roflwaffle
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oops
i mean the 28th
can some admin edit the title/post?
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Who: Watch lovers of all kinds
What: Why another Seattle Get together of course
When: Sat, March 28th 5:00PM
Where: South Center Bahama Breeze
Why: 'Caus its been awhile
'nuff said.
Tell your friends.
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I just confirmed it has a genuine (not copy) Swiss ETA...hypothetically, if I were to sell the watch as is, what should I charge to be fair?
Thanks.
I think $10 would be fair...
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Boy these guys will stop at nothing.
An apology may be in order...
it appears the rep i have is almost a year old according to previous owner..
so, theres either 3 versions of the secs at 6 (closed gears normal rotor, open gears 'updated rotor', and 'new updated rotor uknown gears')
or, the dealers just neglected to say that the 'new' one has been around for ages...
so please take my post for what it is... a post by someone who assumed that 'updated rotor on new version' meant 'ones with updated rotor was new one'
apologies for jumping the gun...
but if the 'new one' turns out to be the same as the one i posted pics of... well.. we'll all have a good laugh over it in a few weeks..
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If the 3 wheels indicated have jewels below the caps above their arbors, then this is a step in the right direction (there should be jewels at the other end also)
Here is a 2nd gen secs at 6 A7750. As you can see, the wheels are different (the 3 main wheels simply pivoted around posts coming up from the plate (without lube or jeweling at these critical points)), but I do not see anything that tells me they have corrected (with jewels) the inherent issues
Here is the bare top plate from the same 2nd gen movement, which has jewels for the 3 subdial wheel pinions
nope, the three wheels you indicate do not have jewels... but the subdial wheel pinions have jewels on the top plate as per gen
the only thing they did to those 3 wheels you indicated was to 'skeletonize' the gears so they are no longer solid.. they have cutouts now
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one thing i can not understnad- why not jewel each and every hole in that secs@6 module ? wouldnt that make the modded movement much much better and perhaps much more reliable ?
is that such a hard work, and long research.. to put a few more jewels in the correct places to make these gears work flawlessly ? or its just that the factories too lazy to do it (or have hounderds of 'old' movement they would like to get rid of first)
a second of thought.
db1
no clue mate
Alright... I'm out for the night. realize that I do not check RWG often, so if anyone is hankering for macro pics,etc.. .shoot me a PM, I have email notifcation turned on, so I'll get it... and I can take macro pics..
and then someone else who is better in the 'know' to make such calls can pass judgement on the movement..
If nobody cares, well, no worries, just trying to do my part.. lata kids
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So, I found Ziggs old post about secs at 6 daytona
it looks like the gears are different.
in his entire thread, he doesnt mention the top plate nor the jeweling, so im not sure about that
so, all ive got to substantiate my claims is different gears and different rotor.
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I'm frankly confused...
it says 'new updated rotor'
but its the same rotor as in my old crap seconds at 6...
or am i misunderstanding what they mean?
or, if everyone elses rotors look different, then i have one of these 'new' secs at 6 apart on my workbench right now... purchased broken...
after looking at a few of the dealers sites, it appears that if the 'updated rotor' is any indication (Ive frankly no idea if it does or not, but mine has it), then I have one of these 'new updated secs at 6' movements
I can obviously take better pics of the whole thing in a takedown guide, but
anyone familiar with the movement (im not familiar with the old secs at 6), does anything jump out at you?
The watch was bought busted, and when the module was removed, the watch ran fine... lol... I was reassembling it before my flight home for christmas for repair... im home now but havnt touched it since
theres 3 jewels on the top plate
and one on the other plate... so thats 4 jewels plus the 7750 which has 25, making the 29j version as stated above
is that consistent with the 'old' version?
i'm not terribly impressed with it so far.. then again, it c ould be the same as the old version... as ive said, im not famliar with it
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I'm frankly confused...
it says 'new updated rotor'
but its the same rotor as in my old crap seconds at 6...
or am i misunderstanding what they mean?
or, if everyone elses rotors look different, then i have one of these 'new' secs at 6 apart on my workbench right now... purchased broken...
