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pad printing will have some challenges as the ym has various colors on the regatta counter, depends on how much you are willing to shell... will be interesting to see if anyone has the ability to make it a reality..

the sunk cost of modding with tools, time, money invested exceeds what you could get from m2m when the piece has already been put together with correctly fitted parts. Much trial an error and issues go with vintage rolex particularly, the build costs just keeps piling up. learning how to mod costs money as well, even after many builds, issues still occur and the invisible costs of modding are unforeseen for the builder and rarely mentioned to the buyer. Mike hits the nail on the head, the approach for a full build purchase should not just be judged on the cost of parts, but the watch as a whole. Valuing builds requires experience and knowledge of what has been sold, purchased, and currently available in the market. This includes knowledge on how the build has been built. A $5,000 listed build can be more value for money than a $300 listing. It is all relative to what has been put into a build.

no idea how i would do the blue subdials texture. the ym dial can be done with decals though. will just need to add another layer of text/image on an existing dial.