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6238 V72 black dial


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Following Sogeha's suggestion, I am starting a fresh thread for my latest project:)

 

Specs

Movement: a V72 with broken mainspring but, very clean. I had to strip most of the chrono parts to replace the mainspring which I got from the bay. Parts cleaned and oiled.

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Case: A nice 6263 case for V72. The case shape needed to be modified for the smooth bezel of 6238. The bezel was again custom-made for this project.

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Dial: From Phong (very expensive!)

The dial arrived had the coronet way too low. Also it looked a bit large. So I sourced a gen 18k WG coronet and replaced the phong coronet. Hands are all from phong - his hands are cool.

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Gen on the right. The color difference is visible.

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Crystal/crown/bracelet: GEN!

In addition to the gen coronet, I got gen crystal, bracelet and crown for this project.

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The watch:

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Thanks for looking at the project summary and the suggestion of starting a new thread.

 

Sir, haha replacing the rep coronet is a must for me:) The gen 18k WG coronet is inexpensive relative to the crazy price of the phong dial...

 

How to replace the pushers? Simply unscrew and screw them, nothing more complicated than this, my friend. I sourced quite high quality Swiss-made pushers from Cousins in UK.

 

The scary part of this project was to trim the V72 bridge and make holes on the base plate and tap them for adding proper mounting screws at the right level. Many old V72s come with mounting screws on the top bridge and this does not work for daytona cases.

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On 9/5/2017 at 6:39 PM, photon said:

The scary part of this project was to trim the V72 bridge and make holes on the base plate and tap them for adding proper mounting screws at the right level. Many old V72s come with mounting screws on the top bridge and this does not work for daytona cases.

WOW! That's some kind of custom watchmaking!

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Following Sogeha's suggestion, I am starting a fresh thread for my latest project
 
Specs
Movement: a V72 with broken mainspring but, very clean. I had to strip most of the chrono parts to replace the mainspring which I got from the bay. Parts cleaned and oiled.
36850722222_b0b5e96d12_c.jpg&key=6e544a6394b13686be473d104afa35d4b78bb21c89e403f0f768d18563ec6c2b
36881138811_253a20ebd8_c.jpg&key=8b68084f1c33a669a0d3331e39078e4c600ba117c089a142cbd844df86baffd9
 
Case: A nice 6263 case for V72. The case shape needed to be modified for the smooth bezel of 6238. The bezel was again custom-made for this project.
36881137371_a8cae4e482_c.jpg&key=64e4391e615f6f1a0891d043d9d65377625480cfcf79f9198b179dcf1fea8b82
36881137371_a8cae4e482_c.jpg&key=64e4391e615f6f1a0891d043d9d65377625480cfcf79f9198b179dcf1fea8b82
 
Dial: From Phong (very expensive!)
The dial arrived had the coronet way too low. Also it looked a bit large. So I sourced a gen 18k WG coronet and replaced the phong coronet. Hands are all from phong - his hands are cool.
36624747030_68522c0871_c.jpg&key=66b9a8affa5937eb1234d3f40632337ac8de878e79fcc9ea495e4ac103c32882
36624744810_6773f27b47_c.jpg&key=6897fe427e58e7a6ddb5a57d127bad6f88ff6ea8ecb9b8cd1a3a6ab58e47e9f0
Gen on the right. The color difference is visible.
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Crystal/crown/bracelet: GEN!
In addition to the gen coronet, I got gen crystal, bracelet and crown for this project.
36881134421_37760c9623_c.jpg&key=10b997b6c9c58aceb9d93142a8d9d70337b289c3bc745837aa0bd12a45aec79c
 
The watch:
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Where do u source your coronet? I looking for my datejust to replace the BP now.

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38 minutes ago, kingquest_s said:

Where do u source your coronet? I looking for my datejust to replace the BP now.

Please do not repost an entire post (especially those with several pics) just to add a line or 2 at the end. Either just post your comment or edit out the pics. It gets tiring having to repeatedly scroll through pages of duplicate pics.

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