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THe case is much larger on the Genuine Chrono100 than the standard 100.

THe sizes quoted would appear to be too small as said. I would have guessed at 45mm x 45mm or something of that dimension for the OEM watch.

No news yet for my order but I have every faith in Tommy!

Lovely watch and from a good dealer. They are my local Panerai dealer when I buy bits and peices. Your obviously local to me Baltic! Enjoy your watch!

I'm struggling to get a good photo as my camera is knackered so relying on my phone but the recess on my 16600 looks pretty similar to the picture you showed Ubi. THe insert is smaller on an SD because the bezel edge is thicker compared to a Sub but the recess is about the same.

When I get me camera back I will take some reference shots showing the Shallow rehaut and higher crown postion in the guards etc.

The insert should be recessed!!! Do not change that as it looks perfect. My gen SD has the very same leading edge as your bezel.

Nice SD, Watcher. Josh's? I have one I'll likely wear tonight to dinner. Wearing just my 5th gen iPod to work in the yard, listening to podcasts.

Not from Josh, it came from Rolex I'm afraid.

I'm wearing my beautiful new Seadweller today and for a long time to come!

Save up a bit more and buy a new Seadweller for 2700 pounds like I did last week, the dealer has just told me that Rolex has sent a new price list and it is now 2930! The watch is absolutely stunning! and worth a bit more saving

My gen SMP pro chrono didn't have AR coat on the crystal... Same as my regular SMP pro...

Don't know why, and maybe it does have *some* kind of coat, but it's not the blue/purple we are used to with other brands.

I love this watch, will be my next purchase (as soon as I recover from the last two

Genuine SMP's do have Ar coating on the inside, at least mine does and you can in cetain lights see a faint tint on the edge of the crystal. That said it is only 3 weeks old so maybe it is a new thing on OEM Omega's.

By the way it is a 253100 not Chrono like the rep.

Watcher's 'perfect' Seadweller

I have my suspicions that it is fake. The cg's are questionable but the lighting and angle could change my opinion if differently presented.

Heavily modded or a Joshua perfect model wiht gen insert and crown.

THat is great, thankyou. I have not yet got the watch but as far as I know it has the mystery movement and works.

I'm guessing that the V23 is a two register movement so do you just freeze the 6 hand? or would it be worth the mods to fit a 72?

Thanks

Paul

As a soon to be DW Daytona owner and hopefully the owner of a VJ72 original movement also my question is regarding the hands. Do the hands from the mystery DW movement fit the Valjoux or do I need to source new ones?

I'm looking forward to this project and I'm willing to spend good money on producing a very lovely example that I can take pride in wearing!

Already got oem tube and crown plus tropic 21. Any help on what else will be required would be very helpful.

Thanks guys!

Lume is poor. The markers and hands hardly show at all on the two watches I have. The twelve and six markers glow but not that brightly.

Received mine today from River and fully agree that this is the very best rep yet to be made straight out of the box!!!

I think also that there is a small amount of AR on the crystal but not as much as an OEM model. Stunning!!!

The rep does not have AR of any significacne. The OEM watch has very strong and very obvious AR coating because they have coated both sides of the crystal but it should not be bad as the glass is flat and reduces reflection becasue of that. The curved Panerai and Omega crystals are far worse without AR. Nice watch, enjoy!

River shipped mine Monday but is held up somwhere in the U.K.

Now then guys, is it or is it not rep???

Very nice my friend but it does show how much the AR coatin gon the real one effects the clarity of the dial. I wish the rep makers could start to do this on most reps as there is only Rolex that does not yet do it OEM.

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This company is 'Helfands' on Ebay and usually provide a high standard of service. I've had many Rolex bits from them.

I think they offer the relume service on Ebay.

Yes David's tube is thicker but well worth the effort. I'm not sure if his crowns have got thicker as the 2 I have from 3 months ago are not quite thick enough compared to Palpetine's new 2.1 crown and the OEM crown but they are well made with a good bright OEM lustre to them and crisp teeth.

Gomez and Molina have this in the window in Spain but I did'nt even know it was being repped!!!!!!!!!!

It looks fu***** amazing!!

Black dial for me then a strip down and double AR coating on the crystal and we are set!

That is the biggest flaw on IWC reps, they have very strong AR even on these models. I'll have to wait 3 months until I return home the to U.K though

Very nice but not worth the money. The dial is still too grained. The real one has a more pastey appearance and should perfectly match the bezel as it too is platinum(rolesium). I owned a gen in 2002 and this is better but not worth spending $400 on.

A Yachtmaster should have x2 date magnification and does not have a deep rehaut either. The dealers now think that every sport Rollie rep should have one!