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It's been a long absence, but nice to see old friends! Miss you guys! Have not done much with watches in a long time, and frankly, with some of these new pieces coming out, there's really not a lot to do with regards to building either. Admittedly, it's kinda strange to have a new rep that doesn't need a gen dial, or hands or crystal... And more shockingly, has a reliable clone movement with 72hr power reserve... So, been spending a lot of my free time putting miles on the car. Miles of smiles 🙃

Geesh, my idol ubi appears. Gotta get on this thread be next on line under justasgood and nanuq.

Hi, great info on the forum. i sign up some time ago and show some progress on new projects. now i can show you how looks a v72 moded to 722 with bridges and mods by me. Already working on new project with better finish beveled levers, correct color wheels, etc. Some pics and video. MORE PICS AND VIDEO HERE Regards!

The final product looks great, I’m truly impressed the pictures are well presented and your humility “It’s fairly easy” is a model to emulate. Congratulations on a job well done, enjoy it well, that’s a gorgeous Speedy that truly wears like gen.

Nice I miss my Porsche 😪

Nice work!

Its fairly easy, i removed this big wheel and filed off some of the teeth so it has no contact with the hour wheel then glued it on, it's easier to get the 6oclock pin in the right place that way than just gluing the little wheel, Sent from my LYA-L09 using Tapatalk

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Hah, I’m spending a lot of time with my car too. I smacked a moose in November and it’s taken me this long to find wings and a bonnet. Now stripping and wishing I was good with a brass hammer and a block of wood. I guess I can say my replacement body parts have “character”.

The replica business is a closed business. Closed to outsiders. I have a friend who knew quite a few 'importers' etc over the years and he went to NYC quite a few times to buy genuine fashion watches and check in with a couple of his 'importer' friends. His importer friends could get anything he asked for but it would take a couple or three months to get them...most of it came in containers. Forum members have always heard that 'the good stuff' is not available in the USA. Not so, it depends on who you know just like everything else, and my friend knew 'The Right Guys'. New replica 16610 with new swiss etas (no movement parts junk) were less than $200 depending on quantity (sapphire crystal, hollow mid link bracelets etc). At this time, nos and new swiss 28xx etas were still available in wholesale lots. Same watch with etaclones were about $100 depending on how many you wanted. This was about 6 or 8 years ago. Lower tier 16610 types with good dials, solid mid link bracelets, Asian 21 jewel ST16/NN/DG 2813 etc were $35 or $40 each if you bought 50 or more. Higher grade GMT types with DG 3804 or submariner types with ST16/NN/DG, hollow mid link bracelets, sapphire etc were $65...same cases as the swiss eta models. These guys had anything you could imagine...silberstein, AP, breguet, cartier, longines, omega, IWC, patek, you name it. He gave me a lot of his 'leftovers' and I still have an Alain Silberstein and a rose gold plate over SS AP manual wind model and both are well done with very good dials etc. How much did this guy spend in order to get to 'Know the Right Guys' and get the right prices? Probably $300 to $500k Where are 'The Right Guys' now? One is claimed to be DOA due to a car accident...a common ploy when they drop out of the business. Another was busted with about $3 million in bogus watches/purses etc in his warehouse in NYC, it made the major newspapers 6 or 7 years ago. He bailed out and went back to China. Where are all the 'leftovers' now? Gave a lot of them away, threw a lot of them away etc, etc. Where is 'the friend' now? In and out of jail, currently out. He made a lot of $$ but spent most of it on high priced lawyers and back taxes. What did I get out of it? A lot of very good stories that no one would believe. Like the time we bought 32,000 watches (iirc, might have been 36k) in one whack and had to rent warehouse space and hire a couple crack'hos to sort them out. Or the one where my friend and his 'new partner' bought 13,000 watches and the 'partner' stole them and took off with them in a trailer. My friend's 'partner' put the money up with a bad check, then stole them. I was not in on that deal. And the guy in Miami FL who tried to beat me out of $12.5k by sending junk watches instead of new watches...took me a while to get it back. How about the one about a wholesale guy in NYC who sold 'store returns' quartz fashion watches for $30 for a snow shovel full? They were piled up all over the floor of a room in his warehouse. "They just need a battery." I still have a couple shovels full out in the garage. Ha! See what I mean about no one would believe the stories? My advice? Fergidaboudit.

Wow! Rep or gen?

I'm going to freeze the 6oclock subdial when I get the chance, the lume is pretty cool too Sent from my LYA-L09 using Tapatalk