dropbear2008

For that price you won't find anything better.

Seems the project is starting to get somewhere. This is the best after market dial I have ever seen. Leaps and bounds above DWs previous offerings. Coronet might be a little off, but the stick markers are incredible (length wise), hope they are just as good in height. Font looks good to, the subdial numbers position might be a bit off (have a look at the 20 and 40) but could also be due to the camera angle. One of the biggest tells on the silver dial will always be the sunburst pattern and shine of the original. Looking at your whitey lume markers it would have been best to replicate a service dial as the pattern and color seems to most closely resemble this.

Most of these issues have been rectified for a while, the latest being the crown which now looks the same as on the black dial above. Only his font tends to be a bit overly serif.

Looking at this dial makes me feel a lot better about the serif subdial font and coronet shape of my Minh Newman... (regular Newman coronet on white background)

Yuki is fine for me. If you are at work it might be your fire wall. (My access is on and off...)

He is travelling atm...

I agree with the rest. The outer shell with coronet is gen, the blades don't look right.

" I hope to be more patient in the future. I think the biggest frustration is the language barrier.. When you just want to spew your thoughts out but you can't, you have to articulate every word it's not fun." Amen to that. Feel the same every time I try to explain my watches to my wife....

All well and good, but if you are after a decent Newman dial Minh is still the only chick in the wXore house. Ingod and Phong are just lacking too much in the details if you have already poured thousands down the drain for your built. For standard Daytona dials I would always go gen as the price difference between rep and gen is marginal in comparison to the quality gained. Unfortunately this is not an option for Newman dials....

I just send him money for a PN dial. You will probably see my crying in a week...

I believe this was done on purpose to tempt you off the righteous track... Not so much honor among thieves - more like a devilish game

Car-less for six years. But I have 5 bikes...

Been to the circus recently Z... Hope it all works out. It is sometimes a pain to deal with these higher-end sellers. I only had positive experience with Phong, but then again I am only buying Daytona mid-cases. He seems to be quite busy at the moment, projected about 4 weeks for my next case (...or he is out of stock). I hope Minh works out, his PN dials are still the best ones out there and the price reflects this. One of the main selling points for me is the sunken minute track.

I am not sure how things work with Minh (this is my first time dealing with him) he asked for half of the cost upfront and the rest once the dial is completed (It's a one-off PN dial). I always assumed I would only send him the rest of the money once I approve a set of QC pictures. Is this not the procedure here?

DSN Pre-V with different lever (I use the SEAD Pre-A lever)

Thanks for the heads-up. I am just in the process of getting a PN dial from him. Will tread with caution...

This sounds really promising. Rolex V72/V726 bridges would be another nice project...

I think you are out of luck with the subdials. There was / is a project with DW to reproduce more accurate Home plate and Daytona dials but I am not sure if this will lead to results any time soon.

The subdial issue is barely visible in real live. What bothers me most is the printing of the orange 60 minute track on the dial. It should be more pronounced, similar color as the 3 o'clock sub dial orange and not fading under UV as the DW ones does.

Thanks Valty. I was able to press the price a bit more and they are on the way now. I thought having such a nice 6239 chrono hand and not using it would be a waste - so I contacted Minh for a 2 color PN dial. Will see how this works out... Just realized all these sets are yours

I believe the 6239/41 and first (i.e. '70/'71) 626x had a wider/shorter chrono second triangle. So for a '80 6263 the 6239 chrono second would look out of place.

Well it turned out the gen hand set for my 6263 is for a 6239. Lucky break of sorts, but now I am on the hunt for a 6263 service hand set. Got an offer for Eur 500 which sounds a little rich for my taste. Other option would be a Phong hand set I still have in my parts box, but with most other visible parts gen I am not sure I want to go rep here. Any advice is appreciated.

Had this happening to me twice, since then I get everything shipped to my work.

Had the same issue and drove me mad. I ended up sending it back to fix it. Vac told me he can do it too.