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Old 10 August 2021, 07:34 PM   #1
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If you can't get a 116610LN why not turn your 116613LN in to one

All you have to do is change the bracelet bezel and crown I know the hands and lume markers are yellow gold but who's gonna notice that.....
Just an idea
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Old 10 August 2021, 07:36 PM   #2
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LOL why?

The premium on the 116610LN is not even very much. You could probably do a direct trade if you have a 116613LN anyway with pretty much any gray dealer.
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Old 10 August 2021, 07:43 PM   #3
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LOL why?

The premium on the 116610LN is not even very much. You could probably do a direct trade if you have a 116613LN anyway with pretty much any gray dealer.

LOL well yeah that makes sense..... It would be fun though it would be like 2 watches in one..... If you worked in an office the boss man would be like wtf you just bought another watch lol
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Old 10 August 2021, 07:56 PM   #4
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I have heard of people doing stuff like this, right now on Ebay there is a SS 126610 being offered with a blue bezel, which makes it look (practically) identical to the all white-gold 126619. It is your watch, people can do what they like with it, but personally, I feel it transitions it in to a Franken-watch, I wouldn’t do it to my Rolex. Then again, there are older GMTs being sold with all three available bezels. Hey, whatever floats your boat.
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Old 10 August 2021, 09:22 PM   #5
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Not for me, original or nothing.
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Old 10 August 2021, 09:27 PM   #6
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Why would anyone want to do this?

The 116713LN is THE one to own.
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Old 10 August 2021, 09:56 PM   #7
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Not for me, original or nothing.

^ This. All day, every day.

I bought a 10460M and later discovered it had chromabright hands, and that irks me.


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Old 10 August 2021, 10:04 PM   #8
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^ This. All day, every day.

I bought a 10460M and later discovered it had chromabright hands, and that irks me.


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Nice model but chromabright?
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Old 10 August 2021, 10:08 PM   #9
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14060M.

Nice model but chromabright?

I always get that one the wrong way around. Thanks.

Yeah, I figure someone had the hands replaced at some stage.

I don’t know for certain if RSC would or would not use chromabright for service hands on a five digit. I suspect not, but don’t know for sure.


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Old 10 August 2021, 11:06 PM   #10
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All you have to do is change the bracelet bezel and crown I know the hands and lume markers are yellow gold but who's gonna notice that.....
Just an idea
Don't forget the bezel (gold) and the insert (gold text/markings).

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I have heard of people doing stuff like this, right now on Ebay there is a SS 126610 being offered with a blue bezel, which makes it look (practically) identical to the all white-gold 126619. It is your watch, people can do what they like with it, but personally, I feel it transitions it in to a Franken-watch, I wouldn’t do it to my Rolex. Then again, there are older GMTs being sold with all three available bezels. Hey, whatever floats your boat.
You mean dial, right?

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Not for me, original or nothing.
Agreed. At least in terms of modifying a watch to get it to look like another watch that could be had as a factory original.

I have a little more "sympathy" for those watches put together in order to get a configuration that Rolex never offered, but still looks good. The steel Daytona with the steel-colored dial that someone here did, for example.
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Old 11 August 2021, 12:00 AM   #11
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Definitely an idea.. not so sure if it’s a good one..
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