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Nice work and good inspiration!
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Wow nice work there, looks great! I’m actually thinking about changing my bezel, is not sure which MK mines is but it’s a bit on the dark side. Any leads you can share on where I might be able to source a gen bezel or even just the insert?
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very creative....and one way to get there....the Look!
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Look good!
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I think it’s a really cool idea! Looks great.
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Nice project buddy and congrats
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Having recently brought my 18038 DD back to Rolex OEM specs, I understand your rationalization on spending the money. Labor of love.
Question: will this preclude you from ever going back to RSC for service? In other words, do you think they would require you to swap out the parts back to what should have come on the watch? |
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Glad you were able to get the look you were going for!
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Looks great! I wish swapping bezels was as easy as on the 5 digits. Does the jubilee bracelet fit without any modifications to the lug holes?
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Very cool. Thanks for sharing
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I did it!! Rolex 116710LN to 126710BLRO Conversion
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This is awesome work. And here I was thinking I was pretty cool for swapping the jubilee for a glidelock on my BLRO.
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Looks good!
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I can appreciate the mods made by the OP. My only issue is that sometimes I think the green script, green GMT hand LN is such a cool piece that I prefer it to the BLRO. Another thought is to pick up BLNR and swap bezel for Pepsi may be a less expensive mod, if it is easy to get the bezel. My .02.
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Hell man! That’s stunning
Where did you source the white gold bezel? I would love to go the same route |
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Very cool project
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That took some stones. Well done, it looks great!
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Very cool project! I did something similar with my 16710N, replacing the black aluminum bezel insert with an aftermarket ceramic BLRO insert. I used a Dremel tool to grind down the radius of the ceramic insert by a fraction of a millimeter to fit the stock OEM bezel.
I still have the original black insert and bezel, so can swap bezels in a few minutes and it's back to the way it came from the Geneva factory. The advantages of the mod are the ceramic durability and the more readable font. Also, to me the Pepsi bezel is historically the classic original GMT Master color combination.
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You may have snagged a MK1 bezel. Very cool.
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Bezel is the worst part of the blro, mine only lasted a week
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Good job on the conversion
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now that's really more about the journey than anything - looks cool enjoy !!!!
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Ver cool. I admire the ingenuity.
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Really it does look perfect 👌
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Nicely done!
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From the pictures it’s subtle but the lugs don’t look quite right. It’s a tell. Amongst others already mentioned.
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i love it. Great job. Honestly, I should have done what you did and sourced a white gold pepsi bezel. Love those colors instead of this navy blue.
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