ND SubC

[kilyung]

I very much love my 14060M ND Sub. The symmetry and simplicity of the dial is perfect. 



While I'm a "don't break what's not broken" faithful and love the existing features of the Sub, I also appreciate the modern features found on the new models: beefier lugs/case, maxi dial, blue lume, solid links, glide lock clasp, etc. In short, I'd love to see Rolex roll out a No Date SubC at BASEL 2012.

Recently, I disassembled/oiled/reassembled my practice ETA 2824-2 movement for (I hope) the last time in a long while. You get sick of working on the same movement for months.  For those curious, I'm moving on to an ETA 7750 chrono as my practice movement. I also need to start working on an ETA Quartz movement. Anyways as a graduation of sorts, I decided to recase my 2824-2. What better style than a ND SubC right? Here's how:

- buy a SubC style case
- buy and install generic dial/hands onto 2824-2 movement
- replace the cyclops crystal with a non-cyclops crystal along with new gaskets for the case
- pull crappy old tube and install new tube, stem, and crown
- assemble and waterproof test (checked to 3ATM - need to buy a leak tester)

Yes, the 2824-2 movement has a date complication. It's still there and you can hear the date click over at midnight but it's hidden under the dial - I didn't want to bother removing the date parts on the movement (I may want to reuse the movement in the future so keeping all the parts together was important).

I know some of you will object that it's a "fake" but it has no Rolex markings on it and it's entirely a fictional watch as no such model exists today. More importantly, I assembled the entire watch from scratch so it's mine! Just so I'm clear, it's not for sale and I won't make one for others... If you want to learn how to build one yourself, I'd be happy to share what I've learned (highly recommend Fried's book). Here's the finished product (running +3s):













Ok I'm ready, flame on!!