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Site shows pre-order sold out?

It's called the Set Bridge. You can buy a 2 position or grid out the middle detent. The ETA Part Number for single position set bridge is 952.101 51.090 445/2.

Mine seems to wind fine on my AceTimer....

+1. Well said. EXACT same impression here. Power reserve seems low on mine. Small mainspring. It is a Seiko 'style' auto-wind with no manual wind. The project I was going to gut the movement will not work for me as planned.

I said in a previous. I remember when the Porsche 356 Club would cry outrage over the Speedster & 550 Replicas. Now there are no fewer than FIVE manufacutures of these Replicar's. I know Porsche owners who leave their "bias ply tire" "trailer queen" 356's in their garage, and only go take to the occasional car show. Meanwhile, they have come around and for daily FUN and excitement, are driving their (VW or Subaru powered) Speedster Replicar with big grins on their face. The Porsche community (mostly) have come around. Time for the VRF/Rolex Fanatics to come around as well.

Sort of. Rolex has never released that info, so it is all speculation. Also, the RSC might have legitimately swapped a movment or the bridge with SN. The simple fact, unlike say a Porsche Certificate of Authenticity, that spells out matching numbers, etc. No such luck with Rolex. So all the uptight a$$hole fanatics when it comes to "OMG! Your Rolex has been modified" can all Piss off.

I ordered one for disection.

Good point. I bet some of those guys have no issue scavaging a 1570 from a Date or DJ to keep other watches running. Gee....one area where "matching numbers can't be proven" because Rolex is so tight lipped. So in away a saint is a sinner.

Hehehe. Their choice of forum software says it all. They are stuck almost 2 decades in the past. I have a vision of VRF running on an old Compaq Proliant Pentium II server with SCSI drives. LOL.

Source for movements. I have a project that I could use that for. Just the movement actually. If I have to scavange an entire watch I will. Txs

True, but be careful how you apply that logic. Magnification = Cyclops strength + rehaut depth + standoff. So you can use this to compare two crystals side by side. But, in the wild, my shallow rehaut on my Gen Explorer II has a very weak magnification of the actual date wheel. In fact, the reps were over magnified creating a tell or conversely people thinking my gen was fake. Compare that to the old top hat crystal on a 1680. The extra height of the crystal standoff + rehaut makes the 1680 Sub the most magnified DW ever.

Link to seller?

Yep PB, was just curious if the Volume "version" accepts updates. ;-)

Anyone? TIA!

Advice, if you get called out "sucessfully", buy a lottery ticket! I like that.

I agree with F333. WUS is going the same direction as well. That is why RWG is the best "Watch" forum. Rep, Gen, Franken, modder and makers welcome. It is interesting how outside the "Watch World" concepts like "Maker" or Hacker Spaces are gaining in popularity. The Etsy, Kickstarter, indie mentality of "build, make, restore, build" something is alive and well. From modding PS3's, building things with Arduino or Rasberry Pi devices, "Hackintosh", the list goes on. Yet in the boring old world of Genuine Watch forums, god forbid you talk about anything like that- BAN! The ONLY thing the Gen Forums are good for is the For Sale section. At the end of the day, a watch is a "physical good" that you buy, own, or do a Johnny Cash and build it "One Piece at a Time". If your 1575 powered Rolex dies and you want to replace the movement with an "ant powered hamster cage", so be it.

Ohhh VRF, you are so cute with your Windows 95 era forum software... What's the point... I can think of NO PRODUCT in the history of man that has such dumb a$$ thinking when it comes to modifications, replacement parts, etc... If the movement is the same movement but from a different mfg, who cares.... With RSC's ridiculous parts policy, etc, people need to do what they need to do. If that means a Zenith movement, so be it. At some point VRF needs to ebrace "craftyness, and resourcefulness" of Rolex owners who are able to maintain, service and modify their stuff without the help of RSC.

Hell, I can often be found wearing a pair of Checkered Van's (shoes), jeans and a T-Shirt sporting any number of high end watches. Including my GEN Rolex's. (In my 40's now, but I still wear Van's since I was 13!!!) Personal Style Statement - My wife loves it.

Search for a post by Lanikai. He had this happen on a few. Sometimes all it takes is bumping the regulator on the balance a hair. -or if you are inclined get it serviced.

I disagree. I did a post a few years ago about this. Between the Replica Forum' s the average number of registered users is in the 25,000 to 30,000 neighborhood. Even if we assumed 30,000 "active" rep buyers that is nothing. Add on tourist sales in China, etc. Rolex produces something like 700,000 genuine watches per year!!! New York City has a population of 8.2 million people. If every forum member lived in New York and bought a rep that would only account for 0.037 % of the population. Now since we are not all in NYC, spread that out across the world. You have a better chance of seeing a GEN in the wild than you do a REP. Statistically speaking. Because WE know and deal with reps, we think we see them everywhere. I call this "Replica Forum Member Syndrome" just like "Medical School Student Syndrome". :-)

Geography has a lot to do with it also. It is not uncommon for me to be at my local sushi bar, or bar and see a Panerai, AP, Rolex, Breitling, etc... ~Most actually genuine. I see at least one Panerai per week on the street. Granted, I am in a major metro area that has not been impacted by recent economic events. If you live in the suburbs or rural area, yeah, you may never see something like a Panerai in your town. Age as well. I know many a >40yr old sporting GEN $$,$$$ watches wearing their Levi's 501, and New Balance shoes and T-Shirt from Target. With age comes a certain wizdom, and confidence that says I can be who am I with no pretense. I would NEVER assume a REP based on that. Still. Seeing a 20 something getting out of a primered 1991 Honda Civic wearing a Rolex Daytona makes me take pause and assume a rep...

Wild... Did you tell him, unless it is a Seiko 7xxx or a few rare autowinding watches-- he can manually wind it... And, not moving your arm enough? Seriously, the guy admitted to taking public transportation. Getting to the pub should have given it enough charge.

Excellent A few builder questions. With the 2893, how was the stem alignment? Did you need a custom mounting ring? What hands fit the 2893? Thanks!