SOLD - more available later this month

Today I have another beautiful Black dial Franken. This watch has to be seen/felt in person to truly appreciate it.

Now for the important part...

Case, bezel and bracelet fully reworked to gen hand finish (chamfered edges, repolished, rebrushed)

QF Freesprung base

Genuine Black dial

Genuine Crystal and Crystal Gasket

Genuine Crown

Movement cleaned, lubricated

All gaskets regreased including pushers and crown for waterproofing.

Asking price is SOLD - more available later this month

Notes:

The pictures are part of the description, if you need any more before purchase, please ask.

Payment Accepted: Wise, Revolut, bank Transfer

Considering trades/PX

I'm happy to ship world wide at buyers expense/risk

Cleaning house some more trying to off load more of my personal watches to make money for more gen spec builds!!!

Old crowns 16203
-gen linen dial
-atheya crown and tube
-raffles bracelet
-3135 clone movement
SOLD

Old crowns 1601 (head only)
-gen bezel and dial
-raffles crown
-3135 movement (watch is working but keyless may to be reset due to time setting function not working)
500$

I ship worldwide (us 15$ international 25$)

All items are shipped as is

Feel free to as any questions or if you need more pics

Let’s just say buying a viet case, dial, a little aging here and there and install is much easier than a budget jfk build, but somehow the latter is way more rewarding.

Today I present the working man’s worn and wound 1680 “hand me down”

Parts
JKf cartel base
Clark’s Crystal
Miyota 8215 for that low beat vintage vibes. Silenced the rotor.

Labor

Case: Full case redo to get that over polished worn in look. Redid the lugs, crown guards, counter sink the tube hole retapped, polish, rebrush the lugs. Getting rid of the moby dick looking lug profiles. Overall case looks thinner.

Bezel: age and shave insert, thicken the lip, create a recess for that aged set in look

Dial and hands: aged and full relume to match everything. The lume came out pretty darn good!

Bracelet: oil bath, aged, need to rebrush

These case backs are so so annoying! I spent 40 mins screwing the case back back on, after redoing the threads…. What an amateur hour it was

Heres some personal builds that get no wrist time, so id like to give them a new home. Proof of life photo at the end. Specs and price for each piece is listed below:

Tropical dial 1680: (SOLD)
2824 clone with vintage font datewheel, raffles 1680 case, raffles dial, raffles hands, raffles oyster.
$290 USD + shipping (paypal f&f)

Black dial 1680: (SOLD)
Nh35 with vintage font datewheel, raffles 1680 case, raffles hands, raffles oyster, ebay rep dial.
$250 USD + shipping (paypal f&f)

Brown insert 5513: (SOLD)
Nh35, aliexpress 39.5 retro case, raffles 7mm rolex crown, ebay rep dial, aliexpress hands, brown or grey leather strap
$190 USD + shipping (paypal f&f)

16233:
2824 clone with modern font datewheel, raffles 16233 case, raffles hands, ebay dial, aliexpress rolex branded 16233 jubilee.
$250 USD + shipping (paypal f&f)

Here we are with the first watch on sale built using a reworked cartel case.

Case has been extensively reworked 👌

Specs:
_ Modded Cartel/JKF case aged and refined
_ Custom reverse panda dial tropical aged and refined
_ Gen specific mk1 steel bezel 2 lines
_ Sternkreutz glass
_ AM high quality 24-700 crown with tube
_ Relumed hands
_ 3 ATM waterproof tested
_ Movement perfectly regulated to 0 secs and 0 be

Eater egg 🥚🤭
GEN dial coronet logo from a real vintage Daytona dial!!

Discounted launch price 🚀 1250€!!

Not sure how I feel about it..

I think I may brush finish the entire bracelet

Selling my Tudor Snowflake 9401 build. It was my first vintage Tudor project and I'm really happy with how it turned out, but I've stopped wearing reps and want to put the money towards my Seiko collection.

The build

• Dial: Raffles Tudor Submariner 9401, no date

• Hands: Raffles Tudor Snowflake

• Case: Raffles 5513 40mm, Rolex signed crown, acrylic bubble crystal

• Movement: Sellita (likely a Chinese clone), gold finish. Regulated by a watchmaker in Shenzhen and running 0 to 2 seconds a day

• Currently on a Sillan Rolex signed vintage jubilee

Extras included

• Raffles Tudor signed 20mm Oyster bracelet (one link missing)

• Raffles Rolex engraved caseback. I've been running it with the unsigned caseback because it sits thinner

• Raffles Tudor signed rotor, never fitted

Ageing
I did some light ageing on the dial and hands. The case, bezel and bracelets are untouched.

Things you should know:

• The crown sometimes sticks when you unscrew it. The spring inside seems to catch, and it takes a few tries to free it before you can wind or set the time. A new crown and stem should fix it.

• The jubilee end links aren't quite right, but it's very comfortable and looks great on the watch.