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you arent banned... if banned, your username would say 'removed' or 'pending something or other' its either part of Vb or at least standard admin procedure..
could be an IP range issue... or connectoin issues
it takes a long time for RG to ban members... they are slow to do so
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Cool, hope to see you there.
last minute bump... I'll be heading out in a bit.
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sounds good to me!
Cool, hope to see you there.
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WHEN: Saturday December 27th 12pm
WHERE:
Claddagh Irish Pub Lyndhurst
25389 Cedar Rd
Cleveland, OH 44124
WHAT: Cleveland Rep Get Together
reservations under 'chris'
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theres a few more beyond those 2.. i have a list around here somewhere...
but afaik, nobody has done side by sides with any of them... or even how to tell them apart..
usually people batch them all together, so prob not any real info out there about comparisons
might want to check WUS's CN movement forum
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Great post
Thanks for the time and research.
It's this sort of info, which just keeps us consistently at that next level.
Offshore
too bad its copy/paste job from the CN movement wiki..
still nice to bring to members attention
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Trying to post a reply with those boobies shaking is hard.
I`m there, on vacation this week and with all the damn sunshine and no rain fishing sucks right now on the rivers.
ha, i just went to post about the event here, and I see its already been done
bump.
PS, I'll be there a bit late (20 min i think)
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Suggestion:
Fix the links, they look pretty bad.
why is there a little apple key symbol behind the girls head?
and, yes, change the name of the watch model...
brand text should be bigger, its microscopic
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I am sure someone said the same thing about the 7750 once upon a time!
lol
well... the thing is...
the rep 'factories' arent the ones making the movements. at all.
they get them from one of the handfull of CN movement makers, change the rotors, and bobs your uncle.
so.. what possible reason could pseduo legit movement makers have to replicate an in house panerai movement?
Besides ETA, very few movements have been copied
I know the seiko 7009 has been 'repped'
some of the miyotas have been repped
and the venus 175 (because they bought the tooling from the failed plant lol)
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Throw the letter in the garbage and move on.
I'd frame it..
throw that away? Bah.. that would be foolish.
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neither work for me...
what are they supposed to be?
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I had a friend that emigrated to Australia with his girl. As soon as she was back in her home country, everything changed. His relationship was over before his stuff arrived by container.
well thats depressing.
Anyway, you can get 4 months in the US under the 'alien fiance' form bit, and it doesnt even ask about career, or working.. heck it doesnt even give you leave to work in the US.. just live here... so.. if you dont want to worry about a job, that'd be the route I'd take.
then once you're in, you get married within that 4 month span, then file for the real deal
Funniest part about that form is this line "If you have not personally met each other, explain how the relationship was
established."
lol, if they will consider people that havnt even met, im going to hazard to guess that you will have no problems getting at least the 4 months without job, etc.
you did say you wanted it to be a year from 3 months from now.. so this will get you through til 7 months from now or delay your plans a few months.. but at least by then you can get your foot in the door and be more able to find a job that would be willing to sponsor you. Much easier if you are already in the country!!
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Works for me....
ah, then I guess someone moved it to a supporter only area.. didnt used to be there...
lol.. go figure.
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Which Threads?
TT
I've seen a lot of the old reviews threads disappear...
like:
http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=23638
I'm 99% sure that link worked about 2 weeks ago.. as I have viewed it and I am not a 'supporter' yet on this board.
that link work for 'supporters'?
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This has to be a joke.
Hope so. I'm pretty sure they are on the lookout for that type of thing, they certianly dont let me 'put it in my pocket for a second', so that poster would likely go get the cops called on him.
you'd have much better luck selling it on the bay as real, then taking the money and just *buying* yourself one.. LOL
yes, that too is a joke, but his idea was fairly stupid.
Seattle Get Together - March 28th
in General Discussion
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indeed
hope to see some new faces as well as prior attendies!