freddy333

It is more a matter of value than price, though, for non-billionaires like myself, price is certainly an issue. I just cannot rationalize spending uber amounts of money on a collectible whose value is market-based. While Rolex has historically been a very safe investment, there is no guarantee that the $100k you spend on a nice Newman Daytona today will be worth that much tomorrow. Why not just buy reps? Again, because I appreciate quality & would prefer not to be seen as a poseur, if I can avoid it (even if I am acting like 1).

Have you checked with TT to see if/when they expect to have more? Also, have you checked other RWG sellers' listings or contacted them to see if they can source the same watch?

Looks good, but are you aware that the hand lume does not match the dial lume? Or are the hands just glowing (yellow/green)?

Genuine watches are built/finished better than reps. Also, rep watches generally come with used/unserviced movements, so unless you have your new rep professionally overhauled upon its arrival, its accuracy & lifespan may be limited. Further, contrary to many sellers' hyperbole, no rep that I am aware of is 100% or an exact copy of its genuine counterpart, which means that an astute collector will be able to spot a rep & ID its wearer as a poseur. In my case, I tend to build frankens (watches that are constructed out of genuine spares or parts from various other watches) of watches whose values reach into the stratosphere & buy gens otherwise. For example, current prices for Double Red Sea Dwellers run from $25k-$40k, so I built a (gen-powered) franken. On the other hand, current prices for 80s Datejusts run around $4k-$8k, which is affordable, so I went gen.

I like hot babes as much as the next guy & I am a strong proponent of free speech/expression, but, as others have correctly pointed out, RWG is about watches, not naked babes (excepting our 'Bits, bytes & babes' forum). If you want to see & display naked women, the web is awash with more appropriate sites. So, if for no other reason than to make it easier for people to access RWG (without having to explain its visual content to women & children), I would prefer not to see it (outside of the appropriate forum) here.

Yes, good luck.

Nicely done.

Close, but not the same. The fonts & spacing are slightly different. This is the 2nd gen ROC I have seen & I (& many others) have always questioned the authenticity of Mayer's dial. The dial in the auctioned watch ticks all the right (gen) boxes, Mayer's does not. Again, fonts & spacing are the salient issues. But, as always, just about anything is possible when it comes to vintage Rolex.

Selling blood for watches? Seriously, what is the story?

Pics?

Another oddity I have noticed is that a number of recent high dollar Newmans are anything but perfect specimens as they have 1 or more misaligned chrono hands. The sample in this thread is a typical example, with its center & hour chrono hands slightly to the left of their proper null positions. In fact, most of the Newmans in my archives have similarly imperfect smiles. The moral of all this is that having all of your chrono hands pointing exactly north is not something to neurose over.

This sold at auction (in Sweden) today for $284k

You need a Bergeon 5444-A Fine Satin Finish Bar (click pic for link)

Yuki & Phong have them in sets or, if you are willing to throw the dice, Mr. Slimeball always has 62xx handsets. In either case, I would strongly recommend that you have your watchmaker apply some epoxy to the the hand tube/wand intersection. Otherwise, you will be posting back with 'When I reset, the hand stops at a different place every time'

I assume this is the Friday wristies

The downside (other than the additional cost) to building a gen out of parts instead of buying a complete watch is that you (or a future owner) may have trouble having it serviced by an RSC due to the numbers not matching (RSC checks movement & case serial numbers prior to performing work). If you want to experience assembling a Rolex, I think it makes more sense to buy a complete watch & then learn how to overhaul it yourself. That way (assuming the overhaul is performed properly), you get the best of both worlds without any of the downsides.

Aftermarket (not gen).

Ditto or julesborel.com.

Considering that Phong's cases use the same steel & cost little (or no) more than any standard rep case to make (about $10), I am not sure that I would qualify his 'good price' as good.

I prefer a steel bracelet, but the watch is otherwise beautiful & pics are brilliant. Well done.

Except for 1 detail, well done. The 1 detail is the NOS-looking white seconds hand on a 60+ year old watch. You might consider baking it for a wee bit to tone down the brightness. I would also carefully file or sand the edges of the hand (actually, you could do them all, but the white highlights the edges more than steel) to flatten the roundness, which is another dead giveaway (Rolex hands have square sides)