Didn't get what I wished for so I bought my own Present

[thogaa]

Nah just kidding...

I'm in love. Meaning I feel an intense emotional attachment for a treasured object - in this case the vintage Daytona wrist watch.

When I joined this forum I never could have imagined that I would wear a watch smaller that say 43mm on my 7 3/4 inch wrist.

I fell in, with the explorer 39mm - probably the rep I wear most and get a lot of comments about. It's just a classic. Then came SSD, GMT, EXPL II...

Where do we go from here? I couldn't resist having the master spin me my very own vintage Daytona.

Ordered one like this:

Gen crystal and crown, usual spin features:

And YES I'm going to beat it up and put this one on: (just won it on some internet auction site)

Comments and advice are welcome.

Does anyone know if the 7835 bracelet on 6263 fit a large wrist like mine?

I couldn't exactly figure out if 357 end links would fit the latest dw case or if they could be modified to fit?

Regards

T

[freddy333]

  On 12/24/2011 at 9:53 PM, thogaa said:

Does anyone know if the 7835 bracelet on 6263 fit a large wrist like mine?

Any Rolex bracelet should fit as long as it has enough links (previous owners may have added/removed links).

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I couldn't exactly figure out if 357 end links would fit the latest dw case or if they could be modified to fit?

I use the same bracelet/ends on all of my 62xx Daytonas. The correct end links for a Daytona are very rare & I have never seen a good quality rep of them. 357s are not a perfect fit, but they work

[thogaa]

  On 12/24/2011 at 10:37 PM, freddy333 said:

Any Rolex bracelet should fit as long as it has enough links (previous owners may have added/removed links).

I use the same bracelet/ends on all of my 62xx Daytonas. The correct end links for a Daytona are very rare & I have never seen a good quality rep of them. 357s are not a perfect fit, but they work

Thanks Freddy,

Sounds like I'm heading in the right direction then. The bracelet I got has 13 links which I've read somewhere should be total 17cm.

[danielv2000]

  On 12/24/2011 at 10:37 PM, freddy333 said:

Freddy, from that angle, it looks like there is no minute track.

[thogaa]

Better fit?

http://www.ebay.com/...=item2c5fb11a47

[alligoat]

Those 571's should fit like a glove. I have gen 571's on my 6238/9 and they're perfect

It's the watch on the left. The one on the right has the DW 78350 w/ rep 571 ends, it fits well also.

But, I don't think you can swap the 571's for the 357's on your 7835.