makubex05 Posted September 14, 2009 Report Posted September 14, 2009 After I had the DW 6263 - A7760 assembled by Spinmaster for a while, I decided to do the V72 DW 6263. I bought the Zodiac watch with a nice movement a while back ago and wore that watch regularly. Thanks to many member especially ken fingerlove to give me some direction how to contact DW. I bought the case set and get them very fast within 5 days. The good news is the case can be fitted to the movement without any modification. I heard many horror story that the case need to be trimmed down or modified to take V72. I don't know if I just got lucky or DW has improved his case, but mine fit directly. The problem start when I took out the crono hands, the pinion on the seconds chrono (9 o'clock) broke and got taken off together with the chono hand. The mistake that I made: I did not stop the balance wheel with Rodico and let the movement run while I took off the seconds chrono hand. Any idea where to get the parts? It looks like the pinion is link together and go all the way through the jewel on the top to connect to 2 wheels below. I would really appreciate if someone can give me some advice or ran into this situation before. Thanks.
vlaletom Posted September 14, 2009 Report Posted September 14, 2009 If it's really broken (hard to see on pics) You will probably have to order part N
makubex05 Posted September 15, 2009 Author Report Posted September 15, 2009 Thanks vlaletom. This part number really helpful for me to hunt for the part....really appreciate you're sharing this information. My local watchsmith can overhaul and fix the movement for me with a very decent price. But, he doesn't have the part
Nanuq Posted September 15, 2009 Report Posted September 15, 2009 This is what makes this place great. Thanks gents!
makubex05 Posted September 15, 2009 Author Report Posted September 15, 2009 Thanks again everyone. I contacted Cousin UK, Watchpart.co.uk, Ofrei and some of the ebay sellers. None of them carry this part Does anyone have the diagram of Valjoux 72?
makubex05 Posted September 15, 2009 Author Report Posted September 15, 2009 Did a quick search and found this: http://www.btinternet.com/~chealwatch/valjoux72.htm I thought I'll share to everyone here in case some one need it in the future
alligoat Posted September 15, 2009 Report Posted September 15, 2009 Try Blake Scott for vintage valjoux 72 parts: www.scotchwatch.com This came up a few years ago when someone was trying to locate a tap 10 stem for the Rolex crown.
makubex05 Posted September 16, 2009 Author Report Posted September 16, 2009 (edited) Thanks Alligoat. I actually check with Blake yesterday...haha. I did a lot of search and sent tons of email He replied to me that the forth wheel that he has is for 7733 not V72. Also, the price is outrageous. Supply and demand I guess.. Edited September 16, 2009 by makubex05
alligoat Posted September 16, 2009 Report Posted September 16, 2009 Darn! I'm sorry to hear that the price is outrageous. I guess the other alternative is to buy a donor movement. But at that point you'd pay at least $500 for a non-working movement and $750 or so for a working one- possibly less if you could 'steal' one. Maybe a v23 would work as a donor- might get one of those for $300-500??? It would be cool if the Chinese or the Vietnamese would copy the V72 movt, but I doubt it will happen. The Swiss quit making the V72 30 years ago and the tooling for the parts is long gone.
Guest avitt Posted September 16, 2009 Report Posted September 16, 2009 I just checked with Jules Borel, and the Fourth Wheel is one of a few V72 parts which is listed as "discontinued". Interestingly, the same part is available for the 726 (and the other 21,600 bph variants) at a price of $9.20.
makubex05 Posted September 16, 2009 Author Report Posted September 16, 2009 Thanks for the information T.
theblueprince Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Nightmare, hope you get it all sorted
freddy333 Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Interestingly, the same part is available for the 726 (and the other 21,600 bph variants) at a price of $9.20. Most likely, the 726 part is also discontinued & Borel just has not updated their site listing (frequent problem with them). More than half the vintage Rolex movement parts I have ordered from their website, result in my receiving a note a week or 2 later (by land mail) explaining that the part is no longer available. Yet the parts remain listed on their website.
vlaletom Posted September 25, 2009 Report Posted September 25, 2009 Well i have found a source for that 225 wheel Not cheap but if it can save your whole V72 it well worth it... + it's rolex packaged http://cgi.ebay.fr/Genuine-Rolex-Daytona-Chrono-Part-mvmt-72A-727-6263_W0QQitemZ120460647532QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1c0c039c6c&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
makubex05 Posted September 30, 2009 Author Report Posted September 30, 2009 Thanks again guys for the info. The Jules Borel 726 part is out of stock but they put me in backorder. It has been 2 weeks now and I don't hear anything from them. I guess Freddy is right. They just haven't update their system.
freddy333 Posted September 30, 2009 Report Posted September 30, 2009 Thanks again guys for the info. The Jules Borel 726 part is out of stock but they put me in backorder. It has been 2 weeks now and I don't hear anything from them. I guess Freddy is right. They just haven't update their system. Most likely, you will soon receive a note explaining that they tried to order the part, but the request came back as 'discontinued'. Try pam
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