Justasgood

... I can't belive it..

Yesterday, I was one click away from buying the excact same model Seamaster Chrono on Timezone!!!

http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=msg...198#msg_2117519

But, I was too slow, and now it is sold.. I decided to go for a cheaper Speedmaster Professional Mark II instead.

Lovely watch, with a very special complicated movement! That central chrono minute counter and combined running seconds/ 24 hour subdial really makes it stand out... Thats for sure one vintage watch there never will be made any replica of..

Excellent choice. I envy you, and good luck!

Thanks.

I thought about that one too.

And right here is where we have arrived at the solution that has everyone happy, I hope this means you will stick around Kurt.

Cheers

Ken

I'm cool.

Thanks for your kind words.

Now, where are my pliers......damn casebacks

i guess compressing ligthly the 2 side inward the center, so the little dot engage more in there hole should do the trick

Agreed, or expand the clasp cover outward.

Should be an easy fix.

Nice watch BTW.

Let me be clear....Hewhoislikegod in my mind did no wrong. The Daytona was sold to him as swiss and he offered it up as swiss. I was never dissatisfied with our deal and he and I worked it out without regrets.

Hewhoislikegod, asked only for an explanation as to why the new owneers of the watches he got from me in the trade are having these issues.

He and I have communicated via PM and email and have apologized to each other for the actions we took resulting from both our frustrations.

I offer here my sincerest apologies publicly to Hewhoislikegod and ask that the community not judge he nor I by this sad event.

I thank everyone who has offered an opinion, and kind words regatrding the issue.

I choose to put it beyond me and ask that noone be judged good or bad by these events.

God bless, and have a very good weekend,

Kurt.

To all that have responded I say a warm and sincere thanks.

I have been a lurker for a long time and have been a Rep. fan forever. I have owned and collected many watches over the last 25 years and I have always been about value over recognition. I believe the reps allow us to own watches that in my humble opinion, are valued way above normal.

I stil contend that an all steel case, sapphire/acrylic crystal, swiss movement Replica sub is a better value than the real deal. I have owned no less that 6 subs in many different iteration, some rare some common, but everyone gone because I could not justify the prices.

Vintage watches are my soft spot because you can get a watch with a true pedigree for very little money.

I will always own Reps. Not to fool anyone, but to enjoy a look, design or style that I refuse to pay thousands for when it can be had, tweaked to perform and last every bit as well as the multi-thousand dollar originals.

So, yeah, it's cool....I believe I can hang with you guys for awhile....but I ain't gettin into no Jacuzzi

Those are some beautiful pieces!

I am starting to fall in love with the vintage look, even though people fake it, it still looks classy and "trustworthy".

How old is that Phinney-Walker? I think they found one of those on the wrist of the Kennewick man! ;p

It must have been a Rep

In spite of all the Cra* going on right now, I thought I would take a break defending myself and post a few pics.....Enjoy.

I think the main problem here is Justasgood has had his credibility slammed for no solid reason.

@zetterdawg much of what you originally stated was refuted by The Zigmeister and you need to accept the your belief that tampering had occured is circumstancial at best.

Much of what you have pointed to could be damage caused by transit (lume coming out and scratching up the dial) others could be flaws the watch has carried since it left the factory, I'm sure The Zigmeister can tell you many strange and wonderful things (and he often does) that he finds when opening a watch direct from the factory.

I really think unless you can provide solid proof that Justasgood is trying to put one over then you need to accept that what he is saying is true.

Ken

FYI, @zetterdawg has sent me a PM apologising for pointing out the things he did. And certainly I am not railing against him or really anyone for that matter.

I am simply not up for the challenge of defending myself based on someone's assesment (keep in mind that these watches were traded for a Swiss Daytona that turned out to be Asian). The person and I worked that out to my satisfaction and I made no noise about it. But to have to keep responding to emails and now worry over this individuals tact in calling in my references in the Gen community has really done some serious damage.

I really appreciate everyon'e feedback good or bad regarding this issue. I just have never had to prove I wasn't guilty in any scenario ever........and I goota say IT SUCKS! :yucky:

Wait there is no need to leave yet, this very thread can be where it is all worked out to everyones satisfaction.

