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Thank you kindly!

Yes, 704 monoblocs. They are 100% compatible with a 7030 tube.

1950's PP Calatrava today...

They're gen.

Nice... But I would much rather have the 1954 original...

1940's PPCo Chronograph today...

Mrs. Ubi has had one on her wrist daily for the last 6 years. She is... Not kind... to her watches and surprisingly, it's held up quite spectacularly despite the abuse. The only thing I would caution against- Do not drop the watch. Prior to this one, she had a 38mm J12 and it did meet it's demise on the tile floor...

Some details here... http://www.rwgforum.net/topic/178300-just-a-few-random-pics/?p=1417661

Whoa! Looks awesome! I love it!

Gave my Big Crown a bit of a visual change by swapping out to my faded insert:

Yikes! Hope that you and your family are safe! Fires are a scary thing... Hopefully they can contain it!

I think you will find that, as the market for pristine, all original pieces shrinks, you will see more and more of these all gen built examples being pieced together; worn, beat down and less than perfect parts such as dials, hands, etc. will be replaced with better condition specimens and the result will be the influx of good condition pieces emerging into the market that just weren't born that way from the start. These pieces have been finding their way into the big auction houses, and I am sure there will be more to come. The problem being that the minutiae of each watch/ref was not well catalogued from the manufacturer and therefore, it is hard to know if such and such ref with s/n xyz came with this 2 line red depth dial or not from the factory. There are general time spans and windows for known references to have certain dial types that can be narrowed down by serial range (e.g. Double Red SDs MK 1 - whatever), but nothing that provides definitive provenance that a watch was born with a specific dial/attribute(s). As for my personal thoughts on these 'voldemort' dials... They are pretty dang good. I know I love the one in my BC, quite a lot! Does it bother me that it's a redial? Not at all. But then again, it's in a personal build for my own enjoyment; not meant to fool any auction houses I do suppose that such dials really skate the fuzzy line and I can understand why the VRF folks are non too pleased about them; they're certainly not aftermarket/fake dials and cannot be categorized as such; taking into account the manner and process that they are refinished, the results are scary good; not even comparable to a typical redial job, that's for sure! These dials live in a grey area in my mind; unique and with their own intrinsic value and worth... Maybe almost like a myth of some sort...

My recommendation; just wear the watch and enjoy it. It will develop natural patina of it's own from daily wear. Artificial patina never looks right anyways...

Are you guys at the point of 24hrs of pure daylight right now?

Top notch! Looking great!! The package as a whole is really something special; not just in parts, but also with the individuals involved. Plus, Big Crowns are something to behold... Really, really fun pieces to have!

Really digging that! Gorgeous patina... But sadly, probably way too big for my wrists

Wow! That's one heck of a watch! Great build and with a legendary caliber beating inside; much to be proud of with this one!

TC and BK/WM9 16622s are gen construction...

cc- That was what I had initially thought based on Marcello's overview. But then I started seeing the insert fall into other mk designations/categories and then my eyes went all crossed...

Ehhh... While we are talking inserts and confusion on version, I've never been able to really pinpoint what mk mine is... Any thoughts?

Really changes the look and provides some additional functionality over the fixed bezel; very nice!