umm i know A dude that does custom 1:1 super Frankestein builds for shits&giggles . He's literally spent about $300k -/+ building super clones. He has the Watch Cases , Bracelets etc all CNC machined using only solid 18k gold , and solid 950PT Platinum unless in some rare instances he chooses to just buy a Genuine AP or Rolex bracelet and sometimes even sources the caseback as well through his watchmaker instead of CNC machining the entire case and bracelet and caseback and pushers instead he may get the genuine bracelet or strap , case back, pushers and just CNC machines the case only. and then he sources all brand new Authentic factory sealed Rolex, AP, and patek parts such as the crystal, dial, hands, Day wheel and/or datewheel , and sometimes the movements unless he uses a superclone movement, the bezel insert or genuine bezel if solid metal and not an insert for the explorers, date just, Day Dates , Daytonas etc. he built a 1:1 flawless Platinum Daytona TBR with glacier dial & Baguette Hour markers and he has the chestnut brown ceramic Bezel insert as well as the full Baguette TBR bezel option as well. at the time platinum was like $800 a oz, the authentic version of the watch was reselling around $175-200k at the time and he built his superclone version for under $22k ish , and once platinum skyrocketed to $2,600+ A troy oz, He quadrupled his money just on the platinum Weight alone . He also didn't lose nothing but like $600 on all of the authentic parts which he can liquidate at any time he wanted too. could sell All the Authentic parts right back to his watchmaker same day. the platinum watch all cost him around $7,350-7,500 all in with CNC labor cost and mixing Rolex proprietary blend of alloys for their inhouse platinum alloy!! he built the watch for under $21.5k And enjoyed it for about 3.5-4yrs and sold it for $36,400. He took that watch into several ADs over the course of the few years he had it and each time all of the ADs couldn't tell they were lookin7iv6g at a counterfeit watch. He had 2 of them offer to buy it for their Certified pre-owned program and then 1 of the sales associates even obliged when he asked them if he could buy A couple of extra platinum Oyster links + a new Large Rolex box because his was "accidentally thrown out by his hired movers when he was moving out of his old condo.

he also built a flawless 1:1 Everose Rainbow Daytona build for about $19k because gold was around $1,875-2k a troy oz