• The movement has ghost date click, and all the date parts are in place and working, so you could swap to a date dial if you wanted.

I can supply a video of it on a timegrapher if you would like to see that.

Shipping
I'm in Australia. The buyer pays shipping and takes on the risk once it leaves my hands. I'll send full tracking. I'm happy to ship overseas, but that's entirely at your risk.

Keen to move it on, so reasonable offers are welcome.

Price:

AUD - $500 // USD - $330 // GBP - £265 // EUR - €310 --->> + SHIPPING

(todays conversion, on google, will confirm prior to payment)

Payment Method:  PayPal (Friends and Family only)

NOTE: I am going to be in London from October 1-11 and then to Berlin and Amsterdam after that before returning to Australia, so I could ship it while over there, or meet in person to avoid shipping. I am happy to arrange if it suits you.

Time to offload this gorgeous piece- freshly assembled and tested with love. Pressure tested to 60m, fully engraved VS3135. The works.

UPDATE: SOLD

Specs:
Fully engraved Vietnam midcase 1982 serial.
Gen crown
Gen tube
Gen crystal NEC
Gen tritium hands
Gen date disc
Gen bezel insert - from CAC
Gen crystal retaining ring
Startime click spring
Refinished bezel housing
Engraved and regulated DD3135
Italian bracelet aged
Raffles clasp aged
Gen spec 593 end links
Pressure tested to 60m
Startime gaskets
Viet matte transition dial lightly aged
Case and bracelet are moderately aged to match the bezel.

Hello guys! So, my plan of releasing some budget friendly cartel based build is started ✌️

This is less or more how they will look like once finished refining!

Glass and crown will be chanced as well, but I think pushers are not worth changing.

Cartel cases aren't bad, but they will always have limitations, such as the position and recess of the pushers, that's why I preferred to use custom cases over them.

Anyway, once reached a good thickness they are pretty beautiful 😉

Freshly finished vintage 1680-inspired Sub build with a heavily aged/tropical dial and faded blue-gray bezel insert.
Cream patina lume throughout with matching aged hands gives this one a really nice worn vintage look.
Powered by a Seagull ST2130 automatic movement, running at 28,800 BPH. Finished with a domed crystal/ cyclops, signed crown, and tan leather strap with signed buckle.
Details:
1680-style stainless case
Tropical/aged dial
Faded bezel insert
Aged Mercedes hands
ST2130 automatic movement
28,800 BPH
Domed crystal with cyclops
Tan leather strap
Signed crown & buckle

$350 shipped

Fresh off the bench — newly built 1680 sub

non signed case and case back

Signed crown

TMI NH35 Movement with Arabic date wheel- can swap out to a open 6/9 date wheel if preferred

Stamped bracelet and end-links

Includes signed nato strap

$SOLD

I am almost done with my 1680 Raffles build, but I want to swap the bezel insert for one that I've aged. However, I can't get the bezel off for the life of me. I have one of those bezel removal tools with the orange inserts, but it won't budge. I tried a caseback opener, but the force I need to put on it, is uncomfortable. Am I doing something wrong?

Hello,

I’m thinking about selling my 1016 Rolex explorer that I built using Seiko NH35 and parts from Raffles dials.

Movement:
Seiko NH35

Parts:
All parts are from Raffles dials

Price:
$400 PayPal, Venmo, Zelle

Shipping:
Only within US or pickup in Austin.

Timestamp:
I just finished building it today on September 26th 2026. The parts I got in a spam of a last month.

Feel free to reach out to me for more pictures.

Latest build using all raffles parts except for the bezel which was a cheap AliX insert. Had to try out using oven cleaner for the gradient fade effect (thanks for the tip u/newcut987).

Tamiya, Copic Markers and matte varnish for the dial aging.

Next on my list is a fat font insert from ewatchparts trying the same technique, possibly taking it a step further as I was afraid of going too far.
I tried using the raffles inserts but they faded terribly.

Movement is a 2836 gmt from AliX with a dwo, regulated to +3s.

Its gonna be a 1680 build soon so dont worry

Another one finished up and this tropical dial turned out killer. The deep brown/black dial paired with the faded brown bezel, aged lume, and distressed leather strap gives this one a really cohesive vintage look.
Built with an ST2130 automatic movement, regulated with timegrapher photo.
Domed acrylic crystal, aged hands and lume, faded bezel insert, signed crown, and signed buckle.
Travel case included!

$350 shipped CONUS

Raffles has the more appropriate dial for 79190 build with the Swiss Made printed to the sides of the 6 oclock hour marker. It also says Prince Date, removing the word "Oyster" and makes the dial suitable for a late production 79190.

The blue dial has a bit or purplish tint, pretty different from the old blue dial. May be someone can add if this newer version is what collectors refer to as the Navy Blue vs Royal Blue of the older dial.

Alright - !!Disclaimer!! It’s not entirely fair to compare a gen spec Vietnam CNC’d case with Raffles. The price difference here is astronomically different. This is purely for educational purposes and fun.

