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Fantasy again

Intriguing.....

Love the look of the 5517, true tool watch for me

Only thing that I can offer you is to grab a pair of pliers and bend the spring slightly to create a slightly smaller angle where it touches the bezel. It's confusing but in essence just fiddle with it, trial and error. I had that same issue once and I did just that, used a pair of pliers and played with the angle of the bend until it worked properly. You can do it.

TGIF

Asian movements for the most part are all copies of a Swiss movement. They use inferior parts, tools, labor and just about anything you can possibly think of. A Swiss movement is made in Switzerland with little white gloves, anal employees with tons of experience and centuries of passed down knowledge.. Ok maybe not the little white gloves part, lol but you get the idea I would take a dirty dry old Swiss movement any day over a brand new Chinese copy. Once properly serviced a Swiss movement is and always will be better than a Chinese movement. Getting into the individual movements vs each other is pointless because a Swiss movement will always win. A Swiss movement can be worked on by any competent watchmaker, the parts are fairly easily accessible. On the other hand a Chinese movement confuses most watchmakers because as much as they want you to believe that they are exact copies, they aren't. They are built with slightly diff specs and cheaper parts, so it becomes difficult to get your Chinese movement serviced or fixed properly without using a very specific watchmaker to do so who has experience with them. Bit of a ramble...

Daytona

I want one! Very nice

Yes, he is working on his new inserts

Thanks, go for it!

Thank you! Doesn't have to be.. I used a few gen parts but dw can sell the dial movement hands and case set for pretty cheap. You would then have to pay someone to assemble it.

Wristshot of mine

Well I shouldn't be surprised that you know of it

I have no doubt that rolex never made these, I really just liked the look and wanted to attempt it. I love the older gilt sport models like the explorer 1 that had gilt dials and hands.

St 19

Yes I'm fully aware, I stumbled onto an article a while back that was talking about a special Daytona that was being auctioned off at Christie's. The Daytona in question was an ss 6265 with a gold dial and hands that came directly from the original owner. They assumed that he had it specially made back when he bought it.

I fell in love with it and decided to make my own. Here is a few pics of the one auctioned off.

Thanks, dw gold dial and hands, dw case set gen crystal crown and tube,, spin found some nice pushers that were better than dw's. And of course he converted it to manual wind. Almost forgot, phong bezel.

Did he? News to me, he was a pleasure to deal with. Emailed him on the same email I've always had and the turn around time was fast.

My fantasy build is back from spin and I couldn't be happier. He really did a great job. I highly recommend his services!!

This topic is very interesting, rolex wants to maintain control over their parts and customers but in doing so are alienating some and making it very difficult as some have mentioned to get parts. The person who wrote the article also made a good point in saying that the cheaper and more readily available quality replacement parts become, the more it is hurting the vintage market and I would have to agree. Here is another article from him about the problems with parts.

http://m.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/rolex-insists-parts-ban-is-about-quality-not-monopoly/story-e6frg6nf-1226368723296

Good morning

1655

Congrats! Beauty

Again

Nice ranger jmb!!