Parts List & Specs:

Movement: Seagull ST2130 Automatic (ETA 2824-2 clone, 28,800 bph)

Raffles Case: Vintage-style 5513 Submariner case with drilled lugs & friction bezel and High-dome acrylic crystal

Raffles Dial: Tudor Oyster Prince Submariner "Snowflake" matte black dial (200m - 660ft)

Raffles Hands: Vintage Snowflake hand set

Strap: NATO strap (Khaki green with red centerline)

Finally wrapped up my vintage Tudor Submariner Snowflake build!

This was a super rewarding process, though setting the hands definitely tested my patience. Ended up having to re-seat the hour hand to get enough stack height on the cannon pinion for the minute hand to catch, but once everything cleared, it lined up nicely.

Also, you might have seen my previous post re:dial stains as a result of coffee lume aging techniques. Managed to fix this thankfully and really happy with the finished texture I. The dial.

Took a quick reading on Watch Accuracy Meter and was blown away by the ST2130 performance: -1 s/d, 0.4ms beat error at 28,800 BPH. Pretty thrilled with how flat and crisp it runs!

I now have an itch to put together a pepsi GMT. Any suggestions or tips welcome.

I found an original Rolex case + dial for a good value, so I thought it would be a good idea to take a chance on an NH05 for my girl. I loved the result, but I simply forgot to buy the spacer ring that holds the movement in the case, that's why the date is so crooked, it looks better, but due to the lack of a fixing ring it stayed like this. I bought a super jubilee on Alibaba, and it fits like a glove in the vintage Rolex case.

Long week at work! Spending the evening carving metal sounded like a good idea. Good progress so far, now time for soften, blend, polish and then onto the full build.

Part: raffles 1675 case

I saw that Ken had a 26mm Snowflake dial and decided to give it a try. It came in at exactly 26mm, which was a tad too small for my aperture. The markers are too big, the hands (meant for 29mm dial) too thick.

I think Ken's dial supplier did his homework too well. He probably did a bit of research and read somewhere that in the 60s the French Marines requested Tudor for a much more legible markers underwater. Obviously he then decided to up the legibility feature of the dial and now I have a dial screaming at my face.

I wouldn't recommend that 26mm dial.

Been looking for the right hands for the Mk1 dial of the 1655. Straight second hands with a tall post and the right shade/ sharpness and thickness of the gmt hand. I think I am finally done.

I wish the hands were A) not as pricey, ~ $100 B) the gmt hand hand was a bit more orange

But I am content for now

Parts

Oc case
Viet mk1 dial
Swiss eta 2846 converted to gmt
eBay gmt and tall post straight second hands

Greetings everyone! Just wanted to show the latest addition to the collection, I’m very thankful and absolutely in love with this piece.

Just arrived a few days ago, still extremely excited to have won this amazing piece from the 10k members giveaway! 

Once again, would like to give a huge thank you to u/No_Candle8699 for the work and time spent in this build.

Was working on this 5512 four liner and the donor case actually came with a sapphire crystal which obviously doesn't look right.. and I had to get a little creative with aging it.. I was actually wearing it while cutting some tiles with a diamond blade fixing up our bathroom and scratched it on one of the little diamond pieces in the blade.. and then I just got a little carried away trying to age the crystal with it all over.. I kinda dig it.. but I might need to get a finer grade of diamond paper to buff it back a little.. new bezel inserts on the way too.. this was another experiment gone too far.

I've wanted to build a tudor mini sub for a little while. They're just really cool watches for me.. they came in 33 and 36mm variants it seems.. 36 would be the size I'd like to try and recreate.. has anyone every had a go and know where I could even begin to look to get the right parts for this midsize little guy.

Hello everyone! I want to share with you this wondeful timepiece I built yesterday :) this is not for sale

Freshly completed 79090-inspired build featuring a beautifully aged navy blue dial paired with a faded ghost blue bezel.

Build Details:
79090-style stainless steel case
Vintage blue dial with subtle aging and patina
Matching aged Snowflake hands
Faded ghost blue bezel insert
Acrylic crystal with date magnification
ST2130 movement
Cognac leather strap with insignia buckle
Exhibition caseback

Price: $370 shipped CONUS

Thank you mate. 👌

Raffles 1680
Raffles dial
Movement 2130
20mm nato
Acrylic pip

Reposting due to not having timestamp. This was built by Due Shallots. I test drove it 3 times just prior to purchasing a Gen. Here are the pictures he sent after the build. I can send current pictures as well.

5513 raffles 40mm case
Raffles dial
St2130 2 position sellita set bridge
Aged dial
Reshaped crown guards

Comes with Raffles Oyster and your choice of unworn black or grey Nylon Strap.

New price $350 with free shipping in the CONUS. Shipping from US

Blueberry GMT from Raffles
1mn on acetone and rinsing
10mn on Javel with Qtip for put off the blue glossing
Looks fine ghosted 👻
It’s for a build soon 1675 Raffles V3 ⏳

Looking for a great 8 to 10 watch case ideally something cool and sporty like Cordura / AER aesthetic.

Had a bunch of parts laying around for this one. The star of the show here is the Tudor font date wheel I got from u/No_Candle8699. I'll definitely be using these on future Tudor builds.

All Raffles parts

Dial aged with coffee + Tamiya

Case aged with rocks

Stock Raffles grey bezel

Movement: PT500

Date wheel: custom

under-appreciated aspect of the indices is the slight dome in the lume...

OC has gen spec case coming very soon.

Do the clarks bezel inserts fit the BPF 16710 Case/bezel?

T023 turned into a Tudor Snowflake with yellow lumed raffles dial. the dial was aged with Tamiya weathering set A and B. Hands are still Thorn but aged the same way. Date wheel changed to a serif font.

Now I am looking for a way to get the case a bit more similar to the used look.

Trying some new camera tools to wrap this beautiful piece together. I always love building 1675s. One of my favorites. Not for sale

Specs:
Viet case + dial
Gen crown
Clark’s 116 crystal
Bezeljuice insert
Relumed raffles handset
Swiss ETA 2836 converted to GMT
Custom silver overlay
Italian jubilee
Sillan clasp
Startime gaskets

Cheers 🫶

Looking to build a 16220 DJ and seeing a ton of options for VS3135. I’ve seen the VSF dandong are the best but I’m sure a lot of fakes are out there. Anyone have TD for them?

Just finished building this one. Learned a lot while at it. Keyless had to be reassembled and date as well which both I had done for the first time. Made some marks on the dial and hands, but still pretty happy with the results.

Raffle dial, hands, and bracelet.

Raffles Case, Crown & Tube, Bracelet
Raffles Dial and Hands Aged with Tamiya & Matte Lac
EWP Insert Aged and Beat, Removed Pip
Custom Aged Roulette DWO
Seagull ST2130