photon Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 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. 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. 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. Gen on the right. The color difference is visible. Crystal/crown/bracelet: GEN! In addition to the gen coronet, I got gen crystal, bracelet and crown for this project. The watch: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackboxes Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 Beautiful project. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photon Posted September 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 Thanks, blackboxes! Still learning how to use the macro function of my RX100 ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpd2186 Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 WOW!!!!Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpap Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 Nice job! How did you replace the pushers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 Beautiful job KS, you're getting quite good at changing out those Rolex crown emblems! You've a got fantastic watch there- congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sogeha Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 Thank you for a very thorough thread. It's a beautiful project for sure, enjoy her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photon Posted September 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Congrats!! Beautiful watch and very nice writeup.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputim Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Very nice watch congrats! Have a nice v726 and vn case in coming and hope the 726 will fit without too much modding Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputim Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Very nice watch congrats! Have a nice v726 and vn case in coming and hope the 726 will fit without too much modding Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobU Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 That looks beautiful! Great job. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 Nicely done, especially the plate modifications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingquest_s Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 Following Sogeha's suggestion, I am starting a fresh thread for my latest project SpecsMovement: 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. 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. 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. Gen on the right. The color difference is visible. Crystal/crown/bracelet: GEN! In addition to the gen coronet, I got gen crystal, bracelet and crown for this project. The watch: Where do u source your coronet? I looking for my datejust to replace the BP now.Sent from my SM-N920T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photon Posted September 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 Thank you, alligoat and Freddy for encouragement. The coronet was from a local dealer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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