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I looked over at andrews 332l. Looks pretty good, but i cant see the cg. Any thoughts on it? Super rep maybe? I can spot some flaws such as the difference in the color of the base of the hands. The gen has a copperish color whereas rep is much darker. Quite an obvious tell but overall looks pretty good.

Okay.. these new FGD dials are the funk!! Looky at my 201a.. It's on a croc/gator, so for the purist please excuse but I needed a change this week.. Specs.. FGD Dial (new batch) FGD hands BigMatt Xtal 111j Reshaped by me Jacob CB CG..I am not sure, but it is nice Swiss ETA 6497 t48 crown with tube mod Here are the pics..

In 2005 I bought 10 or 12 vintage style Eta powered watches from Paul/Abay and put them away after discovering they had the crystal glued to the case and the rotating bezel crammed down over it. The spring wire in the bezel snapped in between the short skirt crystal and bezel neck so it would rotate. This was not good as the crystal and rotating bezel soon fell on the floor. Looking back, it was really not so bad as I only paid $99 for some of them and $159 for the others. They also had good date overlays, pretty good cases that would accept genspec crystal/case tube, and all models with He valves had working valves. The dials are fair with the comex 5514 dials being a little better and the hands are good with a slight curve in the middle but the no-glo lume filler is too yellow on some...but no worse than genuine 'sunny bunny' watches. Something else...now new Eta 2836-2 are going for close to $200. I also bought a few of Paul's 'Ultimate!' submariners and all but one had new genuine Eta 2836-2. The last one had a Seagull clone so I stopped buying them. They were $219 at first but I caught most of them later in a 'Crazy Sale!' for $159. Fast forward 7 years and now I am giving the vintage watches a second look after giving up on DW cases with their goofy spring wire bezels, non spec case necks etc. Every one of the Paul/Abay vintage watches came with brand new Eta 2836-2 movements. No used, refurb, or asianclone junk like you see today. They still run fine but need c/o now after being stored so long and that only costs me a few hours and a few bucks each to get them back in gro. I made a beater out of one of the comex no date 5514 and it turned out pretty good. I used a Clark bezel kit, GS domed crystal, replica tube/crown, drilled the lug holes, and stuck a freshly c/o 17 jewel eta 2846 out of a $25 Jaques Prevard (aka Jack the Perve) watch in it. I also pressed some solid rods through the lugs like a 5517 using 1.4mm steel rod after boring the case to accept the rods. These watches are no longer nearly worthless with Etclones everywhere and $200 swissetas. I still have some 'nos' (Ha!) Abay 1655, oversize Seagull ST19 Daytonas, WLD n/d exp, AK, n/d submariners, 'River' SD, ex II, GMT etc (the WLD AK use the same 36mm case/20mm bracelet as the n/d exp). 'nos' replicas...that's a new concept. If you keep junk long enough...it becomes 'collectible'.

To the OP, I was just thinking.... have you checked your spam filter recently? Wouldn't hurt, just to be sure.

Here is my 67 5513

Guess I'm just a little hard line guys. But then again I have never had a major problem with one of our TDs maybe I should -

Sorry matt, I don't take kindly when people assume they know what I would do. Your statement is completely false, I do not believe that everyone would do as you say. Some perhaps but definitely not all, I being one of them. A business has no moral values...of course not...but people should and many do. Frankly speaking if it were my friend I would have helped them sell it to maximize the amount of money gained, especially given the circumstances as described and being called upon as knowledgeable by my friend. However, I was not there and I don't know the conversation that transpired and I don't know the the financial status of the individual with the watch. For all I know he was independently wealthy and didn't give a rats a$$ about how much he got for it. If that is the case then kudos to the OP for scoring a great deal. If not then I don't know. All I can say is that the way the OP came across was a bit of a brag on how great a deal was scored at the expense of a friend in troubled times. Now back to your regularly scheduled program

Agree... Just doesn't add up

Looks like a BK to me!!! Just kidding

Thanks! Now it looks also sweet to me, but it costs me a lot of nervs and time to find the right mix for the lume...

unbelievable 1655!!! You are a lucky man. Wear it well!!

I don't like the look of these modern phones. I just wish somebody still made phones that look like Dynatacs but have longer lasting battery life. It could be done, easily, and for the cheap.