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  3. Trusted dealer sites go down?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I am new to the forum and from what I have seen so far, it seems like a great place for my watch collecting hobby to begin. I ordered my first Breitling rep from Trusty Time yesterday. Unfortunately, the site is down today. How common is this?

     

    It is not very often down, however the websites have trouble with the authorities from time to time.

    Also there are some clone sites with other addresses that just copy picture and text from Trusty Time, Perfect Clones, etc.

    So it is best to check that you got the correct website before you order.

     

    The website should look something like this (clickable picture):

     

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    and be at this site http://www.ttw888.com/

     

    If it is not, you have not ordered from Trusty's.

  7. Help find Asia 2824 to repair Abyss, Breitling

    in The Breitling Area

    Posted

    I bought a Breitling Superocean Abyss in June, 2011. I used it a lot the first year, ie more or less a daily beater. Shortly after it stopped, and I used other watches.

    I brought it to Thailand and got it repaired, the repairman didn't say a lot and I hoped he had changed the movement. Didn't get an answer and he said of course " a year" and I thought sh.t!

    The watch went perfect not slowing or fastening, however after a month it stopped, then going 2-5 sec and stop for some sec and going for some sec, etc.

    When I brought it to repairman in Thailand he said it had had a shock. I did not use it when doing manual labour, however after it stopped I shaked it a lot around.

     

    There is a retired watch repairman close to where I live so I hope I can get him to change movement on this. (He doesn't do complicated repairs anymore, so I hope he will do this)

    I paid about USD 270 + post, and paid too much for the repair  :huh: , so I thought getting an Asian 2824 and getting someone to change this.

     

    Trying to find an asian 2824 seems a bit difficult, although some on ebay.

     

    From watchuseek.com comparison ETA 2824-2 , Seagull ST-2130, TY2130 and HZ 6300.

    http://forums.watchuseek.com/f72/how-do-seagull-hangzhou-compare-eta-depth-look-216945.html

     

    1. The link above does say that these movements are about the same, but I am unaware how to find the right replacement?

     

    Is this a match?

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/ETA-2824-2-AND-SELLITA-SW200-CLONE-MOVEMENT-SEAGULL-ST2130-100-EXACT-SAME-SPECS-/121081456572?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c310467bc

    How to specify a movement that fits?

     

    2. Pitfalls?

     

    3. Good to load up with movements? I have different movements like 4813, 2824, 7750, quartz, etc.

    Was a bit disappointed that this "simple" movement stopped.

     

    4. surprised that these movements cost after I heard on this forum earlier that a movement like this costs USD 25.

     

    5. Also heard this model, the Abyss had a tube weakness, my watch has been easy to fasten crown after adjustment.

     

    I know some watches fail and others go for a long time, that is also my experience.

     

     

     

  13. watcheden

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    have anyone bought from EU at watcheden?

    i want o buy the following :

    http://www.watcheden...-65925-p-1.html

    have anyone of you a cellphone like this and how danger is it to order from Germany at these webshop regarding the customs???

    I f buying this phone - iPhone-clone - my concern would not be customs risk (at all), it would be functionality.

    As I already bought a Nokia clone in Thailand I have tried this, and my concerns are:

    It was a 3-sim phone excellent on vacation, being able to use both cheap local sim and other people being able to reach me on my "home" number.

    That was excellent - all sims worked at the same time - and this is the ONLY reason I would buy a replica cell phone (at this time).

    Why? The software on these replica phones are not iOS/Apple, symbian, Android or just simple Nokia or SonyEricsson software.

    This means you have no glossary for SMS(txting) and you are 15 years back in functionality. The rest of the software is nothing like

    phones today at all.

    If you want to buy this phone to look cool and just use it as a phone (ie just calling whistling.gif) - buy it!

    Of course you might be disappointed because even address book might not be remotely similar to present phones.

    And the phone might not look so cool unsure.gif

    Of course the price is also quite high on this one - I would rather buy a cheap used 1G iPhone instead of this.

    I am now using an Android phone, which I love and prefer over iPhone. However i would gladly get any used iPhone

    over this one.

    As I said in the beginning - the customs risk would be the last of my concern!

  15. 44mm Tag Formula 1 rep?

    in The Tag Heuer Area

    Posted

    I like the Tag Formula 1 however after owning bigger watches the 41mm just seems to small. I tried on the newer 44mm ones at my local AD over the weekend and I think it fits my 7.5" wrist a lot better. My question is, is there a rep of the 44mm available yet? A cheaper one is fine as it's only going to be a beater watch for kite surfing/surfing (after it's pressure tested of course!).

    I've had a quick look around a few trusted dealer sites but I can't seem to see it listed. I'll also ask my dealer however I thought I'd give you guys a go first.

    Thanks

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    I did find it at watcheden, and I guess it is not a decent rep as By-Tor says.

