sssurfer

Perfect! Amazing!

No expert in 002 here... But that 027 is probably the best 027 rep all over the world!...

Wonderful and excellently assorted collection, ST!

Black dials, blue dial, tobacco dial... SS, Titanium, PVD (an almost perfect PVD, btw)... handwind, auto... unitas, lemania, valjoux... luminor and 1950 cases... all beautiful straps... wow...

Congrats!

Now just go and add a good Radiomir!

The watch needs a name I propose that you put your screen name SSurfer or SSURFER as the brand and P A R T Y as the model or something. It looks too blank without a name.

Unfortunately, adding text on a dial is beyond my skills currently... I hope one day... maybe...

I was thinking that SMITH would be a good name for a watch brand. ???

SS radiomir: 4 + 1 more for Uncle Jay

RG radiomir: 6

RG luminor: 2

Thanks for voting, Uncle!

In the end:

SS radiomir: 6

RG radiomir: 9

RG luminor: 4

Wow.

Got sad at first... then I thought that TRC members, thoughts and feelings are here... TRC did not actually die, it sort of transformed and replicated...

Let's also keep its peaceful style alive here.

Really thanks, folks!

Now we are at:

SS radiomir: 5

RG radiomir: 9

RG luminor: 4

@mil_sub: the watch on which I started this all was a PAM 287 (Radiomir Black Seal auto w/ date) rep that I got from Shir on iOffer. Excellent dealer, I posted a report about him elsewhere here, and good price on this rep: 100 USD s/h included; 90 USD if outside iOffer.

Here is a pic of the gen:

(Yes, the "3" number is incorrect. No problem: no accuracy issue on a fantasy model).

The rep comes with a good movement -- also according with my watchsmith who had a look at it. Most likely a Seagull movement and a cousin of the ST2530 that we find in our 090/124/222 reps. Sort of a ST2530 without the PR module, and with a bit smaller datewheel (good).

@jmt: I absolutely agree, the original cyclops is of no appointment.

If a Radiomir model will win this contest, no doubt I am going to replace it with a more powerful cyclops right after having the crystal double AR coated.

Unfortunately, no chance for a Surftech moniker.

Thanks once again to everyone!

sss

Great reading, thanks V! I can't believe I missed it until now.

Mod Dep stands for "Modello Depositato" -- sort of "Registered Trademark" in Italian.

I subscribe to TeeJay thoughts.

I SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YOUUUUUUUUUUU!!!! LOL Great job Surf, and I'm glad you decided to use the SURFTECH name. You have great ideas and even better craftmanship. Your ideas are way above the curve. Keep it up!

But you cannot see me on the double-ARed Luminor version...

Thanks, Uncle!

I hoped you would chime in. As you gave this watch his name, you are its godfather in the end.

Just, I am unsure if you quoted a pic of the SS radiomir version as a vote to that version. Please would you let me know?

Without counting it, the joined vote count from three forums so far sounds:

SS radiomir: 4

RG radiomir: 6

RG luminor: 2

Thanks guys! Really glad to get your advice.

I agree, whichever it is going to be, it absolutely needs double AR. Especially after seeing the effect of double AR in the Luminor variant. That sparkling dial absolutely needs no light reflection to hide it.

Unfortunately, the only Radiomir crystal that I have is mineral.

I am confident that it would greatly benefit from double AR, though.

Provided that there is an AR coater who will be willing to do the job on a mineral crystal.

Ok, so we are at:

SS radiomir: 4

RG radiomir: 5

RG luminor: 0

Ok, votes so far are:

SS radiomir: 4

RG radiomir: 3

RG luminor: 0

SS luminor (out of competition): 1

This includes votes from another forum (and I am a bit surprised I got more responses there than here, this makes me wonder if I should move too).

Anybody else?

A wonderful timepiece!

I think the rose gold fits the radiomir style better. A very nice, dressy watch. The Luminor case is nice also but comes off a little more "blingy" to me. Now, a two tone luminor with two tone bracelet might be interesting...

Thanks, Z.! Going to take your advice in great account.

A two tone luminor with two tone bracelet?... Uhm... Did you say "blingy"?

You are a magican man

I love them they look great..That lume was insane.

Cheers and enjoy them bro,

Dani

Thanks, Dani, and welcome back!

(...featuring the first appearance of The Flying Cyclops!)

I discovered that great fun in the rep thing is that it allows to design and make the "watch of your dream" by modifying and assembling parts from different watches -- what I think I wouldn't with gens.

Here is my latest creation/project. As UncleJay proposed, I'll call it Surftech, and it is my third model. Therefore, Surftech 003.

