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6264 for me as well. Oh, and if you change the bezel you might want to splash out on a watchNY acrylic. More accurate printing than the DW's I've seen.

Was reading some old threads and ran across this. This is one of the greatest statements ever. Makes me smile every time I read it.

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I wish I could take full credit for it but unfortunately I must tip my hat to Samuel Johnson who said: "When a man is tired of London - he is tired of life". Funnily enough Johnson died 1/4 of a mile from where I am now sitting. Anyway apologies to the OP for thread hijack but credit where credit's due and all...

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Gorgeous. Great work. WIWIGH

Lovely. Lots of gen bits going on there methinks.

Yes, bloody Rolex with their shoody work 

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Fantastic stuff J, keep up the great work.

No. ETA is not a Rolex movement. Rolex Watch Co was not a Rolex movement either, until recent acquisition and consolidation. RWC was the renamed Aegler, which made movements for Rolex and Gruen until Wilsdorf invested a significant amount of money in them to convince them to produce movements exclusively for Rolex, hence the name change.

Cases have not always been Rolex either. A L Dennison was an early supplier, and Borgel was the producer of water resistant cases prior to theirs being used in 1922 by Rolex. The first Oyster cases were made in 1926 by C R Spillman SA.

Absolutely true. What I was highlighting - and your informative post confirms this - is that the whole idea of what is Rolex or not is ridiculous when they use movements and cases that they have not manufactured and merely stamped their name on. The V72 is a classic example. Ok so Rolex tweeked it a bit but does that make it a Rolex product? No, oh sorry, yes - because it says Rolex on a bridge. 

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My thoughts exactly. Oh and don't forget Rolex use eta movements in Tudors, so is an eta a rolex movement or not?

Lovely watch. Some people might quibble about details but the bottom line is - that's a lovely watch. Enjoy.

Gen T39.

Clarke T39 is virtually indistinguishable though. I'd go for that and save the £££'s

It is possible to go down the 'plug' option...

Assuming you are not a deep sea diver who uses a decompression chamber then what need have you of a helium valve? I was recently faced with this dilemma when I wanted to improve the look of my 1665 MBW He valve and I opted for the MBW 'valve' to be drilled out (but not drilled all the way through to the inner case) but replaced it with a visually accurate but non functional 'valve'. See below:

Eh, that's the same as me, except I picked up like 40 gen inserts for about 50 cents a piece... 

In the words of John Mcenroe "You cannot be serious"!?

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Brilliant amazing stuff. I love the ingenuity of some of the folks round here. Good luck.

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Ha ha! Vindicated! Good thread chaps, anyone else like to throw their hand in?

OK. Still count me in