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I know franken is a bad word among vintage omega collectors but who says you can't have some fun? I dug into my parts bin and put together this watch which I intend to wear and enjoy. It all started with the dial - available on the bay as some of you prob...  

that's a nice looking end result. Even better if you can track down the missing Rg balance cock and click. I've played around with quite a few 'franken' Omegas myself over the years, and as long as the end result is never misrepresented to others, I see n... 

Will have it installed at some point.

I would have liked to see pictures of the assembly of the beast, that would have been really nice to follow. Best regards, George

that's a cracker of a Frankenwatch - as said above, if it's never sold on as the genuine article then there's no issue with it. Have fun and thanks for sharing Cheers

. . . sang about a Franken Caddie . . . . . . so if it's ok with the Man in Black, it's fine by me!

I think you achieved a perfect outcome, the marriage of a spectacular dial from the 1994 homage series with a sturdy and robust screw back case from an RAF '53. And you put a chronometre movement in to. WOW! I would very much like to see the watch in the ... 

Nothing like the combination of a chronometer manual wind movement with a large, thick stainless steel screwback case combined with a beautiful scientific dial - movement from the 40s, case from the 50s and dial from the 90s - shows the versatility of ome... 

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I think so...It's a prototype watch.... OMEGA has done over the past many such watches , but I believe it .... Do you know... Ted

Maybe it can be a prototype after all! ;-) I have to say though it is the kind of watch omega should have thought about producing.

Hi MIke Just to understand you used a ck 2777 case ref ? wow !!! very cool !! The 30T2Rg that I bought as a Franken... in a 2179 case ref ! Will bring it to the next breakfast meet ! Good Hunting Bill Sohne ...  

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