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So what do you do if you've got a DW 6239 rep you hardly wear, an extra pair of DW 7032 pushers, and two minutes? You make a half-assed 6240! Ehh... Maybe not! One more thing: The more I search online and check through my picture archives, the more I find that RCD-dialed 6240s aren't all that rare. The consensus seems to be that these are the earliest versions of the 6240--a contention that's supported by the presence of the older, needle-like running seconds hand.

Ooh, pretty...

More vintage:

Very convincing look! I love the smooth, polished sides.

Speaking of iffy-looking 6240s, has anyone seen the silver RCD on WatchGuru? Not only does it have a non-Oyster dial (with narrow 'Daytona'), but also an early SS bezel, Triplock, and a Precision-spec riveted bracelet! As for the Boss's Dad's Daytona, I also imagine a scenario similar to one that wiesn089 described: Something may have happened in between the time it left the factory and arrived in the AD's display case. But I wouldn't rule out Rolex being fully responsible.

Time to revisit the Revisited thread... with strap options! I've long been trying to find out which metal bracelets were used on the Fifty Fathoms back in the 50s and 60s. I've had this ad in my Blancpain picture archive for a while: Looks like your standard expansion band bracelet, which was strangely popular at the time. Finding a match was harder than expected, especially since the genuine vintage FFs had lug spacings of 19-20mm (rather than the DSN rep's 22mm). There were good matches on eBay by NSA and J.B. Champion. Unfortunately, these were selling for around $80, so I decided to go cheap and "close enough" with a good ol' Speidel: And by "good ol' Speidel" I mean "good ol' ill-fitting, hair-tugging, rattly, chintzy Speidel aka 'The Depilator'". You probably won't be seeing this bracelet ever again! Next up is a vintage "Tropic-style" 22mm rubber strap that I recently bought for peanuts. The strap is soft, flexible, and in far better shape than the oxidized rubber on my Tropic (pictured in the OP). Other than the keepers, the strap is a good match for a real Tropic. It's either a "Hong Kong Tropic" (manufactured in the 1980s, I think) or a Voguestrap Skindiver (which might be the same thing). Curved ends look good! In the end, I have to agree with redwatch. The look that gets the most attention isn't from the 50s or the 60s, but from that shark-hunting, disco-dancing decade: It's the 1970s, and it's got to be mesh.

The T in GST:

The award should be called the "Statue of Imitations"! Took me five days to think of that one...

I love my titanium GST, but that stainless steel shine is really something else!

Producer needs an editor.

Carrera for today:

I'm fine, but the south is wrecked. The devastation was sudden and unexpected.

Big watch for the weekend:

Thanks, R! Just wait until you see it with its matching bracelet (currently making its way over from Switzerland)!

Thursday Sinkmaster:

Thanks! It would've been a jaw-dropping shot if the glacier hadn't been socked in with fog, but I did get a cool ESB/The Thing vibe as consolation.

"Amazing! I can't tell which one is real, and which one is the fake!" "But you don't even know what the genuine watch looks like." "EXACTLY!"

Memories of Hoth, er... Athabasca:

Yeah, but you were the Trojan Horse!

Bronzefingerrr... Beckons you to enter his web of tin... But! Don't! Go! IN!!!

Linens 'n Speedy Things! We're classing up this joint.

Thirteen

Thanks for the info, guys. It's a scary world out there for Panerai novices like me!

Wow, you're right, ST4! It looked really big to me in freddy's picture, whereas the FT86 seems much more compact in every other shot I've seen. I withdraw all comments about an Aston influence!