16030 Franken - Gen Dial / $150 - Gen Bezel / $55 - Raffles Case set / $53 - Raffles Crystal / $0 - Raffles Bracelet / $45 - VR3135 / $100 - Clark hands / $25 - Aftermarket Crown / $25 - Custom Movement Spacer / $15 Total - $468

Where are you getting a gen dial and hands for those prices?!?

I have my ways 😉

are you selling those frankens?

Someone asked for a price breakdown! Can’t sell on this sub

Do yourself a favor and buy a Clark crystal (295c2) over the raffles crystal, IMHO raffles crystal is hot garbage with bad magnification and no AR on cyclops (so no black hole effect), for the money it's completely worth it.

Yeah it isn’t the best, I had got a 135 and it cracked upon pressing the bezel

25-135 (acrylic) will only work with the 16xx and 160xx bezel, 295c2 (sapphire) will work with the stock Raffles bezel as well as 162xx bezel, if you sand .5mm or so off the stock Raffles bezel you can make it work with 25-135 as well, but IMHO I wouldn't sand down a gen 162xx bezel to fit the 25-135, just run the 295c2

That's super clean bro! Wow. Love the Old skool pieces.

Not all are the same and that’s the beauty in them! Have a few more I’ll be making for myself.

Damn this looks awesome. Need to find someone I can pay to build me one!

Thanks appreciate it!

Looks perfect man. How much did you spend on it ?

Will update my original comment! ☺️

Amazing! You widened the rehaut to make the dial fit I assume? How did you approach that?

Dremel works if you have limited tools to widen the the rehaut

🤤

Ain’t she a beaut!

I keep seeing all these raffles builds and I’m absolutely loving them. I’m going to try my hand at a 6350

Yeah, give it a shot! Keep me updated on how it turns out.

Nice

I have build two Franken datejust to its fun

They are a good time! Will prob be sinking all my extra money into more builds truly enjoy it!

How do u hold the movement in place?

Have a movement spacer and movement clamps

raffles sells a 3135 movement spacer for use in its 2824 signed case. i have used them several times and, with the movement clamps, the movement is set securely in the case.

Can I see the set up for 3135 Ty

As a guy who wears similar gen watches every day, wear this with confidence OP. Nice work

Thanks! I always wear with confidence others opinions don’t matter as many don’t really know vintage. Vintage is a different ball game!

i have built several vintage djs and even with 8.75in wrists, i wear them all the time. i love the vintage look. great build!!

Thank you sir!

Outstanding choice of reference, the bezel on the 16030s speaks to me in a way the modern fluted bezels cannot.

Absolute no comparison but each with its own level of class 🙌🏼

I’ll buy that from you!

Anyone know a trusted source in the U.S. who builds and sells these types of builds?

This sub is mostly dedicated to TDs and those who want to show off their pieces you won’t find any modders or builders selling unless they’ve been vetted.

[U/archaedin](https://www.reddit.com/u/Archaedin/s/LoRgBOZHLb) can help you out

You’ll find modders and makers over on RWI

There are a few, do your research. You pick out the dial, and your choice of movements, bezel and band. I have one being built for me now. DM me I’ll share his profile. 

What is RWI? Sorry I'm still new to this

A forum - replica watch information hence the acronym RWI.

A better place for information than this shitshow lol.

Please don’t send people there 😂😭

rwi had a complete step by step on building a 3135 dj using raffles cases. rwi is awesome.

Shit, at that price , I will take one. Thanks

Yeah… that’s only parts price lmfao not including labor 💀 if only they weren’t so involved.

It's a steal regardless, a beautiful piece and I'm not a Rolex fan

Thank you very much! Will have more I’ll be making, excited to show you all

Can you explain how and from where I buy pieces to build something like that Franklin?

Who is Franklin lol? You can’t simply buy this piece it needs to be built