Jkay

it's $198, with Swiss 2846. That's pretty good. If you do not want to make a franken/modded Sea Dweller, then PureTime is a good choice, and he claims to have 7 good dial versions including the Double Red you want. I have to ask, tho ... do you really want the 2x Red dial? Can you pull off a very very expensive watch like that? Maybe go with a Great White dial instead for a lower profile .. unless you are sure you're never going to bump into someone who would know it's a $30,000 watch.

1 - Bell & Ross 2 - Cartier La Donna 3 - Sea Dweller Deep Sea 4 thru 18 - etc etc etc

There have been some beautiful vintage SDs in the For Sale area. Buy someone else's lovely Franken.

For what moneys? Are you willing to drop $800 on this? More? Less?

Tritium is a gas, as Freddy is implying. A luminous paste is mixed with the Tritium, and the radioactivity excites the luminous paste exactly in the same way that light excites Luminova. Not only "old" Exit signs use Tritium. They are perfectly available for purchase by builders.

DSSauDi

Cross-threaded at the factory?

I should add that all the top modders have around a 30 day backlog of work. Expect to not see your watch for a while. Some accept your watch immediately, then you wait for it to return. Some accept a reservation slot, and then you must send your watch to them at a very specific date so it arrives "on schedule" for your reservation date.

That's George's ("14060 or 16610?") pricing FAQ page from the RWI forum. All the modders charge what they feel is fair. They all have different pricing. I have used Zigmeister, Vaccum, and The Katt but never George. I hear he is top-grade, tho.

The users named Vaccum and "14060 or 16610?" are both trusted watch technicians in CONUS who are qualified to service/repair 7750 movements, which are very complex. If you bring them to "just anyone" for service, you are playing Russian roulette. An excerpt from the services FAQ (posted publicly. nothing confidential here): 2) Flat fees for full service: ..........$100 - ETA 28XX and clone movements (non-GMT) ..........$100 - 6497-type movements (non-chrono) ..........$175 - Standard A7750 (running seconds at 9, no subdial modifications). ..........$195 - Modified A7750 (running seconds at 3 or 6, or any other subdial modifications (eg. 30-minute counter at 3). Seconds-at-6 gets graphite treatment). ..........$215 - A7753. ..........$215 - Modified A7750 with running seconds at 12. ..........$225 - TAG Grand Carrera movements. ..........$225 - Breitling big date movements. ..........A S K - gen Omega, Rolex, Breitling, Seiko and other movements.

And that is why a bought an MBK dial for your old watch I hope to have it installed presently.

If you find you like them enough, service them. They will then start to operate with the slightest movement. Is all in how well the machine is maintained. Have you ever tried to start a lawn mower that needs a servicing? Case in point.

Please make sure the sizes are right for you! http://www.kuvarsitwatch.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=31596

Is the "Paris Boutique" another name for the Chronopassion?

DHL SmartPOST is the worst. A package which arrives in 1 day via UPS takes up to 10 days via SmartPOST. New Jersey to Connecticut. *never* accept the "free" shipping option unless it's UPS 3 Day Select.

Truly spectacular.

I sent some final parts to highoeyazmuhudee last week. Bracelet, date wheel, and a really clean 2846. It's going to be a nice piece.

I see on his page that he now (March 27) supplies the leather clad watch with the rep Assolutamente instead of the original rep leather band. I do not see an option for purchasing the genuine Assolutamente on that page. Note that the Cartel dealers Assolutamente rep is not as good as the Kuvarsit replica Assolutamente, from what I understand.

WOW wow woW ... that gray MOP dialed Railmaster is breathtaking. It looks like storm clouds.

Your next step is to buy a genuine Assolutamente strap for this, OR buy the replica Assolutamente strap from Kuvarsit Watch

Looks too much like a plastic watch.

Just going by the topic, I thought there was going to be a photo of Sarah Palin bikini wrestling an elderly eskimo woman.

I read recently that customers were so outraged at being charged only $16 USD for a replacement quartz movement for their Cartier, that the company increased the price of the ETA quartz 20x to offer the illusion of higher cost.

My packages go thru the NYS ISC too, and they can be in there from 1 to 9 days. Sometimes they kick your watch under a desk by accident and it takes a while for the janitor to sweep it out.

BK tests his watches to 3ATM if you pay extra $30 ... Vaccum tests to 10ATM for $40 I'm sure there are other modders out there with a testing chamber.