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Great, R! Just, your link appears broken. It spells: http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=0. (I suppose the "showtopic=0" is the broken part).

If I can help somehow, I am here. Otherwise, I just book for one copy right now.

Welcome seymur, but now start reading. (Boys, on these occasions I miss Victoria even more. )

My opinion is that it is the low-cost (Asian 21J) 104 that Joshua was selling a couple of years ago, with a bracelet applied. That version had exactly that same brushed case and polished bezel, same crown, lever, and dial. I got it and I still have it: if I remove the improved crown put on it, and I apply a bracelet, I end up with exactly that same watch. Btw, it is not a gen 104 or 220 dial as in the gen the numbers and markers are placed farer from the border, nearer to the center of the dial. Also, it is not a 050 as the 050 has no marker @ 9Hr. Maybe your friend got scammed?

Agree. Chances are that you just need to open the caseback and screw the rotor back in place again.

Definitely gen (as the whole watch too), but refurbished. I wonder why.

Anyway, that watch and 99% of the watches on that site are simply horrible.

The movements in the 048/049/050/051 rep are Asian 7750 from year 2005 or 2006. At that time getting a good 7750 was a matter of [pretty] good luck. But, as on the 048/049/050/051 the 7750 is used with no chrono functions, chances are 99.9% that a good servicing will fix it. Then it should work smoothly for years. If you get it serviced again each couple of years, even better. If The Zigmeister does not reply you, you may want to consider rex450 from RepGeek. Unfortunately, AFAIK no modder or watchsmith is willing to work on case parts like the crown guard. You will have to fix it by yourself. I'll now assume that you have a "floppy lever in closed position" problem, that is completely different (and nastier) from the "floppy lever in open position" problem. An easy but less-than-perfect fix is just by adding a gasket as you said. This works only if the room between the crown and the lever is very thin, and it will also leave you with a crown slightly too far from the case. The best fix is by carefully filing down the CG feet.

If you considered the "friend" a friend, he cannot be that a bad guy. Most likely he had a very bad day. Keep yourself open to apologies, I suspect they will arrive sooner or later.

For the rep, I just measured the cyclops on my 050 rep. For the gen, I measured any good 048 and 050 pics I have here. I mean, measuring the case diameter in pixels, then the cyclops diameter in pixels as well, then putting them in proportion as we know that the case is 40mm. Then taking the mean of the different calculations on the different pics. Not an absolutely precise method, still decent to get a hint after a few pics. Also, please consider that even Officine Panerai changed the size of their cyclops while time passed, making them larger on the later series. It is very possible that a late 050 may have a 6mm cyclops. I do not know nor see any reason why you shouldn't. Congrats, and best wishes on your project!

Oh. So, no fun there/here either...

Well, it maybe that farting suddenly became more illegal than reps. May I join the fun?

My 21k version has push in crown. I think that Sql_pl is right and there are so many versions out there that no tracing a line is possible.

Cyclops diameter looks 5.8mm in the gen, 5.5mm in the rep.

cousinsuk too

Bon voyage et bonne cong

Maybe a polarizing filter, but don't try and put an AR coated crystal over another AR coated crystal! It simply doesn't work. I tried a double AR crystal on another double AR crystal, and reflections came back even worse. I suppose this is due to messing with the phase interference mechanism.

Well, there's always Chieftang.

Awesome contribution! I have a feeling you are going to be an asset to the forum. Thanks and congrats!

That was about the age at which I decided I would not vote anymore. Congrats, LR!

80% collector, 20% wearer here.

I bet you kind of like that shot! I love it! Wonderful pic and timepieces. Congrats!

Watchmark also used to have models halfway between lite and full. At about $400 you can have real ceramic & full quality case & dial, but 21.600 7750 & no AR. Btw, his 21.600 7750 has correct rotor screw that even the full models lack.

Congrats, B, you are really mastering light now. I thought it was double AR coated.

Absolute beauty! With the double AR the dial seems coming out of the bezel. It is perfect on a complex dial with lot of small white details like that. Congrats, B, wear it well! On the next one are we going to read "Chieftang-installed Chieftang A-D cyclops w/ D.A.R."?