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It sure looks like a triplock crown the more I look at it.

It's a reflection/distortion off the crystal.

The backside pic makes the Brevet look different...that may be just an illusion (lighting/angles).

Look okay to me. Of course, I would never buy it w/o seeing the movement.

no progress yet on the 1675 the parts have all been acquired though (except the silvered date wheels) ...if people would stop sending Joe their watches and he would be more careful with that thumb we could get him to focus

I love this new limited edition version:

These aren't really my style, but I did try it out a while back. Here are some pics I found of some of my watches with gator straps on the old RWG.

Fantastic lume work on that dial. Looks remarkably smooth and even...and not too puffy.

sorry...repeated post

Nice . Your light looks like an X-Ray light box.

Looks very nice...and worth the thumb injury

Thanks. It sure is a fun hobby. It gets expensive, and sometimes frustrating, when you start getting obsessive about the details. Fortunately for me, RBJ gets equally as excited about trying to recreate the look of some of these rare parts and get them to work on our watches.

Sounds like a better cosmetic fix would be a frankenwatch...put your case/dial together with the movement and hands of that other ("correct") version. Unfortunately, you won't have that 2892 powering your watch.

It's a pretty watch. I wonder if Michael Young can make a thinner/slightly longer GMT hand...it is the one thing that still bugs me the most. I can live with the font issues.

Euno- I bought the dial from Michael Young (classicwatchparts.com). The original dial that came on it was scratched and DW had gone MIA at the time, so I had to find someone else to source me that dial...Michael to the rescue. The brevet crown was a hell of a project for Joe. I bought a brevet off of Ebay and sent it to him. He still has it in his shop. He made a mold of the crown (more like 20+ molds to get it right) and poured in a molten alloy(you'll have to ask him about the composition- but it is damn hard when it solidifies.) He then quickly took a 7mm ETA rollie crown (which he had prepared already- grounded off the teeth, shortened and thinned), fixed it to a jig that hangs perpendicular to the mold and pressed it into the molten alloy (many iterations had to be done to get the darn thing perpendicular so it will sit flush with the watch case and so the alloy wouldn't drip into the backside of the crown -buggering-up the threads.) Then you wait for the composite to cool and remove it from the mold...voila (not quite that easy as the brevet symbol or lettering or crown teeth many times-over would not come out looking quite right, so the whole process would have to be repeated at least 10+ times.) He still hasn't made another one successfully for his own watch (he gave me the first and only one made so far since I am such a persistent pest) as he has been busy working on everyone else's watches. -Brian

Great post Klink!

It isn't perfect but it is better looking than the one that came on my DW6263:

Here's a link to some pics of the 6538A that I had Joe make: link

6538A: mods by RBJ69 -base model from WM -case refinished -lug holes drilled for 2mm pins -brevet mold casted over ETA crown tube...the effort that goes into this mod paid off but requires a ton of work -bubble seconds hand made for ETA movement (Michael Young), painted white -OEM gold Tudor hands -hands painted (vintagized) -aftermarket insert painted (red arrow) and pearl dot fasioned with lume and epoxy -installed aftermarket bezel assembly (Michael Young) 6263: mods by RBJ69 -case refinished -lug holes drilled for 2mm pins -new Tropic installed (by Ubiquitous) -Michael Young custom dial installed

Bruce (aka "Bigb1124" on Paneristi): horween shell cordovan saddle with white stitching

50% Eastern European, 50% Mediterranean heritage

I made a reference post for you on this. My wrists are even smaller than yours. It is completely a matter of preference. I happen to love the 127 so much that I don't care that it looks like a clock on my wrist.

The question often comes up 'what will a 44mm versus a 47mm Panerai look like on my wrist?) This is most frequently voiced by us puny wrist folks...well, here are some reference pics for you fellow small-wristed folk: Reference wrist shots: (on a puny...but hairy...6.5" wrist) (DW 6263 Daytona) (WM 6538 Sub) (Joshua PAM 036); 44mm (River PAM 127); 47mm

Glad you were able to fix the problem. I had the same issue. The fix seemed to be closing out Windows Explorer and then re-opening it before loading the new avatar.

Damn it...I have to buy another watch. Nice review. Who did you buy this one from?