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Tom does a great job and is a pleasure to deal with.

They will, and I wouldn't be a dumbass and let a Rolex expert take it apart lol. I'm talking more-so at a coffee shop.

Damn you ;-) In all honesty I have been scoping around for old V72 watches that could be snatched up cheaply, and the movement rebuilt and used as a donor... it's on my radar

Omg knock it off with the 6263's.... now I feel like every watch in my collection is sh*t and only want that one!!!

Here's a post from KingFrog before he got all butthurt that we don't take him super serious - very interesting eh? Hey All 09 December 2014 - 10:36 PM New to watches,,,,,,well good watches. I have started a replica collection but m in the market for a GEN Brietling because Rolexs are considered replicas far more. If I am going to drop $5000+ I want a nice watch to hand down to my nephew that won;t be considered a replica and some nice replicas to enjoy as well. I spied a Project X replica Rolex (only 25 Gens made) I want. So its nice to have a site where BOTH gens and REPs can be discussed. Hopefully I will learn more about both

Please share the lulz with the young ones

*Chortle*

Also I should point out that several guys featured on Hodinkee that are now watch manufacturers and have their own "legitimate" brand selling big-money watches started out making replica's with such exacting detail you wouldn't believe. John Mayer bought one of these, a JLC and he's quite fond of it. The sad thing is these guys make a case, a face, etc and we all know that not to be super challenging for many here - and then they gussy up an ETA movement and charge $15,000 for the watch as they are now an haute-horologie "Indie Manufacturer" and for some reason that is totally cool. I didn't consider high-end Franken's or rep's until I realized that about about 15% of the watch market is true in-house brilliance and purity. I was tired of getting ripped off with fancy names with huge price tags and ETA's hidden inside... You tell me where the difference is, because outside of in-house complicated manufacture movements, I don't see it.

Call me a poor boy... I have straps that cost more than watches in your collection, and suits that cost more than your Rolex.

Epic lulz... Collecting Casio's... There are more watch craftsmen, experts and all around brilliant people here than on almost any other forum. You have no idea what you're talking about, and you'd be laughed off any other forum with your inane suppositions and braggart stance. "I'm a Watch Collector" was your pronouncement, and sir I must tell you that when you start a thread like that, and then talk about buying Casio's, Parnis, and $3 watches you are going to get flamed anywhere you go. You go hangout at RadioShack with your Casio's, and I'll hangout at Tourneau where I have bought many 5 figure timepieces. Fool.

Much lulz to be found here... I do have to say, not impressed by OP post, but I suppose collecting cheap crap could make you a "Watch Collector" but probably the medical dictionary might better describe it as "Watch Hoarding."

Be awesome if that Lizard was trained to steal nice watches haha

I'm really glad - happy to help!

That is some desperately out of focus eye candy....

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Buy a vintage V72 beater, rob the movement, go to town.

I wouldn't do that if I were you... I've heard they have huge problems with the movements and over-all QC. That's why you can pick them up on fleabay for $35-$75.

What Paul said.

I'm in love... seriously. I really crave having one of those, actually...any Daytona that doesn't suck, but particularly a 6263 or 6265... I'd been looking for a V72 donor watch on eBay, ancient off-brands that people shouldn't know exist or have a V72 chrono in them, but it appears everyone is smartening up and now these beaters are going for big money. damnit.

I prefer to consider myself a polished, professional gentleman and to be reasonably understated. I rock wild socks and purple and blue laces in dress-shoes (Allen Edmond's) and I typically wear nice clothes, Canali, Brooks Brothers Golden Fleece, RL Purple Label, Brioni, Borrelli, etc... I find a lot of pleasure in really well made clothes. I don't own a fake Rolex or any rep's but an Omega 300 master I picked up on a whim. I don't see myself getting heavy into reps, more so Frankens that I will work to build myself. In most days particularly when I'm client facing I wear my Zenith. Others it's the Rolex Datejust 1603, or my Hamilton Tonneau on a lovely band. Casually, I'll wear my Archimede 42mm Flieger, the Omega Rep as a beater, and I am finishing my 5513 Franken nearly all genuine project watch that will be a casual watch and probably rest on a Nato strap. Here's said Zenith (excuse the horrid desk/carpet, etc, I'm in a real estate office at the moment) I agree that the AP ROO are very flashy and usually signify new-money or a celebrity wearer. That's partly why I love Adam Levine so much, and his decadent vintage Rolex collection. I think am pretty picky and don't think much of a lot of brands, and wouldn't pay 5 figures or more for anything but Vintage Rolex, Heuer, or new'ish PP, Vacheron, Breguet, Zenith (some of them, they are getting ugly) and Lange or similar.

Amazing! I'm ordering one.

damn, I would have been curious to see that

I'll take a stab at this!!! Disclaimer: I generally have no clue what I'm talking about. - Assuming you have no tools, take two small sharp knives and slide them under the bezel at 12 and 6 and apply equal pressure to pop the bezel off... - remove the crystal - remove any glued gunky bits, it's probably been glued - access the face, remove the fallen piece with tweezers - use a very tiny bit of super-glue to re-affix the offending piece - replace crystal, glue if needed, tiny tiny amount - pop bezel back on glue if needed - tiny tiny amount hope that helps - again, it's what I *think* might work, not having tried it on this model of this quality.

Paul - I have an old college friend who does a lot of business in China - he got to know a guy who's a low-quality rep dealer just in greater Asia and the dude lives like a king there... grosses at least $400k a year USD. My buddy's only watch is a legit modern no-date Sub and he compared it with this guys product and said it was rubbish...but he sells a ton of them at $75-or so a pop. More repeat business I guess when they only last 6-8 months before the hands fall off haha

Thank you for this wealth of information!!!