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that's a saving of around 20-30 dollars from ebay price. hmmm might not be worth it once you factor in shipping

i'm sorry but that's a picture of a genuine. Take note of the crown, no reps sell with a genuine crown.

link? that pic is too small

that looks really good. good job

yea, I had to order with moneybookers too. Except I was dealing with steve (David's partner) in RWG1. He speaks english far more fluently than david

the latest word is that DW is going out of the rep business and focusing on DW brand watches. But you should probably contact Spinmaster to find out for sure.

he's highly likely to be right, I've never seen an MBW before. Off topic (to Highoyeazmuhudee): I'm just happy to read on the metro newspaper today " evict Rob Ford protest this saturday" ahahahahah.

now all you need is a genuine dial aha;asdfa;hv that is so true.... I miss the days when a cheap reps is good enough to be a daily beater. Now it's all about superfrankens. The more macros ppl post, the more OCD I get. So I guess you can say money = happiness. :bangin:

I wonder if you can manufacture cases if you just go to a machine shop in your local area with a CAD design. Rolex parts are so expensive and I'm definitely not paying $1k for a case by phong.

I think he'd be better of piecing the parts though. The only things I would be interested in would be the dials and bands. I notice there's one replica SRSD dial in the mix when you examine his photo album, genuine service 1016, gen 1970s 5513 dials and a couple of gilt gmts. Also his 6538 bezel (in his album) is very temting looking. http://s91.photobucket.com/albums/k295/chronozen_01/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ20

maybe just an updated version of MBW, the thin case makes the crown position look terribly low. wokkiness shouldn't really be an issue since some genuine 16610s are wokky, what matters is rehaut height and crystal construction, which doesn't look that bad in this example.

no legitimate you say??? that dial is easy to make

ok so I'm going to buy something right now. he wants to be paid by moneybookers.com hmm. never heard of that till now

source? I want to buy a case set from him in the future >.<

prepare you for the challenge ahead, with one goal: never give up!! just like that guy that got caught in the storm on the death zone, and he just kept walking down. He lost his toes and stuff but he's still alive!!

so Rolex service center replaced the dial without the customer's consent anyways. Go figure.

after seeing this documentary about Everest, all I can say is: respect. Yea, do you really need a phone lol. I think a radio would be more beneficial ha http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/nova-everest-the-death-zone/

[censored] amazing.... what watch will you be wearing?

niiice. Hope you didn't spend too much on it lol. I can't justify spending more than a genuine bezel insert on mine.

my advice is be patient, you can find some genuine 702 crowns under 100 dollars from time to time. If you're desperate, just get some vintage 703 crowns like this one below: http://www.ebay.com/itm/GENUINE-ROLEX-STEEL-TRIPLOCK-WATCH-CROWN-7-08-MM-/310355369499?pt=UK_Jewellery_Watches_WatchAccessories_SpareParts_SM&hash=item48429f1e1b gotta love those coronets

Rolex's innovations with the 904L steel are mainly dealing with case parts and it's really unnecessary IMO. Just look at old vintage oysters that has little corrosion and pitting under proper care. The "It takes a year to make a Rolex" has been their advertising slogan since the 1950s. With all these technological advances, they've managed to increase the time it takes to make a movement to a mere 14 months with more automation and robots. The finishing of their movements are automated, which negates any effect of it being "in house". Collectors who care about watch movements prefer movements that are finished by hand, i.e. things which robots cannot replicate. The basic design of a watch movement hasn't changed much in the past 50 years anyways so the "in house" branding is just really a marketing scheme. And I know for sure that it takes less than 14 months for Philippe Dufour to manufacture a movement from scratch. That's why it makes more sense to go with Rolex frankens rather than going for gens.

yep... looks like a gen 704

that is like the perfect franken kit to convert genuine 5513s and resell them....just sayin

in china maybe.... that's if you don't want them to steal your vector files. As for me, I do pad printing @ home with 20% success rate (I think) provided I still retain my skills. need a better machine in order to be more accurate hmm.

^ average in terms of glow or application? I need a couple of sets of hands. I think the picture on the yuki website is outdated because it doesn't look anyhting like the new ones I see posted in RWG.