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Off to dinner with my beater

Turned out beautifully. Nice pic set, too.

Saturday

Good things come to those who wait.

Ending the work week wearing my beater

Even though it is not a prerequisite, seems a shame not to advertise the unique aspects of this Sub with a Comex dial, but what can I say but

Not sure about the insert (probably gen), but the rest of the watch looks gen to me.

For polishing ss, I use a Sears Craftsman 'Cloth Polishing Wheel" (part 925033) & green rouge on my Dremel. But if you have the space, Chief's bench grinder, fitted with a large cloth wheel & rouge, is the way to go.

Update - My dial is finished & will be shipped out on Monday. So, hopefully, I will have either a finished dial or a finished 6542 by the end of next week. In the meantime

Zig - Perhaps, your initial response to new/unknown members' inquires should be more of an appetizer in the form of a brief note explaining the requirements to receive a more informative reply. Then, assuming the next message adheres to the rules, you can provide the meat.

Ditto.

At the very least, your watch needs to be regulated (by a watchmaker). Regardless of the marketing coming from sellers, the movements in most rep watches are used &/or unserviced & typically arrive with a number of problems, whether they are immediately apparent or not. Contact member Ziggyzumba or a local (rep friendly) watchmaker & have the movement overhauled (disassembled, cleaned, oiled & regulated). Then, you should get 5-7 years (which is the recommended time interval between overhauls for most mechanical watches) of accurate, trouble-free service.

This question (hand removers) was just asked (& answered) last week (use the Search) & I use screwdrivers for hand-removal. But a hairspring collet is a press-fit ring which attaches the hairspring to the balance wheel pinion. The collet has a small gap where you wedge a hairspring collet tool (lever) to loosen & reorient the collet to change the beat

As far as Oyster 6263 gens go, I have only ever seen sigma dials without the Daytona signature (earlier 62xx versions were made both ways - with or without the Daytona). I am certain they are out there, but the only aftermarket 62xx Daytona dials I have seen without the Daytona is the 1 in the middle, which I got from Honpo, who only sells to Japanese (or nearby Asian) buyers

Correct.

Nice pic, Mickey. Sunday

If you want a car with Xenon headlights (to make it easier/safer to drive at night), you can either buy a new Jaguar XK or you can modify the headlights on your 50-year old E-type. Personally, I would feel silly (for the reasons I stated previously) driving the 2nd option. That is all I am saying.

If you want a car with Xenon headlights, you can either buy a new Jaguar XK or you can modify the headlights on your 50-year old E-type. Personally, I would feel silly (for the reasons I stated previously) driving the 2nd option. That is all I am saying.

The custom dial looks like 1 of the better aftermarket dials, but since you have the gen...........

DW, Natalie & Phong. There are huge numbers of threads discussing each that you can find via the Search (top right hand corner of every RWG page).

I disagree somewhat. Based on my conversations with DW, Natalie, Phong & other high-end rep sellers, I think the primary reason for the factories' hesitancy in producing more vintage pieces is because of the difficulty in pleasing vintage buyers, who tend to be much more knowledgeable & discriminating than the average rep buyer. 95% of rep watch buyers will happily buy/wear a Canal Street quality Planet Ocean, Richard Mille or Breitling that would make most of us here hurl. But there are far fewer buyers who are familiar with vintage pieces & most of those would not tolerate a vintage rep of the same quality. Point being that it is much easier (& profitable) to produce low-cost crap that you can sell to the masses than it is to spend the time/money to research & produce an accurate rep of a vintage piece that will be inspected for the slightest variation from perfection by 95% of buyers.

As long as you are planning never to sell or insure the watch & do not mind causing raised eyebrows among those in-the-know, you can paint the lume in a dayglo color like red to match your wife's fingernail polish. But reluming a valuable vintage Rolex, especially with modern lume, seriously deflates the watch's value & makes a nice gen look questionable. As I have said elsewhere, I am all for refurbing a seriously worn out vintage piece, but some things really should be left as-is (or, if refurbed, as they should be).

Your dial looks silvery (it is supposed to be white). Can you post a macro 1024x768 pic?

Good luck, mate. I only use folded link 7835s (which have non-removable (inaccurate, but workable) 357 end links) on my 62xx Daytonas But I have never seen any credible fake 571s & if I knew where I could buy some (affordable) gens, I would probably plunk them myself.