Modified rolex photos please!

[Baselman]

That is awful why not drop a ball in it too - what a pointless idea actually Bamford would take that design up

[jamesbondOO7]

[Touring]

John Mayer's Daytona mod:
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Not really my style, but I have to admit the dial work is kind of neat.

[JJL]

Originally Posted by Touring

John Mayer's Daytona mod:
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Not really my style, but I have to admit the dial work is kind of neat.

I'm a fan of Mickey Mouse and bringing my kids to Disney and all... but this is ugly.

[Ristretto]

My Daytona 116520 with Black Arab dial from the WG model and red hands.

[GolfPunk]

Whilst I'm happy with the black I am looking to get the best of both worlds and get this fitted with red sub dial hands:



I've also ordered a Thomas Preik sapphire case back

[GolfPunk]

Originally Posted by Ristretto

My Daytona 116520 with Black Arab dial from the WG model and red hands.

Love it, I'm having the panda dial and sapphire caseback fitted to my daytona

[Ru4scuba]

Catching up on this thread...great stuff!


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[Touring]

Originally Posted by jjl

i'm a fan of mickey mouse and bringing my kids to disney and all... But this is ugly.

lol!

[Ristretto]

Originally Posted by GolfPunk

Whilst I'm happy with the black I am looking to get the best of both worlds and get this fitted with red sub dial hands:



I've also ordered a Thomas Preik sapphire case back

That should look good.

[Flieger1]

Sweet watches here.

[Incredible Hulk]

I love all the great idea's.

I just picked up a 116610 LV and i was thinking for the first mod to get a GMT green date wheel. I heard the cyclops already comes with AR stock. Is this true?

Also i was thinking of a Thomas Preik glass back. Now i see that the rotor on the Daytona come engraved in red Daytona. I'm pretty sure the rotor on the Hulk is not engraved at all. I would also like to purchase a rotor disc and have it engraved with Submariner in green. That way it adds a little colour to the reverse side.

Maybe that's pushing it? I'm not even sure if i can order a rotor wheel from rolex to begin with?

Thanks for all the pointer too. Man so much help on this site.

[Runnin' Rebel]

Originally Posted by stopa99

Inspired by JIFF1975...my all green LV...
Thank you JIFF....

That's nice..

I have a green date wheel in my safe for my TT GMT IIc. I'm going to send to Tom D's times service San Diego. I'm the next month or so

[Johny]

Originally Posted by Incredible Hulk

I love all the great idea's.

I just picked up a 116610 LV and i was thinking for the first mod to get a GMT green date wheel. I heard the cyclops already comes with AR stock. Is this true?

Also i was thinking of a Thomas Preik glass back. Now i see that the rotor on the Daytona come engraved in red Daytona. I'm pretty sure the rotor on the Hulk is not engraved at all. I would also like to purchase a rotor disc and have it engraved with Submariner in green. That way it adds a little colour to the reverse side.

Maybe that's pushing it? I'm not even sure if i can order a rotor wheel from rolex to begin with?

Thanks for all the pointer too. Man so much help on this site.

green date wheel in the for sale section ...page 3.

[nickb732]

guys, i'm completely new to all this, just joined the forum having just acquired my first brand new 116520 Daytona! i'm wondering how this is done, and i'm especially interested in fitting the daytona with the WG daytona dial, as i really like it's look. thanks!

[Steve748]

Originally Posted by Johny

green date wheel in the for sale section ...page 3.

A Rolex approved service agent will put a green datewheel in exchange for the black one for a fraction of that price.

[Jocke]

Did someone have a pic of the Seaking?

[Passionata]

Originally Posted by nickb732

guys, i'm completely new to all this, just joined the forum having just acquired my first brand new 116520 Daytona! i'm wondering how this is done, and i'm especially interested in fitting the daytona with the WG daytona dial, as i really like it's look. thanks!

Well you need a dial obviously and a Rolex trained watchmaker ,the conversion about 15minutes.

[Johny]

Originally Posted by Steve748

A Rolex approved service agent will put a green datewheel in exchange for the black one for a fraction of that price.

thats great. could you give me the details of one that will do it? thanks.

[Steve748]

Try Bill Rice but he will have to return the black one before Rolex send a green one.

[Johny]

Originally Posted by Steve748

Try Bill Rice but he will have to return the black one before Rolex send a green one.

ok will phone him in the morning. do you know him? i have a loose black date disc so i can send that and get a green one from him....seems very straightforward. the green one usually only comes fitted to the gold gmt2 ceramic so its great to know that rolex will just give them out to fit to any watch now if you give them a black one from another model.

[ltmgeller]

How about a green bezeled GMT1675?

[Steve748]

Yes Johny I know him well, he has serviced 5 Rolex for me and is amenable to doing what you want... if it is possible.

[Johny]

Originally Posted by Steve748

Yes Johny I know him well, he has serviced 5 Rolex for me and is amenable to doing what you want... if it is possible.

if possible? can you pm me with your name so that i can quote you when i call him. thank you.

[JohnAndrew]

Originally Posted by ltmgeller

How about a green bezeled GMT1675?

Mike
Very interesting mod, could you elaborate on it?

[JohnBaker3]

I have spent the last 2 days reading this thread from start to finish and I have come to the following conclusions:

1. All of the TRF posters have shown incredible creativity in modifying their watches to be what they want them to be.

2. Even the watches that used "after market" parts show this same creativity.
Whether for cost concerns or lack of parts availability, I respect these watches for what they are...

3. Without a doubt, this is one of the most popular threads on the website. This tells me, that this phenomena is not going away anytime soon.

I really wish that somewhere in Switzerland is a young Rolex designer lurking here. A lot of these "ideas" are awesome enough to become "official" Rolex products.

But, until that happens, keep these "mods" coming guys !!!

Be safe.

[JohnBaker3]

I knew that we weren't the only ones to think this stuff was cool.

This guy makes a living selling "personalized" Rolexes and other brands.

Here is a short interview on his business:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIprVOzr0mY

Be safe.

[Jbes]

I'm glad to see that there's no stigma attached to personalizing your Rolex. I just bought my first recently and I'd like to keep it stock, but for my second I'm looking for an older one that's been abused so I can have it modded without feeling too bad about it. So I'm always trolling the for sale places on watch forums looking for poor condition Rolexes that I customize. This thread has given me some great ideas. I particularly like the red date wheels and I know I'll be getting one as soon as I find the right watch. Thanks for everyone's creativity!

P.S. If anyone knows a good place to get a "well loved" Rolex, I'm all ears.

[DamageInc.77]

Originally Posted by Jbes

P.S. If anyone knows a good place to get a "well loved" Rolex, I'm all ears.

Chrono24

[AALANMan]

Man I love that sunbeam dial!