dropbear2008

Well, it is at least "interesting" that both ZK and tomas consistently misspell "why" as "way"...

LOL

Go with the Phong case, you can always upgrade the dial later. For a standard dial I would try to get my hands on one of the latest from DW (no guarantee you'll ever get it...), Newman dial go for MQ. V72 hands DW if you are on a budget. V726 you might need to go gen.

Early V72 are missing the whole. Later ones fit with no issue. I would say anything from the 70s should be Ok. All V726 have the correct wholes.

24-700 crown with 24-7000 tube.

I was under the impression the those dots under the coronet were reference to the metal/s used in construction.

Nope. Refers to the seals.

You have either an older 703 triplock or a 702 twinlock and a 7000 twinlock tube. Won't fit.

This looks like a money pit to me. I would say walk away unless it's free.

This was epic. Any chance for a group buy on the "Rolex Daytona Story" ?

Thanks omgiv !

I think it would be easy to get 20+ contributors. Just need someone to be able to make it a bit more "distribution friendly"....

Take him down boyz... 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221209407520&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123#ht_1264wt_964

I don't know, the numbers don't look right to me

First picture of the serial is from the wrong watch. Second one with L44... is correct.

Gen, was bidding on it too. But last one went for US$ 1,300 which is where I stopped...

Inside of clasp could be rep (based on the tool marks someone seems to have done a budget fix...). Rest is gen IMHO.

Both possible, depends on the model / year you are going for. As mentioned before the most important aspect is the depth of the indices, something which has not been done well by any of the existing version.

Audi trumps BMW for me each time.

I have always preferred Porsches and Audis over beema's

BMW is more of a drivers car. Audi seems to have become the go-to car for BMW drivers who can't drive. Thinks have improved a lot in recent years as they don't have to make do with the horrible VW platforms anymore, but still not quite there yet.  I used to work for Audi (corporate) and drove pretty much everything what had wheels and 4 rings. One exception though, I had the pleasure of driving a pre-production S8 with Lambo engine which was tuned up instead of down...

I believe the Phong crystal is gen spec which will be a bit loose on the DW case (but could be glued down to fix)

You don't want to take public transport out to Kingston in the morning rush. Better stay local and go to the city when you feel like it.

This is one stellar built indeed.

@Ronin: "Question for the group, I built mine out of a 1603, so what, if any advantage does a 16200 case hold."

The lugs on the 16xx case are a bit on the skinny side. You will struggle to drill the lug holes out to fit gen spec spring bars 

He might still be busy selling his canal street reps for 400 Euro...

The market is a good place for picking up tools. But the watches are mostly low end and the gems are too hard to find for me to bother, especially since I can get them so easy from a TD for pretty much the same price.

Fedex and UPS are safe for the UK. EMS goes through Parcelforce and gets checked by detain-uk and another mom-n-pop outlet I forgot the name. If you want to get it back there is a thread on RWI about what kind of communication to send. Basically they have no right to destroy your property whether rep or not..

Phong is travelling at the moment. You could always send them a message through ebay: world_time_inc_online