J&W 6263: That Big Red Freshness

[Akira]

I spy yet another V72 in a small tin...

How dare you!

[Tiyal]

The 6263 is just ..... the right thing todo

Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.

Frank Loyd Wright

[lhooq]

Quite possibly the two most expensive frankens in Singapore last weekend:

Unfortunately, this photo fails to capture the deep, rich silver of siesta181's sigma dial.

[siesta181]

There was a great white lurking around as well. 3 frankens total cost aroung the US10k mark.... We really have to get our priorities right....

[vlydog]

someone is either a little slow or a little fast but both are truly wonderful builds.

It was great that you met up!

Mine should be back in the states in a couple of weeks.

[redwatch]

Quite possibly the two most expensive frankens in Singapore last weekend

Good lord look at that pair of beauties!!!

[woof*]

You guys should have security guards if your gonna walk around wearing those things!

[mir36]

Singapore is a small enough place that I just may be able spot you two based on your Daytonas.

Beautiful. I aspire to have enough knowledge one day to even conceive and attempt these projects. Simply amazing!

[HauteHippie]

Amazing watch. Amazing photos. And amazing post. Always a pleasure to follow you around the forum, sir.

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[Mapman57]

Beyond words, rivetting stuff!

Congratulations - again :

[gimme]

You're a true asset to this community, M. That watch is simply breathtaking.

[Ronin]

Ahhhhmazing.

[Mapman57]

Had to come back for more .................

Both truly remarkable, I am intrigued how the case of the 'Red' appears to be so much softer and rounded that the other, in the lug area?

Great stuff

[rolojack]

Thank you for this Post !!!! Your watch is really superb, not to mention the oustanding quality of your pictures and your clear comments. Building an accurate daytona is a very exciting yet exhausting project. Thinking of all those details over night, night after night !!!! I built two very accurate V72 some years ago, a 18k 6263 and a steel PN 6240 -the best ref in my opinion as NOBODY reps them- but I was never happy. Always a detail to bug me, a new quest to change a bridge engraving that wasn't that great, a flaw in the dial that would seem to grow bigger every day and so and so.... I took a trip to Vietnam only to go to a factory myself to conduct the manufacturing of my 18k case as the ones I found in Thailand all had flaws.... I finally sold both for a lot of money in HongKong, and I sleep better now !!!! I swared I won't try anything else on that side untill I buy a genuine one. But of course, looking at your post, the bug is getting me again...

[cc33]

"Both truly remarkable, I am intrigued how the case of the 'Red' appears to be so much softer and rounded that the other, in the lug area?"

Its a phong case with vintage look.

[lhooq]

I built two very accurate V72 some years ago, a 18k 6263 and a steel PN 6240 -the best ref in my opinion as NOBODY reps them- but I was never happy.

This is a long shot, but... You wouldn't happen to be the guy who commissioned a small run of PN dials a while back, would you? I remember reading about that in one of the rep forums, but there were no pictures at the time. (And now, I can't find the post!)

Thanks to everyone for the additional nice comments! I'm starting to wonder about my Ofrei pushers, though, after reading chief's remarks in his own Daytona thread...

[rolojack]

I was a lonesome cowboy in the rep world : I'm new in the forums, so no. But I commissioned a series of 10 pn dials of the rarest versions back in Saigon. They were stamped correctly and the printing was awesome, but the subdials grooving didn't please me as much as I wished... I sold them all in Manila.

I liked your comment on the pushers..... Doubt is the cancer of the high end rep builder !!!! Once you even think there is an unaccurate detail it slowly starts to kill you.

[Akira]

Doubt is the cancer of the high end rep builder !!!!

M,

You should save up for a gen PN - not waste your time with those Franken

[rolojack]

I'm on it mate, after all, it's just the price of a new 7 series !!!! What the hell, right ?

[dieselpower]

Re: Ofrei pushers: I thought these items were exactly the same as ones Rolex themselves fit to a 6263 (if needs be) when servicing, how can they be a POS?

[tabularasa415]

Amazing!!!

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[lhooq]

Re: Ofrei pushers: I thought these items were exactly the same as ones Rolex themselves fit to a 6263 (if needs be) when servicing, how can they be a POS?

You'll have to ask chieftang about that. I had also believed the Ofrei units were identical (or nearly so) to the real pushers, but my core beliefs have been rocked!

Akira: Good thing I have no love for the exotic dials. Instead of a 7-series, I only have to save up for the equivalent of a Honda Accord.

rolojack: Do you remember whom you sold those dials to in Manila? Some of them may be friends of mine!

[danielv2000]

Let's track down those PN dials in Manila!

[rolojack]

Let's track down those PN dials in Manila!

That would be funny for me to see one pop out ! They had a typical "o" at the bottom I'd recognize anywhere. Also, I had series of old 70's guarantees printed by a real artist in HK a decade ago. Those too I'd recognize them anywhere !!! Funny enough, I saw one on the bay 2 years ago : some poor guy paid over 150 usd for it !!! I could't believe it. Actually, I still have some left in my drawers. Pristine 70's super convincing all open papers !!!!

[MIKE32500]

I have the same issue with a 726 movement

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