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surpur

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  1. very fake.

    they did not even make a black 007 limited edition. The seller is very obnoxious to claim authenticity on such a POS.

    Too bad it got sold - the poor buyer.. You can even see the fake bracelet links that are from 1 piece and not many pieces like the gen links of this great bracelet.

    Now that same guy has a Ladies Rolie DJ up ebay DJ think its for real?

  2. First you need a template. Trace the outside of the dial onto a piece of paper. Mark the 12 oclock postion onto the template and make a hole for the cannon. With an awl or fat pin poke through the template over the movement through to the holes where the feet should sit. make sure the original feet from the dial are sanded completely flat with a dremel or the dial will stick up too far. The copper feet gattenda suggested are probably your best bet but may require some sanding for proper depth. Since the feet have a base to adhere them a slight recess in the back of the dial may be needed, but the base of the feet is pretty thin.

    Here is the key..........Don't use superglue. Superglue is brittle and may not adhere to metal very well. Use copper bond or permabond as these are made to glue metal to metal. I hope this helps and am curious to see how it comes out before I try mine.

    Double sided tape and dial dots might work for quartz watches with no date, but you don't want to have the dial slip later and your date window is off. Its simply not a good way to do this.

    The template is a greate way to get the positions. But I have soldered the feet on with having no problem on the painted side at all. I used a painted practice dial and I cleaned the spot on the back with a fiberglass pen contact cleaner and used thin solder with a low energy Weller soldering iron for electronics.

    First put a thin layer of solder on the cleaned spot on the dial. Mark the location for the foot with your template. File down the flat part of the new dial foot as much as possible and apply some solder. Use a rather strong tweezer to hold foot in the exact place and apply some heat.

    Just for kicks I applied a lot more heat then necessary to see what happens, but there still was no damage on the paint side.

    So I will not take responibility for your soldering skills - but I see no issue with soldering dial feet.

    Just do a few practice runs on old dials to get the feel and confidence.

  3. Ref. 2508 - anyone? I guess white was the color it came in...

    King says this model is not available anymore. Silix the same. If anyone knows where to get it or has one for sale - please let me know per PM.

    It has a handwound Lemania copy ST-19 mvmnt and I saw it on some other site too, but they didn't have it anymore either. I take also a used one, no matter what condition as long as it has a case and a dial. - Thanks!

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