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Nice vintage clean look. Ball Watch Co are making fine watches. Here are some links: http://www.finertimes.com/asp/watches/quer...e=1&ManCode=126 http://www.ballwatch.com/

I am not saying that this should be the problem , but maybe the watch was already delivered tou you with a drained battery. Batteries , no matter if they are used or not, do loose power and eventually are drained out after few years. .... of course I am just guessing, and the problem maybe is a different one.

Hmmm , ..... it looks vintage now.

My deepest sympathies BOB.

Hmmm , I will say that the solution is ........ change the Rep bezels to better ones (aftermarket). PAMs are nice but are not everything in this life.

Cool idea. ... keeping the traffic up.

Godd article Gran.

.... this was said in the past ... but to my knowledge and understanding is yet to be confirmed.

Paul was/is considered a good and trusty dealer. He had no more or less problems than the other known and respected dealers. I am glad that he had finally woke up in to the new RWG. ..... the only bad thing is that ...... still no pp

Some points regarding this seller from ioffer: - It carries a number of watches that our dealers here dont have. - By reading the answers he has ran out for most of the models. - He does'nt say a word about the movement or other attributes of the watches . - Pricing is good for asian movements (... for that price it has to be asian) - In most of the cases he is not using photos from gen watches. - We have absolutely no evidence that he is a good dealer. Simply we dont know him. For me there is nothing special about this dealer but since he is accepting pp , someboy can try him and inform the others.

This is an article from "Europa Star". Answers some of the basic questions you may have about "Watch Crystals" Happy reading .... ------------------------------------------- WATCH CRYSTALS Clear up your questions about crystals with this brief primer. What is a watch crystal? What are watch crystals made of? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each material? What exactly is synthetic sapphire? Can you tell if a crystal is made of sapphire by looking at it? Are scratch-resistant crystals new? Are all scratch-resistant crystals made of synthetic sapphire? The terms "lunette," "bombé", "chevé" and "boule" are sometimes used to describe watch crystals. What do they mean? What are "anti-reflective" or "glare-resistant" crystals? How much do watch crystals cost to replace? 1.What is a watch crystal? A watch crystal is a transparent cover that protects the watch face. Note that, coincidently, the word "crystal" is also used to denote the tiny piece of quartz that serves as an oscillator in a quartz watch. These two types of crystals have nothing to do with each other. The latter is usually called a "quartz crystal" to prevent confusion. 2. What are watch crystals made of? They can be made of any of three materials: 1- plexiglass (a clear, lightweight type of plastic), 2- ordinary glass - like that used for windows, and usually referred to in the watch business as "mineral glass" or 3- synthetic sapphire (see question 4). Some crystals are made of both mineral and sapphire glass. Seiko, for example, makes some watches with crystals made of mineral glass covered with a layer of synthetic sapphire. Seiko calls this composite material "Sapphlex". 3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each material? Plexiglass, as you would expect, is the least expensive. It is also the least likely to shatter and the most likely to become scratched. Mineral glass, even though it has been hardened by a tempering process, is more likely to break than plexiglass. But it is also more scratch-resistant than that material. Synthetic sapphire is the most expensive glass crystal material and the most scratch resistant. Because it is so hard, it is also brittle, and shatters more easily than mineral glass or plexiglass. 4. What exactly is synthetic sapphire? It is a very hard, transparent material made of crystallizing aluminum oxide at very high temperatures. Chemically, synthetic sapphire is the same as the natural sapphire used in jewelry, but without the coloring agents that give the gemstone its various hues. When it is heated, the synthetic sapphire forms round masses that are sliced into pieces with diamond-coated saws. These disks are then ground and polished into watch crystals. (One reason sapphire crystals are relatively expensive is that the tools required to make them are costly.) Sapphire (whether natural or synthetic) is one of the hardest substances on earth. It measures 9 on the Mohs scale, which is a system for rating the relative hardness of various materials. (Diamond measures 10, the highest rating.) Watch crystals made of synthetic sapphire are often marketed as "scratch resistant", meaning they are very difficult - but not impossible - to scratch. Diamond can scratch them; so can man-made materials that incorporate silicon carbide, with, with a Mohs rating of between 9 and 10, is, like diamond, harder than sapphire. These materials are sometimes used to make simulated-stone surfaces for furniture or walls. The watch wearer should note that accidentally scraping a sapphire crystal against such a surface could cause a scratch. 5. Can you tell if a crystal is made of sapphire by looking at it? No. Mineral glass and sapphire generally look the same. A surefire way to tell them apart (albeit an often impractical one) is with a scratch test, says Johann Jorgo, technical director at Baume & Mercier Inc. New York. A stainless steel knife or screwdriver will scratch a mineral-glass crystal but not a sapphire one. 6. Are Scratch-resistant crystals new? No. Synthetic sapphire was invented in the 19th century and first used for watch crystals in the 1960s. Now really all high-end watch brands use synthetic sapphire crystals in at least some of their models. 7. Are all scratch-resistant crystals made of synthetic sapphire? No. Some mineral-glass crystals are also marketed as "scratch resistant." These crystals have a hard coating that makes them less likely to get scratched. 8. The terms "lunette", "bombé", "chevé", and "boule" are sometimes used to describe watch crystals. What do they mean? All are French words that refer to the shape of the crystal. "Lunette" simply means round - like a full moon (lune means "moon" in French). Bombé, chevé and boule all mean concave, or dome-shaped. There are other words used to describe watch-crystal shapes. A "raised" crystal is flat on top but raised up, like a birthday cake. "Shaped crystals" are any that aren't circular - rectangles, square and ovals being the most common. "Cocktail" shapes are the more exotic and extreme examples of shaped crystals. They include elongated baguette and octahedral (eight-sided) crystals. 9. What are "anti-reflective" or "glare-resistant" crystals? This type of crystal has been coated on one or both sides with a substance - the same one used on anti-reflective eyeglasses - that lessens reflections and glare and makes it easier to read the watch face. Anti-reflective crystals can be made of either mineral glass or synthetic sapphire. One interesting feature of these crystals is that, viewed from the front, they are virtually invisible because they aren't reflecting any light. In some instances, the coating gives the crystal a telltale bluish tint, as it does on eyeglasses. This tint is easiest to see if the watch has a light-colored dial. 10. How much do watch crystals cost to replace? Consumers can expect to pay anything from perhaps $20 to $25 for a plexiglass crystal to more than $100 for a shaped synthetic sapphire one. (At Baume & Mercier, for example, synthetic sapphire crystals range from $65 to $135.) The average cost of a round mineral crystal is about $30 to $60. An anti-reflective coating adds to the cost of any crystal. In general, the more expensive the watch, the more the consumer will have to pay to replace its crystal. ----------------------------------------- @ Admin: If this article is already posted , pls remove.

