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Hello RWG :-) This is the 2nd episode of my series, the first episode was here ! So... I have finally created my 6263 and my 6239, thanks to a great guy in France who accepted to works with my "reps" (thanks Xavier for all your help ;-)) I have made some "quick crappy photos" for sharing. Here they are ! :-) --------------------------------------------- The specs are : -- 6263 -- - Valjoux 726 movement, freshly serviced and adjusted - Old school Vietnam case, high quality here - Genuine pushers from service - Genuine 703 crown, a little used but fine - Probably rep tube, thanks to an "old" member here, who sold me this as gen . Need to be water-tested before thinking about changing it ! - Genuine new Tropic 21 from service - thanks for this same member who sold me a damaged / rep crystal as gen - DW white dial & hands - probably the best I've seen from DW, look at this coronet and "Daytona" printing ! - Replica 571 end pieces, my gen 571 are probably lost at Los Angeles postal sorting dept. - And most important, gen 6263 bezel (MKII or MKIII I think... not sure). No, it's not damaged... it's vintage There is a lot of history on this bezel ! I probably need to "vintagize" a little the case of the watch ! -- 6239 -- - Valjoux 72 movement, freshly serviced and adjusted - Phong old school case - very high quality - Phong's pushers - Gen 6mm crown and tube, I don't know the refs - Gen Tropic 21 in very good shape - DW black dial & hands - Gen 557 end pieces, because I've basically lost these gen 571 - Phong 6239 bezel --------------------------------------------- Some bezel and hands adjustments are planned, the bezels are not perfectly centered, and 1 hand is "slipping" when the chrono resets. It's not a big deal, a little of glue or some news hands are needed. Did you know that the Valjoux 72 and 726 pinions are not exactly the same size ? The 6263 hands were mounted on a v72, and needed some adjustments to fit the 726... Well, I'm quite happy to see these two new babies here, even if I had a bad deal here, and a postal loss with gen 571 and a Phong caseset, only for this month First, movement pics... you can see a v72 at the right, and a v726 at the left : Now... the case backs and side views... And now, the faces.... Again, I'm sorry for the crappy quality, this is the best I can do without the sun ;-) Misc. facts I've seen with my watchmaker : - Gen pushers makes a lot of differences with DW pushers in terms of quality. My Phong screw-pushers lost-at-post-sorting was very fine too, surprisingly - It's quite hard to find a DW dial with a fine coronet - DW seconds chrono hand have a too small tube ! Lots of slipping if you don't glue it - Rep dials have too small feet, a little of glue is needed to fix it properly - Rep cases needs some working on the length of the pushers, even if it's Phong's case - There is a world of differences between the two cases you see here, and the DW's case : the metal used is not the same, the "brushing" effect is not the same, and the DW engravings are very (very) poor - Gen 571 end pieces are not fitting DW, Phong, or any other rep cases I have ! - Rep bezels are really thinner than gen ones - The v726 is much more beautiful than the v72 ---------------------------------- Next step is to create a "Geneistein" 6265 with gen dial, hands, bezel, Phong's case & pushers, gen 702 crown, gen 7020 tube, probably rep 571, and another v726... ---------------------------------- I hope you enjoyed the photos, and have a nice day ! :-) R.