crystalcranium

Men gathering online to talk about the relative aesthetic appeal of their "timepiece accessories".....occasionally engaging in group adoration (ooooooh your MBW is so gorgeous darling!!!!)....the conversations devolving into the occasional catfight over who has the best....you know.... etc... Sounds like were all a bunch of queers! Our saving grace...we're crooks...theives...manly men....counterfeit importers...oh no...importers..back to gay!

That settles it....GAY for sure

Paint stripper....why didn't I think of that!

I would recommend soaking first for an extended amount of time. The engraving is kinda rough and the paint adheres pretty well. After 4 hours of soaking, there was nothing more than vigerous rubbing needed to remove the paint. It looks so much better without the paint.

Oris is one of the best values in fine watches. Their Artillier Chrono line is gorgeous and under $2000. The TT1 line of divers are like titanium bathtubs on a strap. If you love a watch that projects bulletproof, these are for you.

Removed the paint from the caseback engraving on my 1665 GW MBW today. Soaked it in lacquer thinner for about 4 hours and the paint came off fairly easily rubbing the back with a lacquer wet terrycloth towel. BTW, the inside caseback engraving was spot on like the genuine. Why are they putting 2834 movements in these watches??? Is it the ETA shortage or a positional thing. There's no reason for a day of the week function on any of the Sub MBWs

Naughty...naughty!!! The act of walking into an AD and flaunting a rep is not admired here. Wearing one into an AD and it being noticed is a thrill...but you risk embarassment and shining a spotlight on our ilegal hobby.

Excellent,...I will try this

I'm new to the MBW 1665 game and I have a question. I have been scanning photos of 1665's and I cant tell if the pearl is consistant. On my watch from TTK, the pearl is not bordered by a steel ring but is just a filled hole, flush with the top of the insert. Is this accurate and would an aftermarket pearl be just the plastic filler for this hole??? Is the bezel insert and pearl for the MBW1665 accurate enough that I can just have Ziggy do a vintage color reluming of the dot without any upgrades??

You soaked the caseback in acetone to remove the engraving paint???

Operating chronos on genune or replica 7750 movements for the first time without a full power reserve can lead to re-setting alignment problems. It's always recommended that you operate the chrono function on a full reserve the first few times you use it. Other than that...winding is a convience. I have several non-winding Seiko 7S26 movement watches that have worked just fine for more than 10 years with a few gentle shakes before setting and wearing.

Beautiful...thanks TTK...and sorry Mike in NJ...I know you are waiting patiently for yours. Hope it gets there soon. CK

Sigh.... He exhausts me...but I guess that's his methodology..attrition of words Come on Teej...get in your last word...space available below And my conclusion that you have serious problems...(12:30 AM in your time zone...just how loaded are you?) is not a casual immature accusation. I did a psychatry rotation in medical school and my wife is a board certified shrink. We're getting quite a few laughs from your posts!!! Dr Crystal

Sorry steph...this guy just gets under my skin.

I'm awaiting my MBW 1665 from TTK any day now and it's going off to Ziggy for a vintage luming, genuine tube and crown, aftermarket T-39 replacement, lug hole drilling..total cost with shipping about $300. isn't this MBW stuff nuts????? $650 for a fake watch. For another $350, I could have had an automatic speedmaster. Good news, if logic ever prevails again...I can always find another board member suffering from the same delusions willing to buy it!!!!!

TJ...lay off the crack...it doesnt do you any good As you demonstrated in the LWL thread...you have no boundries arguing your point to death when something gets under your skin. There is a psychological term for the pathologically argumentative but I'll use the lay mans term of "last word freak". You sure as hell smell putridly of paranoid delusions accusing well seasoned and balanced members of attacks and your points of argument, like an excellent delusional person, are so off the main topic and so run on "ok ...bring it on...I'll argue the next point to death" that you are making a first class fool of yourself. OK...you proudly proclaim you never intend to pay for a subscription here...great...I hope TT...one of the unbiased, nonjudgemental moderators here..is right and the community of "collectors" take note of your juvenile attitude. The fact that you post rationally 90% of the time and the other 10% you show up like Mike Tyson ready to bite off an ear demonstrates something is seriously wrong with you. Now bring it on...quote me...argue it to death...pull apart what I said sentence by sentence...refute every point....light up another pipe....and demonstrate to the community what an a-hole you are.

Here here!!!!!!

People should contribute $5 a month to this forum to keep the lights on....no other motivations necessary. When we can't pay for server access.....all of these "deeply held conviction" rationalizations for not "contributing to a forum that tolerates this and that" go out the window. Paying your taxes in a democratic society gives you the freedom to debate the pros and cons. Not paying because you don't like some aspect of the debate lands you in trouble. Letting others pay to keep the lights on while one runs around the house eating the food and sleeping in the bed....while rationalizing "hey...I contribute a lot around here too"... sounds very familliarily adolescent.

Beautiful!!!!! I'm checking EMS tracking every day awaiting my 1665 Great White from "The Timepiece King". Question...what is the best way to remove the paint from the engraving on the caseback??? I dont want to scrape it. Would removing the back and the gasket and soaking the back in lacquer thinner work???

fuggetaboutit

You will

Lousy luck. My guess is the dealer will make it right if he/she is a reasonable individual. The loss of the piece is no more your responsibility than a customs seizure which many good dealers will cover...besides...if the piece had been of decent quality from the start, there would have been no reason for a second delivery.

I heard from TTK on Tuesday about the status of my order and he told me he was plowing through mounds of emails that had piled up. He'll get to your order. His business engagement tends to go in waves but he always comes through!!!

You're spending way too much time staring at those micro-array expression chips!!!!!

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