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Great deal? Hope u paid not more than £24,99 lol

Yes indeed, RWG is about far more than simple replica watches. You'd be astounded to see the genuine pieces owned by our members. It seems a certain piece catches our eye and before you know it, we just have to have the genuine original. I know of a certain model made by Doxa, the Black Lung from the mid sixties. They made, from what Vargas's records show, maybe 13 of them. Probably 15. Of that worldwide total, FIVE of them live here at good old RWG. I found my Tropic 16 in the parts collection of a friend of a friend of a friend ... the original was so beat up I had to lick it to read the time. But that guy was good enough to sell it to me for crazy money, and now my Little Gonzo is restored to about what she looked like new.

Well done Alan, everyone knows God intended for real dive watches to use big sexy domed acrylic crystals.

I've found out the hard way it's best to go ahead and get what you REALLY want, instead of something "good enough". We all do that, and buy something that's pretty good, but then we buy the next best one, then the next, until we finally buy that one piece that we really wanted at the beginning. We wind up spending a lot more than if we'd just gotten The One right at the beginning. Problem is, what is "The One"? GMTs are notorious for bad crown guards, bad hand stacks, cobbled together movements that really aren't supposed to have a 24h function, and on and on. That's the reason RWG is here... to share information about watches. So my advice is to read, read again and read some more. Look at posts by our inimitable @By-Tor ... the man has forgotten more about GMTs than the rest of us have ever learned. Over the last 10+ years he's gone into excruciating detail over what's good and what isn't on the GMT offerings. See what he has to say and learn what to look for. Armed with that knowledge (no more guessing now) look at what the TDs offer and pick the best one you can find. Seriously, stretch yourself and go for the BEST. Don't wuss out. Then when it arrives it will be more than you hoped for, not less. If it needs a service (likely) send it to MyManMatt or Misiekped and be gracious. They are artists and deserve our patience and respect. Then when you get it back wear it for a month, take lots of pictures, then start a pictorial topic and show us your pride and joy. Tell us the story and we'll celebrate with you. Welcome aboard!

This is the kind of thing,the old skin diver type of plexi. Really the dsn rehaut with the gasket is designed for a sapphire crystal but I used one of these in one of my dsn builds and it was pretty water tight , my Vietnam blancpain builds have the diver tite crystal and even without having a screw down crown they are water tight

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thinking of getting a custom 1016 dial made since yuki doesn't seem like they will be stocking the white lume version of the eta 1016 dial anytime soon. found some random on ebay who says they can customise one for me. price is not too bad, willing to give it a shot. they sell a rep 1016 dial which looks ok. just the text positioning seems to be a little off. anyway, does anyone know a good font to use for the oyster, explorer, superlative, and swiss text on the dial? here's what i've drawn to far. it's based on a 80s era dial i think? not sure which maker though. i'm using garamond for the rolex and copperplate for the rest. garamond is pretty close imo. i just need to modify each letter a little. copperplate is ok for the rest as well, but needs a bit more work in modifying. i really can't be bothered modifying each letter. also, i'm not sure if i should be factoring the discrepancies between digital file and the print plate or whatever method is used for printing. these things usually end up a few mm different? let me know what you think!

Googling info for Tropic 16 crystals brought me here. lol. Not so much info out on the interwebs but of course, RWG has it

Thank you ! MQ pics are good but not enough with 830x830 96ppp I used this one 1024 x 997 300ppp