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I had made this post a couple of months ago in the PAM forum, but decided it would good to post here as well. Getting closer

Dear All, If you scroll down, you will see some photos of the Rolex right here Here under are links to watches I have owned or still own. Kindest regards, Stephane (Pls be so kind to report any wrong or dead link) Pictorials & Reviews: Rolex 1665 Great White. The 2015 update thread is here (This project has been started in 2007) JLC Navy Seals JLC Master Control RolexDateJust 16013: One more great and complete set! Tudor 79090 from 1994: A great complete set! Rolex 1680 White from 1978: My favourite watch ever! Rolex 1655: a fantastic example of watch modification art. RepAustria's. The Rolex Sea Dweller Trilogy by MM: Single Red, Double Red, Great White. Lots of pics inside The Rolex 1680 Couple by MM: Red & White. Rolex Submariner 16800 - Review and pictorial of a genuine Rolex Submariner 16610 - Review and pictorial of a genuine Rolex Sea Dweller 16600 - Review and pictorial of a genuine Rolex Explorer II 16570 - Review and pictorial of a genuine Rolex 1655 - Review and pictorial of a long awaited watch. Rolex 5513 - Review and pictorial of a higly modified time piece. Rolex Submariner 16800/0 Rolex Sea Dweller Great White: fully modded by MM Rolex Sea Dweller Double Red MBK Rolex Seadweller Single Red MBK Rolex Submariner 1680 White MBK Rolex GMT Master ll RepAustria's MasterPiece Rolex GMT Master ll "Retro" Rolex GMT Master II MBK Rolex Submariner 16610 WM9 Tribalised Rolex Submariner 16610 MBK Tribalised Rolex Submariner 16610 MBK Rolex Submariner 16610: The NoobMariner Rolex Submariner 16610 Ultimate Rolex Submariner 16610 So called perfect Rolex Daytona Rolex Day Date Rolex ExplorerII - The Noob Factory one Rolex YachtMaster - The Noob Factory one Rolex Submariner bracelets review Panerai Daylight 196: Ziggyfied, Gen 7753, Chief AR,... Panerai 112 Panerai 6152/1: long term project, not started yet Panerai Fiddy: finally a good one Ferrari 002 by Officine Panerai IWC Ingenieur AMG IWC Ingenieur SS from BAZZ IWC Ingenieur Automatic SS IWC 3717, with AR IWC 3717, after Pug's work! IWC 3717 Omega Railmaster 39,2 MM Omega Speedy Moon Old generation Omega Planet Ocean 45 Ultimate Omega SMP "Bond" GMT Omega Seamaster "Bond" Omega Seamaster GMT Chopard 1000 Miglia GT XL Patek Philippe Nautilus MBK Breitling SFSO Asian 21J Breitling Avenger The Breitling Avenger Sisters: a Gen and a Rep Jaeger Le Coultre Réserve de Marche Vacheron Constantin Overseas (Early 2007 version) MontBlanc TimeWalker Chronograph Tissot PRS 516 My daughter's Baume & Mercier Linea My son's Seiko The family's Baume et Mercier The Horror Museum I didn’t realise I have owned so many of them. I’ll make several chapters in this post to make it clearer My current Rolex Collection Group Shot (Sorry for the bad focus…I’m really not a photographer!) Now, one by one! Genuine 1680from SubGmt.com Genuine 16800 from SubGmt.com Genuine 16610 from SubGmt.com 1665 Great White by Mystery Modder 5513 by JustAsGood and Mystery Modder 1655 by RepAustria GMT II Ceramic from Precious Time UK Genuine Tudor 79090 from SubGmt Tudor 7016/0 SnowFlake Rolex Day Date purchased in 1989 in Bangkok @ PatPong Genuine Rolex owned in the past 16710 16570 Genuine 16600 from SubGmt.com Rep/Franken Rolex owned in the past 1655 MBW case and super modded by Mystery Modder 1680 couple by Mystery Modder Tribalised DW 6263 16800 by Mystery Modder DayDate from Andrew Daytona 116520 from Andrew DeepSea V3 from Pure Time 1665 Single Red by Mystery Modder 1665 Double Red by Mystery Modder Explorer II NoobFactory from Precious Time UK Gmt Master II: one of my first rep from the bay Gmt Master II Retro from Josh Gmt Master II MBW from TTK Gmt Master II from RepAustria 16610: Tribalised MBW 16610: Tribalised WM9 V1 16610: Noobmariner 16610: So Called Perfect from Andrew 16610: Ultimate from Andrew Submariner TT from the bay