You wouldnt find any. Neither with asian 7750 nor with swiss. Cant really tell about the venus movement ..... but I think the date feature is not supported on this movement. If you are really lucky you could find a good one with quartz movement. Many of us we are after a good TAG Monaco buth since the gen can be found for around 1500 USD , the rep makers dont really pay much attention to it.

There are some RX GMTs II (reps) with 2893 ...... but are hard to find. River may have some of these.

If you are sure that spare crystal fits the PO and your watchsmith can coat it , that will be the perfect solution by far.

Guys , I believe that all the POs (42s nad 45s) that we have seen so far have "reflective" crystal. The original of course it has anti reflective crystal. A week I was holding in my hands (duty free shop at an International airport) a gen PO , 45 mm with black bezel. It had a clear deep black face and you gould easily and clear see the dial (... I can also confirm that the OMEGA - the letter under the 12 oclock - its silver grey and not white). The rep it has a black shiny mirror efect on the black face that doesnt really let you see the true color of the black dial. What you see instead is what is reflected on the crystal of the watch (mirror effect) This is normally what happens with a "reflective" crystal. It is only me that bothers him this "effect" ??? The rest you think that is OK ??? .... who knows , maybe is me !!!

Looks very nice. ...but .... the crystal ??? From the photo it doesnt look anti-reflective. Any watch with a "reflective" crystal its like a watch with a mask. You cant see the true face.

... that reminds me the good old days !!!!!

I have the same watch too (from Jos as well). Very very close copy of the original. .... if it only had a white face rather than silver .... it would have been perfect !!!!!

... it will come, it will come.

The GOOGLE EARTH watch !!!!!

Hmmmm...... 60.000 Euros watch !!!! That's about 18.000.000 of the old Drachmas Nobody can tell that this watch is a fake ...... if you are also driving a 3 Lt Lexus 4x4 , wearing an Armani suit and you spend every night at the famous Athens night clubs (so called ... Bouzoukia). Wear it well ... and dont forget ...Med is Best.

Go and have a look to RWI. Klink's friend is there and from what they say she is good.

I never heard of REPLIKUS. Do you guys ??? As we can see he/she is not using photos from gen watches .... so to start with that's a good sign. I believe that both the low end movements (miyota says) as well as the ETA ones are a bit overpriced !! Anybody has some input on REPLIKUS ????

All flaws are there for a reason. That applies to both watches and papers.