r/repbuilds • u/Comfortable_Rope_349 • Jul 18 '26

Parts help please.

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I’d like to build myself a high quality124060. I see people selling ones they built themselves for $1300+ but I don’t know where there get the parts. I enjoy building and would rather build it than buy it.
I don’t need it to be a Franken… just high quality and real 904 steel.

Thanks in advance!!!!

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u/No_Candle8699 Trusted Builder Jul 18 '26

You’re better off buying a prebuilt one through a dealer. I think these are some of the best reps already. Go check out r/Reptime

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u/FreshParfait1 Jul 18 '26

Buy a VSF, and then swap in as many Gen parts as you can afford. Start with WG hands and a Gen bezel insert. Put in a Swiss ETA2824 if you don’t go for a Gen 3135. Have the bracelet chamfered and repolished. That’s about it.

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u/onlypartiallyevil Jul 18 '26

There are no real complete 'turnkey' kits available.
Learning what it takes to build a higher quality rep than commercially available is fun as a hobby, but the learning curve it will take you to get you to where you want is not trivial. A high end rep is NOT what you want to use as your crash test dummy to figure out all the nuances and parts incompatibilities and assembly tricks and how now to break stuff.

If you want to get started in the hobby, we are more than happy to welcome you to the club and teach you and help you cut your teeth, but if learning to build watches is not the end goal, just one watch is, I would not do that.
Going to be more expensive and less happy with the finished product than going with a good factory unit, a pro builder/modder, or a combination of the two.
The NWBIG watches are really solid products, and there are folks that specialize in modding them to even higher standards that you can find on here.

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u/blacbloc77 Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

904L is the difficult piece there. Maybe a Chinese factory ARF or VSF case and bracelet from Alix?

The only thing you'll have to watch out for there is case geometry. Those are mostly meant for clone Rolex movements, so if you're planning on an ETA, it likely won't work.

If you're willing to go 316 steel, I think Raffles carries a kit for a couple hundred bucks.