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Hi all Firstly sorry for all of you that have probably seen this model of watch a million times and there's nothing new here for you, but every day there is new guys n girls joining our community who havn't, hopefully someone will gain some sort of knowledge through this thread like i did 3 months ago. I thought i would share my build of my planet ocean 45mm from the start. Alot of us these days are seeing the dreaded planet ocean stripped crown or tube threads or some sort of keyless works issue like i did when i first received my planet ocean 42mm, so what i did like most of us who have never stripped a watch or wouldn't have the bottle or patients to strip a watch is send it back to the dealer, in most cases this is on the other side of the world and is going to take possibly another 2 weeks!!!!!! so off it went my 42mm planet ocean back to a trusted dealer who i might just add has been amazing every time i have purchased a watch from him. luckily for me i managed to change the watch with the dealer and i requested a 45mm upo.... great now it's on its way to me...10 days later it arrives I pull the crown out and..............................it wont set the time or date!! so after hours of searching the forum and speaking to some long time members between us we worked out it was a keyless works issue. so do i send it back and wait another 3 week(2 journeys there and back) or do i bite the bullet and fix it? you guessed i ordered a tool kit from offshore at watchbitz.com which is amazing and started stripping it down. heres my link to the keyless works repair if you need any help with it. http://www.rwg.cc/to...__fromsearch__1 so now its working again i wore it a few times and cut a long story short ended up taking my watch apart about 4 times until i eventually found a broken part in the keyless works which all along was broken and i didn't realize!! below is a picture of the part which was broken, as you can see on the left the little post is snapped off which holds the setting cog next to it. every time i put my keyless back together i thought you put the post in the hole and then put the setting cog on the post, i did think every time that is a very poor design but carried on anyway.it only became aparent there was an issue when i spoke to a few members and they pointed it out. thanks again guys. so while i was planning on stripping my watch again i decided i would buy all the new keyless works parts and cogs from http://www.cousins.co.uk so i shouldnt get the same issues in the near future. yes and you can see from the pictures i thought i would grab a couple of new spring bars for my strap incase i broke one...i thought i ordered 4 but i got 100 !!! so if anyone needs a spring bar or two let me know i'm sure i have a few spare whilst i was taking my watch apart again i decided to upgrade to a gen crown and tube as i had previously seen so many posts and topics about the subject. heres a couple of pics of the parts if anyone needed the part numbers. and heres a couple of before pics of the crown well i found a few thread on replacing the tube on the internet and thought that sounds pretty simple. the only worry is you have to get the old tube out of the case without damaging it, it was a bit worrying as once you start theres no turning back!!! not good when it's your favourite watch which you've only had a couple of weeks and costs you a few hundred pounds, i mean come on you wouldn't buy a £300 tv and take it apart in the first 2 weeks! anyway heres a few pics firstly strip out the case back,dial, movement, take strap off and wrap in electrical tape to ensure its safe from pointy screw drivers and pliers!!!! Then remove the stock crown,now i started off trying to remove this with a pair of small needle nose pliers as shown in picture but got to a point where i couldn't get the tube out so i used my made shift chisel and hammer and simple knocked it out, just take your time and try not to damage the case or crystal.once its out then just file the inside hole to clean up edges not to make hole any bigger as the gen tube is smaller than the rep tube. now thats done i simply cleaned up the hole and mixed up some chemical metal and put a small amount in the hole and on the thread of the gen tube as pointed out with the toothpick. Then i insulated one side of the watch and one side of my g clamp to protect the watch case and tube. clamp it up and leave it for at least 24 hours. whilst that was drying i took a couple of comparison pictures of the gen and rep crown and you can also notice in the picture with the stem fitted how much more sturdy it is, as the stem in the rep crown is very floppy and lose. rep crown on the left and gen on the right. this is the end result of the gen crown/tube install now that was all back together i started enjoying my watch and actually wearing it and not using it as an experiment on how to fix something i don't know the first thing about ! Then came my next problem,during the many dismantles of my watch i managed to slightly damage the dial and scratch the hands from removing the hands to many times, mainly from trying to set up hands for date change at midnight, which i can say after lots of attempts my watch now flips date at 11:58 so i'm pretty happy with that, any way the dial and hands wasn't majorly noticable but i could see it, none of my freinds noticed but it bugged me. so luckily i met a new member on rwg who sorted me out a gen dial at an amazing price! thanks again buddy your an absolute legend! so now i've got the gen dial but due to its radioactive lume it has i had to invest in gen hands as it would look completely out of place. so thats what ive been doing today.fitting dial and hands. onto the pics. one last before pic with white numbers firstly out with the old heres a couple of comparison shots of rep and gen dial, rep with white numbers and gen with orange. to me the only obvious difference is the date window which looks amazing on the gen and the gen dial is more gloss finished and the rep dial being more matte finish.if you clean the rep dial with a polishing cloth it leaves marks whereas on the gen it cleans it up a treat. and one other difference being the dial feet, these are in the same place as the rep but are too short for the dial feet clamps on the movement,so all i did was put a couple of small blobs of super glue on the movement clamp to hold it whilst i fitted the hands.just enough so that it would be easily removed if need be. the lettering looks pretty spot on,great rep its just mainly the lume that lets it down. I apologize in advance for the next photos as my camera was playing up today and some pictures are not great, oh and the dust factor!!! Right onto the hand install,the easiest way to do this i found is to use rodico putty/blue tac to hold hands and then push on with hand tool. also make sure when you fit hands there is a good gap between the hands so that they don't touch each other or the dial,logo or hour markers because this with jam them up or damage them. heres a few comparison pics of the gen vs rep hands, again the rep hands are very good,they look pretty much spot on again the only big tell is the lume strength which isn't a major issue if your not fussed about it. Here we have the gen on right and rep on left. sorry about the seconds hand pic really hard to get both points in focus,even though the pics don't show it the gen orange tip really is alot brighter than it looks, i just didnt get a great picture. now thats all done onto the finished article and you can see how the radioactive lume wants to get shining in the next picture,this was just from working on the dial today in the light. And finally the lume shot i also got myself some dry chain lube in the week and cleaned and lubed my strap.which has made it feel amazingly smooth and silk like feel,a must mod to anyone with a stainless strap,i then went over it with a bit of scotch brite to polish out any scratches. heres a couple more shots And there we have it. hope you enjoyed my thread as much as i did building this watch.I must want to say a Hugh thanks to every one who has helped me with information or parts,I couldn't have got this far with out you or rwg. thanks for looking, and now onto the next project my upo 45 beater! Ryan

