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Hello. I have already been reading here for a while. With the help of the admin I managed to overcome my technical issues with the registration process and so I'm a happy member now. My hobby is watchmaking, not only putting parts together and I am more interested in technical details of a watch than in looks, model, rareness and other stuff, a collector would be interested in. That for a short introduction of mine. Now to topic: When I saw a 6263 I immediately fell in love with it and wanted to have one. A gen is not affordable for me. Sine I'm into watchmaking, a 7753 or venus build or even less would not do it. Even a regular V72 would not make me happy because of the wrong shock absorber, balance, balance [censored], number of vibrations per hour and all the other details concerning the movement. Right now I am working on a conversion of a V72 and collect the other parts to build a watch. Got a cheap case from an ebay seller, already with marked inside of the case back. Also got dial and hands from ebay and a bracelet from yuki. But one important part is still missing: a black 6263 bezel. All affordeable offers on ebay seem to have disappeared. I asked watchny and they told me they don't habe black ones any more. VW and J&W are horribly expensive, Gens are even more expensive. I asked some dealers trading reps if they have a spare part but they deny. Any hints where I can get an affordeable one? Thanks and regards

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OK guys sneak peak on our next offering and I have some great pieces for you. This one donated by the legend ,legend! specs: v6 Hublot Ice Bang $450 shipped v1 hands and dial $50 Taka Crystal $65 Aftermarket bezel screws $45 serviced and regulated movement with swiss main spring $250 Aftermarket gummy straps $55 Aftermarket deployant clasp $55 Aftermaket Tungsten bezel with correct 4.5 teeth/row $75 Total spent $1045 and one more in sneak peak me thinks a root beer GMT! Keeping COSC time by the way A2836............. Sorry can not get pics over here no matter how I try,link. http://www.rwg.bz/board/index.php?showtopic=129662&hl=&fromsearch=1 My pics suck watch looks great!

Try looking in his TD section. https://rwg.cc/forum/274-torobravo/

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Welcome to our community and thanks for the lovely story. I also liked the Rolex adverts in every issue of National Geographic, in fact I still have a subscription and now the is a bookcase full of yellow spines in my library. It's a funny thing about loving vintage Rolex and getting into this "dark side" of the hobby, if you want a nice collection of vintage Rolex and have a bit to play with, a gen 16800 isn't too costly and is probably better than money in the bank. A COMEX, milsub or Paul Newman, well even if you have deep pockets, would you feel comfortable wearing in the street? A high quality rep at $2-5000 looks mighty tempting.

That's a fine introduction, welcome aboard! I think you'll find your path closely parallels that of many, many members here. We start off tinkering with watches, then comes the day we take the back off and successfully get it back on, then before you know it you've taken a movement out... and boogered up a keyless works. You figure that out, then you're looking at swapping dials and hands... and you're hooked. Welcome to the madness!

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Same old, same old

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Wow I did not know that his wife was in this forum? It was a question dont freaking go crazy! I bought many reps but reps from $4000-18000 must be perfect dont you think? how much do you think that the watches cost to manufacture? I mean the original? They are not so expensive so therfore I wonder if someone is going to charge this much it should be of very high quality. Anyway I did not come to this forum to start an unpleasant discussion I am here to get information and share.