freddy333

Great to see some of the old-timers still ticking....especially glad to see that Stephane's made it back to health. Life throws many curveballs, but time seems to keep us marching on.

Ditto dluddy's comments and congratulations to RWG!

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." —King

'Dweller today.

Rolex's "gents" watches are pretty plain-Jane, so it's all in the details & dimensions. It is impossible to make any judgements without knowing which model you want to assemble &/or without measuring that case to see if it matches the gen. What I can say is the case looks pretty beaten & the crystal looks a bit too tall. Once you know which model you are building, why not just buy a gen case? There are plenty of them floating around & they can often be had for reasonable prices in similar condition to the 1 in your pics. That way, you know gen parts will fit without much fiddling &, in the future, you have the option of swapping any rep parts for gens to end up with a total gen.

Good to see some things DON'T change. But what of the Doxa? Is she still floating around in your collection? In the meantime, this double-red says hi

Simple, 1030-powered small crown 6536/1.

Bond Sub

As others have said, the cost to construct a watch as you describe would either cost several thousand dollars or a few thousand and several months (or years) of work searching for parts. I have not been following the market for the past several years, but I think your best option would be to purchase a good rep with properly-dimensioned (i.e., genuine dimensions) case. Then, replace the crystal, bracelet, crown/tube & dial coronet with gen parts. This will still cost a couple thousand, but you will end up with a very credible-looking/feeling vintage Daytona. If you want to ice the cake, remove the auto-wind module from the movement (assuming you purchase a rep with an auto-wind movement) and see about locating a flatter caseback, so the watch sits lower on your wrist (1 of the tells of rep 62xx Daytonas is that their casebacks are thicker/taller to accomodate an auto-wind components, which is incorrect for these watches). p.s. Don't ask me for sources, because I have been out of the hobby for too long and no longer know who is good or in business. It is best to post a request for assistance, so members who are actively buying/building watches can assist you.

I think if you could work out a way to add a wee bit of thickness (3d appearance) to the print, that would push the dials over the top. But nice work.

Yes and I would expect no less from one of the great masters of the art. Sole criticism is that I would put it on a proper bracelet. Do you still have that Double-Red and Black Lung (Doxa)?

First login in quite some time for me, too. To paraphrase J. Lennon, life's what happens to you when you're not watching time. Good to see some of the old gang still around.

I have not been able to check in for some time, but I am glad to see RWG and the wristies still here. Some really nice metal on display here. I am wearing the old Bond Sub today

In your mind it may still be a 'Rover, but in the mind of a buyer looking for a 'Rover, it's probably a 'Rover with a Ford motor. Did you know, too, that that Buick V8 was also offered to Triumph for use in their Stag, but Triumph chose, instead, to weld two of their crappy four-cylinder lumps together, which produced one of the most unreliable engines in British automotive history.

508 - ask your cardiologist if you can tolerate 4,000 IU/day of Vitamin D3. Vitamin D deficiency and risk of cardiovascular diseases

Beautiful watch and great story. My grandfather was a watchmaker when the Accutrons were originally released. I remember the week my grandfather had to spend in NY for Accutron training and how he returned with a new gold Spaceview. Although he sold many expensive watches, throughout my entire childhood, that Spaceview was the only watch I was never allowed to touch. In my case, when my father died, I received his Accutron, which he got from my grandfather. I long ago acquired a Spaceview conversion kit, but decided to keep the watch as-is.

Too big for my wrist, but it looks great.

I do not think either question can be answered objectively, since perspectives and priorities vary. So I will simply offer this anecdote - Two years ago, a friend and I were perusing a local jewelry store. Another customer glimpsed my DRSD franken and called me out on it. To make a long story short, the store's watchmaker "cracked" the watch open for us and, low & behold, there sat a nice, genuine Rolex 1575 beating away inside the case, right next to its HeV. In my case, since gen Rolex parts will always increase in value, why cash-out if you do not have to? Or, at least, that is my conclusion. Your mileage may vary.

Been awhile since I built anything new, but, historically, I think MQ has had the most accurate dials.

Looking forward to the finished project. Should be nice.

GMT today

Ditto.

This's pretty good...and pretty bad at the same time (start at 3.45")... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDyFyynEe4U

This's pretty good...and pretty bad at the same time (start at 3.45")... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDyFyynEe4U

This's pretty good...and pretty bad at the same time (start at 3.45")... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDyFyynEe4U Sorry about the triplicate posts. The posts did not appear on the index page, so I thought they did not go through. I appear to have lost admin functions, so I cannot remove the dupes.