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MY GRAIL Hi guys, I would like to present to you the result of over two years of intensive research, frustrating realisations, nerve-racking customs, supplier and transit troubles, but also pure chance, lucky circumstances as well as incredible helpful community advice. My 6265 Sigma Daytona. The Beginning: My fascination with this particular model started when I was researching the history of the one very watch which got me interested in mechanical timepieces in the first place, Omega’s Moonwatch, the Speedmaster. I knew a lot about the Speedmaster’s history and was fascinated by the fact it had withstood the challenge of going to the moon and back without any problems when I bought my 1999 model. One thing I knew little about though was the other watches it had surpassed during NASA’s initial testing for a suitable watch. Enter Rolex’s Cosmographs. Though NASA had most probably tested a 6239 Daytona, I immediately fell in love with the 6263/6265 version of the watch when I googled the Speedmaster's contenders for space travel stardom. Because I had converted my Speedmaster to the 35th anniversary limited edition dial which is sporting a white dial with black subdials, I fancied the idea of also owning a 6265 (silver bezel contrasting the black one of Omega’s chronograph) with black dial and white subdials. I came across another rep forum while researching the gen and there I heard about some ominous guy from Asia named DW who was selling supposedly very accurate vintage Daytonas. After further research I decided to pull the trigger on a V23 copy movement 6263 version from DW. To make a long story short it took ages for the watch to arrive until I received it broken eventually. Of course I had to pay horrendous import taxes beforehand. The chronograph didn’t work, minutes didn’t count, it didn’t reset to zero properly and it didn’t keep time. I was frustrated to say the least and was ready to throw it into the trash even though I had ordered a gen T21 crystal for it. By chance I then found this forum and just had to read every single thread concerning vintage Daytonas. Freddy’s, Ubi’s and all the other guys’ wonderful examples took my breath away and I started to hate my cheap, shabby V23 copy even more. Because I still was on a tight budget I started to look for a gen Valjoux 23. I figured I could at least afford one of these, since Valjoux 72s were way out of my league . That way I would be able to wear this ugly non-working piece of junk I had fitted with a gen T21. Because I got very frustrated by the search, I read even more about vintage 6263/6265s and started hanging around VRF and TRF. This didn't help either. I was ready and willing to give up on the project altogether again, when totally out of the blue I got the chance to purchase a serviced Valjoux 726. F*** out of my league, I had to have it! I bought it and my vintage Cosmograph was en route again. I collected some more parts and sent everything off to Domi who modified my V23 case to fit the V726 and built a great watch I was finally able to wear at last. Insanity ensues: Ok since I don’t want to bore you with further details of my journey, here’s a quick summary of the rest. Though I did like the watch Domi had assembled for me a lot, because of the intensive research I had done there were many things that bothered me. I had literally become obsessed with Cosmographs and every ever so tiny little flaw made me look down on mine. When I was offered a genuine Sigma dial madness took over completely. After another year of collecting parts and more research (thanks Mr. Mazzariol ) this is the final result I came up with (Domified again): Specs: - J&W 6265 case with custom engravings (ca. 1974 serial matching the dial) - Serviced Valjoux 726 movement (correct base caliber Rolex used for their 727 - with correct 21600 bph) - CousinsUK pushers (supposedly the same Rolex currently uses at service) - Genuine 703 crown and tube NOS - Genuine MKII 6265 bezel NOS - Genuine black rare "step-down" Sigma dial - Genuine handset NOS - Genuine Tropic 21 service crystal - Genuine 78350 bracelet with genuine 571 endlinks - Pressure tested to 5 bars - Running +10-15 secs a day (pretty good for a 30+ year old movement imo) I would like to thank everyone who helped me at some point of my journey, either personally or through their posts in this incredible forum. This endeavour would not have been possible without you and the inspiration I got from your projects! Especially Ubi, Freddy, LHOOQ, Coolfire, Rosnik, Chefcook (enjoy the Speedy ) and the list goes on and on... Thanks for reading!

Some may remember this. Today, I went to my post office to find a large package in the mail. Too large for the delivery I expected, I actually. What I found when I opened the cardboard box left me sort of speechless. I'll put up some pix instead. Need less to say I'm totally overwhelmed by the package alone! I paid for a watch I had seen a few weeks prior and was already happy to have been able to buy it. But this beats it all! Andy, thanks so much! This is a real stunner! Kind regards Val.

29 coming to work with me today @vlydog Nothing wrong with wearing both!! Make sure the strong wrist gets the GW! Haha

You are welcome my friend

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I think thats the best time!

Fisrt rule, don't post on the intersnts forums while pished outta your skin!

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This is probably more hilarious because I'm drunk right now.

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I know this is a really old thread, but i found it on a search for removing my AR coating and wanted to add what I think is some good input. I purchased the 42mm Omega Planet Ocean. It's a beautiful watch, but the other day I must have had my watch up against something metal and scratched off some of the outer layer AR. You could barely see it, but when I noticed it, that's all I could see from then on. Eventually I think I'll get a new AR coating put on by chieftang. But reading his section, I gather he doesn't do runs very often. So I decided to remove the top coat of AR so it didn't look bad, did a search and found this thread. I had three things that I used in doing this: 'Turtle Wax' brand rubbing compound, 'Kwik' brand scratch remover, and 'Neverdull' polishing cotton. The rubbing compound was the most abrasive, then the scratch remover, then the neverdull. The first thing I did was tape off the whole watch, then using and exacto knife, I carefully cut around the edge of the bezel where it meets the crystal and pulled the tape off. I used a small squeegee to push the tape securely around the bezel. I then used a mix of the rubbing compound with the scratch remover. This did a pretty good job of getting off most of the AR, although it took a good 20-30 minutes of firm polishing with an old t-shirt. The neverdull did an outstanding job of getting the rest off and leaving the crystal with a nice brilliant shine. The end result is really outstanding. There's definitely more glare off the crystal, but it doesn't look bad at all. And it looks a thousand times better than with the scratches. I'd love to get this AR'd, but now I can wait until chief does another run. Hope this helps someone else!

MUSK MR2129 When overkill is not enough!

Hello RWG ! I take a bit of free time to share with you my current parts waiting another parts to be mount... Too bad, I can't do anything as I have not received my other parts now... Hands set... And a new Phong case-set (the first one was lost 2 months ago, thanks to USPS !) Thanks again to T. and S. that were true gentlemen's to deal with for two of these parts ! Please enjoy the few pics : Cheers ! R.

FYI guys, I just found this... : Disclaimer : no, it is NOT my watch It is almost the same black bezel, from service, and same distances for the markings And... considering this great cool awesome spectacular Tropical dial, I think we can say this watch - and this bezel too -, are 100% genuine R.

I finally found a 24-702-0 crown with it's 24-7020 tube for the unbeatable price of 170 EUR...