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A budget 6265 Cosmograph


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I have found a dial and an old working 7750 sec. at 9 in my magic box, also a metal bezel ring from an old vrong Daytona case and a rivetted bracelet. I bought a case set from David and hands.

The fat 7mm crown was reduced : fixed dremel -the crown is hold between fingers using both hands-, 5 X magnifying glass, no beer before the job,

Aged dial and vintage lume on hands

I admit, this movement/dial option is not the best accurate thing, as the subdials spacing is incorrect, but the finished watch cost me peanuts.

note on pics :

The chrono hand must be re-stacked as its not well aligned.

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I am all for building-on-a-budget & can see that you put alot of effort into this. For the effort/skills required, I say well done. :good:

But, as much as I hate to be critical in these (budget) cases, I never understand the reasoning behind fitting a grungy-looking dial into an otherwise nearly pristine case. If you like that grungy look (I do not think I have ever seen a gen Daytona dial that looked like that), I think you need to mirror that grungy appearance with the case & bracelet. Actually, I would toss the bracelet (looks fake/cheap) & replace it with a solid link or cheap strap, either of which I think would make the watch look a bit more authentic. Or not............ :drinks:

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I am all for building-on-a-budget & can see that you put alot of effort into this. For the effort/skills required, I say well done. :good:

But, as much as I hate to be critical in these (budget) cases, I never understand the reasoning behind fitting a grungy-looking dial into an otherwise nearly pristine case. If you like that grungy look (I do not think I have ever seen a gen Daytona dial that looked like that), I think you need to mirror that grungy appearance with the case & bracelet. Actually, I would toss the bracelet (looks fake/cheap) & replace it with a solid link or cheap strap, either of which I think would make the watch look a bit more authentic. Or not............ :drinks:

Thanks for your imput freddy,

no efforts, just playing around.... oh, ...yes, takes time...

you are complete right about matching dial/case/bracelet, but in my parisian posers collector environment I have see worse sold 50K euros.

Also look on Mazzariol blog, lot of rusted and ruined dials assembled on shinny fake cases, like Italian are masters

believe me or not : I sold the watch today. My clients know my watches are 100% copies. They dont like expensive and complicated frankens, as frankens are just expensive fake

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