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Originally Posted by run23
Rolex enthusiasts have to me a bizarre protective instinct over the brand which I’ll never understand. In every other hobby and with every other brand taking old parts and restoring items, even if they are franken items and even if it’s restoring old faded logos, is considered a fun hobby. To Rolex people this is some sort of criminal activity where if you put an aftermarket bracelet on a watch the watch somehow becomes a counterfeit (I had someone tell me on a forum that my watch was now fake because I put non-Rolex clasp on my bracelet to test out a new clasp), let alone non-Rolex hands or something like that. You guys should definitely stay away from the vintage guitar and car worlds or your heads may explode.
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To use a car analogy, in this particular case someone took an engine and build a complete new car around it with made up VIN. In the guitar world it is like taking an old Gibson pickup and build a new guitar around it.