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I got some new exotic straps in :-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sure ;-) I can help. It starts with an idea. Think of what type of dial and case you want. Look at builds you like or always wanted for ideas. Here is a little quick guide to Panerai cases and looks. Takes a case set, I usually purchase from River. He has most vintage styles. Ebay is good too ;-) or buy through m2m for parts. Then your favorite dial maker to make your idea come to life, bigwaved, black shark, Pratt, Nastas, belkin, or pvirus. There are many others just a few I heard about. Buy a movement like a 6497 for manual wind Panerai with seconds at 9 o'clock. Buy a nice pair of hands to go with the dial you designed. Last but not least a perfect strap to go with your build. Here is an idea that I'm working on to get built soon. A Metri style dial with a twist. Sent this to a dial maker with a radioactive theme. Told him to to try and get a nice gradient using warm colors red orange yellow He came back with this model And after the dial gets completed I will work on getting the perfect case, hands and strap. I can send videos on how to assemble and disassemble if anyone wants. Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkFor more advanced builds there is aging, case shaping, plexi choices, hands aging ... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk It takes a little practice but after you do your first build you will be hooked. For more advanced builds there is aging , case shaping , plexi choices Kploy is the man for that, hands aging ( look up boiled egg trick for that) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nawwwwww, that's not super hot. THIS is Super Hot...

Bear in mind there IS a waiting list for these. And the artist is being evasive and not answering his texts, as a good artist would. IF he decides to make another this century it will be Warhol-esque and oh so desirable. Peasants watch this space!

At moment I wait. There will be improvement on the next month, Angus (Puretime) is working with some factories for new rlx models.

The brass block basically prevents the ring from spinning in the case. The cutout in the ring is longer than the block, but very close to matching in width. You screw the bezel on to the point where the stem hole in the movement lines up with the tube. You can geek out with measurements and math or use your vision to look through the tube to check.

Those are pure fantasy builds. In fact, Neckyzips made a case based off of the depth gauge case shape. Again, pure fantasy.

You have no idea how great that picture is to a new guy. I searched high and low for something that gave an oversight of vintage Pams a couple of months back. I know three of the guys you name and they are not only really good at their craft, but really terrific guys as well. I've heard good things about Black Shark and Pratt, but don't know much about them. Fancy doing a build thread on that beauty? Yes please, pretty please? I have a nasty nasty feeling this is going to cost me money before the year is out. I've already spoken to Bigwaved about buying some dials down the line. Trouble is it starts out real innocent. I wanted a Rolerai, but then I wanted the 6154, then I wanted cream, brown and near black dials, and then........

There are thicker and then there are thinner.....................

You know the drill regardless of what brand you get in too deep and wide with. With the vintage Panerais, you start with say a 6152/1. The classic vintage Panerai with that big crown guard sitting there all proud. Then you see the sleek 6154 with the pretty crease running along the sides. Then you see the 3646, which has its very own beauty from the elegant angles that come together at every corner. Then you find a 6152, which is a blending of the 6152/1 and the 6154. Then you find a one off where it looks like someone at Panerai decided to modify the 6154 to an even thinner mid case with the lugs butted off. They did not even bother really naming it. Then you see a 3646 based mid case where the wire lugs are not there, but instead they have welded four fixed lugs on. Then you find another case that looks like the lugs are curved like a horn. Creatively, they call it a hornlug. LOL. Then you can go off into chasing the Mare Nostrum and the Mille Metri. If you want to keep sliding, you start adding more than one of each of these given there are multiple versions of each of them from types of movements inside to dial types even looks of how the dials have aged, not to mention the sewn on straps on the 3646 with closed wire lugs means you need multiple case just to have the right combination of types of leathers. People around you start wondering what is going on with you.

Nycrounders and bigwaved and mrthompspnr and who knows how many others, you know you're killing me here. Innocently showing glittering gems on this thread, like "oh THIS old thing??" For those of us who don't walk on water and divide by zero, what does it take to put one of these together?

Did you try a valjoux 23 stem? Alternatively you can just swap the mystery Movement for a genuine valjoux 23 movement.

Works well as a driver's chronograph!

Here is a supermarket advert from a town near me. Have always found it a little worrying

True craftmanship! I see that you gave it the stealth dial/hands, cracked crystal and purple color shifting mod, great much much great mod.

'Welcome to the forum, I'm sure you will find lots of information and if there is something specific you can't find, our members will help you. As @Nanuqsays, we have no problem with having another possible source for straps, should you wish. All we ask is that you play fair with us and we will play fair with you.

Welcome! It is always nice to have new members. Your introduction sounds a little like an advertisement for straps and leather goods in certain widths for certain watches. We will extend you the courtesy of an open welcome, we are all friends here. But we encourage you to be honest in your sales. We have several people here making straps and they are very welcome. Please tell us more about yourself, and if you're interested in selling please take a look at our Sales area and our Classified Ads area. Good quality straps are always welcome, and we buy and sell them openly and honestly.

