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IMO Subs and Seadwellers and SMP's and Seawolfs are all just tool watches You can get a slightly used SMP or Seawolf for under $1k (I paid $850 for my used Bond SMP) and they seem to sell OK as reps! I would love to see Sinn or Doxa diver reps!!!

i really did not like the U1 in pictures, but once i got to see and wear one for a bit at a watch meet up in SF i was blown away. a stunner in person i'm really surprised that there are no sinn reps. the 656 would be easy and i think would sell well! congrats on a beautuful watch

http://cgi.ebay.com/Omega-Seamaster-Planet...1QQcmdZViewItem "the button on the left that adjusts the date is broken" So we are to believe he bought a $2000+ watch and did not know what the left button" does

I had a white dial version and would have liked it a lot. But the 12:00 markers were not even or even parallel and the stem was too long so it would not screw down. I didn't mind the bezel paint (would have been an easy fix) and from what I understand the white dial gen was actually more of a silver/white than the plain white of the rep. If I could get a black dial with good markers at a decent price I might buy one as I really like dive watches. It's a shame the quality was not as good as my new Ingenieur

It's funny how well marketing works Seiko is older than Rolex or Omega or many of the Swiss brands (1881) Seiko produced the first automatic chronograph and it was column wheel movement with the 6138 and 6139 in 1969 decades before Rolex had a column wheel chrono Seiko invented the quartz watch Seiko produced the first all titanium watch Seiko prodiced the first quartz dive watch It was because Seiko brought watches that beat every Swiss maker in teram of accuracy that the COSC decided to only offer chronomoter certification to 'Swiss made' watches. Grand Seiko's actually meet a much higher accuracy standard than COSC Seiko (and Citizen, there is some argument about it) both produced quartz watches with one second a year accuracy Seiko has always made every single component in their watches in house including mainsprings and all lubricants and crystals and dials and... The Springdrive is only the latest in a long history of innovation for Seiko When the quartz revolution came and old line Swiss makers were goiing bankrupt and being bought up by Swatch and others Seiko was still producing hundreds of thousands of mechanical automatic Seiko 5's and divers a year and selling every one and turning a profit It's such a shame they don't have the prestige and class and history of a company like Panerai or Rolex or Swatc... er Omega

It's an amazing watch. Bigger than my 300m MM, the bracelet is awesome (but then again the bracelet on a $150 Seiko Monster is better then a Sub bracelet ) and the sweep is just mesmerizing. I had an old Seiko 600m Professional 'Tuna Can' auto diver with the 36,600bph movement and the sweep on the Springdrive was visibly much smoother. It just glides around the dial In my opinion the only thing Seiko did wrong was the white GMT hand (oh yeah did I mention it's GMT too?). It can be hard to tell the time at a glance soemtimes.

Not at all Seiko has made watches in this price range and higher for decades. The Grand Seiko's and Credor Phoenix models are as good or better than any watch in their price range (IMHO). I have a Seiko Marine Master 300m diver and with the same movement (but non decorated) as in the Grand Seiko's it every bit the equal of a Sub at roughly half the price. The 600m (actually tested to 750m) Springdrive diver is an amazing watch and would cost 2-3 times the $3k price if it had a Swiss label. But the high end Seiko's have only ever been sold in Asian markets and are even hard to come by there. The Springdrive movement has been around for a few years but is just now filtering down into sportier watches. It is a mechanical handwind or auto movement with no battery that is regulated by a crystal. It has a 72 hour power reserve and accuracy of better then +1 second a day from a mechanical movement. I have a friend who has one of the 600m divers, his gains 8-10 seconds a month Here's a review by Ty from SCF: http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=msg...d=0#msg_1276772

I went to an office supply store and bought a three pack of white ink erasers for like $2 US

I saw this on another watch board and thought it was interesting The power reserve chrono has a lot of Sinn U1 influence and if it was not so busy I would be pretty interested! I have to wonder if these are from a former rep factory (but since i don't read Thai...)??? http://www.plazeon.com/index_th.htm

If they ever rep the orange I'll buy one To me this is a pure 'tool watch' and the orange just looks more right than the black or white!