Here I am proposing it in three different incarnations, but I have resources to bring only one to life. So I would like to hear your opinion on which one is the best.

Features:

Sandwich aged bronze dial

Small seconds

Date (yes, magnified date even on a sandwich dial!)

Fat hour hand, Radiomir style

Pure SuperLuminova C3 lume

Double AR coated crystal

Auto movement

Unbranded. Nothing on the dial but the essentials

1st chance: Radiomir SS casing (this is how it actually is on my wrist in this moment).

Not AR coated yet.

A crappy wrist & lume shot (apologies, I hope to be able to take a better pic soon).

It looks as I exaggerated with SL:

2nd chance: Radiomir rose gold casing.

I did not actually made it yet, this is just a computer graphic elaboration on a couple of the former pics. But I can have the SS case gold plated in a week.

3rd chance: Luminor rose gold casing (this is the one with double AR at this time).

The double AR, IMHO, is a stunner on this grained dial. The cyclops even looks floating in the air. To my knowledge, this is the first appearance of a cyclops on a double AR coated crystal. Unfortunately, the cyclops is not AR coated and it really suffers from reflections.

A detail pic to especially show the dial grain and the floating cyclops:

Which do you prefer? The Luminor model looks good, but I feel that this opinion may be biased by the AR coat. The dial & hands style looks demanding a Radiomir casing, I would say.

And about the Radiomir styles, I am very undecided on whether SS or RG. Originally I made this watch with the RG Radiomir case in mind. It being entirely played on soft, brown tones this would seem the most natural choice. But then I found that the SS case adds unexpected and not unpleasant contrast and it's not so bad in the end.

Thanks for looking. If anyone is curious about the parts and mods, I'll be glad to tell about them.

(Who removed the :sss: icon without even allowing me a chance to save it?)

It gets my vote. I like it a lot! (and I suppose you would expect it, Jay).

It looks as we think together. By coincidence, I was just preparing to post pics of my Surftech 003, that also comes with brown sandwich dial (aged bronze rather than tobacco, though) and gold hands...

Maybe the choice of words was a little 'adventurous', but there have recently been quite a few issues regarding DSN, where six months ago, he was the Golden Boy when it came to PAMs...

Thanks for the clarification, TJ. So, if I now correctly understand, it was "just" a wondering triggered by the current DSN occurrences on his QC.

Personally I cannot see a pattern, I rather feel it as a specific matter about DSN and his special moment. With his new auto releases he just left his traditional niche (spare / replacement parts, a few selected models especially vintage and base) to enter the arena of larger sales in direct competition with larger dealers.

I can speculate that this brought a raise in volume of his sales that caught him not completely prepared, and his QC suffered from it.

In this case he might just need the time to rearrange his procedures in order to set his QC back again to his traditional standards.

At least I hope it.

Thanks sssurfer! If you have one, please share some photos

Unfortunately I don't have a 088, I am not in GMT or panda style.

But I can post a large compare pic where you can see the exceptional accuracy of Davidsen's 088 dial:

Tha caseback engravings are at a same level of accuracy.

And also the hands and date are pretty good.

Is it my imagination, or are more and more recommended collectors 'self-destructing'?

Am I missing something? Who self-distructed?

DSN 088 is the best 088 rep around, and one of the best PAM reps ever.

(current QC issues not taken in consideration here)

Awesome!

I really hope that lello comes back. He is an asset to all us rep lovers from the old days when his crowns used to be our only chance to get a better crown.

I understand that datewheels are real bitches to get properly made... but results like this clearly show that the effort may worth.

Hi W., in my opinion DSN sandwich crystal and "cartel" crystal/cyclops are equal in their mag power.

These should work on any Luminor.

Just checked (with a 10x loupe) a genuine crown from the kruzer's run.

It is all polished.

I also have a feeling that the 400:100 ratio in favor of 1.2 stem is excessively unbalanced. I am afraid that a new run for 0.9 crowns might be needed soon, while a few 1.2 crowns might stay unsold.

Don't you think that 350:150, or even 300:200, would be more realistic?

Great post.

Even stunning, by a newcomer.

I think you will become an asset to the forum, IMHO.

Pretty unique timepieces. Even if vintage is not my cup of tea, they made me drool.

And yes, that buckle there, it is a colpo da maestro.

Yes, you have nothing to worry about, it's an easy fix.

BTW, I almost constantly wear a 104 w/ brushed case & CG. I even came to brush it with my hands when I found a nice but polished case.

My vote goes to the 009.

The 104 is all polished. Only exceptions, the lever and the caseback.

Polishing a brushed case is easy even with just CapeCod cloths.

I seem unable to find any 104 w/ brushed case on Trusty's website.