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WCM21_88

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  11. Franken Daytona... Let's see 'em!

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    Posted · Edited by WCM21_88

    It's not a copy of the V23- which is the bi-compax version of the V72.

    I remember The Zigmeister referring to it as resembling an older Venus movement

    People have had them serviced, but if you need parts for it, you're SOL.

    Exactly lol as I have read in the past:/ and I'm in that boat! I'm in need of a stem!!!!

  17. Paul Newman Vintage Daytona Dial coronet

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    My black 6263 dial luckily enough had the gen like horizontal holes underneath the coronet itself which I just broached very little believe it or not with a needle and a little bit of taping, the reason being was because the legs were just a tad bit thicker, once I broached the holes a little the coronet was able to sit right in the holes then secured with loc-tite super glue from the back of the dial, as for my albino dial, this one was tricky being that it had vertical holes underneath the coronet, I took a file to the back of the gen coronet and took the legs all the way down so they no longer exist, when I applied the coronet to the dial a used a 3M adhesive spray that acts as a glue to avoid damaging the dial, I lined up the highest point of the coronet to cover the top hole of the holes on the dial itself that way both holes would now be hidden by the new gen coronet.. Lol make sense??

    -Will

  20. Black 6263 Dial with Metallic Sub-Dials?!

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    Posted · Edited by WCM21_88

    Hate to be the one to say it, but hey unless you're going gen, what can you expect you know. With my little bit of knowledge as well, if I am not mistaken the was some black 6263 dials that had subdials with what was a very very faint silver color on them that in certain light did appear to be white, again I'm no expert so maybe some one can chime in. As for these dials with the heavy metallic silver color definitely agree with you 110% but they can be decent. I have a few that I have taken the crappy coronets off of and then sprayed with a matte finish, letting them dry then going back in with a paint brush and adding more layers on the subdials themselves, throw a gen coronet on them and they not terrible but not the best of the best

    Few examples:

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    What it looks like in the case:

    http://www.rwgforum.net/topic/174858-the-vintage-daytona-6263-waiting-game/?fromsearch=1

    -Will

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