Luthier

PA is a laughing stock.

Yes, it was Paul. Gosh, blast from the past...

You need new crown and tube. The thread on yours were stripped off.

...and bezel is SS.

Some replicas of vintage Tonas are with ST-1901 (Venus 175) movement.

72, and I love ALL of them!!! Just ordered 4 more...

Mike, it's not over, I wish you all the best, there's always a hope. God bless!

Not entirely correct. 1 micron is 1/1000th of a millimeter, so, 5 microns would be 5/1000 of 1 mm. Gov't standard for "heavy" plating is 2,5 mictons and 5 microns.

That's for sure...

so, who is it?

Really??? Never heard about it... And I travel to China for 12 years, 4-5 times per year.

Wrong, KGB, I came to US LEGALLY. And yes, I want to deny any opportunity to anyone, who broke our laws. Maybe, you still don't know the difference between legal and criminal? Get some education then.

Don't know, where do you live, but US citizens pay $120 for chinese visa, luckily, I also have EU passport, visa cost $90, and no need visa to HK, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, and many other countries. So, it's very convenient. Good luck to you!!!

Funny thing - now Republicans almost agreed to give citizenship to 12 millions of illegals. They forgot (or don't know?), that each of them, according to statistics, will legally bring up to 27 relatives from Lating America, mostly from Mexico. So, bye-bye, Republican Party, bye-bye peace, with about 200-300 millions of "legal" mexicans here, we'll face of civil war, or bye-bye America in general. US will be an appendix of Mexico country. How about that?

OK, first - I don't know anything about transit visa, all I know is - if you don't have proper chinese visa - you'll sleep on the street, because no hotel will admit you without visa. Transit visa do not allow you to leave airport, and you could be arrested, and pay fine (5000 yuan). Second - if you'll ask a taxi driver to bring you to "watch factory" - he'll refuse to work, until you'll give him an exact address. Third - no taxi could bring you to the watch market, they drop you 2-3 blocks before it. Fourth - when you exist GZ International Airport, new one, bot an old Baiyun, which provide only flights inside China, you'll be surrounded by at least 10-15 people, who will offer you "taxi", but they're not a taxi drivers, the line for taxi will be about 100-200 people. If you'll succumb, and take any of these "taxi", they'll ride you for at least 2 hours, and demand at least 400-500 yuan for the trip. Real taxi cost 180 yuan. Best way is to take the bus #4 and go to Dongguan hotel, where you can easily get a taxi to watch market area (if you speak Putong Hua, of course), for about 25-30 yuan. And the last - ecven if you'll reach watch market, and if you're without chinese guide - you'll pay 800-1000 yuan for crappy 21j or quartz watches. Don't even think to find anything with ETA, clones or A7750, it doesn't exist there. Been there dozens of times. Here's a few pictures.

Frank, say a word!

Only blue dial will have rose gold hour markers and hands. Black dial will have silver markers/hands, and red seconds hand.

Just a few blue left.

Thanks to everyone. It was a very difficult task, to find a factory, who would make such a small amount of hard rubber midlinks, so, I wasn't too picky about the color. But I'll definitely will ask, if they can make some dark blue midlinks. About too many polished surfaces - wrong, all the spaces between fins are sandblasted, not polished, and it will give a very nice effect. Bracelet is mostly brushed too. Logo will be smaller, of course. Original list of buyers will be published, when all watches would be taken, I don't see any reason to post it now, nobody will have any preferences in numbers anyway. So, if somebody want it - PM me. Not many left.

Great! Toro will help you, mate.

Who modify 5004?

My 5004 has quite heavy blue AR.

Little tip - find SS bracelet from cheaper (21j) Cousteau, and take end link from it. It fits perfectly between Slevin bracelet and Cousteau watch.

Robbie, any news? How are you, mate?