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I ended up taking a left turn in the watch box this morning, and as a result, I'm now wearing this:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks T. <br /><br />Tapatalk posts aren't doubled up and are going through instantly now.<br /><br />However the markup tags are still there as you can see...<br /><br /><br />Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

One more day ...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Double post from Tapatalk, after sending only once. And the markup garbage too. (See above)

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Tapatalk is posting all sorts o' garbage today too. Not so with other forums I use though...

I'd ignore being ignored though. You had the answer to your question before you asked, after all.

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wtf

Letting this one ride today...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Letting this one ride today...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Let the games begin!

For a while there I was on a kick of building or buying watches with non-black dials... White 16520 franken, Silver AP ROO franken, Silver/black panda 6265 franken, etc. Then I sold a couple older pieces, e.g. 3717 franken, etc and soon realized I didn't have any black dial watches except some old school modded PAMs, which are now rarely worn... So I built a lite-franken 16610, with only gen dial, crown, insert just to have something else black in the box but you know how boring a 16610 gets after a bit... so that is why I've been thinking about turning the 16520 black as another way to get another black watch (but also admit that a gen SuperOcean Heritage has been catching my eye lately too)... And you're right, flex, the black dial Daytonas usually carry a slight premium in the gen world. I'd still keep the white dial though. Maybe I'd swap dials at each service interval or something just to change things up every couple years... Hmm.

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With all this 16520 talk, I had to wear mine today. I've been thinking about converting it to a black dial lately. What so you guys think?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Haha!!! I did the same when I was in Maui - literally gashed my foot wide open on a reef. Aqua socks for the rest of the trip!!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Haha!!! I did the same when I was in Maui - literally gashed my foot wide open on a reef. Aqua socks for the rest of the trip!!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That's not a very interesting specimen IMO.

You don't need to use a forum member to do DLC. As long as you can disassemble the watch, there are plenty of coating companies out there that will do both the bead blasting and the coating. I recently had a pair of eyeglasses done, and the place I used did a fantastic job. He was telling me he does a lot of watches, too. I went with a pencil lead color PVD, but DLC was also an option. BTW, the watch in your picture doesn't look bead blasted.

Enjoy. I was in Maui for a week. It wasn't nearly long enough. A couple weeks is the minimum required, I've come to learn.

Wow it looks just like mine. I think you even got the same strap!! Does it have the silver stitching?