I have the 'gold' leather one. I'd call it 'honey' myself. The leather is good quality. My wrist is the same size as yours and looks like this:
On a Bob for Breitling, it looks like this:
Aw, shucks!
If there's nothing mechanically wrong, you may need to just chalk this one up to experience.
Have you spoken to the guy? He may have a replacement. If not, what you've described is the sort of thing I'd fix. Pop the crystal, clean it, put it back together. If you can't do this, do you have any watchsmiths nearby?
My rule is ... if I can't fix it myself, back it goes. If it looks exactly like it did in the pictures and I find a design defect upon closer inspection, like a word in too bold type or something, then that's my problem.
NO-ONE IS PMING MEMBERS WITH SECRET INFORMATION!
Sheesh, TT had a couple of parts spare and offered them to the poster. He didn't pass on the holy grail of secret ETA supplies ...
There are several parts suppliers mentioned in this post.
Here you go:
In the US, use Jules Borel. http://www.julesborel.com/
In the UK/EU, use Cousins. http://www.cousinsuk.com/
Oh, and some people are getting ETA datewheels from http://watchpart.co.uk/
Happy?
I've not come across anyone in the UK/EU on these forums that will service an Asian 7750. I sent mine to The Zigmeister in Canada and am very happy with the results. Maybe you can take advantage of the fact Master Ziggifinicator prices using the weak US dollar.
If all it takes is concise and erudite use of the English language to win you over, then I can present a well hypothesised inferral that would necessitate the proximity of a thesaurus. Would that it were the case that a grasp of language be all that were needed to end this discussion, Joe's pugilistic approach to meting out phrases as short, incoherent infant-speak, as like a teen thumbing a Nokia's much put upon interface, should put that matter to rest.
Yes, but it's both illegal and immoral. Oh, and pawnbrokers tend to have dangerous friends.
Defrauding someone with fakes is one of the things we frown upon here.
Enough of all the scandals and fireworks going down on the forums, let's get back to watches!
Today, in the garden, I decided on the Panerai 127 "1950". Yes, and the photo was chosen for its "I has a bucket" connotations.