droptopman

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No Daytona expert but a gen service t-21 fit my DW 6263 with the stock DW bezel.

Finally released to start rehab on my shoulder. Riding the stationary bike at the gym with my 1016

Thank guys. It keeps excellent time and I have inspected the dial closely with a loupe and the dial is actually pretty flawless so hard telling how they got to be that color since the dial shows no signs of damage. It is weird. Still excited about how the bracelet turned out[emoji869]

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Thank you brother. I should add that I would not be able to do any of this work, if it was not for this great forum. Always been a watch guy, but was afraid to mess with them. This forum taught me how to do some work and provided me with the knowledge of how to source the parts, and maybe more importantly what parts to acquire. Learned so much over the last couple of years.

Going to enjoy this baby this afternoon. Last one of these. Been in the humi for a few years. Happy New Year to my watch collecting brothers[emoji322]

Hi Guys. For anyone who does not think a Rolex is a tool watch. I have restored the bracelet. Unfortunately I did not get take many good before pictures but it was beat worse than any I have ever seen. It looked like hammered metal on the clasp and the the first few links around the clasp on both sides. The clasp on the opposite end of the safety catch was sharp like a razor. It clearly has a lot of stretch, but initially I thought it would not come back. The links around the clasp were deformed from wear. Just some hard work with a dremel and synthetic steel wool have brought this baby back to life. You can see I had to remove some metal on the clasp to remove the "razor", but it is still usable. Real tribute to how well a Rolex is made. So I have found some tritium hands, a pearl and a super dome, so in a couple of weeks she will go get the hands installed. A light brush and polish and I think she will be good to go. I will post up some pics off my phone of the bracelet. . Before: After:

I ordered something from Tonny today and he was friendly and responsive. Very quick with the comms. Seems solid. I will check back in after I receive the goods.

Awesome. Nice find by the wife. I have seen a few different types of these but have not yet acquired any. Need to grab some. I dig cuff links and always wear them with a suit. Very cool man[emoji106]

Thank you my friend.

12th man

Member Donerix makes great custom straps.

Nice, look forward to seeing this.

I think you still run into the case thickness issue. Although I have not done much research on this in the last year, so maybe someone else has seen something new.

^^^^this, very similar story. I did a really nice franken build with a cartel 1675 and while it looked the part from face on, the case is too thick. Sent it to Rolex Addict to modify the case and he does nice work, but even with his modding and all the genuine parts the case still drove me nuts so I sold it and bought a gen. Also a gen takes a 5.3mm crown and the cartel cases come with a 6 or 7mm depending on which one you use. So if you use the 5.3 the gap is too large in the cg's. We stacked a gen, a yuki, a phong and a modded cartel case on top of each other once and while the phong was better than the others it still was not quite as "elegant" as the gen. If you read RA's section on Repgeek or RWI (I don't remember which one), he suggests using the new 1675 set up now. He use to recommend the 1655. Even though they have increased in value quite a bit the last year or so, you can still pick a gen up fairly reasonable. 16700/0 can still be had in the 5K range in decent shape. Of all the watches I have ever had a vintage 1675 on a jubilee is the most comfortable watch to wear for me. The thin and light case and very shallow case back just wears really nice and flat on the wrist. Edit: also I think the picture you posted looks great for what it is. Nice fade job on the insert.

Little more work on her this morning. Refinished the bracelet, changed the clasp and fitted the end links better until I send it away. I found a matching set of tritium hands [emoji106]. Anyone have a good pearl they want to sell...

Good looking piece. I am a sucker for simple no date or small date dials. Nice size and at 11mm thick should wear nice. Lumed bezel too! Reliable Seiko movement. Nice find.

Thanks. Probably the bottom set. I will get in touch with you tomorrow.

Thanks M, will do. I will get my olli clip out tomorrow and take some shots. It will probably be heading your way anyways. I can do some of the work, but would not want to attempt changing hands. Dial plots are very white...

Thanks man. I want real tritium. I would guess it can be found, but I do not know of anyone that has it. At some point I will send it off for a movement service anyways so I will find some gen hands that match and have it done then.

Hi Guys. So picked her up this morning. At the office so do not have a lot of time to mess with it, but just a quick dremel job with poly watch on the plexi and a little detail job and looks much better. Pretty happy with it. Bracelet is really worn out. Needs a new clasp for sure, it is paper thin. Not sure if MY can fix up the rest of it, I will reach out to him. Case is OK, dial is great, hands are so so, probably going to replace them. Lugs a little uneven, but decent. Probably just go with a light brush and polish, a new pearl for the insert (or use my other MKIII), a super dome and a service. Although she is keeping good time.