I don't but someone mentioned a dark lord roams around these here parts? Someone in a dark cape perhaps? I wanna see some subs to!

I do not buy fake watches to be someone I am not. I buy fake watches simply because I like a certain model/style and I can't "afford" the real deal. Ofcourse I can buy a real watch that is cheaper, but what will I get? An overpriced Sevenfriday, which is basically a cheap Miyota? Or should I get a Guess watch that looks like a Hublot that had sex with an AP?

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Wow, that's great. If only I was a hardcore fan I'd surely ask t buy one! Cheers MG

Let me weigh in with another angle here guys. I have never really looked at the price issue as I guess I have always felt the 1:1 watches were always priced fair - even at the so called inflated prices. No flames please - just my opinion. Anyway, I also have opinions about the admin at RWI which I will keep to myself so I am not going to play judge or jury as to whether what happened to Josh and Andrew was fair and I really don't care. For the record I also happen to like Josh in particular a lot, but trust me, if he didn't service me or give me great products for what I think is a fair price that love would change. Same goes for AD's or whoever else. Just business. I have no interest in defending him though and that is not the purpose of this post, so again, no flames about who we like as dealer's please. Let's not beat that horse anymore... Anyway, I will say that banning them was pointless as it won't hurt their business and from another angle it may do more harm than good for many of you who don't buy from them. One thing that never really got discussed was their motivation related to the so called price fixing and exclusivity. Most all of the best replicas made today are born out of the 1:1 projects which are the brainchild of Josh and Andrew. The GMTIIc is a great example. They purchase a genuine watch and make a deal with a factory to have a stake in the project. The factory also knows that they are the highest volume dealers so it is a marriage made in heaven. At the end of the day it is all about whether he factory is covering the huge equipment costs place up front which is required to make these creations. We are talking about dozens of half million dollar CNC machines here guys and the costs are astronomical. If they can demonstrate the abilty to partner up with them on the watch and move the majority of a 1000 piece run wholesale it is game over. Just trying to play devil's advocate mostly but you need top consider that all it would take is a meeting with the factory and some wholesale pre-sales and now they have control of the entire market for any 1:1 project they finance. Price fixing (or setting)? You bet. Please don't take this the wrong way guys, but if I was those guys I would make my deal with the factory on those watches exclusive and sell every one of them for $700. And the market is there. We all have to be careful of being "myopic" about replicas on these boards. I mean, we are the "in crowd" and as a result we pay less at the retail level than 99% of the replica watch market. I think there are many here that take that for granted and think that these are retail prices. They are not. At $400 for one of these pieces you are really paying wholesale. The end of the chain for these watches is a $1000+ price point. Anyone who found there way here from Ideal Watches or somewhere knows that. In any market there are always different price levels to pay the middles. It is unavoidable. Just because you are buying as close to "direct" as possible, don't discount that these watches are extremely expensive to make in terms of front money and those in control of that are going to want to get payed a LOT for revolutionizing the industry. Whether you like him or not, Josh has and is continuing to contribute to that with these projects. When you have a product as blindingly good as these latest creations there is going to be major money invloved and positioning for a monopoly if you want to call it that. But if it is his project, why shouldn't he control it? Price setting is not price fixing. Everyone of us here would try to make as much money as we could too if it were our deal. I say good for him. I wouldn't be surprised to see him pull the ropes in and make his 1:1 exclusive at the retail level real soon. Then those watches are going to cost a lot more than $400. And if the smaller dealers want in they can do the same by financing their own watch projects with buying the gen and some equipment and partnering with the factories in the same way. More power to them if they can. As for the banning I'm sure not many on any of the boards could care less and neither do they. I'm sure RWI thinks they did the community a favor. I think they are gravely mistaken and it may have just shown Josh and Andrew that they need to take steps to lock these projects up even tighter and seek more and more distribution to higher paying customers instead of dicking around with one lots from these boards. If I were them I would rather leave all the boards and sell 30 watches to Blowmereplica.com for $400 who in turn sells them for $1200. They won't be complaining - especially if they can't get the watch anywhere else. And they don't have to service them or eat shipping because a bezel is a millimeter off. That has just got to suck, no? We all better get ready because this will be the end result. I'm sure in the future more dealers will rise to power and do projects with factories individually just as they have if they have the dough. Josh and Andrew are just the first in line and the most heeled up to do so right now. In the future, you are going to see that not every watch will be available from every dealer and as a result the prices will be higher. This is all just standard industrial revolution stuff and is exactly as it should be. No different that what happened with textiles in Europe long ago when they had their IR. Anyway, take it as you like. Just presenting another way of looking at the big picture... .02