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It must be awfully embarrassing for your family to be seen in public with you while you are wearing that 'heap'.

A beauty. Wear it well.

Why not just visit your local AD. They should have a contact name and telephone number. And I am with Offshore....I would not use email to initiate your contact with them. Employment enquiries, even for temporary work, carry more weight if made by telephone or post.

Eek......how did I miss that??????

The bezel, but I do not see anything else that stands out?

Looks great, Kevin. And, like mine, even though the dial has issues, you still have to do a double-take to be sure it is not a gen because of those pushers. In fact, had I seen the watch in a different context and not known its source, I would still not be absolutely sure it was not a gen. The asymmetry of the pushers set these watches apart from all other reps (except for the DW/EE). As Euno pointed out to me some time ago, the black dialed versions tend to look better with the black bezel. So unless you really want the steel bezel, you might leave it as is. And these watches came (from Rolex) with any of 3 or 4 types (and variations) of chrono hands. Some were wide with pointed ends, some were narrow with pointed ends, some were narrow with flat ends & there were a smaller number that had 1 narrow flat ended hand for the running seconds and a matched pair of one of the other types for the other 2 hands. Here is an example of the latter option

Get yourself one of these Here is the link

Hope it works out. Please keep us posted.

At the risk of inflaming the already overheated passions of vintage Daytona fans, I thought I would deviate from posting a new wristie (since my camera is out of service with dead batteries anyway) and put the creative juices to work in the creation of some new (faux) Daytona advertisements instead. So, without further ado, may I present the.................... (Graphics are original, but portions of the text were pinched from a well-known auction site specializing in luxury watches) And just for fun......... If these are well-received, it might be fun to produce similar artwork for other brands & models. If nothing else, it would give members another outlet for exercising their creative & photographic skills.

When you first suggested a possible MBW connection, I went looking again. At first I thought you may be onto something, but then I noticed 2 things - first, the case looks thicker than the MBW, and second, the Hev is located a millimeter or so higher than on the MBW (and that is generally a sign of a gen case). So it may be just as the TZ gentleman claimed - a gen 1665 that was recased with gen parts in 1999, but unworn since that time.

Yes, the 7750 is auto-wind, which certainly makes the watch more user-friendly. But a manual-wind movement was specified for the 62xx Daytonas. The proposition was to swap the 7750 for a (manual-wind) 7760, which would also then allow for the shallower caseback to be fitted (your 7750 has a taller caseback to fit the auto-wind components). I removed the rotor on my 7750 to achieve a similar effect and then fit an extra DW (V72) caseback to bring the overall case height into proper spec (and match the V72 DW). But, otherwise, I think Alligoat's list is about correct.

I think that was the 729. The 726 was just a modified version of the 72b.

I noticed that too. So there are 2 less things the owner has to worry about if they buy one of these watches. But, like Alligoat said, the V23 or MM still has the correct asymmetrical pusher layout, which the Lemania/Venus options do not. And not to beat a dead horse beyond death, but this is why I think there is a niche for a 7750-powered 62xx with asymmetrical pushers.

One final comment - I have purchased watches from all of the above and have never had a problem that went unresolved with either of these collectors. If you do go with a DW, be very clear in your communications to him. English is not his first language and a seemingly minor (and obvious) detail to you could translate into a very big (and unfortunate) misunderstanding later on. If you do not understand something, ask DW about it. He will work with you. Good luck & do not forget to post pictures.

If they are anything like the other set, I would go with a more understated watch and let the links do the talking. Otherwise, the effect is like that of having a room with 3 fireplaces all competing for the viewer's eye. Having a fancy watch, fancy shirt & fancy cufflinks all competing for attention on the same arm kind of weakens each component's overall effect. At least, for me.

The Cartel, as you refer to them, are selling a Venus-powered watch while DW is selling a Valjoux 23-powered watch. Two completely different beasts. Were it me, I would go with DW without a doubt. But, for me, accuracy is my sole goal. Still, before going the DW route, I would encourage you to read some of the recent posts from other DW owners, a few of whom were less than satisfied with their purchase.

No offense to any of the team who produced it, but that was essentially what the Watchmeister datewheel overlay was. You could probably also print it on a matte compact disc or DVD label.

The fact is that the Lemania/Venus-powered Daytonas have some problems - symmetrical pusher arrangements, 20mm lug widths (should be 19mm), smallish subdials with a non-functioning hour totalizer (subdial at 6), all of which are incorrect for 62xx spec Daytonas. However, those movements are proven to be both stable and accurate. And getting a fully-assembled watch offers alot of benefits, starting with being able to wear the watch as soon as it arrives. I have owned this Lemania/Venus 6241 for several years & it keeps perfect time. The only problem I ever had with it was that the rep crown tube stripped soon after I received the watch (being a manual-wind movement, the watch requires regular winding and most rep crown tubes are not up to the task) and I had to fit a gen replacement (along with a crown). I suspect this is similar to the watch you are considering from Josh/Andrew (I think they improved the dial since I got mine, which has a noticeable 'bleed' where the bottom of the hour totalizer subdial was actually touching the white area on the outside of the dial). On the other hand, as they say, god is in the details. And the other fact is that the gen vintage Daytonas had asymmetrical pushers (the top pusher was slightly closer to the crown than the bottom pusher) and none of the collectors here (that I am aware of) sell any Daytonas that have the correct pusher arrangement. So the only option (currently) is DW. I would recommend that you spend a couple of days searching & reading other members' experiences with owning and/or constructing a DW watch. For many, the last few details of accuracy are not worth the cost in time or money spent.

All I did was remove the dial & spray the entire surface (including the indices) as outlined in the thread. I had originally planned to lume the index markers, but one of the benefits to using the spray is that it not only removes the original shininess of the index markers, but slightly plumps them up as well. So, at least for the time being, I decided to leave the markers as they are.

Good luck & do not forget to post pictures of the final result.

There are many ways to skin this particular cat & this subject has been covered many times. You can use the Search or consider my solution as a starting point.

Generally, yes. The 726 is an upgraded version of the base (V72) movement. All dimensions should be the same (unless a vendor modified the design for his own spec).

My addiction is limited (mostly) to steel, vintage Rolex models, so it is more like grand larceny.

Here is the link TZ 1665 on top, my Double Red on bottom My watch has a superdome while the TZ watch has a hi-rise flat-top, so there is a slight difference in the way the images appear around the perimeter of the dials.

Yes, through my narcoleptic haze I thought I spied your name on this morning's medications list (or was it me again -- I keep hearing this ticking sound wherever I go).