tornek-Rayville bug, I bumped into this ad on the dutch classified website Marktplaats - https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/sierad...-koop-tornek-rayville-tr900-navy-seal-horloge

This dude is supposedly selling a Tornek-Rayville TR900 for 30k. He also shows it in a Blancpain box. Lots of fluff about Navy Seals but no concrete provenance.



I don't want to call someone a fraud without solid proof, but the watch feels off to me. Perhaps like he "vintagized" the modern Bill Yao Tornek-Rayville TR-660?

What do the experts say?

 

[Alhig72]

Since @Alhig72 started my Blancpain / Tornek-Rayville bug, I bumped into this ad on the dutch classified website Marktplaats - https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/sierad...-koop-tornek-rayville-tr900-navy-seal-horloge

This dude is supposedly selling a Tornek-Rayville TR900 for 30k. He also shows it in a Blancpain box. Lots of fluff about Navy Seals but no concrete provenance.



I don't want to call someone a fraud without solid proof, but the watch feels off to me. Perhaps like he "vintagized" the modern Bill Yao Tornek-Rayville TR-660?

What do the experts say?

Its not a blancpain, case and bezel is way too fat and has drilled lugs as opposed to the fixed lug bars of the gen,dial is just an average looking rep dial,it should look like this and cost 4 times what he is asking

 

[evilgenius88]

Nice! Appreciate the keen eye, always great to learn more about the details from the pros.

And yeah, that 2-piece caseback is a signature thing for a FF / TR - probably why he’s not showing the caseback in his pics.

For me, the first red flag was this guy knowing everything about this watch but selling it for 30k…

 

[Alhig72]

Custom engraved case back for my next one

 

[Alhig72]

Almost there now

 

[Alhig72]

All done for now

 

[evilgenius88]

Ooh that is very sexy! What base is that watch?

 

[Alhig72]

It's a Vietnam case with custom engraving and dial with a gen as1361 movement

Ooh that is very sexy! What base is that watch?