Reply With QuoteDoes this mean that your watch was a military issue Submariner?
Asking for a friend.
New to this forum, so I hope i'm posting to the right place.
I have a Rolex 1977 5513 that died on me at Christmas and I can't really justify the cost of a repair/service at the moment. But really miss the watch on my wrist. I have bought a few bits off a well kown auction site to put together a replacement for now.
Got case, hands, face, glass and clone eta 2824 movement. Anyone out there near Hinckley that can help/guide me in putting it together.
I'm not building a fake as the face is none branded. Just something that resembles my watch.
Does this mean that your watch was a military issue Submariner?
Asking for a friend.
Very nearly PMSL,Originally Posted by wayside2002
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
Seriously flawed logic here........if money's tight why spend it on building a replica? By the time you've bought all the bits, and had the movement for the replica serviced, you've spent a significant chunk of money that would be better spent sorting the real one out!
Steinhart OVM is your friend.
Are you looking to part with that old worn out 5513?
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Personally I would just buy a different watch for now as that sounds like madness to me.
I'm assuming I'm not the only person who finds this post completely bizarre?
Simon
Could be a disguised sales post, if the genuine watch does in fact exist...I'm assuming I'm not the only person who finds this post completely bizarre
Simon
Shirley Knott ....
https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...05#post5002205
Tiger concept or steinhart should fit the bill as a replacement. The original should be carefully restored or fixed or for historical and value purposes left stored untouched for the time being.
For a minute I thought the OP was sourcing bits to fix it up !
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Did your bits cost less than 59 quid?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40mm-Blac...kAAOSwiE1b27z2
It won’t work, but neither will your ETA clone I imagine. I wouldn’t recommend trying to build your own watch unless that’s a new hobby you really want to get into.
Tell us more about your watch - what did it die of?
Is a £13,000 watch?
Possibly not once the "improvements" have been carried out.
I’ve had a couple of Tigers, the look for little money with no pain of building your own, and when you tire of it, it will sell easy enough.
http://www.tiger-concept.com/5513V2-vintage-watch.html
Well I think its a great idea.
I'd love to be able to put together my own watch.
Maybe there's a market for kits with instructions?
Very bizarre as in another thread was offered 13k for the 5513 now it's falling to bitsI'm assuming I'm not the only person who finds this post completely bizarre
Simon
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Hey I’m not saying it’s an idea, just not a great idea, I’ve just recently had one done as I wanted a specific look, some of the parts didn’t fit, some needed modifications, end result was I like it, but I could have bought the same cheaper already done.
And it’s not the first time I’ve done it, with pretty much the same hassles along the way, and one I bought that someone else (I’ve done loads of these already) had assembled, that still needed fettling to make it work properly.
Lets see some 5513 pics?
There is. Most online watch courses end with reassembly of a movement and producing a watch - or a box of spares
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