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Wiser words were never spoken! There has been a feeling of hollowness to all of my post-Bob posts here. 1 of my prime motivations has always been to gage Bob's reaction -- good, bad or instructive -- to my findings & discoveries. I never realized how much of a motivator he (along with Ziggy & a few of the other early members) was.

Update -- Still awaiting the big kahuna that brings everything together. Currently, its eta is 2-3 weeks. If there are no surprises between now & then, the big, colorful reveal should follow shortly after that.

Interesting subject. Gladly today there are many options available and some myths remain because we see the world from a cave… let me explain better. Replicas, homages, frankens or whatever we may call it are what the foras are about and, of course, what brings us together as members, along with sellers and service providers. A knowledge hub for vintage watch lovers, everything evolves, even the sellers. Curiously most of the sellers are the same as back in early 2000’s and service providers grew exponentially from then to now; a thriving business for some, and a benefit for the others. Most of the sellers sit near and around the industry in Asia, opening it to the market and shaping it remotely. So what most of us access is what we are presented with plus uniform prices and variable quality. A regular case set can be acquired for a hundred bucks, a metal service for two and a half that price plus shipping costs etc… that means by regular accessibility a modded case will range between 300 and 400 bucks and rarely comes perfect due to the quality and limitations of the base material, the quality of the service provider and the standards used for comparison. Rarely the result turns out comparable to the reference if the reference comes from pictures or technical data and not the real object; this means the result is more of an expensive portrait to the buyer who probably will not have any terms of comparison. it will look good though. My question is, is it worth spending 300 / 400 bucks in a portrait or jump into a vietnamese 1:1 case? The myth with these is the price, set in the market by MQ and other sellers but in reality quite cheap in loco. A full 5513 case set can cost 400 bucks.