No decent person deserves to get ripped off, but it happens. My house was broken into back in Oz... lost several expensive gen watches, sunglass collection, jewelry, etc., we felt violated too! As said before, this guy had a lot of other stuff going on, and probably would have ended up in the same boat at some point in time. RIP, depression is a terrible thing :-(
I just ran across this mod on the standard ETA 6497-1 on eBay... would look pretty cool in some builds! http://www.ebay.com/itm/MOVEMENT-UNITAS-ETA-64971-ROSE-GOLD-PLSWAN-NECK-CHROME-GLUCIDURE-PIN-BALANCE-/131462931930
I just ran across this site and haven't seen anything about it... They have some sterile reps and some interesting models, especially the Hanhart chrono at around $600, which I haven't seen as a rep: