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Gorgeous pics, Pugs. All taken with the Leica?

Dunno if I'm hip with UN's all steel bracelet, but on this (rubber?) one, I'd probably hit it...

Hmmmm... 571's... Genuine or aftermarket? I can get you genuines... Those will run $150-ish though A bit steep for two small little flaps of folded metal. Aftermarket- I can probably find for $50, but there's no guarantee that they would fit right. Alternatively... You can probably pick up a genuine 7835 or 78350 bracelet (correct for a 6263/5) with ends on eBay for under $300.00. Jules Borel would probably not have these ends in stock. As for the crown/tube... Just the standard 7mm Triplock would work. 24-703 and 24-7030. Ziggy probably has these in stock.

Fricken hilarious! Love it!

Looks great! Nice and spikey... Indeed... The work isn't difficult to do- Just time consuming as it's best to go slow with this mod. Don't want to take off too much too fast. I find that hand files work best, and high speed rotary is best suited for polishing. Looking good! Can't wait to see the finished product! Cheers, R

Freddy- Pugs has it correct. Movements for Daytonas are specified as the following- 6263/6265/6239/6240/6241, etc use the Rolex modified Valjoux 72 (727) 16520/16523/16528/16518, etc use the Rolex modified El Primero 400 (4030) 116520/116523/116258/11618, etc use the Rolex in-house movement (4130) If you're considering an EP400/16520 project, you should also factor in the cost for service (which is highly recommended in my opinion). Figure on $500 for an overhaul. Hope this helps... Cheers, R

Yessir... The rosewood is the one I have. The quality of the inside materials isn't exactly the best, per se. But for the price, I'm certainly not complaining I also have one of these hand made boxes that a very generous gentleman from one of the gen forums built for me (back when I was collecting mostly gens). This one holds a very special place in my collection.

I've got one of the Acetimers boxes... For the money, it's a good box.

Pictures speak a thousand words... And this post alone is a good example as to why servicing a movement is important if you want your watch to last. Consider that a watch could potentially run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and over the course of 5 years; that watch will only need one servicing over that course of 5 years for regular service. Now take the price to service a watch and amortize that cost across that 5 year span. Considering the big picture, it's really not as expensive as one might think. Can't really compare that to a car's motor, as you're not actually running the engine in the 24/365/5 usage duration And, sure... You can always just pitch the old movement for a new one to keep the watch going, but the movement you receive could be just as old and worn out as the one that's being replaced. In my case... I can't just go out and slap in a new El Primero into one of my watches everytime one fails... Just doesn't make financial sense when the movement alone costs $1200.00.

Crystal in that auction is 100% genuine, and fair market price for that item. I pay a slight bit less... But not much less.

Black Monday for me...

Looks great! I know you've been working on this one for quite sometime.... Nice to finally have it done, eh? For your next project... My vote is for WG, all the way...

The 1570's originally came with silver datewheels, like this- Flat top 3's, open 6/9's except for '26' and the finish was a radial brushed pattern. However, RSC replacements were sometimes white; same characteristics- flat 3's, open 6/9's, 26 is still closed and now the finish was matte/solid (not brushed). The overlays that kruzer, arch and I made were a duplicate of the genuine wheel (my silver wheel was the basis for the project), except that we flipped the rotation of the dates CW to work with the ETAs (1570's had the date rotating CCW). Otherwise, the font size, diameter of the print ring etc are all the same as the genuine. These emulate the white version wheel.

Lovin' my day so far...

Wow!! Looks great, FF! How'z bout a wrist shot?

Just to mitigate future risk in similar situations, is it possible for you to locate a local watchmaker/repair shop who can help resolve such problems (rather than having to send the watch back)? You can then negotiate with the dealer as far as payment for the repair goes, and you no longer have to risk shipping/customs/transit headaches.

I believe the Asian 7750 has a similar PR, and is also uni-directional winding. If you're fairly active and only receiving a few hours of PR after wearing it for a full day, you may want to have it looked at...

Hmmmm.... A Swiss 7750 has a 46 hour power reserve capacity (+/-), though one thing to note is that auto winding of the movement is uni-directional. So, if you're like me, and you spend most of your time desk diving at the office, the watch might not get the winding it needs to fully wind the mainspring...

The vintage Datewheel project is officially closed. Thanks to all who purchased. Best regards, R

Those look incredible, ff! Especially those VCs! VERY nice!!

Friday Saturday Sunday

Just checked my clasps- They are all for Oyster (not Jubilee). What this means is that the springbar end of the clasp will be swappable, but the end where the clasp opens will require the pin to be pressed out, and the link connected to be swapped for the Jubilee. If you send me your address, I'll just send you one. My treat.

EPZ- You might want to take this opportunity to swap in an ETA 2846. Same size as the 2836 so it's a 1:1 swap, but with a beat rate that is closer to that of a genuine 1570. It's a great cost effective upgrade and one more step towards a visually more correct vintage

And, one more that I had done. This time, a V23 for my 6265, also overhauled by Ziggy... Dirty, nasty parts... Looking better... And after... Again... Looking like new... When I rec'd the movement, it was initially running only intermittently, and then stopped completely. So, up to Rob it went. After tearing down the movement, he discovered that the cause of the problem was a rogue screw that had found it's way into the gear train. Especially odd, as the screw was not even part of the movement Anyways... Ziggy had the entire movement stripped down, cleaned (he noted that he ran the parts through the cleaning solution twice, and the solution turned black after the 2nd rinse) and back together in short order (2 days). Now, I have the peace of mind that the movement is clean, stable, rate/beat adjusted properly and I now have a good baseline on service that will allow me to stay ahead of the curve by servicing regluarly (and not when something breaks).

Here's one of the reasons why I get my movements serviced... Before... And after the Ziggy treatment... The movement is a 30 year old Zenith El Primero 400/3019, which I used in my 2nd Daytona project. After a proper overhaul, the movement looks and runs like new. I've had Ziggy servce a number of my keeper pieces... The ones that are worth the investment as I plan on keeping them long term.