zetterdawg

the Aston Martin DB9 convertible is a lot of fun. 450 HP, V12 engine, great handling.

you can get milspec AR added to a crystal for $40 at a low volume through a very esteemed gentleman on this board. BTW I highly recommend this. I only reach for my newly AR'd watches now. They have that extra awesomeness factor. In my mind, to get AR in china in bulk was to be at most $20 and probably closer to $5-10 for the manufacturer. So the $139 + 20 = $159. So, another 50 for the movement (swiss) and you are at $209 with some profit already built in. > $300 is ridiculous for this watch if you can get the asian version for $139 and the dealer is still making money.

You need to stop posting and get back to work thanks for checking this out, Mr.Z

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You are a smart man - that's a great watch and I think I'm going to pick up a gen of that as well. Do you mind PM'ing me with the price you paid?

After looking at your pictures, I can't believe how BAD a job they did on the fonts. They are way to bold, the color is off and the spacing is all wrong. I could spot this as a rep in 10 seconds without a gen next to it. Considering they want $400+ for this watch I'm going to make the assertion that the manufacturer is an idiot. Just wait till you find out your new $400 toy's date don't line up. Yayyy Don't forget to drop another $200 to get the movement serviced. Be sure to open this one up and take off the cheezy stickers on the rotor before they gum up the movement like they did on my latest PAM rep. Yes, if you can't tell, I'm fed up with this watch. You can get the latest BCE with swiss 7750 for $450, that's a good deal for a great rep.........................................

The Zigmeister FTW!!!!111!!

show off that's a BEAUTY!

is the gen 183 single or double AR'd?

There are two big problems with this watch - it's marked BR01 as you noted, and it is missing the Date complication.

actually, here's what The Zigmeister said: Running the chronograph will: 1) wear out the second

in for 4 thanks

is this the 7750 version or the asian 21j version? Not that it makes a difference, but the 7750 version has been mod'd to support center seconds and maybe that has something to do with the failure (although probably not)

Oh I know about your pricing, I'm wondering about the actual cost of the materials. This is NOT to judge you - the work you do requires skills most of us will never have. I'm just wondering if that's $5 or $50 worth of superlume thanks!

wow... just wow. Can I ask a question - how much $$'s worth of lume is that?

#2 - the old asian 7750 tear down would be a very cool subject. thanks ZZ.

don't worry - he's getting it!

excellent, thanks! I'm almost positive the B&R has NO AR as it was built as cheaply as humanly possible cheers, Z

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thanks for the info - well I'll do my best and if it gets sent back uncoated I'll just hope you do another AR Run cheers, Z

thanks for that. I can compare the crystals to the known bentley GT one as well as running your test. I guess I'll just do my best, unless other people can pipe up and tell me if the B&R or Omega have AR. thanks again, Z

I'm about to send off my crystals for an AR application (thanks chieftang) I don't want to mess up and send him crystals with AR already on them. I looked and they don't look like they have AR on them, but I wanted your expert opinions. These are the watches: B&R from josh/andrew, the 46mm version Breitling Bentley GT Omega SMP chrono These are pretty common watches and I was hoping some of you guys could let me know if they have AR or not. thanks, Z

Great idea to support the board - I'm in.

60% defect rate (16/27 respondents) seems pretty high.

yah - I knew that one was going to make me unpopular - although go back and check I've given quite a bit of input on the "public" designed watches. anyway, isn't the web 2.0 trend over now? I support some VC's and do technical due diligence for them occasionally and I'm hearing it's done.