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AP773: "...I saw new Swiss eta 2824-2’s going for $200-300, in the breakdown I’m citing a genuine Tudor branded movement, which I’m not entirely sold on since they’ll all serve the same purpose and perform just as well I assume." After you find a suitable movement, maybe put a tudor signed rotor on the movement. That will get you a step closer for not much $$. rafflesdials has the rotors for $25 USD. Sogeha: "Try Arsla5 on eBay for ETA movements, he is very genuine." Good advice! Here is another seller with new genuine ETA 2824-2 watch movements, 25 Jewels Swiss Made on eBay for $160 plus $22 for delivery with 100% feedback: eBay item number: 402979545461 The main difference looking at a regular ETA 2824-2 and a tudor 2824-2 is the tudor movement is engine turned for decoration. One etaclone brand that made a lot of engine turned 2824 clone movements is Seagull and they are Ok (for a while anyway) if they are properly cleaned and oiled. Finding one with ETA markings should not be too hard, then all you need is the tudor signed rotor. STP and Sellita offer engine turned 2824 clones, they are swiss made and higher quality than china etaclones but will have no ETA markings. ETA 2824-2 Clones Watch Movement | Caliber Corner

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Ouch! That's way too much for a Swiss eta 2824- $2-300 max. You can buy the whole watch from Phong complete with movement for $1550- unless he gives me a better deal since I've bought from him in the past. Then you can swap out an MQ dial and hands if you're so inclined. But Phong and MQ are really only nice replica stuff. Buying a gen dial and hands is ridiculous these days- you're 10 years too late to this hobby! Check with Nanuq about the Phong case since he has one.

Wait....was that you at the pub? Alan/Offshore's powerboat tales were something else back in the day, definitely gave me an extra appreciation of them. I think he just missed out being in a fatal collision by fluke from memory, as it goes with people missing plane crashes and so on.