Rolex LV with drilled lugs

[Enoch]

For many years now, I’ve always liked the old school Rolex watches with drilled lugs.

So I decided that it’d be pretty cool to drill the lugs on my old LV


First job was to carefully remove the bracelet.


Then I got my engineers precision drills and measuring equipment. I soon discovered that the hole is 1.2mm




I then mounted the watch head into the vice on my drill


I drilled the holes and refitted the bracelet




I suspect this has added quite a bit of value to the watch.

[th6252]

Nice post happy new month

[DANH]

Had me scratching my head for a minute!

[Ghost Chilli]

Took me a moment 😂

[Billy4389]

Is this isolation boredom


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[Gullers]

A lot of effort gone into that one!

[number2]

Nice post happy new month

Good to see that the OP set the date.

[seadog1408]

Well played sir, well played.

[fierbois16]

You had me foe a moment there op. Raised a smile

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You had me foe a moment there op. Raised a smile

[higham5]

Andy apart from invalidating your warranty, since that’s not the correct Bergeron strap removing tool.


































Then you made me smile.....

[speedypro1111]

Looks great - I’m off to do all mine just now
Thanks for the great idea 👍

[Seadweller75]

Hhaha excellent. Love the look. Would you be able to do all of mine for a fee?


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[spuds]

Oh FFS, took me a minute, well played Sir!!

[Steve27752]

Nicely played.

[Craizeehair]

Bravo!

I actually WTF’d out loud whilst having a morning cuppa with Mrs C before I fell in.

Well played sir.

[gbn13]

Excellent work!😀😂

[learningtofly]

Superb job. Presumably the fact that you drilled them about half an inch from where they should be had no material effect when mounting the bracelet?

[demonloop]

Superb job. Presumably the fact that you drilled them about half an inch from where they should be had no material effect when mounting the bracelet?

Yip, noticed that! Probably used curved springbars!

[Onelasttime]

Better than your average wind up

[Mattius2]

Excellent! Great laugh just what was needed this morning

[klunk]

Good idea.
I don’t have a bench mounted drill.
Could I do it with my cordless Makita?

[Enoch]

Good idea.
I don’t have a bench mounted drill.
Could I do it with my cordless Makita?

A dewalt and a steady hand would probably be better.....





Glad you liked it folks..👍

Due to the massive potential increase in value, I’m considering doing my Pepsi next year.🤡

[Cookie]

Nice one Andy 👍. Good to see the forum back on track with wholesome watch tips and tricks 😉

[jonasy]

Brilliant, thanks for the heart attack and the following laugh !

[Holsterman]

Excellent.

[bazza.]

He's been waiting all year to post that lol

[Enoch]

Can’t believe it... Rolex have been in contact, and have offered me a job in the machine shop👌👌

[Bonzodog]

Nice One.

[Piemuncher22]

Cheered me up!


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[Lusty]

Well, you had me there for a minute...

[oldoakknives]

Ha ha ha! Nearly....except the raggedy looking holes give the game away....you would have drilled them much neater!

[oldoakknives]

Can’t believe it... Rolex have been in contact, and have offered me a job in the machine shop

Any chance of staff discount? Asking for a friend obviously

[Enoch]

Any chance of staff discount? Asking for a friend obviously

No problem..👍

[thestore]

I’m a newbie and this still maybe me chuckle - great postb

[Happyal]

Haha, you got me for a minute there.

[prexelor]

The first Basel posters of the LV were with lug holes, so initially read with that in mind. But soon realised the date.

[Mr Curta]

[pacchi]

Excellent! You had me for a few seconds there.....

[thfccambs]

Nice 1, had me going for a minute.

[aph123]

totally fell for it,

[Xantiagib]

thought he was drilling a fake.... but then saw the photoshopped holes in different palces and was relieved when no real watches were harmed in the making of this
then realised the date...