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As an aside- LePrelet typically has the square style font... Bey dials usually have the rounder fonts and a strange inherent characteristic for bubbling surface paint.

You should see similar signing on the back of the dial: Either LP with shield: Or the full LePrelet:

No concerns with the dial. Looks like a nice LePrelet... Original in terms of print and paint, but the lume looks redone. Original lume is nice and flat... Very uniform. I don't think a relume is much of a concern or worry in this case. Overall, very clean...

EE7750 with shallow rehaut, asymmetric pushers, etc... A V72 *might* drop in. Dunno yet...

ROFLSMOFL! There is no doubt or question... You will be first to know when that day comes!

doc- I think it was the old Seamaster cases (i.e. 2531) that had the larger rep tubes requiring the glue for fitting gen tubes. Maybe the case with the UPO too? BTW... If the tubes are stripping and the threads are on the inside of the tube, aren't you guys worried about metal shavings/dust falling into the case and into the movement?

Understandably so! I miss this one from time to time... Also from those early batches of Ti's... There's just something about the old skool pieces that had their own special charm.

From delta? If so... That was quick! A keeper, methinks Congrats!

For PAMs... I'd say these.... 2893 PAM29 2893 PAM63 IWW PVD PAM4 LOL... Some old school pics for me; circa 2005? These came and went 4 years ago and I regret those sales to this day... I do have some even bigger regrets with a coupe of other pieces, however...

Congrats! Now that is a beauty!! I love it! Now you can check one Tudor off your wish list. How's the hunt for the other Tudor going?

Weds: Thurs:

Hmmmm... On 1680's and the sort, the date mag is more powerful due to the height of the crystal... Maybe more like 3x? 2.5x 3x?

F333- I like the way you roll. I'm with you!

They may have done that to keep the minute chapter relative to the Day window... Or possibly because they used existing smaller dials intended for the smaller DD in this larger case. Maybe both reasons? This is most likely what rek001 was getting at with her post above....

@red... You have PM...

No, my post was more to do with Zapadeus trying to call Lani out for the syntax and sentence structure of his postings. Or maybe I am misunderstanding something here? If so, I apologize now, but based on the tone and feel of the post, it didn't seem to be on the most friendly of terms...

What the shit is this?

Personally, I think you should stick with a gen dial... I'll let pictures explain why...

Thanks, hackr! Photo was snapped with my lens reversed- Little trick I picked up from Pugs. I ended up cropping a bit as the original had some vignetting going on... But turned out rather decent

Well, since I've managed to discover that I'm all thumbs with the 7750, I figure I'll leave this one to more experienced and talented hands (Zig). Should hopefully see a full make over with this one from the top down. No better way to initiate a full scrub than by screwing something up, I suppose Heh... I can handle working with El Primeros but not 7750s. Go figure

Thanks, sir I'm super excited! It will be going in for some surgery soon...

At least they got the rehaut engraving pattern to kind of line up and end/start at 3:00/9:00...

This is going to be tricky since he already left positive feedback. Even if the positive feedback or 21 day term pend release of funds was Paypal mandated, the seller leveraged that requirement and abused the situation even more. So much for protecting the buyer...

Yeah... In this case, only $10, since the dust was on the outside of the crystal!

There are three factors that you should consider when choosing a large watch (in my opinion). 1) The shape of your wrist is the first to consider. If you have a wrist that is flatter/broader, a larger watch may work well since it has more area to sit against. 2) The watch measurement lug to lug is the next thing I would consider. The lugs should not overhang your wrist as the strap would sit awkwardly and could make the watch uncomfortable to wear. 3) And closely related to measurement lug to lug, the next thing I would consider is the shape of the lugs on the watch you are looking at. The more they curve down, the better your chances are that the watch will look fine on a smaller wrist. To give some examples- The Breitling Montbrillant Legende is a big watch at 47mm, but as many here have demonstrated, the watch works well on a smaller wrist due to the lug contour. On the other side of that spectrum, a 42mm AP Royal Oak Offshore does not fit comfortably on the wrist because of the shape of it's integrated lugs, and ends up wearing like a much larger watch (especially on smaller wrists). My advice is to see if you can try on one of the watches you are interested in prior to buying. If that's not an option, you can always buy something in the trading section that's already suffered first owner depreciation and if it doesn't suit you, you can list it for sale again. Heh... With that last paragraph in mind, I think this kind of situation makes for a good reminder as to why some people get into reps- Test driving certain pieces in this fashion is far more affordable than doing it with gens.