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Personally, and it's just my two cents, but I think dealers should limit new transactions with new buyers to other methods of payment, and reserve the PP option for their more regular customers whom they have repeat business with. This helps offset the risk of having PP complaints from the first time newb who only cares about purchasing one watch. I say this as not everyone has the dealer's or other purchaser's (and forum member's) best interests in mind.

And what about the excitement of modding a rep?

Agree 100%. That's what makes this hobby fun for me. Building and modding watches is far more interesting than just buying a gen

Blue.

Check out this post by Tourbillon1801:

Link.

He is installing a very nicely decorated 6948 into his F.A. Jones.

Edit: Gran beat me by a minute!

Ugh... Bronchitis. No fun at all. Do they have you on the Z-Pak (zithromax)?

Hope you are feeling better, and I wish you a speedy recovery!

Cheers,

Randy

The correct datewheel is not valid for current etas.

Ofrei sells them, but it counts opposite eta datewheel does.

So we have to change the whole movement. Right Randy?

Correct, Manuel! The genuine Rolex cal 1570/5 has the datewheel rotating counterclockwise (ETAs rotate clockwise)...

Genuine silver datewheels:

And A.Schild movements (note the datewheel rotation):

Great job Ludo!! Aligning the datewheel with the window is never easy- As I've done a good number of these (along with swapping the datewheel overlay), I know exactly how frustrating that task can be!

Looking forward to seeing the finished product! This watch is already gorgeous! When the mods are done, it's going to be a jaw dropper

Nice granite!!

A fantastic watch! A perfect candidate for some mods with genuine parts

If that were a rep, it would be most accurate yet.

Looks genuine to me

Kos-

VERY nice!! I love the logos.... The GPF is really starting to grow on me as well!

Cocaine's a hell of a drug.

I must be losing my mind...

Let's get the ball rolling early...

I'll be alternating between these two this Memorial Day weekend...

Man... I have way too many projects going on at the moment. But, perhaps we should talk.

Errr... But the tourbillon isn't visible on the genuine either

Link to thePurists.

Still... A very pathetic fake none the less

Speaking of non-existant tourbillons, I need to see if I still have images of a terribly bad fake with the tourbillon escapement actually printed on the dial. Yes, printed.

Does anyone want an Ebel movement for their Daytona???

Thoughts??

Man... I could use one for this project...

Been on the back burner for almost a year now... Just haven't felt the need to drop $1k for the movement as of yet.

Please bear in mind that not is all as it may appear: although a case may look "1:1" on the outside, to use the current jargon, it may very well be far from accurate on the inside.

Indeed. The case may hold true proportions on the exterior, but the manufacturer is going to do everything they can to make fitting an ETA 2836 inside as easy as possible for 'mass' production pieces.

I've come to understand that a 1570/5 is not a direct fit. I have, however heard that the 1520 is (due to the omitted date function).

Have a great trip, Ziggy!!

BTW, I have no idea

Awwww shutte. I dunno. What was the Original question?

Perhaps the Union can answer?

I agree with Dave- Looks like a 6694 Oysterdate. Here is another (not mine).

A very peculiar piece indeed. I find it very odd that Bex would have authenticated such a watch...

I will never post any of my MBW's for sale!! NevAr!!

Weds. choice will be...

Thursday will be...

Maybe sometime this week, I'll slip this one into the mix as well....

Man, Chris! That's some [censored] news. Glad to hear that some of the transactions are being addressed by PP, but being out £400 blows

If I can help out, please let me know!

As an aside... What's the best way to check your computer for key loggers? With all this talk of compromised PW's, I'd like to know what to look out for as a precautionary!