freddy333

That is a BIG crown.

Ditto that (take lots of wristies, hambone).

Shortly after midnight Sunday (early Monday morning) & wearing 1 of my Newmans while cleaning tubes/valves

Why?

I think you are way overthinking this. Lugs on most 50+ year old watches, especially those that have been used for most of their life (as opposed to museum pieces), have been polished many times over their lifespan & rarely appear as the lugs in your gen pics do. As long as the lugs have some semblance of their original shape, they are within specs for a vintage watch. Far more important, at least when an appearance of authenticity is the name of the game, is for the case (&, to a lesser degree, the dial) to appear 50+ years old (as opposed to pristine/new).

A good, but not great flick, but & Hunt's talents are both attractive & professional.

I have never seen or heard of a source for inexpensive plated brass 6542 bezels.

Works for me.

There are many redialers, but only 1 or 2 that perform commission work for Rolex SA (1 of them did my watches).

Here is something that I have not seen in decades - a redial commisioned by Rolex SA & sold through Sotheby's (click pic for link) As far as I am concerned, this seriously blurs the line between gen & franken. In fact, it forces a rethinking of the term 'franken' & causes me to reconsider whether I even need to qualify some of my all-gen-except-for-professionally-repainted-gen-dial watches. Apparently, if a professional dial repainter repaints a gen Rolex dial using a gen Rolex template, the dial, as far as Rolex SA & Sotheby's is concerned, is gen. So, using that specification as a guide, this &, excepting the insert, this are genuine Rolex watches

Granted, a used/unserviced or poorly maintained 1030 is not going to prove reliable for daily or any other use. However, once properly overhauled, there is no reason it (or any subsequent Rolex caliber) cannot be relied on for daily use. That said, I would never wear a mechanical watch for activities where it might be exposed to bumps, bangs or fast acceleration/deceleration. That is the purview of solid state digital devices.

As happens with ever new Rolex model release, 6 months after release, many of the initial nay-sayers are (proudly) wearing them. Amazing, how predictable these cycles have become.

chriz74 - Some builds are constructed from gen parts, some builds are constructed from replica parts & some a combination of the 2. If you can be specific, you will get a more specific answer.

Older Twinlock tubes often had to be broached, but, as others have said, you have a 702 crown, not 700

Anything is possible, depending how much work you are into. You can cut the dial feet off & use dial dots.

That seems very reasonable to me. Chronograph overhauls are very time-intensive & some watchmakers charge $1k+ (that is too much).

1570s contain a number of jewels. Knowing which jewel it is & where the jewel came from would help. If you can locate the specs for the jewel, you can purchase generic jewels (which are fine) from any of the watch parts houses (julesborel.com, cousinsuk.com, ofrei.com, etc). Depending on the jewel, you may also need a jewel press or stalking tool to install the new jewel. You may be better off having a watchmaker handle this.

I love what they did with the new GMTIIC bezel. Now, you can finally differentiate the current GMT from the current Sub at a quick glance (I have been wondering how long it would take them to correct that) & the new ceramic bezel (with blue glacier dial) for this platinum Daytona, now with AR crystal , is certainly in keeping with the new corporate look But the most interesting thing about these new, Basel-inspired changes is the inclusion of & history about the Paul Newman Daytona on Rolex's website. It is great to see Rolex taking some type of interest (no, they are not re-releasing the Newman Daytona - it is just for marketing purposes) in their vintage classics