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Last pic of my double swiss before she was shipped off yesterday.. sad but I traded up for something else, arriving tomorrow!

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Nice to see Ubi wristing today & the 'Benz pic looks super. Reminds me of a recent pic of the Z Phase I has not seen much wrist time lately, so that is what I am wearing today

Well as some may have noticed Vaccum approved modder in our section has not been around for awhile well he is back and going to be active here again, good news for all you conus guys! Vac contacted me and wanted to do something to reintroduce himself here so he will be doing a relume of one of our raffle watches free for our winner!!!! http://www.rwgforum.net/topic/178549-raffle-time/ So come on take a shot "Vac" has just sweetened the pot some more!!!

Not quite... Picked it up after totaling our 2014 E350...

201/A today...

IIRC those are two-piece rivets with male and female halves. I think O. Frei has them. You can make your own rivet but make sure it's softish material. A hard nail will resist peening and you'll damage the clasp.

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Audemars Piguet forged carbon Grand Prix

You can message any of our TD's or even try eBay.

Green dial GEN 1603 Datejust!

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You Should have posted a post About The blue Dial there was one for sale local In Denmark for around 300usd some months back But sweet build good luck !

This is going to be sweet. I love builds like this. Those pointed dial markers with those hands are just classy. Thanks for the history lesson too. Looking forward to seeing this one completed.

Fell free to discuss these dials, but act like adults and keep the discussion within the forum rules.

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I have 3 dealers that I've dealt with to date. PayPal acceptance is important to me, so there are some well regarded TD's that I just won't deal with. Recently, I've leaned toward Toro and Ryan, because they offer a more narrow selection and give me the impression that they are more selective in their pieces that some of the larger TD's.

My first ever rep

Congrats you've copied the rep dial. And at a cool $400 you can get the wrong indices and a nice copy of the replica dial. Oh and you got the inside of the 2 on the bottom half incorrect. It is too fat on the indices on the stroke downwards from the curve at the top of "2" and therefore the line on the inside of the bottom of "2" isnot clean and distinct. Even the rep dials did that better. No need for more photos. Your customer posted plenty. Gen dials: Rolli dial: Sent from the my iPhone using Tapatalk s

That's what I'm talking about. RWG spirit at its best

It is through R's unparalleled generosity, I now have come into the ownership of this magnificent watch. The fact that this was completely unexpected, made the whole experience all the more special I had been discussing my own 1665 project with R for close to two years, as he patiently gave pointers on my neophyte attempts to get one of China 1665s up to snuff. Having gone the whole 9 on it and still feeling the gross inadequacy of the case set and dial, I've resigned to make a proper 1665 as soon as I was ready to take on the responsibility of doing this model justice. It pretty much meant that I would have to clear out some of my collection in order to make it happen so I postponed the project until 2012. I was completely smitten when right after R finished the Great White, he just offered me to try it on to get a feel for a proper-sorted build. Just like that! As if he was talking about trying on a $20 g-shock and we were sitting across from each other at a bar; not THE 1665, a watch that he spend a year and a wad of money building and would need to ship cross-country. I declined because, well, you know the reason, understandably as much as I would've loved to play with the watch, I would be mortified if something were to happen to it in transit or otherwise. On top of that, R literally just finished it and that would be like taking someone's newborn home to check out how you like parenthood after they let you hold her for a little bit during your hospital visit. But he sent the 1665 anyway... And from the moment I received the package, I could not look at anything else. I was completely enamored with it and so was my wife. I wore the watch very carefully and sent it back after a few weeks. I would absolutely not dare to ask or even hint to R about selling it. All the while I had it on my wrist, I was reevaluating a lot of what I like in watches and specifically vintage Rolex. I've resigned to begin my 1665 quest as soon as it was more fiscally prudent and responsible with the upcoming holiday season. In the coming weeks we spoke several times about my experience with the 1665, but I could not foresee what came next. I thought that we were just shooting the breeze about all things we usually talk about families, children, friends and projects but in fact, R was really listening. It appears that what happened is exactly what W. wrote a few posts up - when I was talking about my time with the Great White, I was in fact pulling the winning lottery ticket Some time has passed and we haven't discussed anything related to the 1665 for several weeks afterward. In fact, we mostly spoke of cars, Patek and Panerai Pre-V of which we are both big fans. So when R told me that if I wanted his 1665 - he would sell, it was surreal; I was not prepared in the least. I think I just said YES, without thinking for a second, I was prepared to sell all of my watches if necessary but I didn't have to A few days later - I put the great white on my wrist and haven't taken it off since. Thank you for making this Holiday Season amazing, R! Your friendship is very dear to me, and I wish you and your family all the best in this and all the coming years! Thank you for being a mentor and an inspiration!