I got mine yesterday and accidentally wore it into an AD!!! I went by a local jewlrey store that stocks Rolex, Omega, Pam and Breitling just too look around and disovered that they now stock IWC The salesman was all over me and as helpful as can be and complimented me on my 'taste in watches' more than once. I did not hang around long, had to pick up my wife anyway, but anyone who thinks this rep is not good enough yet must expect perfection. It actually looks much better today after a good scrubbing and a polishing with Flitz and it's running +3 seconds in over 24 hours

Funny that humble Seiko (my first watch collection love) has always made 100% of their watches in house. From movements to crystals to mainsprings, and even lubricants it's ALL made by Seiko Even Rolex could never claim that. They evidently outsource the mainsprings for their in-house movements...

I finaly gave up and sized my LV. So far it has not stopped in 3 hours. I'm hoping maybe it just needs to be worn a bit and run in? It could probably use a polish and bracelet oiling but with just a quick scrub with dish soap and water and an old toothbrush it looks damn good!

Dammit you guys just stop it! My LV came Wed night and probably got damaged in shipping and will not run I know Neil will take care if it but it's sooooooooooooo frustrating!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Rob All I lost was shipping both ways and being able to wear my Sub for 45 days or so. The rude PM's were just deleted immediately. The best thing about Rob is not that his work is great and reasonably priced and that he takes such pride in it. But that if something is not perfect he will go the extra mile to make it so!

Nice bike, but you put gears on it I just finished building another single speed (my Bianchi Boss was stolen out of the house) out of a 1999 S-Works Stumpjumper. I even replaced the White Bros fork with a rigid I have a gear bike (Rocky Mountain Vertex Team) and a road bike, but am sooooooooo tempted by a 29er

Pug is right IWC was founded by an American, duh! But the Ingenieur was designed by a Frenchman and the direct translation is from the French for engineer: http://www.frizzellweb.com/larry/ingenieur/ The AMG/IWC connection is about money and nothing else

Sacramento is not much of a watch town. I've only ever seen one gen Pam and even Subs etc are pretty rare. But I do make the effort with my reps to make sure they fit me My job (newspaper) is pretty casual and I dress that way for work. I usually wear Abercrombie khakis or Chip and Pepper or Paper Denim jeans and Dieslel shirts with Puma or Diesel shoes, and drive a Saab. I can easily pull off my Sub or GMT II or an SS Pam and never get questioned. I've actually had a number of people ask about the Rolex's, and at least in Noerthern California, the assumption seems to be that an SS Rollie is genuine but that almost all gold or gold and diamond 'bling' Rollies are all fakes!!! But I do save my FM Conquistador for days that I wear a suit or a sportjacket

Just quit posting pictures of that Ingenieur dammit! I only like dive watches, not sports watches. And I don't need another rep. And I'm sure the hands are .00062mm wider or narrower than the gen, so it's no good anyway. And I would probably scratch it on a doorway the first day. And it's probably not as accurate as a G-Shock. And the metal bracelet would probably give me allergies. And...

It's the difference between static pressure and dynamic pressure. To be rated for scuba diving per ISO Standards a watch needs to be 200m water resistant. Very, very few scuba divers go down to 660 feet

Uh yup http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=11599

My SS Breitling Seawolf Avenger is one of may favotire reps. Even more so since The Zigmeister re-lumed it and fixed the loose crappy bezel But the all SS combo can be really heavy sometimes so I thought I would look into getting one of those cool 22mm Breitling rubber dive straps with the big BREITLING lettering in blue. But everyhere I look on the web they are almost $200.00!!!!!!!! At first I thought I was seeing things? Seiko's classic thick genuine rubber Z-22 strap is available for $25-30 and is a great strap. WTF is up with a $200 rubber strap? I guess it's too much to ask, to hope there is a rep version available???

Exactly right! I used to be a huge Seiko collector and still have a number of vintage Seiko automatic chronos and divers and I have a Marine Master 300m auto diver that I believe is a superior watch to a gen Sub for under $2000. But the watch you have pictured is a low end quartz Seiko. The quality control and fit and finish will be excellent, it will be accurate and durable and it's a nice looking watch in person. But comparing it to a rep is just comparing apples and rye bread For a treat sometime, do a google search on Seiko Credor Phoenix chrongraph. Stunning watches and probably my next 'gen' buy!

According to my dealer (who is one of the big 2 or 3 here ) there will be a Big Pilot rep out by the end of the year with quality equal to the new Portugeser and Jones IWC's That's all he would say....

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