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All, I was just PM'ing a member giving them a helping hand, and thought I would share this tidbit of knowledge in public as well. This has been discussed before, but I figure the pictures will help. The discussion is about What 1575 Rolex movement to transplant into a Yuki, Phong, even MBW with the LEAST amount of issues. The short answer is you want a donor movement from a 150x Date or 1680, 1665, 551x to make life 'easiest'. (Beware eBay auctions with 1575 movements advertized as 1680/1675/551x as some are actually pulled from 160x DateJust's. Use the photos below for confirmation). You CAN use 1575 out of a 160x Pie-Pan dialed DateJust, but you will want to swap the calendar retaining ring or GRIND it down. Allow the pictures to explain. Upper Left Rolex Package IS THE correct part. PN: 7956 This is the 1601 DateJust setup. Note the sloped shoulders. Part 7956 Left is from 1601 Pie-Pan type dial, right is right! See the Pie-Pan retaining ring is a larger diameter. You can grind it down 1mm as needed. This is ready to slide flawlessly into my old Yuki. To recap, there are 3 different Calendar retaining outer rings. 1.) For Pie-Pan dials found in 160x series Date Just (these have the sloping outside) (you don't want this, unless you do what I did. I swapped the part, or you can GRIND down outside shoulder.) 2.) 1675 GMT's had a flat version as well, but slightly different diameter. Ignore this since you probably won't find one of these. 3.) The one you want is the same across 150x, 1680, 1665, 551x. So a 1501 Date is the same as a 1680 if you are going for 1:1. Hope this helps.

This is the third strap I completed recently. (100% handmade) Made from distressed brown leather, its surprisingly comfortable, very soft. the feel is very vintage, and I love the way the look turned out. 24/24 With a pre-v buckle (which is not correct for this watch, but thats what i had lying around in 24mm) single floating keeper.

There are so many ways that your information can get stolen, it's positively terrifying. I wouldn't think that if someone in josh's operation had your info, they would wait months to use the cards. I would bet that somewhere else there is a common thread, or it could be a coincidence that both of you got "cloned" at close the same time. Gas stations, kiosks in a mall, restaurants, everywhere you swipe your card are potentially corrupted and can get all of your info off your card. I have had several cards compromised in the past few years, including two AmEx cards and a Capital One Visa Card. In two of them, the fraud departments noticed charges that were outside my usual spending pattern, and called me for verification, the third involved a series of very small charges which the I noticed and called the credit card company. The fraud folks told me that sometimes the thieves will go on a "fishing " expedition, a few small charges to see if it's a good card, then they make a bunch of big charges and are gone. The best protection is to be very diligent in checking your statement. Set it up online so you can check it often and not wait on a paper bill. Also the credit card companies will often work with you to tighten the restrictions on the cards, Sometimes that is a PITA, but it's better to have every sales clerk ask for a photo ID than have a bunch of stuff charged to your card. On my AmEx cards, I have it set up that no charges are allowed unless the shipping is to my home address, unless I specifically call and tell them I need to have something shipped somewhere else. they did that after I got hit for about 6k in merchandise that was being shipped to an address several states away. I didn't have to pay a cent, but the credit card companies don't like to have to go to their customers and tell them they are clawing back money from fraudulent charges.

Okay gang. This was my first venture into the world of Reps so go easy on my naivete. And please feel free to offer advice I can use for future purchases. I decided to go with Perfect Clones for my first transaction although I'll try TrustyTime next. I also decided on an Omega for my first rep because it's not as widely recognized as Rolex nor as flashy. Purchased the $148.00 version from Perfect Clones with the Asian 4813 movement 21J 28800 bph. Since I was kinda skittish about buying a replica watch from China, I decided on an inexpensive model first just to see how the transaction went. To test the waters, so to speak. Transaction: I paid with PP and had to use an external site. Totally understood the reason so it wasn't that sketchy for me. I received the QC pics the day I placed the order on 25JAN13. I wanted some additional angles and received more pics on 28JAN13. Approved the QC pics on 29JAN13. Received the watch 07FEB13. Not bad. Now that I have it, this is what I think about the Watch: I like: Overall, I like the weight and feel of the watch. Very solid feel to it. It's a very nice watch and I'll have no problem wearing it. I don't think people will look at this watch and assume it's a replica. I'm not going to have a problem wearing it. I don't like: (1) The dial. From forum research I knew there was an issue with the Omega symbol being too close to the print. However, it was really hard to see from the QC pics. Even when I got new pictures I couldn't really tell how high off the print the symbol was. The real problem is that because of the mirror finish you can only see the symbol from an angle. And at an angle it looks like it has more distance that it actually does have. (2) The lume is lumpy in some places including inside the pip. I could not see this from the QC pics. (3) the movement is not as smooth as I thought it would be. Side by side, it was only a little bit smoother than my Seiko 6309 17J 21600 bph. (4) The clasp sucks! It's hard as hell to get it seated. I had to extend the wetsuit extension and reseat it so the space could accomodate the outer arm. I don't look forward to testing my index-to-thumb grip strength every morning when I want to wear this thing. (5) The crown doesn't feel very tight when I manipulate it to change the time or date. The hands jump around when I engage and set the crown unless I push it in perfectly centered. The second hand also goes backward if I move the minute hand backward. This is weird to me. (6) WR I can see that there is no bushing or O ring around the crown or tube so I'm pretty sure this thing will totally leak if wet. It's not that I hate the watch. Not at all. I'll probably wear this at work as an every-day wearer type of thing. It did open my eyes to the challenging world of purchasing replica watches. There are so many variables that it seems overwhelming. But that's the fun part of the hobby no? Sorry for the pics but I only had my iPhone available at the time.