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Karwai, yes, that the same watch and the right dealer. Andrew is great to do business with, and now he include a special QC for every watch he deliver. Good luck

Great review, thanks my friend.

Xeneize, sorry for the late answer, I was on vacation. Regarding the TH Formula is in perfect conditions, I used it a lot, been Quartz, it's always ready to wear. For the price, I strongly recommend it.

The factories are on fire, releasing net TAG model after model, in the last weeks we had been a witness of the Monaco 24 Concept, Carrera DD Carbon Fiber dial, Carrera DD F1 Limited Edition, Aquaracer 500M, among others. But this time is a totally fantasy model, the TH Aquaracer 500M Chrono. Yes, I said CHRONO, but to be honest it doesn't look that bad, the chrono subdials work a decoration to the plain dial of the 500M. At Andrew's site are posted 3 models with deferents color combinations: blue dial, silver subdials & blue bezel; white dial, black subdials & black bezel; and black dial, silver subdials & black bezel. All models have rubber band, Miyota OS20 movt, non Sapphire crystal and of course no AR. Here are the links for each model: Blue/Blue, White/Black, and Black/Black. And some pics:

A great option is the TH Formula 1 in Red, a very nice rep and an affordable price with a gen ETA Quartz Movt inside.

Sexy Lani, your Doxa's pics are hard to resist temptation. Thanks for sharing

hahaha, good point, the washing machine's barrel is SS without any paint on it, so I didn't worry about scratching it. Also I am divorce so I could whatever I want with that machine Thanks.

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Thanks pals for your kind comments. Arthur, great story, thanks for sharing. I am with you, Rolex Subs born as a tool watch, and I think they still are it. Solid, reliable, accurate tool, unfortunately maybe a little over priced. Regarding the washing machine, it was not an act of faith nor a risky move, before I used on my new Rolex, I did several tests with a couple of cheap reps. By the way those 2 reps ended with a lot of water inside the case after the first attempts, so I could assure my Subs could resist a long day at the pool or beach without swear.

I have never been a Rolex fan, of course I recognize the heritage and timeless design, Rolex stands for. I found my way to keep away from a Rolex rep, you know even when you have a gen, people think is a rep. But the vintage Rolex Subs & Explorers have a special atraction, hard to explain but for sure you know the feeling. So, finally I decided to order a Vintage Rolex Submariner 5512 with Swiss ETA 2836-2 movt from Trusty Time's Top Grade Rolex Models Section. Why this model ? Well it has some key feature that I love from old Rolex: 1.- Plexiglass crystal, nothing is more retro than Plexi 2.- No cyclop, I just hate it 3.- No date, eliminate any font problem 4.- Someway linked to Steve McQueen As usual Andrew delivery time was short, and my new retro piece arrive very fast. When I opened the package I found a beautyful shinny vintage Rolex, but It was too shinny to be a vintage. So I decide to try to vintalize it a little, nothing to drastic, whatever I could accomplish in 2 or 3 hour. Perfect as a Saturday morning project. I will not comment over the accuracy of the rep due I am far from been a Rolex conosiuer, so this will mostly pictures before and after I play with it. The aging process covered 3 main areas: CASE: Few ScothBrite strokes and 2 full cycle at the washing machine. The last one produce thousnads of hair thin scratches (see the caseback pic). I know this is not water proof traditional method, but the case withstand 2 full cycle without leting in a drop. DIAL: I selected this model beacuse it doesn't have those bright yellow markers, instead it has light cream/tan markers. So I just applied some stain with coffee grind. BEZEL: The traditional bleach treatment to reduce the bright and tone down the color. Well enough words, I hope you enjoy the pics. DIAL SIDE VIEW PEARL / BEZEL CASEBACK Sorry but I forgot to take a pic of the caseback before I did the washing machine treatment, but this caseback is well know mirror like polish SS. VARIOUS ANGLES Finally some pics so you could have an idea of the details of this nice piece. MOVT CROWN GUARD BRACELET CASEBACK INSIDE

Those ZINEX are gorgeous, but way too big for my skinny wrist.

A beautiful piece and great pics. Thanks for sharing.

I didn't even know the factories already rep the 500M. Your comment about the ciclop also applies to the gen, the mag glass intrudes with the 500M logo. Thanks for sharing.

Just like Hike, the Sinn U2.

I am totally agree with you Lani, the MB Sport Chrono is a ultimate rep, and it has been under the radar since released. i love mine, on my top three in my collection.