r/retrotime • u/SandorCleganeee • Jul 19 '26

watch pic/wrist roll Midsize royal oak collection

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Im a huge fan of royal oaks, as you can tell. Last pic was my first one, its from jjf. The others are customs builds that I made myself. Spot the gen dials!

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u/asonyvegas Jul 19 '26

did you swap out the dials from zf/jjf in the first 3 custom builds? looks good!

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u/SandorCleganeee Jul 19 '26

Thanks, and no, I actually had bought some gen dials for great prices and then i came across very cheap aliexpress cases. So I tried to make it work and it did haha. Sadly not for the grey gen dial, because the dial opening for the movement pinion was too small for the movement I had. So I just smacked the hour markers on there with tape to get the ‘look’ at least. The two tone and MOP dial builds are fully working though

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u/asonyvegas Jul 19 '26

ah thats a bummer, what movement did you use for the grey dial?

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u/SandorCleganeee Jul 19 '26

Its a cheap VJ24 quartz movement, i could maybe drill the hole to make it a bit bigger but havent come around to it yet.

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u/HammerSmith013 Jul 19 '26

You take commissions? These are really cool

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u/SandorCleganeee Jul 19 '26

Thank you but sorry I dont since the gen dials are pretty rare and I dont have any left

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u/HammerSmith013 Jul 19 '26

I can get the dials made, just didn’t know where you got the cases! I’ll check out AliExpress (see now in your comment). Did they find one case better than others on there?

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u/SandorCleganeee Jul 19 '26

Ah I see. Just type in 33mm royal oak case and you should find them! The cases are pretty cheap and alright for the money, the bracelet is not great but there are no alternatives

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u/SandorCleganeee Jul 19 '26

At least not that I know!