SeamasterLux

13 hours ago, automatico said:

"I am pondering the purchase of a 18kt gold 6263 case from Phong. Dial would come from MQ. Have to see about the rest. Any input on this?"

 

Not being a 'Daddy Downer' here...this is a bit of friendly advice from someone who has traded and worked on watches for close to 50 years:

Forget about it unless you can find one already finished at a fire sale price so the other guy takes the lo$$.

 

Why?

All you will really have is an overpriced $$ fake gold case, a $$ V72 movement, and an aftmkt dial no matter how much it cost you to put it together.  Gold at today's prices is not a good buy imho.   

Example...I have an 18K (29 grams) replica rolex Prez/DJ case and it is worth about as much as an empty case as it would be with a running swiss ETA movement and aftmkt dial.  With a genuine 3135 and dial it would be worth the gold price of the case and the going price of a genuine 3135 and dial, not what a genuine example would be worth.

Besides that, I got the case when gold was between $300 and $400 per troy oz, can not remember the exact price.

 

Otoh you will not get hurt on your steel Daytona  because:

Steel is IN.

Steel is a LOT cheaper.

The rest of the components are probably worth close to what you paid for them.

 

The Bottom Line is...replicas are not worth very much in the real world, usually just the value of the components added together.  For RWG members, replica and Frankenstein projects are almost always a $$ losing endeavor...but we are  

thank you for the reasonable answer. I’ve always only ever had gen watches, including gold Calatrava so not looking for any kind of gold watches.

PN and simple Daytonas are and will remain unaffordable so that’s why I ventured into this 6263. I really like it and was thinking of going next for a PN. I agree that most of these aren’t worth that much especially if one tries to build one by himself. Phong asks 15k$ for a complete watch without bracelet. For gold it would be 10000 more. That starts to be a sum indeed.

i might wait for someone selling his as you rightly advised.

I find this thread truly fascinating. Thank you for sharing! 
I am pondering the purchase of a 18kt gold 6263 case from Phong. Dial would come from MQ. Have to see about the rest. Any input on this?

here’s mine recently purchased.

6263: Yuki full case, MQ dial, VJ72

May I ask how much that ended up costing you? A beautiful piece, for sure