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Tymah123 · 8 July 2010, 06:20 AM

Never seen any of the Rolex watches skeletonized so I thought I'd share:

padi56 · 8 July 2010, 06:27 AM

Absolutely hideous IMHO Rolex movements are brilliant, but afraid not pretty to look at.

TheVTCGuy · 8 July 2010, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by padi56

Absolutely hideous IMHO Rolex movements are brilliant, but afraid not pretty to look at.

Agree with Padi, it makes me absolutely sick to look at that done to a beautiful watch like the Daytona (or any Rolex). MAYBE a clear caseback, but not that monstrosity. Sorry, but IMHO it's the worst.

Kapture1 · 8 July 2010, 06:49 AM

I can see the caseback, but not the face... yuck.

Welshwatchman · 8 July 2010, 06:51 AM

Just consider the very fact that someone had this as an idea in the first place.

Gagebuilder · 8 July 2010, 06:57 AM

Yeah, someone posted this a few weeks ago . . .

Maybe it looks nicer in the flesh??

The GMT Master · 8 July 2010, 07:57 AM

As I said last time, it's not a proper skeletonisation, someones just lopped bits off the dial. A shoddy job, and one that'd cost a small fortune to perform, I'm sure

Speed · 8 July 2010, 08:25 AM

Pass

nauticajoe · 8 July 2010, 08:33 AM

Good luck with that.

ParisDakarBmw · 8 July 2010, 08:55 AM

These guys are doing everything to a Rolex just short of burning it.

Next thing they will have a pearl earring for the crown, and post.

Crank a bullet through it, and call it art......Pure crap!

Alienbaby · 8 July 2010, 02:51 PM

I am not trying to sound like a downer or anything, but I am not terribly fond about the idea of any company claiming to use parts of a legitimate Rolex and mix it in with their cheaper, modified, non-Rolex parts. It either is or is not a Rolex, imo. There should be no in between.

Mockingbird · 8 July 2010, 03:58 PM

Ugh... They couldn't even do it right? Honestly, who was the #&$(^@*%&!er who decided that they could skeletonize a watch by mutilating the dial?

Chipmunk · 8 July 2010, 04:03 PM

Who ever did that should be punished.

Young Connoisseur · 8 July 2010, 04:18 PM

Why would you ruin a Daytona...

I don't get it?

Shade · 8 July 2010, 05:08 PM

Rolex's movement are kinda ugly to look at... either front or back... That picture just looks there's a steel plate covering 3/4 of the face with the cotes de geneve brush thing... I don't like it.

rajurama · 8 July 2010, 10:15 PM

hmmmmm if I hadnt seen a daytona ever then its not really that bad... funky... ok

:P

TSW · 8 July 2010, 10:15 PM

Not really my brand of vodka!

TempoKing · 8 July 2010, 11:45 PM

If they lost the dial they should have asked me for one.

2th Dr · 9 July 2010, 12:39 AM

padi56 · 9 July 2010, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The GMT Master

As I said last time, it's not a proper skeletonisation, someones just lopped bits off the dial. A shoddy job, and one that'd cost a small fortune to perform, I'm sure

Have to agree and although not a fan of skeletonisation, when its done correctly, there is tremendous skill to cut and decorate the plates

alpinab7 · 9 July 2010, 02:18 AM

Wrong wrong wrong...

The GMT Master · 9 July 2010, 02:29 AM

Just for the record, this is what a skeletonised chronograph should look like. This is the Chronoswiss Opus, a really beautiful watch in the flesh

B. Doggy · 9 July 2010, 02:33 AM

Yikes!

chris russell · 9 July 2010, 02:43 AM

'HHHU-U-U-URRRLLLL....!!!! *cough-cough*, choke sputter, spit...'

browngo1 · 9 July 2010, 03:00 AM

Horrible! And very hard to read as well!

G.J · 9 July 2010, 03:12 AM

Not my cup of tea I am afraid...

8 July 2010, 06:20 AM	#1
Tymah123 "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NYC Watch: Rolex - obviously Posts: 107	Skeletonized Daytona Never seen any of the Rolex watches skeletonized so I thought I'd share:

8 July 2010, 06:27 AM	#2
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8 July 2010, 06:49 AM	#4
Kapture1 "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Real Name: Matt Location: Flint, MI Watch: Ω 3570.50.00 Posts: 2,058	I can see the caseback, but not the face... yuck. __________________ Miss you JJ Wash out this tired notion that the best is yet to come

8 July 2010, 06:51 AM	#5
Welshwatchman "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Real Name: Paul Location: Wales, UK Posts: 14,578	Just consider the very fact that someone had this as an idea in the first place. __________________ ..33

8 July 2010, 04:03 PM	#13
Chipmunk "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Real Name: Alvin Location: So Cal Watch: ROLEXES Posts: 5,390	Who ever did that should be punished. __________________ "A thing of beauty is a joy forever"............John Keats

8 July 2010, 06:57 AM	#6
Gagebuilder "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Real Name: Doug Location: Detroit Area Watch: out for yelow snow Posts: 1,067	Yeah, someone posted this a few weeks ago . . . Maybe it looks nicer in the flesh??