I have just been admiring your Omega diver along with a couple of other senior members and believe you to be an excellent addition to our membership base, don't just throw in the towel and leave, give us all time to become aquainted with the situation and you may find that many will back you.

Ken

Ken While I appreciate your candor and request, it bothers me to have to provide References to someone who may use no tact whatsoever and now ruin my reputation by talking about a rep deal gone bad to a Genuine watch group..

I will at your request reserve my decision to depart for a little while.

Thank you for reaching out.

Enjoy the Labor Day weekend,

Kurt.

I am now officialy cheesed beyond all description. If you haven't seen the thread about the Yachty needing love...please have a look in the repair section.

I offer to the community this:

Regarding the Sub, Yachty and Panerai that I traded to Hewhoislikegod for a Swiss Daytona(that turned out to be Asian....but that's a story for another day), Hewhoislikegod now is going to insist that I have mislead him regarding the watches.

I state as a man of my word, who is well respected and has never had a deal turn sour on the Genuine trading/selling forums, That the Yachty came to me from Blade in a trade. All that was done was a simple regulation to bring the watch into a respectable time keeping range. No more, no less.

As for the Sub mentioned above, Mr. Hewhoislikegod is now saying he had the same thing happen to whomever he dealt the watch to. That watch was purchased new by me from King and again, nothing more than a regulation was done.

I swam, showered, played golf and wore the watches regularly. Take a look at the thread I referenced above and you will see the pictures of the Yachty. They were taken the day the trade was made. In fact, I allowede Hewhoislikegod to use the pictures to aid in his sales here on the sales forum.

I am surprised that the new Owner of the Panerai SlyTech that was part of this trade hasn't stepped up to mention how badly it was butchered.

Now, All I can offer is what I have offered here. I have provided and offered to provide from the start of this many references to my Character and the quality of the watches I have sold or traded.

I now grow tired of defending myself to strangers that I hoped would become like family as the other sites.

I buy and sell watches because I enjoy it. Most of my deal are at best break even for me. I don't buy Replicas for any reason other than I like the styles and would never pay the prices.

As for my 25 years of collecting, I have owned $20,000.00 watches and I still own many quartz watches.

None have ever been misrepresented, and none have ever come back to me.

So to all I say Adieu, it's been........an experience.

I like your style Justasgood you like real watches. Hope you will thrive in this place and bless us with pictures like these as often as possible.

Regards

Gran

Thanks for the kind words.

Very nice!! There's just something about a boat-case dive watch with a domed crystal. Gorgeous stuff.

Have you looked at the Doxa divers from the 60s? I bet they'd be right up your alley too.

Nice!

I have and if the right deal comes along......hold on, my wife just came home......

Thanks for clearing up my comments, but I am still not clear on the retainer ring being upside down, it should be installed with the cutout for the stem facing up, which it is in both of your pictures, so I am still not clear on that point...maybe the fact that only one case clamp was installed was the reason it was falling out... or maybe the pictures are hard to tell how it was installed. Normally, you can't install these rings the wrong way, they don't fit. My apologies for misunderstanding your comments...

Well based on this new information, it would seem as if indeed someone was inside the watch...I have seen missing clamps, or loose clamps, but never damage on caseback, or dial damage...so whoever opened it left some damage...thanks for the clarification...

I take your word for it, hard to tell from picture...

No problem on this, if ever you need some parts, just ask...I have a lot of stuff in stock in the shop...better to ask than send a watch back missing parts. I am not going to get into the middle of what may have happend to the watch...I too get some weird stuff "My watch is working PERFECT, only needs a service...", when I get the watch, it's not working at all...and broken...and I know it did not happen in the mail. So I know what your saying.

We all have to start somewhere...there should be enough posts in my section to get you started on most of the basics, and the Time Zone watchmaking course is really good...some books to read up on as well...all it takes is time, practice, practice, practice, and did I mention - practice...

If you need a case clamp, send me your address on pm and I'll mail one and a screw to you...

EDIT "...and I will mail you a case clamp and screw." damm french brain screws up my writing...

RG

Not that it matters but......here are the pictures of the Yachty before it shipped.

