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"This watch below (Prez) is always my dream watch! It's such a shame that it's still unobtainable for me." I know how it feels. For what it's worth, my never ending DD project story... I always liked a yellow gold DD (Prez) timehead with a croc strap and gold buckle so I decided to put an 18k DD rep together in February 2001 starting out with an 18k replica case. Here it is mid 2020 and I still have...the empty case. What happened? The case is oem spec outside, crystal, bezel, case tube etc, but the dial needs to be 30.0mm OD because the inside of the case is not oem spec. What have I done so far? I gave up on it being a DD and bought a custom 30mm dial for a DJ 41 (cream white with goldtone Romans) and it will work in the case but the date offset is not the same as a 36mm rlx so it needs a special DWO or something. Finally found a DWO for a DJ 41 after a long search but it looks like it might be a hassle to install it on an ETA 28xx. So...I decided to go with an Accutron II 'smooth sweep' movement and make a 36mm DJ using the DJ 41 spec dial. How is that going? Pretty good except the DJ 41 DWO will not work on the A-II movement because there is not enough room between the A-II movement with a DWO and the dial. Plus...the hands would be too close to the dial if the dial was spaced away from the movement to allow for the DWO. What's next? I decided to use the A-II movement with the standard (white with black numbers) A-II DW and see how close it lines up with the DJ 41 dial window...only pretty close. The font is a close match to rlx but the A-II date offset is about 1mm too far to the right to work with the DJ 41 date window in the dial. Where is the project now? Waiting for me to make a proper size date window frame out of .4mm thick .925 silver (soft and easy to work with) and have it gold plated along with the hands. The date window frame will cover the modified (wider) date window on the DJ 41 spec dial. Btw...thought about trying to make up an ETA 28xx DD with a 41mm Prez/DD dial but the date and day wheels etc would be a real problem so I skipped it. Will it ever be finished? If I live long enough. Could give up and scrap it...29 grams 18k without a bezel = $1400 full scrap price 8-7-20. A friend pays 90% = about $1300. ST has 18k 36mm DJ cases for $5290 with a bezel...about $1600 worth of 18k. Otoh, probably be better to finish it because an 18k DJ rep on a strap is probably worth $2k+ even with the A-II movement. They were $1250 or more 25 years ago with ETA 28xx and $400 troz gold. Accutron II movement = super accurate, no mech watch hassles. Drop it, who cares? Put it on and go. FYI...sold a 14k 218 Accutron case and 18 size 1892 Waltham 14k open face pocket watch case last week for $2400. Many gold watches are now worth more for scrap than as a running watch. The PW case was sorta rough, have another 18 size 14k 1892 Waltham with a Vanguard 21 jewel RR movement. Do not need two. Vintage Bulova watches have a lot of gold in them. Average low level snap back 14k cases will bring $200 or so. I could buy them (running watches) 20 years ago for $100 or less. Found a 9k rectangle 'Grand Prix' watch with a $40 price tag on it and a 10k 32mm Croton with a $50 tag on it in my watchjunk. Times sure have changed.