Valty Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Hello RWG ! After many weeks months years (2 years, in fact) of a very hard journey, I finally finished my first manual Daytona project - the 6265 Finding the parts was hard... Finding the right watchmaker to work with was very hard... Next step is a 6240 with the same kind of parts Here is a quick list of the parts used : - Valjoux 726 "Roamer" in pristine-like-new conditions. Takes 1sec by day on the timegraph, can you believe it ? - Phong case and case back, 5.2 mil, 2nd generation "thin" case to emulate a polished case over the time - Silver Big Red dial, 2nd generation, with gen hands. Most of the Tritium plots are here, witch is very good - Gen MKIII 6265 bezel - NOS 702 crown and 7020 tube - Gen T21 - Phong pushers, because his case is a big [censored] [censored] of [censored]. It would be gen P302 otherwise - 7835 bracelet and 271 end links, because 571 are not fitting, and I was lucky enough to find this bracelet in new conditions 1 week ago. End links was NOS / never used, can you believe it ? -- Because some photos talks much better than I can, here we are... Hope you'll enjoy it !!! Cheers ! :) R. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 C'est magnifique! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiesn089 Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Congratulations, wonderful piece! Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiker01 Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Speechless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janeto72 Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 superb build.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptTripps Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Looks awesome. Any pics with the back open? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valty Posted April 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Looks awesome. Any pics with the back open? I was too lazy to do it today, but I'll upgrade the thread sooner or later with mov. pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibramute64 Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 very well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zeleni kukuruz Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 God damn niggaz!!! This is topics WE dont need, makes us all go to the bank and ask for money!!! Val m8, screw you and your amazing shitty watches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valty Posted April 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Thanks you for the comments guys God damn niggaz!!! This is topics WE dont need, makes us all go to the bank and ask for money!!! Val m8, screw you and your amazing shitty watches :D Not only a question of money mate, so much hurt and so much pain involved in this build... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselpower Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Outstanding work. Wear it well and in good health. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janeto72 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 you know.....this is a very"Elite" club of a few......you just joined it!!! Congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gplracer Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Stunning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Well done. The hard work that went into this definitely shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omgiv Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Congrats on a great build!!!! It turned out beautifully!!!! I know a lot of sweat and tears went into it, but I hope it was worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roliroli Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Amazing, wear it with pride! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhooq Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Just beautiful, Valty. Congratulations! Looking forward to the 6240. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torresp Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Congrats pal! Glad to see all your efforts come true in this 6265... can't wait to see your 6538, I miss mine maybe it's time to start a new project for me once I finish all those vintage pams I have on the table right now ... Salute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlydog Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Spectacular. Nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielv2000 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Wow! Wow! Stunning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valty Posted April 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Thanks you all guys for the comments, it is really appreciated ! :) I'm now finishing my 16520 with my WM before starting the 6240... Will be an amazing build... I'll keep you updated ! I know a lot of sweat and tears went into it, but I hope it was worth it. Ohhh yes it worth it... The only thing I can say is I'm appreciating the build even more considering the time I had to wait to finally have it ...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 It's amazing. You've got a $30k piece on your wrist there, and it's a work of art. There's GOT to be something we can do to get gen pushers on there though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKE32500 Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Top 5 best project ever done in the World !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flex Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Beautiful....! wear it in good health Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valty Posted April 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 (edited) There's GOT to be something we can do to get gen pushers on there though!! Well, I need to check what tools are needed to retap and redo the threading of the case for the pushers Then, I'll ask my WM if he can do this. Or I have to find somebody in France to do it, because I'm not very hot to re-send my case to Phong over the seas If anyone have the info, or if anyone can ask The Zig about the tools needed (I know he is probably the best to do it), it would be much much appreciated....... --- and thanks again for the comments guys, so much appreciated ! Edited April 29, 2013 by Valty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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