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Dear forum members,
I'm from Germany and my hobbies are records and analog wristwatches.
In my collection I have some Gen watches and some Reps too.
I started collecting watches in the early 90s with a Fortis Pilot watch when they came back into business. I started with a "Fortis Flieger Automatic", ref. 595.10.41, which I still have, bought some Hacher watches via ebay, got a Heuer Aviateur and a 50s Omega watch and a Heuer Monza, ref. 150.501.
One of my friends collected some early Omegas, e.g. a Pre-Moonwatch Speedmaster, and IWCs. Another friend bought a really beautiful Mid 60s Seamaster 300.
In the meanwhile I bought some Reps via Ali**press and D**ate, some of them are o.k., some are just Crap.
So I started searching for high-quality Reps and bought a Noob V7 Submariner 116610LN and a 5514 Comex Replica. After getting the Sub serviced I really have a reliable wristwatch that I wear almost every day. Timedrift is ~ -2 - -4s /day, sometimes even better. The watch is also tested as waterproof with 10 ATM (100 m).
No modifications on the watch for now.
But right now I'm starting two interesting Franken Projects together with my watchmaker:
1st will be a 16610 LV with a high quality no rehaut case, used gen 3135 movement, Gen Dial, hands and crown, aftermarket LV bezel insert and a brown leather Nato Strap.
2nd will be a 16000 S/S Franken. Following parts are used gen parts: champagne dial, 16000 case and bezel, black hands and stell crown. I will take a serviced Yuki 3135 to put it in that beauty and have a light brown leather band mounted on the watch. Crystal will be a high quality plexi crystal. I will search for a periodicaly correct datewheel for that watch, no matter if it's a rep or a gen date wheel.
And lastely I've ordered an ARF 904 S/S 116610 LN Sub with SH 3135 movement and will also have it serviced and modded to a Franken with a gen dial, hands and datewheel.
If everything works as expected I will sell my Noob V7 Sub, possibly modded with a gen crystal or the one from the ARF.
That's it for now.
I'm from Germany and my hobbies are records and analog wristwatches.
In my collection I have some Gen watches and some Reps too.
I started collecting watches in the early 90s with a Fortis Pilot watch when they came back into business. I started with a "Fortis Flieger Automatic", ref. 595.10.41, which I still have, bought some Hacher watches via ebay, got a Heuer Aviateur and a 50s Omega watch and a Heuer Monza, ref. 150.501.
One of my friends collected some early Omegas, e.g. a Pre-Moonwatch Speedmaster, and IWCs. Another friend bought a really beautiful Mid 60s Seamaster 300.
In the meanwhile I bought some Reps via Ali**press and D**ate, some of them are o.k., some are just Crap.
So I started searching for high-quality Reps and bought a Noob V7 Submariner 116610LN and a 5514 Comex Replica. After getting the Sub serviced I really have a reliable wristwatch that I wear almost every day. Timedrift is ~ -2 - -4s /day, sometimes even better. The watch is also tested as waterproof with 10 ATM (100 m).
No modifications on the watch for now.
But right now I'm starting two interesting Franken Projects together with my watchmaker:
1st will be a 16610 LV with a high quality no rehaut case, used gen 3135 movement, Gen Dial, hands and crown, aftermarket LV bezel insert and a brown leather Nato Strap.
2nd will be a 16000 S/S Franken. Following parts are used gen parts: champagne dial, 16000 case and bezel, black hands and stell crown. I will take a serviced Yuki 3135 to put it in that beauty and have a light brown leather band mounted on the watch. Crystal will be a high quality plexi crystal. I will search for a periodicaly correct datewheel for that watch, no matter if it's a rep or a gen date wheel.
And lastely I've ordered an ARF 904 S/S 116610 LN Sub with SH 3135 movement and will also have it serviced and modded to a Franken with a gen dial, hands and datewheel.
If everything works as expected I will sell my Noob V7 Sub, possibly modded with a gen crystal or the one from the ARF.
That's it for now.
