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Any more of that kind of blabbing from you Verbal and I will not only ban you here, I will get you banned across all the fora, I will get your family and friends banned, anyone who does business with you will be banned and even those who owe you money will be banned

Nanuq, with some delay, but here they go. I am not a great shooter though...

Forgot to include the online corrosion table from outokumpu who are amongst the world leading specialist in stainless steel. Here you will find a list of various chemicals tested against different grades of stainless steel and how they rank in terms of corrosion http://steelfinder.outokumpu.com/corrosion/ 904lL was specifically designed for the pulp industry and for transporting sulphuric acid. Anything with halides such as chlorides, bromides etc will be a threat to stainless depending on concentration. Iodine in ink and iodine tincture for example will be good contenders for attacking 904L. For example thiosulfate solution with high chloride ions will cause pitting of 904L. Human blood will tend to pit 316L but not 904L, so for this it would be better in case you cut yourself and blood will creep via case back under the seal. Always wash your 904L submariner with clean water straight after coming out of a spa bath, which uses bromide (halide again) salts and you will minimise risk of pitting. For the same price of a 904L rolex you could buy an 18k solid gold star supply submariner case and have an even better corrosion resistant "Rolex submariner". This is where a Franken sub would be better in terms of corrosion and scrap metal than one 904L coming out from Rolex headquarters in Geneva

"He's supposed to be Turkish. Some say his father was German. Nobody ever believed he was real. Nobody ever knew him or saw anybody that ever worked directly for him. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.”

I always loved the FF elegance. I bought a DSN rep (Tornek Rayville) back in 2007; finding it too far out of the minimal standards to call it an homage. Found later the "Phong" version but was far off my budget. That version always stayed in mind though. Two months ago I had a business meeting in Hanoi and ending it earlier than expected I went for a long walk, as I always do. A couple of watchsmith stalls on the way around the central lake and I find a motorbike repair garage with some "old" watches on display. All franken; a red ranger, an IWC marked with a king´s arrow dial, some Hamiltons and a black leather pouch branded Bl*ncp*in. I asked to check the pouch and could not believe what was inside. I was asked 4.500.000 VND (around 200USD) pouch included and did not even think of negotiating. The nato strap was cheap and green and it wrinkled between the lugs (lug space is 19mm and strap was 20mm). The watch stopped one week after my return. Mvmt ( A.S Cal. AS1361 as informed by my watchsmith) was dry and full of dirt. This is the "Phong" FF, with a big difference; the price. After service the whole damage was around 320USD. Its a beautiful, beautiful watch. I had one of the luckiest walks ever.

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"For the same price of a 904L rolex you could buy an 18k solid gold star supply submariner case and have an even better corrosion resistant "Rolex submariner." The only 904 rolex watches I might have owned were approx 2010 14000M/14010M Air Kings and none of them showed any signs of corrosion. Really do not know for sure if they were 904 or not. I have seen a lot of corroded genuine 316 rolex cases though. A lot more than I would have expected to see when I was a budding rlx fanboy in the early 1970s. I thought they were bulletproof back than. I no longer believe that. Sorta off topic... Way back when gold was much more affordable, I gathered up quite a few 14k and 18k watches including a few rlx models. Not one of them had any corrosion at all other than collecting a mild blemish that sometimes appears when stored. What really surprised me was how good the overall case condition was on almost all of them. Some were 50+ years old when I got them and the dials, crowns etc showed it but the cases were mostly in good shape. I doubt many owners would abuse a gold watch but the condition still surprised me. It turned out (in my experience) that gold watches are quite a bit more rugged than I would have suspected when I started out. Gold watches are good for everyday wear as long as you remember what you have on your wrist. Otoh I have seen a large number of badly worn gold bracelets of all brands. Btw...in 2001 an 18k ST DJ case was a little over $800 and a submariner case was about $1200. I bought a DJ case for a 3035 but never got a submariner case. Now they are almost 4X that much.

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@Watchforsons welcome to our community, I’m pleased you are doing plenty of reading and yes there are quite a few Singaporeans here

Well I do not intend to create a debate here as I prefer to listen rather than talk! I learn a lot from everyone here! I have the Avesta Sheffield reference handbook and the outukumpu handbook which we used at the University of Adelaide in the materials science and metallurgy department that although you are correct to state that the ISO standard designates a particular grade of stainless steel, it is also statistical and subject to the probability of different environments and other oxidants present. just reference this online link http://www.atlassteels.com.au/documents/Atlas Grade datasheet 904L rev May 2008.pdf and refer to page 2, for % composition of 904L stainless steel which you will see that there is a minimum and maximum of different variations of other elements/metals present . There are many factors that determine how and where it corrodes including other issues like CPT (critical pitting temperature) which really has nothing to do with the temperature but purely laboratory measures. You will find that 6Mo would have been a better choice. 904lL has copper and is high in molybdenum Try hydrochloric acid and let it seep rough the case back and let me know? Sorry to disappoint you, but I owned a 2002 Datejust with a 3135 movement that had very dark holes in the gasket groove of the mid case that looked like as if termites has eaten into it. This was the worst pitting I have seen on any watch. I am currently trying to find a photo which I had in photobucket to post, as soon as I find it, I will post it here. To epitomise all this, yes 904l is subject to corrosion given the right conditions

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And the Seiko and Citizen specs:

Absolutely not, have you never heard of 'Ivan the Terrible'? Coincidentally, he lives up the road from me. He's only really terrible after a few drinks...

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1016 today

If anyone is on the fence about our seller, take it from me... this is one of the good guys. Marco has been around since day one and he's trustworthy.

Recent pic up from another forum. Early 1016 or 5604 if you will. JMB VER 1 case aged with bubble back case back Brevet + crown Raffles chapter ring Swiss dial and hands - aged GS crystal Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here is mine. JMB V2 whoopy helenrou handset with tapered second hand I have a gen bracelet with gen 580 ends but it needs to go to Michael Young

Holy frijoles! What a score. Beautiful piece! Let's see some more angles.