Pictures don't seem to want to load with my cellphone for some reason. Here's one more try...

They finally arrived! I'll take some proper pictures later. Right now I'm headed out the Rolex dealer. (Just joking!! Going to buy a new ottoman and see a movie)

Some common sense for once. I liken the rep v's gen argument a little like pirating MP3's v's buying from iTunes or a shop. If I had never pirated certain tracks from artists I would never have bought their full back catalogue. Same goes for reps, I would have never bought a real Panerai until I'd bought a few reps and lived with them for a while. On the comment of rep guys knowing more than gen, this is so damn true. I knew nothing until I started diving into the whole rep scene and the fact that the watch only cost me $250 gave me the confidence to take it to pieces, mess around and make mistakes that didn't cost me a fortune.

Agree 100% Used from risti.. Bought this one unused for not much more than aftermarket.

Go to Risti and pick up second hand croc for deployant. Crocs last forever and IMHO look better after some wear. TWB is another good choice. Pic below: 196 with TWB (deployant), 162 with OEM and deployant and 188 has Xmas brown on buckle.

Ok Wetwork- douche I think your an ungrateful piece of crap. This board is not here? You don't get the photos you don't get a reliable dealer. And why does the board ask you in exchange? Just don't be a tool, walk into a AD and show off your fucing fake watch. Not "telling you what to do". The board is: so if you don't like the terms of which you have received a great informational benefit. Then take your ungrateful ass and head over to rep geek, their standard aren't as high. My guess is your a kid. You have no perspective on what it takes in life to do anything. And the "your not the boss of me" argument fits. It's douches like you that cause problems for all of us. I hope you do get banned. You are going to be that guy who causes issues with member trades, I'll just put some $$ down on that for sure. For me, you will get "ignored" so I won't have to have to read your useless crap.

Got a 177 from Josh and mounted it on this beautiful custom Gunny from Peter.

Nice, now it's time for a proper SD Case

Black 42 from Josh. Never fancied the orange one and the pearl on 42 one is better.

By reusing these kinds of things you're not "erasing" anyone's memory. I think it's the opposite, you honor the memory by keeping the item useful and in most cases probably making it a treasured keepsake. One with a great story. I've been collecting important keepsakes throughout my career. I don't want them to sit in a box in my attic when I could use them for another more practical and meaningful way. Just my opinion!

i like it...i'm not a rose gold wearer - but i like the look of this one... enjoy it and wear it well!... R

You'll be much happier if you do business with Gary Clark. He's a good man and a good friend as well. PM him through Ebay, tell him you are a member here. I got him set up as a 'Trusted Dealer' on RWG1.1, and I think he should be here as well.

Stick with Clarks

...and we are still waiting for vandal's PO to be reviewed... Seriously, though, I love this thread. It has everything I like about RWG, useful info, some laughs, an occasional bashing, and great discussions. Plus it the fist time I see the whole proccess in one place: from decision to purchase to customs to receiving. This thread is what made me buy my PO and meet some pretty cool people along the way.

tolis.....look at the trouble you started, who would've thought your innocent request for information would've created the 4th longest thread in the the history of rwg Omega forum. At this stage we don't know whether to give you an award or come over to your house and slap you

It's been far to long since a package like that appeared on my door step.. might be time for another..

Somebody took a perfectly nice Seagull ST-25, and built an abortion with it!!

Alright, I am sold.

This seller has amazing quality boxes, he makes them himself in Germany.

Yes mate Its the same thing, I had