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if that is your first strap then i am french, nice work, want to swap any

@ chieftang the one thing i noticed on the gen SOSF was the blue reflection in the overhead spots in the AD (white dial) so that one does have very noticable AR, is that just because of the floresant light in the spots?

Hi Toni The problem with adding the picture is that you are using the wrong link, on phgotobucket you get two links one is dynamic and the other is not. Sorry i cant acces your photo album from work but it should provide you with an other link somewhere or open a photobucket acount for your watch pics. As to the winding problen it sounds like a problem with the sprung crown as opposed to the movement. Ie the crown is not locking out to enable you to manipulate movement and just turning free on the stem. You can change the date and time because when you pull to the right to get to those positions it forces the crown to lock. But i am no expert and could be wrong, hopefully ziggy will read this and correct me if i am wrong. PS welcome to the forum

You may have to tap (re thread) out the case to take the rolex tube, if you look at cousinsuk.com they have aftermarket tubes and crowns that should fit and would also be cheeper than the real stuff and the quality should be fine. have a good search about and there will be piles of info about new tubes and crowns, as to if any one can do the work for you, no idea but it is a good plase to start if you feel adventurous.

I was all for gen with a bad insert, ah well

39mm Railmaster, it was a super rep before the term was invented!!!!!!!!! Welcome also it is so little collected you will never get called out!

With an in house movement like a new pam then maybey but not for a gen with an ETA, ie hamilton, breitling, tag.

Willing to yes how evr i dont have the skills nesesary i beleve. I had a look at it and a quick try and it is not as easy as it seems, John Browns book (Can I Buy and updated version??) is as has been said what we are trying to achive here. Vic you have PM

A white 1680 would on the way to me too. Not a rolly fan but with a bit of modding i would love one.

I dont think that Ziggy has found a problem with an asian hand wind yet!

Damn nice looking watch, it seams that you read lots and made a good decision

I think i could afford a couple of gens, if id did not have 20 odd reps here and there i could have bought a gen for a couple of grand or a couple of pre owned but only that, This is my retail therapy, i like to shop and eventualy buy, wait check the mail, wait a bit more and eventualy unwrap. The after a few months it starts all over, if i was buying gens that might be every 3 years, and as i said i like to shop. For me Rep even more so with the quality you can get with the right rep watch these days.

Come on is $30 a year a lot to ask for the expert advice available here, if you sold all the watches above for a fair price you could get $500 back easy.

What he said, just marketing bull. Have a look at a noobmarina.

It works that way on my laptop but not my desk top. Better would be to wait for Richard Brown to release a new edition of his book im sure there have been massive changes since it was written

Any one think of a better way of doing this as an online dcument as when i open the file is comes up embedded in IE and is a pain to format???? It experts?

Ok what i will do then is coppy all of the points made in this post, into the document and then re up laod it

I have just started a Word file and attached it to this post so that we can add points to it and keep it as an running document i think with the expertese here it could be a very good document in time, please feel free to download it add your points to it then re-attach it. Edit changed it to ecell so that it can be tabbed for different makers Rep_spotting_Guide.xls

39mm Aqua terra= The Omege text on the dial is underlined where it should be lined throught the middle. UPO= The Omega Logo SFSO= The 3, 6, 9 and 12 markers in the rehaute are not lumed and can be seen in the texture in daylight Ingy= The date font, lack of AR on earlyer versions and if you can see the back then the small o in Co General panerai= The canon Pin, thickness of the crown.

My Daughter likes to leave little messages for us, we have postits and paper every where!

Hey Bearcat where did youget this one from, never seen a white face is it fantasy?

Me too, 36 is nice

Welcome, spend some time reading before you spends some cash, infact lock you money away for a month of so or you will soon be skint, this place is dangerous.

Cool custom watch.