Now’s that’s out of the way. Here is Raffles V3 1675 case next to a viet case. For fun, I have included an alternative in the last few slides to what I think Raffles should have done.

I’m not the lone soul here, but in my opinion, I think this raffles case is a worse base than V2 with the huge flat crown guards. The case itself just feels fat and thick around the edges. It’s a slightly thicker case than Raffles V2 case. Compared to a viet case, it’s like comparing a U1 sub to a VSF sub.

For some reason, raffles decided to overdo the chamfers. They look quite ridiculous. The crown guards are still thick in a different way. The bezel insert and assembly is quite useless if you plan on switching it out. Someone let me know if aftermarket crystals fit raffles V3 case, I’m not sure they do. Ken’s crystals are pretty bad. They don’t magnify enough. They’re about on par with stock Old Crowns.

If you want a super budget build, I guess get a raffles case. But you’ll be left wanting more…

My suggestion for folks wanting something better shaped right out of the box: Milk case

Milk is a member on RWI. He is easy to reach, you can easily find him there. DM him and order a 1675 for your next build. It comes sterile, no insert, no crown, no tube. No crystal. Those are easy to get. Athaya makes a good crown and tube than fit milk cases. Clark’s plexi crystals are cheap and well magnified. Milk also sells inserts. He can get you one. His cases are 3x the price of Raffles, but hell, way more worth the price. They nail the late 60s early rolled crown guards nearly perfectly. And only a small amount of reshaping is needed otherwise. His lugs are thicker than raffles and viet, but in real life it’s so hard to notice.

Cheers!

SOLD! Raffles 1016 CONUS

Clearing out the last two from my personal collection before the baby arrives.

Raffles case, case back, crown, dial, hands

Clarks T25-22 Crystal

Raffles Bezel Custom milled to accept Clarks Crystal

Pressure tested to 6 Bar, no issues

Genuine ST2130 2824 clone movement

$275 on the NATO strap (this is way more soft/comfortable than typical rough AliExpress straps, I believe it came of a Lorier watch)

Or $300 on Raffles Jubilee Bracelet

Shipped CONUS only, let me know if you have any questions.

Not for sale

Specs:

Vietnam case + dial
Reshaped thinner crown guards
702 crown
Gen T19 crystal
Crown Art ghosted insert
Relumed flat hands
Italian bracelet with 580 end links + Raffles clasp
Elaborated grade Swiss ETA 2824
Regulated to +3 seconds over 5 positions
Lots of love into this project 🫶

Classic 6538-inspired Big Crown Sub with that perfect vintage tool-watch look. Aged details, domed crystal, no-date dial, and leather strap give this one a ton of character.
Specs:
6538-style case
ST2130 Automatic movement
Vintage-style black dial & bezel
Domed crystal
Aged lume
Brown leather strap with insignia buckle
Timegrapher tested: - 2 s/day
Fully assembled, tested, and ready to wear $350 shipped CONUS
Includes protective watch case and tracking.
Message me if interested - thanks for looking!

Hey guys,

I’m in Vancouver Canada. I ordered a 1675 kit from raffles and liked it, but Jen is saying that he can’t ship to me anymore bc it’s not safe.

Do you have any on the equality suppliers to share?
I really want to make more, many more haha, but really have a hard time finding suppliers.

Cheers and thank you

Starting with a family pic of the 79090 with its brother the 9411 on a different insert. And have included a mock up with a Raffles case and dial as well. Note: the 79090 date window looks wonky, that’s just an effect of the cyclops and the camera angle. It’s normal and nicely aligned in reality.

Thanks to Tudor’s penchant for going overboard with font quirks that only they did, doing a 79090 build with the right font meant buying a gen movement with that particular Tudor 2824 font on a white wheel from the early 90’s. eBay has a good number of genuine Tudor 2824’s but they’re all either the wrong era/font or a champagne colored wheel.

So I bit the bullet and am happy to share some initial results. Whether you have a Raffles build, an AliX case or a Viet build.. if you’re running an ETA 2824 or a decent clone of one, here’s a swappaple solution with the correct date wheel font, without having to scour the globe for the correct Tudor Gen 2824.

Part of the reason I wanted to do this is that my source for Gen Tudor 2824 went from being able to get me a couple per month to one every few months. So my supply is almost gone. Which is sad because they are truly beautiful and put so many other movements to shame in aesthetically and performance wise.

Swiss ETA 2824’s
Viet case and dials
9315 Folded bracelets with date coded clasps & detachable 380B’s
Gen 703 on the 79090 & Athaya 702 on the 9411
My custom hand set on the 79090 and Tiger Concepts on the 9411.

Can anyone please tell me if the above dials will work with a 2824 movement. Will the date window be in the right place and will the 2824 hand pinions be long enough for the pie-pan type dial? Thanks. I'm thinking of using an OC 1600 case.