bobkat

I love this! Thank you for sharing.

Haven't been into vintage rolexes much before, but after the cartel 6263 arrived, I was hooked. Thanks to StoneP who built this. I think the next few steps are going to be a red triangle insert and nato strap. Debating on doing 2 mm lugs/ aging the case. I'm a little squeamish about sand paper, but I might try it at some point.

Thanks for the info on S.O.P hah! 2K ... might be worth it if can get a good dial. So far everything i'm looking at is wrong in some way or another. I wonder if it'll have to be a refinished gen dial i go with ... Thanks for all the feedback.

It was closer to 250 or 260 I think, can't remember exactly.

My oh my, so lovely.

I certainly will keep an eye on the M2M section, thanks for the advice. Thanks for these other options. The NDT subdial font on the silver 6263 big red looks too thick. The spacing of the red daytona is also a little off to my eye. I really love the silver dial at MQ, but it states "sold". The patina on the lume dots, the fonts, they all look great to my eye. I guess in the end, case shape becomes less of an issue for me with the dial being the biggest draw back of the cartel. Thanks for the advice I will look more into these two vendors for dials. I got this from Sead aka supermirrors

Hi Whoopy! Thanks for your reply. Well here's my understanding of the case options: Cartel: good bang for buck. But the mid case is too thick. readily available. Spinmaster: not available DW: not available Phong: 2-3k for a case set, but best case dimensions and finishing possible. Here's my understanding of the dial options: Cartel: bad daytona font/placement, subdial rings not great Spinmaster: not sure DW: not available Phong: pretty good dial, but the concentric rings aren't correct for the big red silver dial Yuki: incorrect daytona spacing (not sure on concentric rings for sub dials) Gen: AWESOMENESS! I'm not sure how correct that info is, i've tried to find a good repository of info for building a 6263 and it as most things rep it appears to be constantly evolving.

Hello guys! Recently became interested in the 6263, and so I ordered a cartel version to try out the case size and see how the watch wears. My wrist is 7.5 inches, here are a few shots. Just a basic Cartel version, but hey it's my first 6263. I'm trying to decide if I want to do a proper build, you guys think the cartel is good enough as a base?

Really nice photos. I had a P2 before the reps ... it was a lot of fun. Is this the rep? The finishing is exactly the same as my gen!

So much wrong with this rep... Hope for a good ingenieur soon!

That watch looks nothing like your photoshoped "QC" photo. If your story is to be believed, you were scammed very hard.

You did really well, some of those parts were a bargain!

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Really awesome build man. The gen hands must have been a bear to find!

that CF dial though .... mmmhmmmm