8 July 2010, 07:57 AM	#7
The GMT Master "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Real Name: Chris Location: England Posts: 8,150	As I said last time, it's not a proper skeletonisation, someones just lopped bits off the dial. A shoddy job, and one that'd cost a small fortune to perform, I'm sure

8 July 2010, 08:25 AM	#8
Speed "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: USA Posts: 19,706	Pass

8 July 2010, 08:33 AM	#9
nauticajoe "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Real Name: Joe Location: PA Posts: 14,774	Good luck with that.

8 July 2010, 08:55 AM	#10
ParisDakarBmw Banned Join Date: Dec 2009 Real Name: Paul Location: New Haven, CT Watch: 116610 Sub-C Posts: 6,552	These guys are doing everything to a Rolex just short of burning it. Next thing they will have a pearl earring for the crown, and post. Crank a bullet through it, and call it art......Pure crap!

8 July 2010, 02:51 PM	#11
Alienbaby Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 36	I am not trying to sound like a downer or anything, but I am not terribly fond about the idea of any company claiming to use parts of a legitimate Rolex and mix it in with their cheaper, modified, non-Rolex parts. It either is or is not a Rolex, imo. There should be no in between.

8 July 2010, 03:58 PM	#12
Mockingbird "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: -- Posts: 2,097	Ugh... They couldn't even do it right? Honestly, who was the #&$(^@*%&!er who decided that they could skeletonize a watch by mutilating the dial?

8 July 2010, 04:18 PM	#14
Young Connoisseur Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Real Name: Danny Location: Indianapolis Watch: Tag Heuer for now Posts: 491	Why would you ruin a Daytona... I don't get it?

8 July 2010, 05:08 PM	#15
Shade "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Real Name: Norman Location: Jakarta Watch: All of 'em.. Posts: 2,926	Rolex's movement are kinda ugly to look at... either front or back... That picture just looks there's a steel plate covering 3/4 of the face with the cotes de geneve brush thing... I don't like it.

8 July 2010, 10:15 PM	#16
rajurama "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Real Name: Rick Location: Wakanda Watch: amacallit Posts: 2,090	hmmmmm if I hadnt seen a daytona ever then its not really that bad... funky... ok :P __________________ रोलेक्स

8 July 2010, 10:15 PM	#17
TSW "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Real Name: TSW Location: Le Brassus Watch: Rolex & AP's Posts: 27,449	Not really my brand of vodka! __________________ AP Owners Club IG @swiss.watch.connection

8 July 2010, 11:45 PM	#18
TempoKing Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Real Name: Anastasios Location: Athens Greece Watch: Rolex GMT 1675 Posts: 8,497	If they lost the dial they should have asked me for one.

9 July 2010, 12:39 AM	#19
2th Dr Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Mark-O! Location: Arlington, TX Watch: Rolex Posts: 12,714

9 July 2010, 02:18 AM	#21
alpinab7 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bunratty, Ireland Watch: Explorer 2 Posts: 96	Wrong wrong wrong...

9 July 2010, 02:29 AM	#22
The GMT Master "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Real Name: Chris Location: England Posts: 8,150	Just for the record, this is what a skeletonised chronograph should look like. This is the Chronoswiss Opus, a really beautiful watch in the flesh

9 July 2010, 02:33 AM	#23
B. Doggy "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Real Name: Bryan Location: Oregon Posts: 7,399	Yikes! __________________ Rolex / Panerai / Omega

9 July 2010, 02:43 AM	#24
chris russell Banned Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Peterborough, ON Watch: your mouth. Posts: 1,023	I said it before, and I'll say it again... 'HHHU-U-U-URRRLLLL....!!!! cough-cough, choke sputter, spit...'

9 July 2010, 03:00 AM	#25
browngo1 "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Real Name: Gordon Location: Irvine, Scotland Watch: SS DJ, SS GMTIIC Posts: 339	Horrible! And very hard to read as well! __________________

9 July 2010, 03:12 AM	#26
G.J "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 2,094	Not my cup of tea I am afraid... __________________ In Memory of JJ Irani

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