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Snapped a few pics this morning with the new camera. Still experimenting with a couple of post editing software. Some were done using Snapseed on iPhone, some using Aperture/Nik Software on MacBook. But all are uploaded via tapatalk as I don't know how to upload to RWG on MacBook without going over file size limit. Setup is the new Fuji X100T, Gariz 1/2 case, Leicatime leather strap, aftermarket (rep) hood, B+W UV filter, custom soft shutter release button.

Sorry Springs bars are rep ST

Oh man...I should have never sold my bananawolf. Such awesome watches.

I smell like money

Unfortunately, there are no great rep 93150's. The best of the rep 93150's are the old hollow link MBW's. They are hard to find but come up in M2M sales from time-to-time.

Here's a picture I stole from Mahler a while back. It's a 7750 but they are all pretty much the same.

You'd better have a sort of timegrapher for doing it well. Really moving the adjustment of 0.1mm may change the time up to 30sec/day. To understand the direction is easy: if you lenghten the part of the hairspring that works then the balance will rotate a bit slower. If you shorten it then the balance will run faster. In other words, if you move the coarse regulator in the direction of the stud that keeps the end of the spring you'll make the balance to run slower (so the watch will run slower), if you move it farther from the stud that keeps the end of the spring the balance will run faster (so the watch will run faster). Also you really have to take ultracare not to get in contact with the hairspring with the tool that you use to push the regulator... It's the easiest way to kill a movement

In my experience, most of the trouble with replicas is with screw down crowns/case tubes and movements in general. It seems most replica case tubes and crowns are not up to everyday wear of winding/setting and many movements are not in very good condition to begin with. TC watches are fine as for case, dial, tube/crown, bracelet etc but they have Asian Eta clones and there are no replacement parts except genuine Eta if they will fit. A genuine swiss Eta can be installed in a TC watch if needed and you are set for years as long as the swiss Eta is in good condition. BK watches have a good reputation too and I believe they come with swiss Etas. I would guess that a TC, BK and quite a few others will go 20 or 25 years with good care and proper service. My oldest running watch is a Waltham pocket watch made in 1892 and my oldest running replica is a 'DJ' with an Eta 2846 that I got in the mid 1980s for $75 from a USA Today ad. Something else to consider...since genuine oem brands have cut most of the parts off to non AD shops (with rules not to sell parts but only install them on the customer's watch at Highway Robbery prices), you are really in much worse shape with a genuine watch needing a crown, crystal etc after the warranty has expired than a replica with the same ailment. Examples: I have two genuine steel TAG Heuer F1 (WA1211, WA1411) with steel bracelets and both need new black plastic bezels. Since T/H is an infamous 'No Parts For You!' company in the USA, just one bezel would cost more than I paid for both watches together and new examples are over $100 each on eBay. It's crazy, $100+ for what should be a $20 part at full retail. Catch 22...T/H will not sell the bezel without an 'inspection' leading to a $400 'overhaul' of a $50 watch. Insanity. Meanwhile another guy is selling generic sapphire crystals for them for $43, MG for $22 and bracelet 'cotter pins' at 10 for $25. The MG crystals cost $2 each, sapphire $15 each, and the pins are $3 for 10. My advice...buy a TC and don't look back.

To everyone who wants more pictures of the current nomos, I'll upload a lot tomorrow

RWG is full of Daytona build threads. Use the search. You need to decide how serious of a build you want (ie., how much you can afford to spend & how much hair you are willing to pull out during the process). This is a sample of some recent builds (all V72-powered diy frankens - use the search to locate build threads containing details)

My vote.... Pure perfection :-) Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk

When I first set eyes on the classic lines of the IWC 3714, I knew at that very moment it was the grail piece for me. The size of the timepiece strikes the balance of being