Perhaps to others it's.....um.....ugly. But to it's new daddy (ME), she sure is a thing of colorful beauty.

Enjoy.....

Oh yeah I forgot...........

this came too. Very Stealthy.

Opinions and hearty congratulations are always welcome.

I pray everyone will have a safe Labor Day weekend.

God Bless,

Kurt.

sdpartier posted that his Yachtmaster was in need of some love:

http://replica-watch.info/forum/viewtopic....ter&start=0

Essentially the lume had come off the 6 O'clock marker, and the movement wasn't restrained properly so the dial went "all jiggly" when you pull the crown out to wind or set the time. I offered to help fix the watch and he accepted. The watch arrived today (nice packing sdpartier!)

I took some before pictures as I worked on it:

note that the metal retainer ring is installed UPSIDE DOWN, and thus the restraining device on the right hand side with the screw in it is completely useless.

Here's the dial removed from the watch. The lume was able to slip under the side of the case lodging it between the dial and case and putting a small scratch on it visible with the loupe.

Here's a second shot of the dial, with many scrap marks on the bottom. Evidence is starting to point to this watch being a rebuild by an amateur with even less skill than me

So, after I get the dial and movement out everything looks pretty straight forward.... that is until the crystal pops right out! Yep, it was barely set in the case. WHOOPS! Ok, well, that's easy enough to fix..... until the bezel insert falls right out! What else could go wrong?

Remember if you are doing this at home, it's all to easy to push down on the crown release button and mess up the keyless works - that's a pretty easy, yet time consuming thing to fix. Lots of small parts and you need good eyes/steady hands.

Here are the parts

So I got to work, I glued the 6 o'clock lume marker back in and while it was drying I decided I'd use the scotch tape method to refinish the band which is two tone, brushed and shiny.

Here's the band after polishing/brushing:

I cleaned the dial - but was unable to eliminate a stain at the 1 o'clock marker. I reseated the crystal, reattaching the bezel, properly fitting and retaining the movement, polished the case and finally waterproofed it with silicon grease.

Here's a picture of the properly restrained movement - there was only one movement restraint device where there should have been 2 (it only came with one, the seller must have lost the other one), but the crown holds it fine until sd can get another one. Notice the metal movement ring is installed right side up

NOW THE EYECANDY!

The watch turned out great in my opinion. The rep has some of the flaws of the standard yachtmaster - not bold enough red YACHTMASTER text, the swiss made at 6 is wrong with no bolded seconds marker, the rolex font is a bit off, the dial color is wrong, but I really really thought this watch looked sweet once it was all polished up.

WRIST SHOTS!

So I said there would be a lesson. sdpartier bought this watch from a member I'm guessing and the member said it got wrecked in transit to him. That's just BS. This watch was rebuilt possibly from parts, or was an science experiment for someone with no patients. Everything that could have been wrong with this watch was wrong. I haven't had it long enough to know how the movement is at keeping time, but I have to assume there is probably going to be a problem with that. So, be careful when purchasing a used watch - they are usually being sold for a reason, and _some_ sellers are apparently not stand up guys. I've bought a couple used watches and been very happy (cwai and birdman! - good guys) but you can never be sure. Remember your reputation stands for something and I wouldn't blame sdpartier at all for calling out the member that sold him this crazy watch.

Enjoy the watch sdpartier - it's a keeper and it's convinced me I need a yachtie! I'm glad I could help out.

I would like to say something here> That watch was traded by me. The movement never left the case when my watchmaker (Owner operator of a very high end store) also a neighbor who is a good friend put it on a vibrograph and regulated it in the case. Now, I will tell you the watch came to me in a trade with Blade. However, I wore the watch on a regular basis. Swam with it, played golf wearing it and I never had an issue.

So, to your assesment I could not read it and not step up. It was a fine timekeeper, looker and performer for me and I know the member I traded it to had it for such little time that I doubt any damage or tinkering occurred by him.

As for the problems you outlined, well who's to say yeah or neigh. I may not spend alot of time here, but I have impeccable references in the Gen community and have never had a watch deal go bad.

I am glad to see you did a fine job of correcting the issue the watch had when you received it. How it got that way after it left me is a mystery. Methinks someone is full of ***T.

Justasgood