Chaotik

Hi all... Well, what was gonna happen happened... After almost 2 and a half years of service, my trusty (and cheap) 21J Planet Ocean no longer works properly. It picks up plenty of time (sometimes an hour) over a 24 hour period and that's only if I wear it since the power reserve is now absimal. What do you say ? salvageable or not ? If yes, what am I looking in terms of cost and where could I have it done !? Thanks

yes.. ! That's it.. I had forgot it was a tourbillon. Even better... do you remember what it was called and where you got it ?

That's not it The company I'm referring to only had 3 or 4 models available in white or black dials. The dials had somewhat of a textured pattern. They had very classic looks... kind of like Breguet.

I while ago I saw a post on this forum about a chinese brand that makes automatic watches for around $150. They looked very good. I'm trying to search the forum for the name and link but since I can't remember what to search for, it's kind of though Anyone can remind me? Thanks Chaotik

Is this the dashboard of a Triump TR6 ?

Man... I need a Panerai...

Actually, even easier.. found this watch place downtown and they fixed it for me in exchange for $5...

Hi guys, Today, my leather band came off my wrist. When I took the spring bar out of the band, I noticed it snapped in two pieces. My watch is an Omega PO 42.5mm rep. I believe the width at the lugs is 20mm. Will any spring bar work as a replacement ? Where can I purchase replacements spring bars ? Ideally, I would purchase a small amount... I saw assortments of 400 pcs on ebay... seems crazy since all I need is one, maybe two in case the other one breaks soon. Thanks for your help. Chaotik

Not sure I necessarily agree with this statement. This week on the news up in Montreal, their envoy to China made a story on how much the sales of counterfeit good was affected by the downturn. They were primarily talking about painting replicas and showing streets full of Van Gogh's that are usually packed with people and they were deserted now. Not sure if this will also be true for watches. But I think in a downturn, people tend to cut unnecessary spending... and watches (gen or rep) are unnecessary to most people In a way, I'm hoping that holds true and demand goes down a bit. This way all those $400+ super reps may come down in price a bit

Hi guys... I am looking for a Burberry scarf replica. When using Google I get lots of links but if it's like all those scam sites for watches, it's not good. Anybody here knows a trustworthy place where I could find this? Thanks

very nice Andy !

Judging by the amount of views on this thread, a lot of ppl keep coming back hoping for some boobies.. I know I'm one of them.. ! For some reason, boobies just never get tiring ! Now show them already... maybe it will be a new thing... change the Wrist Check for a Boob Check or something..

ok.. just saw your edit yeah.. the 42mm is 20mm lug width. thanks

My watch is the 42mm PO so I believe the width is 20mm but I will measure to be sure.. Thanks for the tip about Panatime... it looks better than the ebay one. Can anybody confirm the lug width so I don't have to wait to tonight to order it ? Thanks

I am still waiting for Eurotimez to respond and I was looking on fleabay for fun and found this : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...A:IT&ih=004 What do you guys think? Would this look right or just plain wrong? It's hard for me to tell from the pictures but maybe some of you know this seller or have seen similar straps "in person" Thanks guys !

all right... After taking it apart twice and following the tutorial, it's still not working the way I would like it too. I am giving up on the SS bracelet I think.. does anyone know if one of our dealers can source a black leather with orange stitching ? this is the look I would be going for : http://www.omegawatches.com/index.php?id=5...&no_cache=1 any ideas ? Thanks

wow.. Thanks so much.. this is fantastic. I also had the same issue with the diver's extension. This tutorial should fix all my problems ! Chaotik

I have a cheap rep of the PO. It's a 42.5mm with 21j movement that I paid just over $100 about 4 months ago. I like the watch overall. It's keeping good time and it doesn't scream fake too much (for most people anyway ) However, I do have an issue with it now. The clasp no longer works. The 2 push buttons you need to press to unlock the clasp were so hard to push in, I actually had to use a pair of pliers to push them in. After doing that, I was able to take the watch off but now the buttons are pushed in and won't come out. As a result the clasp won't lock anymore. If there a way to fix this? I saw some replacement clasps on Ofrei but at $150 each, they are worth more than my whole watch.. seems a little crazy to me. Perhaps someone sells a better quality rep clasp for cheaper? Thanks for your help. Chaotik

Say you have a bunch of stopped automatic watches in a watchbox, would an earthquake like this be enough to get them ticking again ?

The diver extension is the smaller clasp that closes "under" the main clasp. If it's open, you'll end up removing way more links than needed and will have to put them back in order to close the extension.

I had the same issue with the same watch not that long ago. I ended up taking it somewhere to be adjusted. The guy that did it actually had to struggle a bit to get the pins out. I was told that if you do it yourself, you need to use a pin pusher and push really in straight line or else it would break the pusher. The watchsmith that did mine actually had to hammer the pins out. FYI, they are pins, not screws.

That's a scam?!?!?!

Hi guys... I figured that some of you have experience dealing with obscure Chinese company due to the nature of our hobby. Perhaps you can help me. I saw this on Alibaba.com: http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/20667845...Z_computer.html This computer sells for about $2,200 in North America. I contacted the company selling that computer and he told me he can sell 1 unit for $840 + $30 shipping. I asked him if it was a genuine Apple product and his answer was yes. Brand new genuine Apple. The seller is a gold member of Alibaba and everything.. does this make sense? Usually Apple has a pretty solid lock down on prices for their product. How can those companies sell it for less than half the price. Would you guys take the chance or not? Thanks for your help! Chaotik

how much does it sell for ? It looks great !

Trusty has the Chopard for just a hair above $100 and actually mentions it has a synthetic sapphire with AR... I thought it was hard to beat... Interestingly enough, his SFSO is $60 more but only has a mineral crystal with no mention of AR. Do you guys know why there would be what seems to be somewhat of a discrepancy ? The IWC Ingenieur aren't really my cup of tea. Maybe they'll grow on me just like the PAMs did. At first I didn't really see what the fuss was about with PAM and now the 111h is high up on my hit list.