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The 4 most important tools for working with the PO bracelet are: (1) Good bottle of Scotch; (2) Full bottle of Excedrin; (3) Full box of tissues for wiping away the tears of frustration; and (4) telephone book to find number of nearest rep-friendly watchmaker to adjust the bracelet after you have given up in complete frustration and broken 4 of the pins. One other tip: contact your dealer and purchse the beautiful rubber dive strap and install it. That's what I ended up doing, and it looks great.

Thanks Offshore for that Seiko reference, It's a fabulous resource!

Replica pens in general look nothing like the real thing. Nor do they write like the real thing (unless you are looking for other than fountain pens and are using gen refills, but even then the "feel" and weight will be vastly different). As others have said, if you want to have a pen to actually use for its intended purpose, get the genuine article. If you like fountain pens, I've found that the best and most reliable modern fountain pens are those made by Lamy (especially the Lamy 2000, which you can find discounted for around $100 if you know where to look), certain of the Pelikan line, Aurora, and many of the Japanese pens like Pilot/Namiki, Sailor and Danitrio. A great Japanese pen is the Pilot/Namiki Vanishing Point fountain pen, which works like a ballpoint, with a "click to open" mechanism you can use with on hand, and no cap to worry about. All of these pens can be found at huge discounts off of retail at various on-line places. I would never buy them at a COlorado Pen store at the mall. I still think the best writing fountain pens are properly restored vintage pens, like the famous Parker 51. Common models of the Parker 51 can be found on eBay and elsewhere for well under $100, they have 14K gold nibs, and they are built like tanks.

Does this rep have the 6 o'clock subdial frozen? Or does it "follow" the hour hand?

I'm wondering if the sunken datewheel might not be as noticeable on the PVD version. The SS version seems to make the date window stand out more, to me.

Be aware that even though the newer models now spell "Reserve" correctly on the rotor, "Scafusia" is still spelled wrong as "Scafuia" on the crown.

1928 38mm Longines: 1940's Gruen Curvex in white GF: gen 39mm Speedmaster:

I just bought the UPO planet Ocean from Sead and it's beautiful (warning, though, the bracelet is an absolute b**** to size by yourself; I broke 3 pins and one link!). He will inspect it before sending it to you; he doesn't drop ship. Like the above poster said, you may still want to modify the watch to get it to be more like a gen. I have ordered gen dial, hands, crown/tube from Ofrei and am waiting to get them. Once these mods are done the UPO looks scarily like the real thing.

If you have a particular watch in mind, just PM Sead and ask if he can order it and how much. He can usually get just about anything.

I recently purchased a V1 with ETA 7750 and double AR, for $800. I had it lumed and had the ETA wheels installed. Came to about $1,000 -- $1,100 total. So the above quotes are right on.

I understand Silix' version differs from the other dealers. Since you are in SF, I would suggest you order from a U.S. based dealer like Sead (supermirrors), for a couple of reasons. First, no customs issues to worry about (and we've heard horror stories about SFO customs). Second, Sead inspects every itm himself prior to shipping, so you avoid the problems of drop-shiping and know what you're getting. Cheers.

A few weeks ago I had the same message, "inbound into customs LAX." Stayed that way for 4 days, then got the message that it was outbound out of customs, and I had it a few days later. No sweat.

Most bracelets are sized large enough for most wrists, evn larger ones. If you need to remove links, use this, which works every time for me: http://www.ofrei.com/page237.html

I think the AD could lose its designation as an AD if it did this.

Love the Kanjii day dial on that Seiko. I'm looking for a nice condition Seiko 6138 bullhead chrono (black dial) with Kanjii dial. Great watches that can be had relatively inexpensively. The Seiko spring drive is also amazing. Anyone who still thinks Seiko makes only cheap quartz watches should take a look at their Credor spring drive line: http://www.timezone.com/library/rdnotebook/200607314159. Also, remember that Seiko has been around for deacdes and always made high quality mechanical wathes. I love some of the odels from the 1960s, both auto and hand-wind.

Works again for me as well. Must have been a lengthy computer gremlin on my end. THanks.

Just what the caption reads.

Sorry about the non-post. What I meant to say is that I had always heard automatic movements would not work in zero gravity in space (hence the Omega Moonwatch being a hind wind movement). Is this true?