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The objective, recalls Danny Govberg, at the time a shareholder in Gevril: “Was to create a really fun watch that guys who couldn’t afford a Paul Newman could wear. At the same time the challenge for us was to build something of the highest quality and, from a sense of detail and dimension, totally faithful to the original.” Step one was to find an original watch, which fortunately several people in the company owned. Says Govberg: “These guys were genuinely crazy about the Paul Newman and the homage was incredibly sincere. They actually dismantled their watches and began measuring each component with calipers down to the micron. That’s how the Gevril Tribeca was born.” Eric Ku — vintage watch expert and owner of the Vintage Rolex Forum — has pointed out that the bezel and pushers on the Gevril Tribeca are so faithfully made that they can be interchanged with a real 6263 or 6265. Holding a Tribeca next to my original Paul Newman 6241, I marvel at how the watch, in particular the dial, expresses much of the same emotional quality as the original.