Ronin

Nice. You are on your way.

I have both a B&L 4x with head-wire, and Optivisor. I have to admit I have a easier time focusing with the Optivisor and its stereo optics. That said, I usually reach for that first.

Edgar Allen Poe

I like the strap combo. Great job...

Although not normally a B&R "Square Watch" guy, I would seriously consider that one.

Double the Fun Wed. Meeting up with Ubi to give back the timeshare Tudor. Leaving me wearing:

I am curious to here Freddy333 chime in on this as his "Beater" DRSD seems to see a lot of daylight. Wonder what, if any, attention he has ever received while wearing it. Personally, if I were wealthy and fortunate enough for a DRSD, I would wear it out and about. I probably wouldn't dive with it, but I would definitely wear it out to dinner.

Petrol

+1 on the Acetimer for an affordable winder. I have one 8x12 for me and one 2x3 for my wife. I am approaching 1yr on my 8x. It was wisper quite when I got it, it has gotten a touch louder, but not enough to bother me in the bedroom while sleeping 10 feet away from it. AceTimer touts their fuzzy logic. It is actually the weak link since you can not independently control CW, CCW. This makes it A7750, and one way winding movements unfriendly if you leave them on for more than a week without wearing. Easily hacked if you are an electronics geek. Works perfect with all other ETA, and Gens I have.

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Original post: http://www.rwgforum.com/topic/110578-another-new-1665-drsd-rep-coming-this-month/ Mods/Staff might want to combine.

Torn

Stumbled upon this. Hmmmm Could be awesome! http://www.puretimew...?productID=2148 I don't want to DDOS their site by hot-linking pics but here are the specs. Size: 39.5mm x 17.8mm (incl. crystal) Movement: Swiss ETA-2846 automatic movement at 21600vph (low beat movement which is similar to the genuine which is 19800vph) Functions: hours, minutes, seconds and date display Case: 316L steel case with thick springbar Crystal: super-dome plexi crystal (made with a gen as sample) Dial: we make many dial options as vintage Rolex fans all know there are many dials for this watch, we made about 4-5 dials Bezel: freely rotating bezel with black insert and dome plastic pearl Strap: steel bracelet with correct markings Clasp: flip-lock deployant buckle Water resistance: >50 Meters Remark: PureTime has spent few months working with the best vintage replica maker on this watch, we admit it is not 100% same as genuine but it is the best out-of-the-box version in the market.

Gravity

Very nice. One of my favorite models.

Customs Drug Sniffing Dogs. (joke)

When using the "GIFT" option, I usually instruct the buyer to actually put something in like: "Happy Birthday", "Merry Christmas", or some other Greeting Card Esq words. That way it at least gives the appearance and plausible denyability. When using the regular payment options, I usually instruct the buyer TO LEAVE EVERYTHING blank/default.

Looking good. So is that NDT dial mounted on a 2836 movement or some other?

This will be heading back home to Ubi soon, so one last wear before it goes home.

Samurai

@Freddy333 - Damn, your collection is inspiring!

FYI - Updated the OP with the following. Tips / Tricks / Lessons I learned: Ok. Now for the learn from my mistakes and experience time. In particular order, just some random musings. Hands - Trying to paint "White" over Glit, was a failure for me. So I opted for the silver seconds hand instead to obtain the look. If I were to attempt the white hand-- I would order a red yachtmaster hand for ETA, strip the paint, then paint with airbrush. The other issue in attempting the white hand was then having to relume it since chances are good the lume will get stripped, or paint on it.Hands II - A bad assumption on my part, I figured the hour hand would have a "positive stop" when pressing on. I was wrong, and my first press of the hour hand had it touching the dial. Yikes. LESSON LEARNED: press hour hand while watching closely under the loupe. Stop when you have the desired clearance, or in my case with ETA when the top of the hour hand was flush with the top of the hour wheel pinion. Tools: I simply used my Bergeon Presto Puller and 7404-2 presser. To press the second hand on I recommend Ubi's Dumb-Dumb Sucker stick.Pearl - The rep pearl was crap plastic. A more accurate vintage pearl would not work because it was too small for the hole already in the insert. The WM pearl was too big. TRICK: To fit the WM pearl I used a 3mmx.60 tap to slowly open the hole a bit bigger. Actually, just used the tip of the tap to ream the hole bigger. To prevent loss of the pearl, I also used a small amount of JB Weld Epoxy on the back side.GS Hypo Cement - I used this to glue the insert and crystal. It did the job but I am not sold on it. My weak-link from a water proofing perspective is the crystal to the case.Cutting the Stem - Surprisingly this was easy for me. Only took 2 cuts to get it right. I think the Rolex style screw down made it easier. My shortcut is, TIP: 1.) Screw on crown to uncut stem and insert into cased movement. 2.) Using my caliper I measured the distance from the tube to the start of the threads on the crown. (2.5mm) in my case. 3.) Then I measured how much squish/push the traditional Rolex screw-down crown had. About another 1mm. So I figured I needed to cut 3.5mm off the stem. 4.) Went conservative with my first cut and stuck with 2.5mm. This put the crown threads just touching the tube. Pushing it in would allow it "screw-down", but I was still a bit far away from the case when the crown bottomed on the top of the tube. 5.) Nipped off about .5mm and filed it a little bit. Viola! I used Loctite 290 on the stem to crown for final installation.Bezel - This Bi-Directional Bezel was very stiff with a very metal-on-metal feeling. TRICK: I used a little bit of Vaseline/Petroleum Jelly on the groove the tension wire rides in. Viola, smoother and easier to turn. Future Modifications (maybe):Reseal Crystal to case. Right now it water resistant to about 1 BAR. Safe to wash hands, or get caught in rain, and possibly ford a river. I am reluctant to swim, dive, shower (pressure) with it.Locate a BIGGER sterile crown. Would love to find an 8mm Sterile Crown/Tube.White Seconds handSterile Bracelet

@TJ - I like to have options, so I will probably go for a sterile bracelet as well. Stay tuned on that front.

Kurosawa