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I had the gen in and Ad the other week, it is very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But i do like IWC any way

One problem that i had with a case that i beleive came from this site was that it would not take very thick dials that we may take out of a rep pam from out main dealers the topic is here of how it was modded to fit

synthetic crystel and AR on it. And with sapphire (without AR) hooky, in watches we have plexy glass (heselite) Mineral Hardened mineral Synthetic saphire All saphire crystals are synthetic what are you refering to above?

As long as the crystal is pressed in flatly, the case back is tight and has a greased seal and the crown has the same it should be fine even with out the CG, i have watches with out screw down crowns that i have tested to 100m with out problems.As long as the crown gaurd put some pressure on the crown it will be secure, but get it tested before you swim unless you are brave.

You could make me an offer on mine as i am looking to trade it for a slevin or at least the price of a slevin with stainless steel band

Nice on V, I had a nice play with one in my AD a few months ago, I prefered it on SS but i prefer most on SS but enjoy

A very good looking watch!!!!!

It looks like a thin plate in the pictures added over the back

Still one of my favorates, a super rep before the term was even thought of

nothing 6497 about it, not single bit

me too!!! Looking forward to your new watch though

Way to go frank. looking forward to seeing that!

I got this one My current buckle for jeans is made from a piston crown from my harley

I did with the INGY i did the oporsite with the AT i bought the wife a gen and then i bought the rep for my self.

Seconds hand makes a difference, how is the GMT working on these is it the same as the incorect hand stack rolexes

With history like that there is only one true option to take, Have it restored!

here is a profile shot, if some one can provide a similare shot of a gen we can see the difference The gen does not have a rehaute per se but a tention ring inside the crystal that touches the dial I have a gen crystal and ring here that i used to try to match the colour with

I would go for this one as it is what you would more than likley get any way Asia Copy Eta Valgranes A07.211 Working Chronograph movement,

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I did a bit of work on a rep of the Aerospace???? top one a while ago and a bit of research about it and there was nothing like a decent rep of it back then, I think TJ used to have a rep of the bottom one dident he????

I am looking forward to the silver dial ever since i tried Laz's gen on in brussels

The first try was acrilic paint and a brush, then i tried to get it flatter by applying it using sharpend pegwood as a palet, in the end i went to the car shop and got a can of matt black spray paint mmasked up the case and sprayed it, a small air brush would be better still i assume

A comparison between v1 and v3 V1 V3 The only difference now it that i have tidied up the paint and the glue a bit Eddie lee original plexy watch (pic from redwatches post) Gen (photo from pugwash) And another from my v3

One of the problems with not glueing the crystal in is that the seat is not flat on the sides, it is ridged for the saphire retaining ring, so a larger crystal may be difficult to sit flat. Also the bezel insert only just fits over this 342. With the height i started off with a high dome but the dial is to far away from the crystal even with the low dome. I dont know if any of the shots show a good profile shot but i would say it as good as we can get with out major case modes like thinning the rehaute, rasing the crown and pusher positionsand thining the bezel. If i was going to go to those lenths then i may as well make a new case

A crocodile?