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My newly re-assembled 6263


vlaletom

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I havent showed you yet my DW's

I'll start with my newly reassembled 6263.

I'd like to specially thanks fredy33 and avitt for the inspiration and there help (wether direct or in forum search)

I reworked the 6263 in the last two month

It was originaly fitted with a longine 330 (V72), but i had a prety good deal on a 726 and decided to use the plain V72 in an new project (6265) and upgrade this one with a 726.

In the process i changed the pusher i had recived from DW to cousin's one (you can see my thread/tutorila on that subject here)

I can teel you i am very happy with the cousin's one they look better and are totally waterproof, i can shower with the watch now, befor the watch had steam and the tropic just by waching my hands

The spec:

DW 6263 case (2 year old)

Roamer stingray 726

Gen tropic 21

Gen 24-7030 tube

Gen 24-703 crown

Gen 78350 band

DW 571 endlinks

DW silver dial (new model, pretty but with some flow in the ROC and coronet position)

DW hands

Gen 6263 sticker (on his way to me)

On a side note : the tritium dot are not that yellow in real life, it a strange efect of lightning on the pictures ...

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Exuse the exess but it's olso some of my first attempt to make decent photos with a light box ...

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Any sugestion to improve the watch is welcome ....

Thanks for looking

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Merci jojo :)

Yes Flex i did use silicone on the tropic, wich i hadn't before .. that why with the new pusher the watch is now trully waterproof.

The tube & crown are allready gen.

I olso tried to assemble a gen 24-700 crown, but the tube i recived from phong (payed $$$) never worked with the crown.. so now i don't know wich part is wrong the 24-700 crown or the phong tube.

So i just used some gen 24-703/24-7030 as if had been serviced ...

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Thanks avitt

Yes i aged the marker, but very lightly, with an artist pencil and i dunno why they look more yellow than in real life in the pictures .. prolly due to the lightning in the light box.

For the 6265 i used acrylic paint, and i find them to yellow, i must have exagerted a bit, and on the picures with same lightning it looks even worst...

i will prolly re-work the 6265 aging

But for that watch i like the ageing in real ligth, it's very similar to my gen 1500 from 1968

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That is terrific, I'm in love with your watch maybe it's the pictures but I think it's the simplicity of the watch itself.

Pictures like these and the stories that go with them are a true inspiration the the new generation of RWG'ers (like myself) to take on projects as this one. I myself after putting together my perfect sub, will definitely be building a vintage model to go with it.

Enjoy this beautiful timepiece in good health!

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Awesome watch, congrats!

I'm in the process of building one myself so tell me, did you just use the one case clamp to secure the movement with the stem doing the rest?

I've clamped my movement in the same place as yours, it seems this is the only way i can do it with my V72 but it works...

Cheers

P.

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alligoat:

Yes i have hardly took it of my wrist since it's finished ....

polexpete ;

Yes i just used 1 case clamp.

There is 2 place on the V72 to put case clamp,

But the balance one is the only easily accessible, the other one near the column wheel can only be used if you first disasemble the srping for the reset pusher arm.

But as DW case are a very thight fit to the movement i think 1 case clamp is enough.

The 726 in the original roamer stingray case, had no case clamp at all, du to the fact that the movement is assembled from the front in that case as it has no opening caseback (and a strange 2 pieces stem)

So if roaemer can live without case clamp at all, i think you are safe with just 1.

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