freddy333

Seduced by its charms, I wore my Aryan 'Master today

Your link is not working. You might try posting a link to the pic of the dial you are interested in. In the meantime, read this.

Well done.

I would start searching ebay or some of the online Chevrolet forums. My 1st car was a white 66 Impala. Very fast car, but I believe the horn piece was plastic.

Still & again

(I assume you mean black refinished dial?) While the black dial was off getting painted,a repainted gen dial crossed my path, which is the 1 I ultimately used (the black dial is not for sale).

Me too.

All gen (dial was repainted) except for the insert.

Check the pinned articles in the Watchmaking Resource Center.

Being able to repair your own watch is a very rewarding experience, but I would not attempt your 1st repair on a watch that you want. Basically, you will need to remove the movement from the case, remove the hands & dial from the movement & then partially disassemble the keyless works to realign the components & then reassemble everything. Remember, too, that even if you are successful, the movement may have other problems that rear their head only after you get it all back together. Sending it back for refund or having it professionally serviced locally are your best options.

Welcome back, gio. I hope you will stay awhile.

Sorry to hear of your bad (albeit quite common) luck. But you should have Read This before placing your 1st order. As it has been repeated so many times as to have become a mantra, the movements in rep watches are used &/or unserviced. This means that you may very well need to have your 'new' watch serviced upon receipt. This is common because there is little or no QC during the production of rep watches (production being a fancy way of describing a delicate watch that may have been assembled over someone's dinner table or floor ) & few sellers actually do anything beyond snapping pics. And even in those cases where 1 of the better sellers puts your watch on a timer (to check its time-keeping before it leaves Asia), it is still effectively a throw of the dice since the watch's innards are still used &/or unserviced. I would contact your seller (keep the communications simple & cordial since English is not the main language of most sellers), explain the problem & see what he recommends. In future (after reading the link above), try Josh or Andrew. Although I have not purchased any reps recently, I have always received very good service from them. Good luck.

genoint - This 1s for you

mir36 - I would disagree because the case shape of 62xx Daytonas varies according to the period of production & I have numerous pics of gens in my archives that mirror the DW shape nearly exactly. This is not to say that Dr. Strong's case is an anomaly (it is not), but it is also not a reliable benchmark to compare all other 62xx Daytona cases to. This is another of those cases where you can never say you know everything about vintage Rolex.

Same as Rolex currently fits during service. If you need to match an existing patina, you will need to either hollow out the existing lume & fill the dot with a custom color, dye/tint the dot externally or go gen, as I ultimately did

I think a couple of the original threads from 2007 got lost during 1 of the forum upgrades, but try this & this.

I already need a longer bar (see below). I could not fit any more in the pic.

In my opinion, virtually anyone can take great (watch) pics. There are 3 simple keys - read your camera's manual (pay particular attention to the macro section, which is key to getting details of watches), learn how to position the subject to reduce glare on crystals & practice, practice, practice. The vast majority of my pics were taken, handheld, with a 10+ year-old point & shoot (in manual or AV mode) My editing is generally limited to cropping/scaling the pic to a reasonable size & minor sharpening to bring out details. Remember, too, that for every brilliant pic you see, the photographer probably had to take dozens to get that 1 good shot. Beyond that, a little creativity helps to produce compelling compositions.

Thanks, All. JoeyB - Why not just send all the good stuff to me & I will send you back a really nice pic.

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I had the camera out, so I thought I would do an update of my old Hanging Daytonas, which has appeared in a number of gen sites' fav pic listings L-to-R - 6239 Daytona (Unsigned), 116509 Daytona, 6239 Daytona (Newman), 7016/1 Tudor Sub, 6536/1 Sub, 1665 Sea-Dweller (Double-Red), 1601 Datejust (Mystery), 5514 Sub (Comex), 6239 gold Daytona (Newman), 6542 GMT-Master (Albino), 6202 Turn-O-Graph Deluxe (precursor of the Sub)

Ending the week wearing my beater

JoeyB - Some additional info.

Ditto that! Perfect match & I was able to buy a couple on ebay (1 with the same old logo mine has) for half the Amazon price. Thanks Red & All for your help.