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PM me if you have a 38-40mm or smaller blue dial stainless royal oak.

just to be clear I am not talking about damaging the sides of the strap but the 20mm wide "end" of the strap that rubs against the round part of the case. I am going to pull the trigger on a waccex bob and give it a try.

nope - it is definitely a 20mm strap. The lug holes are very close to the case. This is nice because it doesn't leave a gap between the strap and watch. Surely someone else has run into this. I really want to order a waccex bob strap or hirsch duke. Anyone have experience with those on a watcheden porto chrono?

I have been enjoying my watcheden quartz porto chrono since I received it last month. It came on a decent croc grain brown strap. I want to add a black croc grain. Picked up a nice di modell Bali for another watch and it looks great on the Porto. Only problem is that the stap sits so snug against the watch case that when it rotates back and forth the leather gets scraped off. I had to color the strap with a black sharpie it was so bad. Anyone know of a decent croc grain strap that doesn't rub against the watch case? What about the bob straps (waccex) that are supposedly made for the iwc?

If anyone winds up adding a thicker crystal to this watch please post some pics and the source for the crystal. I am pleased with the thickness on the silix rep but looking at some older gens it is clear that some vintage models have thicker crystals. One thought I had was adding a thicker crystal without a cyclops. But as someone pointed out on this forum a non-cyclops crystal is a pretty big rep "tell"

Funny you should mention a leather strap. I am searching 4 a brown gator right now. Hoping to find a deal ona slightly used one. But @ 19mm not having much luck. Will probaby bite the bullet and go with a nice new Hadley Roma and also add a rolex tang buckle. Hopefully I can do that all for under &150

Thanks, I have experimented with tightening and also this morning added some rubber bands inside the links that helped tremendously. The watch looks really close to a gen so I hate to rig it up using rubber bands! I also located a forum member who has a pair of gen links for sale. But I am wondering if I might have the rattle even with the gen links. I probably just need to get over it.

Does anyone have a source for rolex bracelet end links? Specifically I am looking for the 557 end links. Just received an oyster date that has end links that don't quite touch the lugs so it is rattling quite a bit. I was hoping to find 557 end links that were just a tad wider.

actually that didn't work so well because now the end pieces are smushed down and don't mesh up with the case as they did before. Any fix for jingling end pieces?

found a simple fix to the end link rattle http://www.vikbobil.se/endlink.htm

I just received the $190 oysterdate from Silix and it is a really nice watch. Exactly what I was looking for. The swiss movement is very smooth. I love the domed plexi crystal and drilled lugs, gives the watch a vintage look and looks like the gen. The finish on the watch is outstanding. It has engravings between the lugs like the gen - I wasn't expecting that! I tried on the gen air king at 34 mm and it seemed too small. But the more I wear this watch it seems just right. Smaller watches don't get a lot of respect on the forum. But they should. Here are some good reasons why. They are understated and timeless. The larger links of the bracelet on the watch make it wear larger than 35mm. And at only 10mm thick it slides easily under any dress shirt cuff. The only flaws I have found so far are a very small piece of lint on the dial. Also the datewheel is a little sunken. And the end pieces rattle quite a bit. Any good fixes for the rattle? Probably squeezing the end pieces down a bit so they fit more snugly would do it but I want to be careful not to jack them up. The Mrs. loves this one and she usually is no fan of reps. Once silix reopens after the chinese new year I will be ordering one for her. I also want to pick up a dark brown gator strap for this watch. I have a gen speedmaster that may not get much wrist time now. I was considering selling the speedmaster and buying this rolex in a gen model but why would I do that? This watch is like a new old stock vintage rolex without any of the dings and dents that come with vintage pieces. Silix was great to deal with and sent me some pics of the actual watch before shipping. Now for the pics I have smaller wrists but pretty large hands. I think this watch wears just right.

thanks - that was easy

How do you do it?

Thanks for those suggestions. I wish they made the one that comes on a strap with a sliver face, not a pink one! I pretty much have it narrowed down to this one at $190 or this one at $39 I think I might keep this a while so I am leaning toward spending more to get the ETA movement and the plexi crystal which seems to have a higher profile, something I like.

That would definitely qualify - mind saying where you got it from? I am using the term vintage pretty loosely. The silix model I linked to above does have drilled holes in the lugs and has a pexi crystal that gives it a vintage look. Silix also sells a $39 air king and $49 date just that are very close to the model I posted a link to above that sells for $190. The $190 has an ETA movement it it and a thicker plexi crystal.

I would like to find a rep rolex oyster or date just. No one seems to make one. By vintage I mean stick hour markers and maybe a plexiglass crystal. I did find this from silix which seems to fit the bill. I was hoping to find one a little cheaper. Anybody know of one? I plan to put it on a nice croco strap and wear it as a dress watch.

How is the movement in the silix air king? His website says "asian automatic" Is the second hand smooth sweeping (fast beat) or is it a slower beat movement where you can see it slightly ticking off the seconds?

chrgod, are those pics of your silix air king with the silver face? Looks really good to me.

I am looking for a rep air king. These watches aren't discussed much on the forum but they are classics in my opinion. Clean and understated. The best rep I have found so far is here. Watcheden has one but it has a center polished link. I prefer a bracelet that has only brushed links. Any ideas of other sources for these?

I am thinking of buying my wife an air king, milguass, or explorer 1 from watch eden for Christmas. I like this air king the best of all 3. What I am having trouble with is the bracelet. It looks like the center link is polished while the outside links are matte finish? Are my eyes deceiving me? I was hoping to buy one that had a bracelet that was all matte in finish. For example this explorer which looks all matte to me or this milguass which also looks all matte.My link Your help is appreciated.

I am currently searching for an Air King, Explorer I, or possibly Milguass for my wife for Christmas. Probably will buy from watch eden if I can't find a pre-owed one on the forum. All are around 35-36mm which is large but not too large for ladies these days. And the best part is - I can wear it when she is not!

I have a cartier roadster rep and tag monaco rep. Both have chrono buttons and dials but neither chrono actually works. They are both "Day-Month-Military" chronos. This means the subdials move to indicate the date and month I guess. It is more of a minor annoyance than anything. I usually just click them back so they are all lined up. Is there an easy way to disable them? Or am I better off just leaving them alone. I don't know the model of the movements. Both are asian.

Love the speedy pro. It is my only Gen. Have had it since early 2009 and it is still growing on me. Here is an amazingly detailed article on the inner workings of the watch and its NASA heritage. If you haven't seen this it is worth a look http://www.watchprosite.com/show-forumpost.../ti-362702/s-0/ Found it over at the puristpro forum