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From the COSC wikipedia page ... "Only 3% of Swiss watch production receives COSC certification" and "since 1973, this entails -4 to +6 seconds per day accuracy" So .. the finest "Exceptional Chronometer" from swiss houses can be +6 a day.

Wow that's really bad luck :/ ... I have to admit, I love the B&R look. I hope my next B&R buy is luckier than your own. The PVD under my removable strap bosses was missing, too .. but you cant tell unless the straps are off.

There are "anvil" pin pusher sets out there with a tiny hammer, hardened steel pin pushers that look like punches, and a plastic anvil for the bracelet.

This forum is home to expert band makers, some of which specialize in Panerai straps. Look in the watch band area!

Brilliant. Entertaining, and fact-filled.

Back in the day, people set their watches and house clocks to "central clocks" like those in a bank or a railway station or the town hall and they did this frequently .. like every few days. Time was communicated to these central clocks from intricate master clocks capable of 0.0002 seconds a day accuracy, via telegraph and such. When the telephone was invented, you could call the phone company and they could give you the "official time" to set your house clock. You wind your house clock every couple days, and reset it's time. What you say about your watch not performing like a gen .. I beg to differ .. 5 seconds a day is VERY gen-like. TEN seconds a day is considered the very edge for a respectable timepiece. Watches which can be adjusted to multiple positions have multiple setting areas. and I quote: Also, let me correct something I said earlier .. a swan neck regulator is just a fancy spring loaded timing adjustment, not a temperature compensation device. Temperature is compensated by a bi-metallic balance wheel.

I think perhaps you are expecting WAY too much from a mechanical watch. If 5 seconds a day makes you crazy, then perhaps a Quartz replica is more your cup of tea? REAL multi-thousand dollar mechanical watches run +5 seconds a day. Im absolutely not trying to be insulting here; it just seems like you don't understand that even expensive mechanical watches are not 1/500th as accurate as a cheap Quartz watch.

COSC rated movements are "adjusted to five positions" ... what this means is that any movement except a tourbillion runs faster or slower depending on if it's face up, face down, crown up, crown down .. etc etc. These are the "positions" mentioned. Watches run faster or slower depending on heat, position .. regulated movements have a tiny "swan neck" that pushes on the balance adjusting lever when it heats up .. compensating for the way heat or cold affects the speed at which the balance runs. Also, I will mention that as the oil in your movement gradually evaporates over time, it runs faster.

Regarding your comment on Pro Watch Polo's watch vs Perfect Clones ... they are identical. One simply has a bad camera and the other has a slightly better camera. The color balance is off in those pictures. They both sell standard Chinese upper scale factory reps. To say one looks bad ... they are most likely from the exact same place. Altho I agree that Josh's photographer should have chosen a watch WITHOUT the bezel about to fall OFF to take a picture of LOLOL.

No, mine's been fine. I see it's almost home from the Canadian Spa for a service and re-lume in super luminova. Tracking shows it's very close now.

you are correct, that it no optical illusion; the 6 jumps around in those photos. Different watches.

Welcome and enjoy your new hobby! Ladies in these forums are very rare.

I dont think I understand .. how are the 92-01 reps you own "junk"? Those are square black steel lumps with white hands. Not much to get wrong there! I have a quartz 94/01 and it's just fine. If we know what you dont like about the current pieces, we can understand and maybe advise.

So the 2813s in the POrikaa are not the same as the 2813s from Ofrei? Are the movements chinese reps of chinese rep movements? LOLOLOL!!!

Enjoy your new hobby

Coincidentally I read that RolexMan porikaa waterproofing tutorial last night, and after seeing his comment that there is a DG2813 in the POrikaa, I checked on OFREI and that other place, as well, and the movements are $15 CHEEP!! If you break it, you'll need a hand pulling and setting tool plus $15 for a new DG2813

I don't mean a rip-off watch winder for $25 .. I mean a fairly priced watch winder. An analog wall clock motor runs for years on AC or battery power. Dang ... I wonder how much surplus wall clocks from public schools cost

I dont see how the price for watch winders is justified. Its a little motor that goes around and around in an extremely cheap wooden box or plastic leather box. A HUNDRED ++ BUX?? It's time for the Rep Collectors to start carrying $25 watch winders. $40 for a 3-slot winder. THAT is reasonable. EDIT: I see that I've magically lost my self-renewing Platinum account again.

It is beautiful, BT ~ newly completed franken or?

Only if you spring a leak

I was looking at the Top Gun again today, and it occurred to me that I'd like it a lot more if you could buy it WITHOUT the white paint in the side-logo ... make it more low-profile .. not so shouty. Anyone agree? Just a black engraving for TOP GUN .. no paint.

The mannequin's right hand so you can have a complete set?

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If you take your travel seriously, TravelPro cases are the way to go. Flight crews the world over use them and ours have lasted years so far. Crew on jets are always commenting on ours, as if we are in their "Club".

HAPPY DANCE!