    Although I think sometimes it is OK to lower the specifications.

    The bezel seems to be wrong, it looks more like gears than the gen - which has a V-shape between the numbers

    Some of the numbers seem to be thicker on the rep.

    The subdial at 6 seems to have the numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, etc wrongly placed.

    The subdial at 9 seems also to be a bit wrong.

    The minute hand seems to be too short.

    (It might be more faults I do not see)

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    When all this is said, I might have a bit more relaxed approach to how gen-like a replica must be than others at this forum. I think the short minute hand might be

    a tell - but not to many people. I guess also the more U-shaped between the numbers on the bezel is quite possible to see without lining the rep up with the gen.

    Even now knowing these faults I do not think I would be able to spot the faults, except the bezel and minute hand - and perhaps not even these.

    I have been called out once - sort of - he was very nice about it. And he works with watches - it wasn't the watch that caught his suspicion, it was the strap.

    I know lots of people here will differ, however:

    This Formula 1 I would wear with pride - i think it looks good - even with its faults.smile.gif

  19. Photography books

    in Photo Tips, Tricks, & Tutorials...

    Posted

    Hi Pug

    sorry to add this new topic to your sub section but i think if people collaborate we can make a nice topic.

    If you have any ebooks on photography, watchmaking, watch repair or anything interesting for the RWG community, please post links here.

    To start of this topic here it goes some starter books everyone should have....

    1. Understanding close up photography

    2. The Photographers eye

    3. Perfect digital Photography 2nd ed.

    there are more but can't upload them right now.. still working on it... will come soon.

    My turn:

    These are not like textbooks - the pages are individual tips to digital photography in random order.

    They are quite good, I guess vol 1 & 2 are best.

    Scott Kelby - Digital Photography - vol 1

    Scott Kelby - Digital Photography - Vol 2

    Scott Kelby - Digital Photography - Vol 3

    Edit -I have found some more links to Photobooks, a mixed bag, one of them is "Learn to see creatively - Bryan Peterson" which I would guess is very good as he is a "guru". Have not read all these books, or looked at them - some like Glamour Photography ;-), etc and some "old" CS3 books.

    However I guess it is no use showing the links if it is of no interest. This is a watch forum and probably not that interest in photo, as the books I showed over are good but more general, not specialised in macro.

    Here is the list:

    Bryan Peterson -Learn to See Creatively

    D Evans, L Banks Classic Glamour Photography Techniques Of The Top Glamour Photographers

    Digital Boudoir Photography

    Focal Press Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers May 2007

    Focal Press Black and White in Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop Lightroom Aug 2007

    Focal Press How to Cheat in Photoshop CS3 May 2007

    Killer Camera Rigs That You Can Build

    Lighting nude

    Margulis Photoshop LAB Color

    Master Lighting GuideX

    Photography 74 classical model poses

    Private Rooms by Guido Argentini

    Single-camera Video Production Media Manuals 4th Ed

    Sybex Photoshop CS3 for Nature Photographers May 2007

    The Five Cs of Cinematography Motion Picture Filming Techniques

    The Photographic Eye (I know this is linked over, but all the books is in 4 links)

    So if anybody is interested I'll get the links. B)

  20. Updated: Playing with Macro and HDR

    in My Collection

    Posted

    Thanks. The P.O was a raffleprize back in december on another site (All gen with papers.) We took some sick pictures of the PO movement too, but the pictures needs to be processed before I post them.

    As I don't have a macrolens for my Pentax K-x we ended up using his D90 and a Sigma macrolens. I'll keep putting pictures in this thread after he has stiched the bracket pictures. He told me not to use Photoshop for it as he had someething better for it.

    Not strange I was impressed - as it is a gen.

    Well, very nice results - will look forward to your coming pictures.

  24. Thinking about Carrera Chronograph Black/Red Dial.. opinions welcome!

    in The Tag Heuer Area

    Posted

    Hello to all,

    I am planning of jumping into a Carrera Chrono, preferably 41mm since it would be a watch for everyday´s use... think 43mm may be excessive to use it everyday in a hotel environment.

    I have been looking at the Carrera Chronograph Black/Red Dial from Pure Time´s website. Anyone knows this model? Any suggestions???

    Thanks in advance!!

    I think(guessing) you refer to this: Carrera Racing - Pure Time often referred to as Carrera "Racing" which has red hands on 2 sub-dials and the chronograph second hand. It is a nice model, even the ordinary Carrera Chronograph and this is better - so definately good :)

    A friend of mine who works in a job where he cannot flash expensive watches has a Carrera 41mm and is very happy with it.

    I think it looks better with a black leather strap - especially nice on a "Racing" ;) strap(the strap also called Racing) TAG Racing strap or on rubber like this Trusty Racing Carrera on rubber

    Of course it is all down to taste.

    Just my 2 cents -

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