The sixth Painlev\'e equation (PVI) admits dual isomonodromy representations of type $2$-dimensional Fuchsian and $3$-dimensional Birkhoff. Taking the multiplicative middle convolution of a higher Teichm\"uller coordinatization for the Fuchsian monodromy group, we give Okamoto's symmetry $w_2$ of PVI a monodromic realization in the language of cluster $\mathcal{ X}$-mutations. The explicit mutation formula is encoded in dual geometric terms of colored equilateral triangulations and star-shaped fat graphs. Moreover, this realization has a known additive analogue through the middle convolution for Fuchsian systems, and dual formulations for both the Birkhoff representation and its Stokes data exist. We give this quadruple of $w_2$-related maps a unified diagrammatic description in purely convolutional terms.
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