ubiquitous Posted February 2, 2011 Report Posted February 2, 2011 Flex, I was wondering if you could could share some background and insight on a couple of beautiful pieces I noticed the other day... Absolutely fantastic!
coolfire Posted February 2, 2011 Report Posted February 2, 2011 Pretty damn sweet! Please share, Flex!
HauteHippie Posted February 2, 2011 Report Posted February 2, 2011 Yes indeed, they caught my eye also........ Flexmeister, spill the beano.
lhooq Posted February 3, 2011 Report Posted February 3, 2011 I sat down and had a nice chat with Flex over coffee last month, but, unfortunately, he didn't have either of those watches on him. He did give me the scoop on the Newman on the right, and it's a jaw-dropper. There are a lot of amazing pieces in his collection that we sometimes get a glimpse of (e.g. that pair, the Rolex Moonphase), but he claims he doesn't show them off so much, since his photographic skills aren't that great. Nonsense! With subjects like the above, Flex could use a wireless, infrared webcam and still come up with beautiful shots! Heck, I'll gladly take pictures of all of them the next time I'm in Hong Kong.
RWG Technical Posted February 3, 2011 Report Posted February 3, 2011 I believe the one on the left is my recent handiwork, dial and hands vintage tritium lume, pearl lume, crown and tube install, assembly, etc...
alligoat Posted February 3, 2011 Report Posted February 3, 2011 Oops! Looks like the reset pusher on the Daytona is a little out of whack. I happen to have one of those myself(pusher) that got damaged in shipping a couple of weeks ago! That sub looks loverly.
freddy333 Posted February 3, 2011 Report Posted February 3, 2011 Oops! Looks like the reset pusher on the Daytona is a little out of whack. I happen to have one of those myself(pusher) that got damaged in shipping a couple of weeks ago! Looks like the internal pin/screw may be loose.
flex Posted February 4, 2011 Report Posted February 4, 2011 Hi everyone, Sorry I have been busy with Chinese New Year Holidays.. I havn't actively been checking in lately. Both watches were bulit by The Zigmeister. His attention to details & knowledges never failed to amaze me. Daytona PN The PN dial was a Texas dial I picked in a watchshow. Other than that,it is a basic bulit with Valjoux 72 movement. it is still a work in progress. I will replace that bezel with a geninue bezel like my 6265. No Crown Sub The Sub on the left is bulit from a cheap cartel-based no-crown sub. The Zigmeister magically lumed the dial and hands. The color of the dial and hands are absoultly perfect. The picture did not capture the dial and hands very well. I have been staring at the dial/ hands in my office everyday. The insert is still the cheap cartel insert. On the sub, I will replace the crystal. Just a budget sub! All credits go to The Zigmeister. I have relatives that collect vintage Rolex so I am exposed to the geninues and can mod my projects accordingly (I myself collect PP). @LHOOQ - I actually have been buying alot of camera gears after our short GTG. I've recently bought a Lumix GF2 and lots of lens for my Canon. There are still a few more wathces that I want to capture in my new camera set-up.
freddy333 Posted February 4, 2011 Report Posted February 4, 2011 I've recently bought a Lumix GF2 How do you like the GF2 so far? I have been looking at that as well.
wiesn089 Posted February 4, 2011 Report Posted February 4, 2011 Beautiful pieces! Where did you get that 6263 bezel? Phong? I can't make out the 7s, are these the correct ones as per genuine?
freddy333 Posted February 4, 2011 Report Posted February 4, 2011 The PN dial was a Texas dial I picked in a watchshow. Not to take anything away from its overall beauty, but I do not think your dial is 1 of the infamous 'Texas' Newmans. It looks like the 2-color version of the dial I have in my 6239 (notable due to the slightly too small subdials & slightly too wide spacing between subdials & minute track), which gets most of the details correct (especially, the 'long-tail' 3 in the minute totalizer) with the exception of the subdial dimensions (slightly too small) Compare with a gen dial (note relatively tiny space between outer edge of subdials & minute track) The 'Texas' dials have correct subdial dimensions/spacing & are extremely difficult to (positively) ID as non-gen.
flex Posted February 5, 2011 Report Posted February 5, 2011 @wiesn089 - the current bezel I have is just an old Honpo bezel. The 7 is still incorrect. I think Phong's got the 7's right but has other flaws. I'm hoping DW will come up with a better one one day. @Freddy333 - thanks, point taken. Your 6239 is a beauty.
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