freddy333

Thanks. Like many of my watches, it, too, is a franken. I upgraded the original 15g drive to 20g, installed a new battery & replaced both the headphone jack & mainboard with parts from another 'pod. It has also been polished numerous times to keep it looking (nearly) new. I would be lost (or, at least, bored) without it.

Ending a Capitol work week wearing my beater

Like all aftermarket dial sellers, they vary in quality/accuracy from very good (never perfect) to unbelievably horrid. Compare the dial you are interested in to a few gens on a gen forum & you will see the differences.

Other than a watchmaker with a Rolex parts account (note - Rolex does not permit watchmakers within their service network to sell parts to retail customers), try ebay, vrf or tz. Alternatively, you can often substitute generic watch bridge screws for the originals within Rolex watches.

Few gen owners ever do. You might want to read this (you will need to research the current URLs as they may have changed since the article was written).

Rented?

You found me out.

Yes, that is what it is (the V726 is an improved V72 & is similar to Rolex's 727, minus the Bruget Overcoil & MicroStella).

Yes

No. Texas is several hundred miles west of the US east coast, well out of Irene's path.

Outstanding pic

Ending the work week driving & wearing my beaters

Ditto.

If that is what you do when the power if off................

Not to be a downer, but were these purchased from a 'Top-rated seller' with an extensive selling history of gen Rolex parts?