When building a Rolex people sometimes ask why they need a date wheel overlay since the movement has a date wheel. If there ever was a more compelling reason to build nifty Tudor projects I can't think of one!! The common movements used in reps have a date wheel proportioned for what can be thought of as an old 4:3 TV set while the window in a Rolex dial is similar to the newer 16:9 HD sets! You have to stick an overlay over the native date wheel or you'll wind up with something like this: To compound the Rollie builder's life even further the vintage builds will usually require a font with "Flat threes" and "open sixes and nines". Seems most of the more easily obtainable overlays come with "round threes" and "closed sixes and nines". Here is my solution to this issue... Most overlays come printed onto what looks like a brass or stainless steel disc with the SS ones being the more common (at least as I've seen it). These things can be dunked in lacquer thinner or acetone, stripped, brushed, painted, BBQed, etc., and re-covered according to your needs. Brother Ubi was nice enough to loan me a gen vintage style date wheel which I used to create a clear decal. Is it perfect? No, but unless under extreme magnification it looks pretty good and will certainly pass the "wrist test". I started with an overlay that was on a SS substrate: I then brushed it in a radial direction with a Scotch Brite and applied this: To get this: Which I epoxied over the sanded 2846 date wheel like so: Installed the dial and had this: Which fully assembled looks like this: This finished pic shows the font under considerable magnification so it does look a bit "soft" but this is not really evident "on the wrist". If anybody needs to make themselves some vintage overlays drop me a PM as I printed plenty of extras and even have a few overlay "blanks".

When my son made Eagle Scout a few years ago I went looking for something really special. This is what I found... a village Elder in Shishmaref makes a few carved pieces each winter, and brings them to town for the Fur Rendezvous native gathering. I got lucky and he was willing to sell me this one. It's mounted on a piece of moose antler with a walrus tooth, and baleen on the ends. The carving on the handle just blows me away.

Yeah, I was contemplating the asian ETA clone version which is available from the cartel as well, but figured I didn't want to spend that much money. The main issue with the cartel version is the petite seconds subdial, which cuts into the chapter ring. It does have a more accurate date aperture location though. One interesting thing I noticed in looking at the photos of the asian ETA version is that the serial number on the caseback is the same as the one on mine, so that part is probably reused here. However, it does look like the case on the cartel version is better made, with a sharper interface between the lugs and the rest of the watch head. I would be happy to do a review if someone sends me a cartel Calibre de Cartier...

well the nato is aftermarket too haha

HAHA @Teejay Thanks man. My wife has the same one on her right hand. Long corny story short, it has to do on how we met. E

Mm... 321. And here's the watch that didn't make the cut at NASA:

Good ol' 187 Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

great moonwatch Cubeistan!

What the F do you mean what watch? Did I specify a fricken watch? Read my initial post, cripes man sober up and maintain. The post I started is pertaining to if you have ever started a post to sell a watch, and then had second thoughts on it.

Number 1: 1665 GW from Vlydog... Number 2: BK Transformer from Seafoam... Number 3: No-Date Sub from JMB... Number 4: Hamilton Khaki Field watch from Seafoam... Number5: 127 Fiddy from bkwbkw. Number 6: BK Explorer II from DVN... Number 7: IWC 3717 Spitfire from Angus... Number 8: Speedy Date from Eurotimez.... (lost in the meltdown) It's been a great first 1000 posts. Thanks RWG! Wally

Wow, 8 after 1000 posts?! Tell me you sold a bunch over the years.