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Athaya cases come with crown necks? I'm gonna buy one now!

Is that a nw case?

Oh man where are u guys getting these gen mid cases? 16523 or 16520 it don't matter

Aw man all these stories make me wish sammy hagar would get back with VH

Great story! I actually love chicago as well as the peter cetera stuff! I have to say i much prefer songs from the van hagar era too. DLR's singing ain't great, though he's a good frontman

He was very very good in MI3. Made the movie. And "Along came Polly"!

That's a badge of honour that i wish i had!

Not trying to be an a-hole, but i'm often told the santos is a hairdresser's watch. Hold your fire. I have one too

owwwie! Removing feet off of a gen dial?!

Nice one! Did you preserve the feet on the dial? Seeing as how you used an ETA movement, how did you get around it? If you didn't...well you're a braver man than me! A genuine question: Could tritium still be glowing after all these years?

Oh i have a svc dial 5508 in my ubi-stein too. It's a disease, i know .. ubi-stein. Everything gen. Gen case, crystal, bezel, insert, inseet-retaining ring, dial, hands, movement etc..

I recently came into a 5508 service dial. The background to this is that i already have a Ubi-stein 5508 (Re: All parts Gen). Now i have had a 1030 movement lying around collecting dust in my safe. So i thought maybe , after consulting with ubi, i could build a 5508 with the 1030. Of course, i didn't take into account the fact that the dial feet are differently placed on the 1030 as opposed to the 1530(which is what the 5508 runs on). Now, i don't really want to spend big bucks on another 1530 movement. And as it stands, my 1030 is going to sit this one out yet again! I don't feel like breaking off the dial feet of a svc dial, coz that just breaks my heart. So...any suggestions? I was toying with the idea of using a ladies ETA movement like the ones BK used in his Wm9 V2 subs, and making holes in the movement spacer. Not sure if that'd work. Oh and, should i build a 5508 or turn it into a 6536? Far as i know, the 6536 dial also reads 100m = 330ft. Unlike the rest of the big crowns. I'm thinking a tiger case or so? Not sure how high the yield is in plumbing for a MQ or Phong Case. I'd read some of the comparos, and the difference isn't so staggering to justify the disparity in price (maybe i'm just too cheap after having squandered all my money already). Apologies for another exhausting post! This is my first foray into the BIg Crown Arena.

Red, why not upgrade then? This site is simply the best. And a lot of good people on hand to help you out. Like janeto, i pumped a lot of money into mine- gen dial, bezel, crown/tube, bracelet/end links, VJ726 movement X 2! That's right. I'm nuts! What's worse? I'm now going into my 3rd build! Hopefully this time with a sigma dial! I already have the gen bakelite bezel lying in wait! This place is the bomb. It's more or less my home page

Or put in a WTB for a franken 6263/6265 watch. At 6k, i'm pretty sure some folks might be interested to part with them

what's a mahand?

Goodness that's a gen alright! I'm having some inane thoughts about doing the same!

Ok, who has this? Wanna sell?

I must be very sleepy. According to the title, the OP hopes it WAS a SCAM?!! Funny thing to hope for, no?

great idea. name and shame

18k?! This is reminiscent of the steve mulholland saga! And this is a rep forum! Good god I hope it gets rectified

i'm thinking the dimensions are off. Don't think it'll accomodate gen dials

100 euro? If it's gen, i'd take it in a heartbeat

What's his price like? Prohibitively expensive for a conversion?

I agree with alligoat. If you're going to be throwing 4 grand in, you're better off just saving a bit more money and buying the gen. I've 2 5513s which were under 1 grand a piece. But the dials certainly weren't of the matte variety. It'd be criminal to cut the feet off a matte dial

?! Guys i'm asian too! Geez take it easy! I was just kidding while thinking...this is bad for business (us asian dudes) coz all the guys taking a powder are asian..eg george wm9, david wong...and now david woo!