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Alright let's see them!

There's no magic, unfortunately. Keep searching the 'bay for any of the appropriate ones: 7205 (rivet), 7835 (folded), or 78350 (solid). Get a sniping service to hide your interest. There are a few sellers in Singapore and the UK whom I've had good luck with. I've won nice examples of each for $275-350. Anything under $400 is a solid deal. End links are a tough subject, even on gen watches (generally don't fit well from the factory) so I don't get too hung up on those. In fact, I buy gen ones for a deal when I find them, but also buy aftermarket ones and mangle them to suit my purposes as necessary. On this 7205, the 57 ends have the perfect "funky fit" for the era. One other area where I've done well on my 20mm bracelets is buying pieces and assembling them. I have a few clasps, and have bought links separately. Like the end links, a worn gen bracelet gives the right patina and glow to a rep that might otherwise look too sharp and shiny. Plus, as a guy who wears gen a fair amount of the time, the aftermarket just can't replicate crowns, coronets, or bracelets that well.

Mockup/test fitting V23 in DW 6239 case, as well as gen bracelet. Crown has been replaced by gen.

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I am inclined to trust a man named after that famous electric chair mate. Lol I tread softly along the fine line separating raving insanity and lucid moments of ingenuity. The issue is I've no idea which is which mostly.

Correct. It's fully converted as a V72. fully reworked DW case Gen tube Gen crown Gen pushers Vietnam grade dial with ultra rare black markers Vietnam high grade vintage hands Gen Valjoux 730 converted to v72 Fully serviced movement Oct 2016 Engraved Rolex chrono bridge

Birth year Suwa dial Turtle, ref. 6309-7049

We will surely make full disclosure upon resolution, it will be better to have facts rather than conjecture and innuendo.

Here's my gen 6263 with my DW 6263: Spinmaster 6239 with V23: It lives on a gen 7205 bracelet: Spinmaster 7032/0 with 7734, which normally resides on a gen 7836 bracelet: Both my spin watches have problems with the chrono functions, and I'm currently working with Jensen to sort them out. I've got the bits to build a DW/V23 6263 RCO, and a Tudor V7750 9420 in the works. The DW 6263 w/A7750 could be for sale, but needs to be gone through by a watchmaker.

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Thanks Sogeha,I'm getting nothing but warm welcomes & introductions now from fellow members. i can assure you & any other member reading this post that I have no ulterior motives & all I want to do is participate in this forum with like minded people who have the same love & passion for watches

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I keep coming Back just to read about the poor little fridge humper Dog...... ??

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Hi A. Yes, i have few reps now including your grate diver, that I'm wearing today;-) my gens are in a security box in a bank. In last few months I'm wearing reps only!

it is possible to know which original parts are needed to transform a yuki in a 3185 GMT?

I would grade this reply as A+ No one messes with u bro

Oh plus for all you that want to do the Ceramic GMT. the Yuki 3135 can be built up to a Rolex 3185. I have it in my GMT. All the parts in my 3135 that Misiekped build up to make the Yuki weak that are replaced plus all real rolex parts to make make it a 3185. The movement is unbelievable. The other day at a restaurant I was talking to the owner who spotted my GMT and he said he had the new batman. I told him that my watch wasn't real. He looked at it and said I was lying. He said that the fakes don't have the correct hand stack. So he knew something about fakes. I told him that it was a fake. I told him I have a bunch of real rolex but this one is a fake. He asked if he could look at it. I gave it to him. He adjusted the hands and gmt and told me I was lying to him and just trying to get over on my wife. I then filled him in on the Yuki movement. I told him that everything on the watch was a clone, but the hands, dial, bezel assembly and insert, date wheel, crown and stem. Then I told him about the whole build from a yuki to a 3185. His jaw dropped. I do have to say that the 3185 is a pain in the ass to change the date. There is no quick date function. You have to put it on the second position on the stem and jump hour to hour over and over to change the date. So 24 clicks changes the date. Also Misiekped said you can go backwards but try to avoid it, just like the real movement. So after the restaurant owner was done playing with my watch I had to put it back to the right date and time. What would take me under a minute with a ETA 2836 took me about 2 mins with the Yuki/Rolex hybrid 3185. What I don't understand is why doesn't all the high end clone watch makers use the Yuki in their watches. That SA3135 is garbage and doesn't take real rolex parts like they say. My next build which I started already, is a yacht master. It is just costing a lot more $ than I want. I might just sell my TC yacht master and buy one. Really. It isn't cost effective. A gen dial is around $600 to $1000. Then Gen bezel and insert. The hands and date wheel. Crown, stem, tube, Crystal. I don't see it being cost effective when I can buy a used one for $5000. Any way. Buy yukis. Keep him in business. I might just buy 5 to keep in stock. Some people are saying that having to buy something new and have it serviced makes no sense. I have to tell you that in buying clones, I have had dead watches come brand new from Toro. I've had watches come and last a week and start to lose time. I've learned that all watches I buy, from people here on the forum to new from trusted dealers, I get them all serviced. So to me it is normal.