freddy333

Left is gen. Is this 116520 gen or rep

Your girlfriend is obviously unaware of the Comex Louboutin

The OP asked if tropical dials were 'issued', so I do not think age, the sun or whatever it is that causes the paint to fade are relevant.

If the running seconds is located at 6 o'clock, it is quite common. Search out Ziggy's reviews of the secs @ 6 7750 (in this case, Swiss & Asian are plagued with the same problems) or the 'powdered graphite' treatment.

Once you remove the bezel (you should be able to pry it off with a butter knife), you should be able to pop the insert out from the rear with your thumbs. Unless it was cemented-in, which could be a problem. The interesting thing is the gen rotor you have there. In spite of the case & dial being obviously wrong (not gens), at 1st glance, seeing that rotor in there, it almost fooled me. Never saw 1 of those tacked onto a 21j movement before.

Read this

I believe it was available as as option on all hand-wind 62xx Daytona models with the exception of gold 6269s & 6270s.

Paul McCartney has been relatively unique within the pop star community in that he has never, to the best of my knowledge, appeared in public wearing anything but modestly priced digital watches However, in the past year (no doubt due to encouragement/direction from his 3rd wife, Nancy, a successful businesswoman), he seems to have changed his style for the better (he is still a vegetarian though) No, it is not a rep.

I am not a fan of Romans on a wrist watch either (makes dial look too busy), but I like what you have done.

Not perfect, but it looks pretty close to me. Here is a 1950s 530 for comparison

(Posting this) Just after midnight

Well done, Frank.

Excellent work, but, as JoeyB correctly pointed out, I would definitely lower the crystal profile. Here is a gen for reference Here is a comparison of my Phase II (gen-cased) & Phase I (Silix-cased) GMTs, both fitted with gen crystals

Yes, it looks like 1 of these I generally do not watch the Grammys either, but since McCartney was performing & I like 2 of the nominated songs (Adele's 'Rolling in the Deep' & Katy Perry's 'Firework' (1 of the greatest songs ever), I decided to suffer through the remaining 2.5 hours of the usual Grammy rubbish (which was up to its usual standards).

...Adam Levine (Maroon 5's lead singer) at the Grammy's?

Still wearing my white-dialed '42