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  6. Calling all the olde timers(get it) :-).........check in

    in General Discussion

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    Of course mate!

    But at least we matured a little 😉

     

    I'm weighing in 14 years of RWG membership and several years at TRF before...

     

    Due to some family reasons and my job, I was passively off the hobby for many years - passively means, I checked with the fora every few weeks to still be some kind of "roughly up to date".

    During this time, I had to sell one or another of my beloved pieces - nowadays I'm more and more tempted to try out some of the new models, perhaps I'll pull the trigger...

     

    I was shocked some months ago to see that RWG is turned into this kind of calm place - RWI looks like they have some problems too and I have the feeling most action has moved to repgeek.

     

    Would be great if someone could enlighten that a little!

     

    And how can I expand my mailbox? Looks like it was shrinked and now I can't message anyone.

     

     

  12. Where to get a superlumed handset for a 183 black seal ?

    in The Panerai Area

    Posted

    Hi friends,

    do you have idea where I can get a nice superlumed handsset for a 183 black seal ?

    I tried DSN but he has problems with pp (as usual) and I don't have another payment option.

    Vac replied just once, confirmed he has some - but surprisingly don't reply anymore.

    Need a set to finish my watch and have no idea where to get some other than the two (unsuccessful) options described above...

    Thanks in advance for your input !

  13. Review of UWEs (fineDD) modding work !

    in Other Watch Reviews

    Posted

    Hi friends,

    here I have a review for all of you watchlovers ;)

    I had a very difficult project to work on and had to decide for a modder.

    Tough decision as the mod was never done before - and the watch is discontinued long ago, so I wouldn't get spare parts if things go wrong...

    After reading reviews, looking carefully at pictures and being limited to EU because of the shipping risks back and forth I decided to send the watch to Uwe.

    It came out fantastic and I'm very very pleased !!

    Have in mind that this lume job is still done by hand - it's kind of microscopic, don't get fooled by my macro pictures !

    The task was additionally very tricky because these small numbers are right under the crystal - if applied too thick, they would collide with the crystal...

    The double A/R is also done by Uwe and very very nice.

    Have a look at my Ingy (afaik 1 of only 2 ever modded this far):

    (Comparison shot is with my H-fac 005K, two gen dialed Omegas and the Ingy - absolutely the same strong intensity !)

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  14. The Rolex 1680/0 White Submariner a Comparison

    in The Rolex Area

    Posted

    Fantastic watches, both of them !

    Trust me - I had them in my hands :clap2:

    Well, I'll leave all those smallest details to the experts, let them analyse the pictures, the measurements, let them look into their Rolex bibles, let them ask for serials, build dates, services and think about the possibilities if all variations Rolex made in all the time could realisticly apply to this specific watch.

    After meanwhile well over 15 years in rep collecting I will just say that this is a very very nice crafted rep and absolutely convincing ! And that's what counts. Sure - if you really have them side by side and analyse carefully, you'll spot some differences - but on the other side, put 2 gens side by side and they'll be different too ! Depends on the history of the watch and the various services, you could get 2 completely different looking gen 1680s... And surely, if you put these 2 gens side by side and let us watch freaks decide which one is real - I bet my watchbox we'll spot the rep out of the 2 gens :)

    Andy - you know where to send the rep if you want to part with it ;) and as we found out that we seem to like the same type of watches - I want your rep modified to look more than your gen one (your gen one looks newer ! It's in great shape !).

  18. Latest finished project: Explorer II *franken*

    in The Rolex Area

    Posted

    I don't think I've seen a white NATO before, but that looks fantastic :good:

    I never saw one before - but it was immediate love on first sight :)

    jummy jummy congrats and wear it well.

    Carpe Diem

    Cats

    Thanks my friend :thumbsupsmileyanim:

    Looks great! That lume is :o

    Any chance of swapping the crown out for a gen 604? That would be a nice finishing touch!

    Of course I would - if I get a good deal for a set... ;)

    Love the white nato! Where did you get it? I'm looking over my collection for a candidate.

    Saw this in the strapbox of my buddy - he bought it at a local watchfair cause he liked the look - but didn't liked it with his watches.

    When I first saw it, I immediately had the above picture in my mind :lol: he squeezed me out my last bucks out of my pocket but I finally could get it...

    Definitely put a WM9 datewheel and gen crown on there. It will be PERFECT.

    Where did you get that NATO from?

    WM9 datewheel ? Have they corrected the printing issues meanwhile ?

    See a few lines above for the story of that NATO ;)

    Congrats man!

    Me and Dluddy welcome you to the club!!!

    Actually yours is nicer than mine. I don't have gen hands.

    PS: Where did you find the old Noob case?

    Thank you !! :drinks:

    But no, I don't have gen hands - the hands were just relumed to match the dial...

    Didn't get the noob case specifically to fit the gen dial - that was more kind of - umm - lucky circumstances in combination with my restless appetite for projects :Jumpy:

  22. Teaser - another completed project...

    in The Rolex Area

    Posted

    And were the case from? :)

    It's a rep Daytona case which fitted the clarks crystal straight and needed no movement spacer (had difficulties with another case before).

    and - where is the rest ?? ;)

    love it ! :thumbsupsmileyanim:

    i think i saw it in an earlier stage ?

    cheers,

    Frank

    Hi Frank :drinks:

    Yeah ! You saw it in an earlier stage before - now it's equipped with all the nice new parts I talked from...

    More pictures still to come... Just need tiiime :lol:

    Very nice watch Namor.

    I suspect the case and pushers are from a rep Daytona 116520. On a gen Tudor Prince Chrono the case looks just a little bit different but IMHO the giveaway is the tachymetre bezel (gen Tudor starts at "500" and has different markers).

    Hi cc :drinks:

    You're absolutely right, as stated above it's indeed a Daytona case - but IMHO there's no obvious giveaway... Just do a quick search in eBay and you'll see that there are so many various case styles from Tudor - it's just surprising ! And there are many variations out there with a bezel like mine - it's not a straight rule that the Tudor bezels start the tachymetre scale at 500...

    Finally - I think the watch is just convincing. Tudor chronos are not that pricey that one automatically doubt it's origin :thumbsupsmileyanim: but that's just my humble opinion influenced by my proudness as the happy owner :wub: so I know my opinion is biased ^_^

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