FoxWilde 155 Posted September 23, 2018 So I found this in the mailbox today. Wonder what it could be? brought it inside and opened it to find another box... Finally after enough cutting was a bombproof packaging job, with a very pleasant passenger... My 6263 Daytona came back!! If you folks don't remember or didn't see on a few posts last week I sent my cartel Daytona up to the legendary @mzinski To get some work done on her. The watch was purchased from Robbie back in May with a PN dial, which was actually in pretty good shape IMO (at least compared to the other cartel dial options) Here's a pic of it before: The watch now has a new Yuki dial and Alpha hands, which are thinner than cartel's, more close to gen. Also the ST19 movement has different sub dial spacing than the gen, leading to the infamous "Bleeding" sub dials found on cartel reps. A major turn off for me for getting one. Luckily, some people next door at RWI documented a mod where they moved the 6:00 sub dial stem (which is faux on the rep) up to meet gen spacing. It took some work for them, but the result was gen-spec spacing for a gen-spec dial. And it looked fantastic. So I contacted a few mods and ended up putting this project on hold for a bit until I ended up sending this one to Mzinski (Sorry @Logixa, He was CONUS). I felt like these mods were important to the watch since the dial spacing and hand thickness would make a huge difference. But I'll leave that for you guys to decide . After a few (hundred) PMs and a few days this bugger came back to me! And I'm very pleased with the result! Here are some more shitty photos I took with my shitty iPhone. My Daytona with my NCRich mod 5513 The Daytonas, old and new Ref 6263 & 116500 Noob a4130 Wrist shot of course! WOW! That's a shite lume shot. Maybe I'll upload a better one later. Again, Huge huge thanks to @mzinski for all his incredible work! One of the many incredible mods on this forum. Let me know what you think about this project. Next up for Fox: Getting his broken GMT 1675 movement replaced Getting a badass new 6542 GMT I love falling down the vintage rabbit hole... Thanks for reading folks, Fox Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ElvisFreak 73 Posted September 23, 2018 naaah... that is so ugly... you need to sell it to me and foget about it !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blueoysterboy 17 Posted September 23, 2018 I kinda thought the box had a kilo of China White in it but the watch is good. seriously sweet vintage Daytona Fox Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RussP 21,673 Posted September 23, 2018 Lovely watch. Thanks for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glaude 1,615 Posted September 23, 2018 I don't know anything about the gen or the various rep of this one, but you are so enthusiastic about it that I can only say : well done and glad you like it ! It's no matter what I know about it, a very nice watch ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hanski 40 Posted September 23, 2018 Looking good! Glad you like it, thanks for letting me work on it! Wear it well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FoxWilde 155 Posted September 23, 2018 2 hours ago, ElvisFreak said: naaah... that is so ugly... you need to sell it to me and foget about it !! Love you too m8. now fuck off 2 hours ago, RussP said: Lovely watch. Thanks for sharing. Many thanks Russ. 2 hours ago, Glaude said: I don't know anything about the gen or the various rep of this one, but you are so enthusiastic about it that I can only say : well done and glad you like it ! It's no matter what I know about it, a very nice watch ! Thank you Glaude! the gen is a real beaut. I got to wear my mate's who's an avid watch collector. Same guy owns a good handful of Pateks and a very very sick ALS he let me wear too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ElvisFreak 73 Posted September 23, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, FoxWilde said: Love you too m8. now fuck off aaah man.... I only offer to buy when a watch is drop dead gorgeous.... was only trying to use a trick to bring down the price.... dang....who am i kidding...? this watch is for sure out of my league.... Vintage Daytonas are sexy and I am not.... Edited September 23, 2018 by ElvisFreak Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FoxWilde 155 Posted September 23, 2018 42 minutes ago, ElvisFreak said: aaah man.... I only offer to buy when a watch is drop dead gorgeous.... was only trying to use a trick to bring down the price.... dang....who am i kidding...? this watch is for sure out of my league.... Vintage Daytonas are sexy and I am not.... LOL Still love you mate But I. perhaps like you, know that vintage Daytonas are my sexy weakness Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moondustesp 134 Posted September 23, 2018 Great project Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spudgun 0 Posted September 23, 2018 Nice nice Rolex love it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glaude 1,615 Posted September 23, 2018 11 hours ago, FoxWilde said: Thank you Glaude! the gen is a real beaut. I got to wear my mate's who's an avid watch collector. Same guy owns a good handful of Pateks and a very very sick ALS he let me wear too Now that's more my style ! Beautiful ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Logixa 8 Posted September 23, 2018 Looking good @FoxWilde! Good job @mzinski Now both of you fuck off and send me that a. Lange & sohne Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FoxWilde 155 Posted September 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Glaude said: Now that's more my style ! Beautiful ! 41 minutes ago, Logixa said: Looking good @FoxWilde! Good job @mzinski Now both of you fuck off and send me that a. Lange & sohne Now that's a fucking grail watch. He loves it more than his motercycles. Maybe you should talk to him @Luxuracer... I don't know shite about bikes. He's got I think a Vyrus 987-something. Which I assume is expensive..... enlighten me mate Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luxuracer 14 Posted September 23, 2018 3 hours ago, FoxWilde said: Now that's a fucking grail watch. He loves it more than his motercycles. Maybe you should talk to him @Luxuracer... I don't know shite about bikes. He's got I think a Vyrus 987-something. Which I assume is expensive..... enlighten me mate Huhh .... Darn ... A Vyrus 987 !?! I rode a Vyrus 986 once ... never saw a Vyrus 987 in real life. The Vyrus 987 C3 4V uses a water-cooled 1098R 1198cc Ducati engine producing 184 bhp. The Vyrus 987 C3 4VV adds a supercharger producing 211 bhp and holds the title of the world’s fastest production motorcycle. You can get one for around $78-$100K USD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
semperfi55 4,647 Posted September 23, 2018 Haven't got round to learning about vintage Daytonas yet but love the look of yours! 16 hours ago, FoxWilde said: I remember seeing this in the SB! The Zeitwerk is amazing Lucky bastard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FoxWilde 155 Posted September 23, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Luxuracer said: Huhh .... Darn ... A Vyrus 987 !?! I rode a Vyrus 986 once ... never saw a Vyrus 987 in real life. The Vyrus 987 C3 4V uses a water-cooled 1098R 1198cc Ducati engine producing 184 bhp. The Vyrus 987 C3 4VV adds a supercharger producing 211 bhp and holds the title of the world’s fastest production motorcycle. You can get one for around $78-$100K USD Oh shit! that's a fast bike man. And yeah that's it his is in white though. He got it a little while ago. Said it had a Ducati engine or something. I'd figure you'd know about it! Edited September 23, 2018 by FoxWilde Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Devil 2,793 Posted September 23, 2018 New hands looks superb awesome job he done on it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites