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Someday...... someday I will have a great white! The penultimate Rolex toolwatch..

GW

Finally a glint of sun in the endless storm

And a holiday for our American friends!

Just bought this one a few days ago in a M2M sale on RG. The seller had the watch for about 8-9 months after purchase from another member over here. This certainly isn't a review, as I'm such an AP noob, I would probably not know good from bad, unless it was a glaring error. First impressions, the watch is heavy!! After wearing my FC V3 Diver for a couple of months, I really noticed the weight. It's also tall, however I believe that because of the totally flat caseback, it seems to ride better on my wrist than some of my previously owned large watches, in particular the Rolex DSSD. I don't like tight watch straps, and I can wear this one at a comfortable length and it's not always trying to "turn turtle" on me. For reference, my wrist is a shade over 7".Because of the height and size, I find it a little uncomfortable under a sweater with tight cuffs. I'm looking forward to spring and short sleeves. Will be much better I'm sure. This is a very imposing watch, it just looks good! The Grey dial, black subdials and Rose Gold case really go well together. It's residing on the rubber strap that it came on, but I have a better Black Hornback strap incoming, so I will change to that when it arrives. AFA the movement, this is my first encounter with a sec@12 watch, so hopefully it will work out. I don't play around with the chrono so, that should help the longevity. The precious owner sold it as "Serviced", but by the first owner, and he couldn't offer any details as to what was done. He also mentioned that he thought it had been AR'ed, but I don't believe that it has anything other than the AR from the factory. If anyone who looks at the photos and recognizes the serial number as a watch that you sold and could cast any light on the service history, I would appreciate the info. One glaring fault, and it's only noticeable at magnification, the date window is crooked. It looks like there are two parts to the date window, the dial and the bottom of the Cyclops. It appears that either the dial date window was cut crooked, or the Cyclops was installed crooked. At my normal focal distance, I can't tell anything, only when the photo is magnified. All in all, I think it's a pretty nice watch. I'm happy enough with it that I'm going to order a Safari after all the CNY celebrations and order backlogs are cleared. Please feel free to comment as that is the only way we learn, listening to what the more experienced members have to say. One last comment on the lume. What you see here is a good example of how you can make a watch with mediocre lume look good. It was exposed to bright lights during the photo session, after I took all the regular photos I turned out all the light except for the room light in the next room. It was pretty dark, but enough light to focus. This was a 20 sec exposure at F.2.4 ASA 800. my camera was mounted on a big rock solid tripod and I use the self timer to trip the shutter. Looks like it was superlumed by one of our moddersd, but in fact it's just average at best. Photos

It's a Vaccum-modded TAG 500m today

a couple of new vintage 6152/1 builds

keep the 1665!! My first rep from the forums (8 years ago now) was a legendary MBW Double Red. I had Palpatine mods and a gen T39 Superdome, and loved it so much that I sold some bodyparts to fund a gen. The 1665 is a stunning watch, and wears bigger than its 40mm

Man I need a new camera but what the ******** I will post a pic anyways. Taking the day off today to just relax and research the 6542.......I am digging this piece though--CLASSY

Don't recognize the pen, but recognize the Ploprof 1665

I`ll sell a kidney and buy your 1665 Wish I could snatch that before you figure out you need to keep it!! Kidding aside, I would keep the vintage.... Because VINTAGE!

Get the matching teeth, haha

Yes. It's for the greater good of our sport...errr ..... hobby.

Today for me its the Ploprof: Anyone recognize the pen? Dave...

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I found a box in my parts drawer over the weekend marked ETA 2836. I opened it to discover a circa 2001 sub most likely from Paul. Had a chuckle. Then I noticed the perfectly centered date overlay. Then I noticed the excellent font and raised glossy print on every number! Then I opened it up and saw that it wasn't an overlay at all but an actual date disk. The holy grail!! Then I remembered the date window was in the wrong place back then

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Ooooooo some smack talk going down here. Tell ya what, I'd give Ken's left nut for either one.

I say no unless u have a Rap album out Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk

Nay, Nay, Oh, God Nay!

You want to play boy?

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Yes All parts interchangeable Actually this one is 90% gen Only few parts are Yukis And function the same as a gen 3185

Oh wow, that's such a beautiful thought thank you. Women will love us ordering Chinese crap through an affiliate link of yours that will arrive six weeks after Valentine's Day. I don't know about you, but I always rely on TUOYIWUJING NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., Ltd to deliver romantic gifts several months after I need them. My wife loves that, and indeed the whole family does. In our house Santa doesn't even arrive until March, thanks to the TUOYIWUJING NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., Ltd. Thank you!

Apparently, a new Cartier Tank Louis rep was released in September. It looks pretty good, except for the crown. It's a basic quartz-powered model. I don't know that it mimics any specific model Tank 100% faithfully. It looks like a little bit Tank Solo and a little bit Tank Louis. Still though, considering how long Tanks have been around and how regularly they are changed, it doesn't really scream fake to me, particularly if you upgrade the strap and hands set, both easily available on fleabay. Your thoughts?

This took over a year to complete. Most of the time was spent looking for parts and suprisingly the hardest part to find was a rep one, a BKTW bezel assembly. Huge thanks go to someone I proudly call my friend, pbdad! He ranked this build as one of his top 5 hardest ones to complete. Mostly due to the gen dial and CHS movement and the dwo. His ingenuity and creativity along with his skills to mod made it work. He is the best of the best in my book. Also thanks to sneed12 and BK for answering my emails and questions over this last year! You guys pioneered using explorer cases for gmt builds with gen construction. I'll post more details of the build once I get her back but I'm pretty excited and wanted to share the pics pbdad sent me of the finished product. Thanks for looking!