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You need to get another crystal- you're way out of spec on the OD. The CousinUK crystal w/ an OD of 30.2 would be very close to what you need.

Are you talking about sanding down the inside of the retaining ring? That's a pretty common occurance with the DW Daytonas, especially when you're trying to fit a gen crystal. I'd personally keep sanding the metal retaining ring on the inside, just don't over sand. But as jmb and I say, plastic crystal do vary. Also, the 116s do have two sizes, one has OD 30.0mm and the other has OD of 30.2mm. You might check CousinUK, they have both. And of course, you're not dealing with gens, these are rep cases so who knows what you really have for dimensions. Invest in a good set of chinese calipers- $10 at Harbor Freight, maybe 15.

I lost the click spring on my gen 16800 one day. Hit the watch on the edge of the desk and the bezel popped off. Spent an hour looking around on the floor for the damn spring! Finally went to my watchmaker and got a new click spring for $8. It sounds like the problem with your bezel may be in the height of the bezel if you flat washer doesn't fit well. You could certainly try w/o the flat washer, all it does is give some tension to the whole assembly. Even gen assemblies wear out over time- my 28 year old watch- gen 16800- is somewhat loose. Hope I don't loose the bezel again hitting something!

Yes the 36mm DJ came with the hidden clasp- called a rolesor clasp, I believe. I got a DJ from Trusty quite a few years ago w/ a TT jubilee w/ that clasp- but it never worked correctly. I'd look in the accessories section of the dealers and see if you can't find a bracelet as such. Another option would be to buy a cheap a21j w/ that clasp and can the watch itself, but that could cost you $70-80.

7206 w/ 80 end pices was my guess. The PT came with a 7206 as I recall, now where are those end pieces?

E, check out CousinsUK- they have two sizes for the 116 crystal- ID on both is 28.9mm but OD is 30.0 on the smaller one and 30.2 on the larger one. but cyclops position is different. Might want to check their Rolex cyclops page in their catalog.

Flex, this gen 16800 gets the most wrist time, it's on my wrist today and was also there yesterday It's an 8.1mil SN with a recent tritium dial replacement. I got it for a good price and bought it as a 'beater'. Second in terms of wrist time is the relumed franken noob (it does the dirty work) and third is the matte dial gen. I prefer not to tear up the matte dial gen.

The gen on the left no longer glows, but the relumed gen dial on the right glows like a champ The watch on the right is a noob case w/ drilled lugholes, gen dial relumed by Ziggy, old style DW, gen crown and tube and a gen 93150 w/ 593 ends. I wear it more than the gen. It's WR and a great beater. The gen dial fit in the noob case just fine. This all happened after Tribal fit a gen dial in a noob, or was it Stephane... Anyway, I do think the noob case is great for a 16800 rep and relumed dials are the cat's meow.

Only drawback is there's no bezel to go with it.

Looks great. I could never argue with a relume in a case like this and a period correct bracelet is de rigeur.

BKLM1234 has the basic TW Best, maybe he'll sell you one w/o the mods. Yes, WM9 is gone, but the PT WM9 case was an early case, v1.5, which came from TW. George's WM9 v2 and v3 were improvements on the V1 and v1.5 and are only around on a resale basis.

Breguet Type XX w/ the Valjoux 23 movement, circa 1970.

Chrono pushers are definitely a weak link. I've broke gen and rep pushers alike and w/o much effort and sometimes didn't even know when I did it. After 8 months, it's probably a little late to be expecting Josh to warranty it. It can be repaired by a watchsmith, possibly. If it matches up w/ some of the pushers that Ofrei sells, it would be an easy fix. First order of business is to uncase the movement and then remove what's left of the pusher and measure it w/ some calipers. It cost me $120 to have a pusher replaced on my O&W Mark III. Good luck

Heck, I just put a WM pearl in the noob insert and it worked fine- just had to enlarge the pearl hole a little bit w/ an x-acto knife and glued the pearl in. When you get a JO insert, you have to file the edge to make it fit in the noob bezel and it helps to file the backside so it will sit lower in the bezel also. The JO insert has the old style 4 in 40 which is fine for an older sub, but the noob insert has the correct triangular 4 for a modern late model sub.

M, it's the Type XX that I was after- c. 1970 w/ a V23 movement. Bidding didn't go up much from the opening bid, so I guess I was lucky... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160615407662&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Got a new watch this week, actually it's an old watch- 40 years old

So do I, then I go back and double click on the link again and get the specific watch. I agree with Teejay- get the bracelet and then order a $20 nato strap.

this is for any of the lurkers- houston gtg- saturday july 23rd...

Paul's end links are three pieces, it just doesn't show in the pic. His bracelet is going to be the same as all the others, but I did swap a full gold YM oyster bracelet on my watch to give it a different look- I'm just not a Presidental type of guy. I've never heard of sewatches. It's up to you if you want to take a chance. The thinking around here is stick with the trusted guys. You may have to become a supporter to gain access to the dealers on this forum.

Looking good M. That lizard looks nice. But I thought the 16014 case took a T135, not a 114 (which would fit a 1600 case, I believe).

LOL, I didn't pay attention to the crystal- the sloped crystal with the cyclops. I had a bxxxx of a time getting the bezel off. Finally ended up using a diffrent case- made it into a big crown GMT, sure wish it was WR

Nice JB. Finally a 1675 without the Date after Oyster Perpetual! And I'm partial to the black bezel myself, good job and do tell us more soon.

You can find gen inserts on ebay sometimes- you have to know what you're looking for and expect to pay between $75 and $100 or more. Also, Vintage Rolex Market and the Rolex Market at the Rolex Forum are good places to look. Yes, it'll fit, but it might need to be modded slightly or glued in. @ Eiderdaus, please don't copy people's original post, especially when it has alot of pictures. We can all read the original post, it eats up bandwidth which the forum pays for and it's not necessary.

T-19 or T-39 work since the 1680, 5513 and 1665 all have the same bezel and retention ring.

I agree with Bytor, it's not a great rep and it certainly doesn't look like the early noobfactory YMs. But for $118, it's not terrible, it's an economy rep. The one thing about the rep market is that it's in a constant state of change. And with the demise of WM9, there's really no great YM rep out there at this point that I know of. But you can certainly try Josh's rep and take your chances- it could easliy turn out better than the pictures- Josh's photography isn't the greatest either. Maybe some others are more up on the YM scene and will chime in. I own a couple, a white dial black markers ss beater ($100) and a full gold white dial black markers asian 21j ($150). They're both shirt sleeve reps- they look good from a distance. Good luck.