Ronin

Cool. I like the Certina a lot.

I also find that people HIDE behind the anonymity of the internet.

I dare any of those "anti-rep/you are a fake person" guys to say that to my/our face in person.

Correct. Crown/Tube not compatible.

I would go out on a limb and say the xtals will interchange.

The dial feet on the H-Factory 112 dial were not compatible with a SWISS GEN 6497. YMMV.

The noob 111 dial however was compatible with a SWISS GEN 6497.

That $25.00 tool is useless. The ONLY watch it ever worked on for me was a MBW 1665, and when it lets go you will probably scratch something anyway.

+1 Red...

I have successfully interchanged Noob and H-Factory parts with my DSN 112/111 176/177 stuff. Although my crystals are Chief AR'd DSN originals.

The only other gotcha I noticed is there seemed to be a variance in H-Factory Dial Feet for the Asian 6497, but not the Noob. Strange... Also, the Noob Crown would not fit the DSN case without opening up the tube. CG's and Casebacks were interchangeable though.

HTH,

Although briefly mentioned, it was glossed over. I wish someone with an account over there would chime in with: "Replica Guys are responsible for flagging down the majority of scammers selling fake/reps on eBay", we know every detail so well and are thus qualified to perform this "Public Service". There IS "Honor amongst RepWIS's"

The fake people stuff is laughable. I personally own MORE GENS then most of the Gen Fourm guys who maybe get their one grail Omega/Rolex/etc. But, I also own REPS. So by that logic, what the fsck am I? 1/2 Fake.

I do love the car analogies. If I rolled into a Porsche Club event in a Beck Spyder, I would be welcomed. If I showed up at a Rolex GTG with a 6542 Franken, I would be burned at the stake.

Two quick additions. The watch in that auction is 1.) Quartz, and 2.) the Chrono is faux/non-working. In short, it has a $1.00 movement (wholesale), and probably another $4.00 in parts (battery, hands, dial, strap). The seller is probably making $2.00 USD after fees and shipping, etc.

As far as mark-up on reps here. I think some of that is to cover the risk. Risk of confiscation and thus a re-shipment by our trusted dealers. Risk of the law, etc. If I were shipping goods internationally with the threat that some % won't make it to the destination, I would probably mark my stuff up double to cover my a$$.

Supply & Demand +Risk Bonus = Rep Price.

Awesome!

99% of 70 year old leather pouches are junk. Unless that particular pouch has specific historical significance I wouldn't think twice - unless you have a problem wearing a piece of Nazi paraphenalia if that is the side the p0uch comes from. I must confess that I tend to stay away from anything even vaguely related to a horrible era in history but that is just me.

Yes, most are probably already dry-rotted beyond salvaging. I now feel like you do about stay away from that era. However, when were kids, playing "Army" with this surplus stuff, we actually got a kick out of some blood stained pouches and a bayonet we had. Now I am kinda freaked out by it. Especially after seeing "Band of Brothers" and "Private Ryan".

This topic just made me a bit sad. Look, I don't mean to be judgemental, but cutting a 100 year old genuine artifact to decorate a fake toy watch made in china is too cynical for me

In short, it can dry-rot, continue to decay and break down in an attic or basement somewhere, or as mentioned can be put to use and thus maintained. Since the reality is these have no fiscal value, putting it on a toy watch of little value is a wash. The rest is just Karma if you are so inclined. Like Nanuq said, if this was a family members that survived this horrible time, and their old gear, put it to use.

Some things fall under "must preserve" and some do not. You're not getting a brand new unissued pouch with the box n papers with it and markings from the worlds most famous clothier who was on contract during the war... you're getting a surplus sale item. There were millions of men in uniform during both those wars.

Will there be 10 new WWI and WWII museums built this year?.. likely not. Do re-inactors have what they need?.. likely. Do the current WWI and WWII museums have the original items they need.. likely.

If you're putting something to use that would otherwise be wasted or used as moth food in another 50 years you should feel fine about it....

+1 Exactly. When I was a kid, this "junk" filled Army-Navy Surplus Stores. I really see it having no more value than a mass produced trinket from China these days.

I see, so you are not looking to spoof yourself, but have others (say members here), spoof ourselves to vote for you. Got it. No easy free way to do that.

Ball COSC Diver

There is spoofing, and then there is proxying. You probably won't have the mad hacker skills to spoof from your house since that would mean compromising internet routing.

You therefore have two viable options.

1.) Use a proxy service like hidemyass.com that lets you select geographic based proxy servers in all major cities. So as long as you are 100 miles from a MAJOR city, this is an option. CONS: This service requires paying for it. Also, you will need to "Rotate" IP's, because the vote/contests probably looks at "unique" IP's, or weights them. 100 votes from the same IP might be discounted. HideMyAss does allow Rotating IP's.

2.) Just use social engineering/networking. Got a Twitter Feed? Got some people in the area that can use Twitter to encourage people to vote? (I HATE FaceBook, but same logic applies here). Leverage Social Networks to Rock the Vote. Best of all it is FREE.

HTH

Grail again.

Nothing quite like Tritium Gas Tubes.

Can't seem to report it with my USA based eBay account. Come on UK crew, flag him down.

I have seen some 'never heard of them' brands on eBay using them. Possibly companies in the Invicta niche as well. So by GEN, technically yes, but not from the big well know makers.

To me it looks like someone started to remove the old brown lume in an attempt to re-do it-- then gave up. The wobble/unevenness could be from attempts to remove the old lume.

Been having a bit of issue with my priority packages taking about a week.

Yes, something is off at the USPS. Packages that normally take 2 days to get to/from me are taking close to a week these days. Something is up.

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