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Saw this a while ago, if you don't care that its phantasie watch... check it out. http://www.cqout.com/item.asp?id=4089811

The second one is definitely ETA with the right shock protector. The first one has the shock protector that the Chinese versions are using, kind of 3 leafed. Its hard to see on the balance jewel, but you can see it well on the large jewel on the top plate.

Is there really a difference between a Rolex Tropic 19 and the same thing from a third party provider? I mean Rolex does not make crystals, they buy them somewhere also.

I am going to miss you man - and where do I get my A7750's now?

Pretty bad looking... My best wishes for your fast recovery!

I had finnaly caved in and bought one of those electronic diamond testers that can also tell sapphire from mineral crystal. Out of all my watches there were 2 (two) that had an actual sapphire crystal. One was the new GMT Master IIc and the other one an older day/date Rolex with a real ETA movement. Everything else was false advertisement I guess.

Welcome Cara and enjoy yourself. Singapore is a good place for reps - or?

Thanks for all your help and advice - I downloaded a trial of AZ paint and it worked different then what I thought. Instead of changing an avi file clip I had to save a series of jpg pictures. Then use the program to resize and animate it. Its easy though. The first result is in my signature now, it was a Vietnam Huey that took us for a ride this weekend. Lot of fun!

I used to have 2 gen Subs and the SMP gen automatic. Had to sell them some time ago and do not miss them at all, since I got them all as reps now and many more! Especially on the Sub I cannot see a difference between the rep and the gen. The only gens I buy now are vintage, but they are somewhat like reps - always something to do on them.

Thanks Andy - I really like your clip by the way. Fun to watch every time. I found some sites that have all kinds of animations and you could just link directly to them.. But what I meant is I want to make my own animated gif.

I did some searching and tried some things. I know how to cut out a piece of an avi file, but how do I make it into an animated .gif that can be used as an avatar? Can somebody give me a hint...? Thanks!

This does not sound good at all and you have not even seen the inside yet? If this was from a reputable dealer then he should be able and happy to give you your money back, because I am sure Rolex would not like to hear that he sold you this watch. As you said Rolex would not have a watch with wrong spellings on it.

Yeah - but how did they get her name, she lives in a nursing home and how did they conect that to our email address??? Spaming just gets weirder and more anoying by the day

I got an email today for my 88 year old mother in law, who has never been doing anything on the computer and has no email address and we have never done anything for her through computer. Correct spelling of her Japanese name... Oh - by the way, it was for Viagra!!

Welcome - and enjoy the emptying of your purse

Yes I missed it - its 6538 and its corrected- thanks!

First THANK YOU for the straight answer! How hard was that? He could have cleared that up just like that too... You must have one of his cheap ones with the CN movement, I have one of those too and it does click. I think I have some kind of special perversion of watch addiction in terms of the 50's subs I have 5 of them already and I am playing with the thought to get a real good reproduction from ND trading with the real coin edge bezel and 1030 Rolex movement. My dream

About 2 weeks ago I received a 6538 James Bond Sub with the 'Swiss' movement from Silix. It is a pretty good looking watch out of the box, just like on his pictures, but it does not have a bezel click whatsoever... The bezel just moves smoothly and very easy in both directions, so just touching it makes it move. Now I don't know if that early Subs are not supposed to click or if there is something missing. I have send several emails to Silix always with the same question phrased in differnt ways and he answered always with several days delay, but never got to the point, like he did not understand what I meant. He talked about inserts and this and that, but never said - no it does not need a click or yes it should have a click. What is the deal - should it click or not?

That was my first thought also when I read the post. I ALWAYS take my watch off when I go into any AD store. Its not only a rule here, it is common sense!!

There are different degrees of Nickel allergy. I have that problem too and I stay away from the cheap reps as they seem to be made of a worse steel then the ones with 'Swiss' movements. I can even smell the iron on them after wearing it for a few hours. Now stainless steel does not smell. The only reason that stuff does not rust is that there is a lot of Nickel in it. That said it surpises me that Gil has trouble with the new GMT II, which is not a cheap rep and I have one too and I think the steel is good. Maybe it was a bad batch? He should talk to where ever he bought it from. That is a real agravating thing about reps in general - you can buy the cheapest fashion watch in the mall and you will get good steel, why do we still have to put up with that c r a p ?? Our dealers should be more aware of what they sell. It always says '316 steel, sapphire crystal' and then at least on the cheaper ones you get a glass crystal and #@% steel

Yes - if I want black I take the Submariner any time. But the original blue wave SMP is the best that Omega ever came out with and they should keep that design. Don't care much for the newer coaxial's though, its a finicky movement and expensive to fix with no real upside to it.

Yes - bad pictures, not conclusive IMHO, but on the last one you can see what looks like the stiff one-piece bracelet link of a rep. Not like the real bracelet that is made from many small pieces and the middle links are moving seperately. Maybe somebody is in for a bad surprise? Also - 2 feedbacks, years apart? I would not want to buy an expensive watch from them.

I would take 4 - and thank you Lanikai for finding this and making them available!!

Thanks for this thread Freddy - great idea!! Got mine a week ago from Angus. Everything seems fine, keeps good time, water resistant, crystal straight. Beautiful watch. The only problem is that the date does not click over perfectly. About every 2 days it is crooked in the date window and I have to manually adjust. I never had this problem with any other watch, don't know how I feel about it in the long run.. Is there an easy fix besides sending it back? Addition after reading the thread about the crooked crystal: I went over the watch with a loupe and the crystal was indeed a little lopsided, I did not notice that before and had no water problems. I had it corrected, but this should not come like this on a new watch. QC???