dieselpower

"a few weeks" - I love an optimist!

And it sold....

Having gone down both roads I really think there is a lot to be said for a good 7750 rep. The V72 can be such a headache and the visual difference is so small. If only there were some decent 7750 6263 dials available...

If you aint got a 6263 then everything else is sh*t   Time to get the wallet out.

Now that's candy!

"Candy" - interesting use of the word.

Ubi's back! All is well with the world  Happy New Year R! This is my weopon of choice today:

Sorry about the orientation. God damn iphones/computers/technology. Gimmie an old mechanical watch any day of the week 

Very nice. Have one myself with allmost same specs.

But..... what happened to the hands? That lume is. .... Euhh bad!

Would be worth giving them a relume. Would make it perfect.

Anyhow enjoy.

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I think my modder re-lumed the hands then had the dial done by someone else, hence the difference in colour. Not perfect I know but in the flesh it doesn't look that bad. Anyways, I always regard my watches as work in progress. Maybe I'll get something done about the hands later. For the time being I'm just enjoying wearing it.

I've bought from Trusty. No problems.

watch!

I love a budget build. After all isn't that what we're all about? This one's a cracker. Excellent work. Lovely watch.

Great story, lovely watch. I look forward to seeing its development, but for the meantime - enjoy.

I don't like it.....

I LOVE it! Dial is great. How did you find a Whoopy 1016 these days?

I bought it directly from him when he first printed them. It's been sitting in my parts box ever since.

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

Great stuff. Well done for a good first build. Enjoy.

Good evening chaps and chapesses. I had been eagerly awaiting word from a modder as to how my watch was doing when the postman knocked at my door with a package that was too wide to fit through the letterbox. I instantly recognised the country of origins postage marks and my heart began to beat a little more urgently. I took the jiffy bag to my dining table and very slowly and calmly ripped it into a thousand pieces. Nicely cocooned in its own foam coffin was this:

Specs:

Whoopy dial re-lumed to a nice light ivory colour

TC hands

JMB caseset with bezel machined to take SK T21 domed plexi

ETA 2824 movement

Mary WI folded link bracelet

Aussie rounded springbars

WSO 580 endlinks

Hope you like. I certainly do 

Fantastic work. The owner is a lucky man.

Lovely stuff. Did that MBW have an eta mvmnt? If so, how'd you get the datewheel so perfectly aligned? Datewheels are the bane of my life.

"I know a goober who has spent at least $250k on rolexjunk in the past 20 years. He started out in a nice new house with a new car and a Hot wife and now he is down to a small apartment, a ratty old car, and no wife. Evidently he lost money on every watch he bought.

No, it's not me, I am dead nuts even on them, maybe a little bit ahead."

@ automatico

Funny how the hot wife disappears when the bank balance vanishes - there can't be some sort of connection can there?

I have a story about a certain Rolexpert with a huge collection of incredibly nice vintage pieces, all with fake dials that fooled everyone.

 

It's not Maron.

 

If I get enough scotch in me some night maybe I'll tell it.  Probably not. 

Someone buy that man a drink!

I have read many times that a build begins with the dial. Everything else is secondary to that. After many years in this game I'm finally seeing the wisdom of these words. Now, given that gens are silly prices I got to thinking - which dial is the best on the market? So folks, here's the question. Which vintage rep dial, readily available and regardless of gen model number, without requiring further work is the most faithful to the genuine article? Let's have a heated debate....

Great stuff. Slowly slowly catchy monkey...

Sound advice from 'nook as always.

This comming from the guy that works on watches with hammers, chainsaws and Land Rover tires....

 

Don't forget the hockey puck.

Now that's a watch! Lovely, enjoy wiwigh.

I don't know half enough to make an experienced judgement of validity. However, I can make a judgement based on common sense and respect for automatico's knowledge and I reckon these are wise words indeed. Nice one