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Some advice: use a site with great photography and a huge selection to choose what you want to buy, and then send the pictures to Bergie, and ask if he can get the exact same piece. He normally can, and you'll be getting his great service and pricing.

Wow wow wow!

It's the Christmas rush. It can delay your package for days and days and days. Next comes Chinese New Year and that adds weeks to your shipment.

Great story! thank you

You could make some good stir fry in that giant Wok Watch !!

Ok. Good luck with this project.

Rolex does not AR their sport watch crystals. If you were to try it with a gen GMT IIc you would have a problem, yes.

That's easy. You are paying too much for watches. You would be surprised how inexpensive it is to make a watch. If I can buy a single ETA 2824 from a retailer in Switzerland for $117 **shipped** on eBay .. how much do you think they are in bulk quantities, as a factory would purchase them? Less than half of that. Can you see now where the $500 you spent on your Swiss ETA watch went? Right into a laughing man's pocket. A decent quality Asia 21j powered replica can be had for $50 on the streets of South East Asia. That's with the factory's and the vendor's profits added in. Add in the price of a swiss ETA purchased in bulk, and you are crowning up over $120. I'm not sure what your point is with this statement, actually .. the replica watch community has been around for years, and many of us here are qualified watch makers, watch repair people, etc ... how can you simply state that you "don't believe" it's possible to buy an ETA in a watch for less than $500 ? I hope your stay here is a good one, and that you enjoy the pieces you purchase. There are hundred of photos here of genuine ETA watch movements in replicas bought by members. You can look at them if you like. FYI the least expensive (but still good quality) replica I can think of is the NoobFactory Swiss ETA 2836 powered NoobMariner for $138

I have a review of the LV wallet and Burberry scarf I bought a long time ago from KB ... both are gorgeous and holding up fine. 80% of the women I see have that really fake burberry knock off you can buy at Macy's which is too brown/dirt colored. A really good rep is a beautiful thing.

Dealers offer ETA, Clone ETA and pure Asian movements .. I think you are slightly mistaken and are unaware of the ETA clone option. Forum approved dealers who sell you the wrong movement intentionally will not be forum dealers for long. Why trust them if they are not trustworthy.

I agree. All any modern generation cell camera needs is a steady hand and appropriate light. If you hold a point and shoot camera at ams length in a poorly lit room, it's going to make a crap photo, too.

The RWI Members special sale has been running for 5 months now and is perfectly legitimate. These are noobfactory watches and the prices are about half what we normally pay here. I think 7 different models are on sale? Submariner black and green .. SSD (sold out) .. ceramic sub .. DSSD .. GMT IIc .. and GMT IIc two tone. I have not bought any but wish I had, before the Sea Dwellers sold out and were discontinued.

i came in to say V = 5 so POV .... but I see that someone else already thought it up. that's my vote.

Some dealers can get parts. You have to ask. It just depends on what you need and who you ask.

Ronin, can you break down the recipe for that GWSD ? It's exactly what I want to own. thanks!

Welcome to the Community and enjoy your new hobby!

Brilliant work; your incomparable reputation is completely deserved.

Josh's site always re-directs to the main page. Load your link 2x. The second time will go to the page you want.

Are you sure that you are moving around enough to wind your watch. This is a very common newb trouble, since many people lead a sedentary life at a desk in a cubicle. Swirl (no not shake) your watch 800 times. It should now be almost fully wound. See how long it runs. More than 1 day is great, with 30 to 40 hours being maximum.

Thanks for showing these. I like the deeply ingrained crock patterns.

Congrats to you.

This is an easy one .. they are all COMEX .. it says so right on the dials.

A funny Bergie Birkin story which I only heard for the first time last night .. earlier in the week, my wife was at the annual Christmas luncheon her company provides. When she returned to her table after getting a drink for herself, the V.P. sitting next to her said "Oh it's you, xxxx (my wife's name) .. when I saw the orange Hermes bag (she had left it on the table), I knew someone with excellent taste was sitting next to me." Now these are men who's wives have jewelers come by the house to let them browse the latest styles .. it's a convincing replica bag. Oh and please don't mistake my enthusiasm for anger. I'm just cheering you on to make the right choices, not condemning you angrily. So much sub-context is lost in the written word. Enjoy whatever articles you end up buying.

As I look out over my vast storehouse of replica watches, I laugh maniacally .... MUUUHAHAHAA!! Seriously tho, people who pick apart $260+ reps and act disappointed over fractions of a mm, when they are going to franken it anyway. I feel sorry for them. What you read in my text is not anger, but concerned frustration for their mental health. or is it frustrated concern ??

Didn't Lani say it would, in February 2010 when he announced this watch?