Akira Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 I spy yet another V72 in a small tin... How dare you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiyal Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhooq Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 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. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siesta181 Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 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.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlydog Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwatch Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Quite possibly the two most expensive frankens in Singapore last weekend Good lord look at that pair of beauties!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woof* Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 You guys should have security guards if your gonna walk around wearing those things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mir36 Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Amazing watch. Amazing photos. And amazing post. Always a pleasure to follow you around the forum, sir. Sent from my iPhone using Forum Runner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mapman57 Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Beyond words, rivetting stuff! Congratulations - again : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimme Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 You're a true asset to this community, M. That watch is simply breathtaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 Ahhhhmazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mapman57 Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolojack Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 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... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc33 Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 "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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhooq Posted August 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolojack Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akira Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolojack Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 I'm on it mate, after all, it's just the price of a new 7 series !!!! What the hell, right ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselpower Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabularasa415 Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 Amazing!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhooq Posted August 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielv2000 Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 Let's track down those PN dials in Manila! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolojack Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 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 !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKE32500 Posted September 2, 2012 Report Share Posted September 2, 2012 I have the same issue with a 726 movement http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh575/xabrolex/6263.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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