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Hi folks. I wanted to know if anyone has been successful in moving the crown lower so the pushers and crown are staggered as they should be and not inline? Maybe those older expensive mbws? Thank you.

Now that just makes the watch look sinister! WOW. Great job. Cheers!

Amazing you were able to get all those gen parts. Looks really good. Cheers!

Looks amazing! Congrats! Doesn't even look like there is a crystal on it. Nice work. Cheers!

Okay so now I am watching the thread....you have my attention!

All great responses! This is a great exchange of different thoughts from all different collectors. Thank you to all of you. I am also happy no one took this the wrong way. Cheers!

SICK! Amazing pieces you got there. How do you choose which one to wear? Cheers!

Looks clean. Nice Job. What did you use? Cheers

wow very excited to see this done. Cheers

But why would you spend so much extra money to make your rep look real? I think the reps from some of the dealers are great. They already command quite a bit of money.

I can understand doing an AR and lume job but do you want to spend all that money purposely to pass the rep as a genuine?

I for one would never try a pass any rep as real. I just wear them and if someone comments that great, but I won't take it off to show anyone nor would I walk into an AD with one.

Seems if you spend that much money you are trying all that harder to make your rep appear genuine. No disrespect to anyone here, just my opinion. Cheers!

My word those are nice straps! When will they be ready to order? Thank you.

Just thought I show my first prototypes as well.

The straps for AP watches are a bI@t.. to make.

I forgot the pin so I just pushed a springbar in to hold the strap in place.

With the real pin it should have a better fit:

omg that is sick! which dealer has these? Cheers!

Check my signature line for info on my 1655. Bear in mind that stock changes from dealers so you may not be getting the exact same thing as say a year ago.

Best of luck on your project!

Thanks guys, going to check this now! Cheers

hmmm..Im not sure watchturbo is strapluxe...

anyway..I've bought straps from strapluxe before and I am very happy..

Im about to get one from APbands but they are more expensive (almost $350, while gen is about $500)and I have been told that the hornbacks are not much better than the rep hornback.

He absolutely is. Just read his follow up posts. Also he was caught shilling on another rolex forum. I think there are so many great vendors and I have straps from a lot of them. HKTAN, TedSu, Strapmasters, etc.

It's just better to keep it fair as possible. Competition is great but childish behavior is just ......well just that and not necessary.

I also have 1 hornback from AP Bands for my Panerai and it's something that isn't offered from others. It's a single row.

Hi all, new to the forum. I want the best looking 1655 Rolex. I have seen many who send out their watches to get customized. I just want to know where someone like myself would start?

I would appreciate any tips. Cheers!

From your pics, those AP Bands have some MAJOR GAPS between the strap and the watch casing after they are installed on the endlinks!!

Man that strap compability quality sucks in my opinion. But cool box from AP Bands

You should have tried getting your straps from Strapluxe. Perfect fitment from the pics I have seen from others and from my own experience.

Come on already. Stop with these posts. You are obviously upset with AP Bands quality over your strapluxe brand straps. You are strapluxe.com. Everyone knows this, stop it already. It's so childish. Let the products speak for themselves.

Remember these are reps here, not the real thing but close.

All you do across all forum boards is shill and "try" to bring down other strapmakers. For that reason alone I wouldn't buy from you. I was considering the IWC straps you offer for my big pilots but this behavior is a major deterrent