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This review saved my Day. Thanks This review saved my Day. Thanks

It doesn't? Why wasn't I notified of this?

Now that was cruel

MAHLER you've outdone yourself this time I bought the Montbr Legende as a result of seeing your excellent review. The great quality of this rep made me think I could easily live with the sunken DW - Now there's a cure Truly fantastic mod to a beautyful watch. Thanks man

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That's the option I chose. I could have sent it back for exchange but the factory is out of grey dials at the moment. The watch is off to Francisco as soon as the hand set arrives and he can assemble the movement right. Maybe the cartel should offer a kit version of their AP's at a better price - unassembled?

I don't get why the dealers still dropships when they could avoid almost any of the issues I have had by simply inspecting the watch before shipping it half way round the earth. What triggers me is when I pay the cost of returning the watch for exchange and the exchange getting seized by customs. So I loose both the watch and the money. Great! They should do little or no QC of cheap reps and EVERY single high end rep should be tested. How can they ship out a POS watch having charged half a grand or more? Anyway spring is comming so I will do a spring clean of my sock drawer and hand some of the watches over to the Forum. - All of my AP's are off to Francisco to be modded and serviced. I accept that there are a few lemons to be had when buying from our Asian friends - and this thread is most of all to share the experience and get you to stay alert. I am truly happy with the ones that actually work and I'm sure when proper service and TLC have been applied to the rest of the keepers they will be cherished just as much as my gens.

Shipment on the way to the doctor ;-)

Who says I didn't

That was a pre-RWG experience

Based on the above here are the numbers ETZ PC TRUSTY WATCHEDEN Bought 3 9 21 6 Perfect 0 3 7 1 Defect 3 6 14 5 My conclusion: If you buy from ETZ you could expect 100% failure Watcheden comes in second at only 83% failure Both PC and trusty offers the best purchase at only 67% failure So IMO from the best dealers here expect 1/3 watches to be perfect.

I need cheering up guys Decided to make a list of my purchases for the past six months: PAM 47mm Submersible AR scratched from inside No fix Rolex vintage sun ETA Bezel insert wasn't on when received Fixed locally UPO Planet Ocean 45mm Bracelet fell apart Returned Rolex Vintage GMT Jubilee bracelet Crown + stem fell out Tossed in bin Graham Chronofighter Oversize Diver Crown fell off Fixed locally PAM 250 SS Luminor Daylight 7750 Crown guard doesn't shut tight Tossed in bin Blue ceramic SS Rolex Submariner ETA Date not functioning Returned Breitling Montbrillant Legende Lug screw broke and fell out Waiting for parts 4 months AP Roo RG Rubberclad $558 Minutes hand stained Awaiting parts Blacksteel Limited Ed Super Avenger PVD/RU Blk 7750 movement seized Returned Skyland Avenger Chrono Black/Rubber movement seized Returned Super Avenger SS Black movement seized, bezel ring cannot turn Returned Super Avenger SS Rubber Dial with fingerprints, cleaned Breitling avenger seawolf yellow dial Ocean diver strap w/o pins Fixed locally IWC Big Pilot working PR power reserve 45 minutes then seizes Returned AP ROO Black Themes ultimate sec@12 Broken bracelet + missing screw Waited 34 days for parts Rolex DSSD Recieved V3 paid for V5 Returned Skyland Avenger PVD Limited ed Repaired watch came back with same fault Returned AP ROO Silver Themes ultimate sec@12 returned. Seconds hand jitter Returned Deepsea 3135 316f Rotor and bridge part fell off Fixed locally Deepsea 3135 316f PVD Rotor fell off Fixed locally AP Roo Safari secs@12 Seconds hand hacking Must fix locally Daytona 2008 Design SS/SS White Num A-7750 Seconds hand moves +2 secs Returned PAM341 60mm Seized by Customs Lost Rolex Deepsea DSSD reship Seized by Customs Lost PAM 60mm reship Seized by Customs Lost Omega seamaster 300 vintage Worked for 1 day - rotor fell off Fixed locally Rolex 6538 MBW ETA $400 Wrong case wrong lugs wrong bezel insert ETZ shut down It's not all bad: I present to you - the watches that worked out of the box: Breitling avenger seawolf Watch OK Rolex super seadweller Watch OK Rolex white seadweller vintage Watch OK Breitling SuperOcean Heritage SS Black RB Watch OK Rolex Anni GMT SS Black Asia 3186 V serials Watch OK Pam341 BLACK 60MM OVERSIZE Watch OK Royal Oak Offshore sec@12Rubberclad w/ leatherstrap Watch OK Breitling SuperOcean Heritage + mesh band Watch OK Superocean Steelfish SS/RU Blue/Brown leather strap Watch OK Breitling skyland avenger SS/Leather Watch OK Tag Heuer Aqua Racer 500m blue SS Watch OK

Josh has kindly shipped out a set of hands for my $600 golden Airfix watch Great hobby this is I can't help comparing this to the electronic kits I used to purchase when I was a kid - You got an envelope with a pile of junk that you could solder and screw together to make something work like a piece of kit you could have bought at 1/10 the price at the hardware store. - But most importantly had fun while doing so I am expecting a Safari to arrive today - I'll keep you posted

Oh I forgot to mention the Montbrillant Legende where the lug screw broke some time before Christmas. Still waiting for replacement screws but that's only four months now. Still it's just a hobby

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Thanks I'll stop ordering stuff for a while trying to settle all the issues I have at the moment and maybe ship a big box of junk to my favourite watch maker having him sort it all out

Roo Black Themes - broken clasp and missing screw: parts received 34 days upon delivery Roo Silver Themes - return shipped (along with ): will be repaired Roo RG awaiting reply from dealer Hard not to mention the two Skylands and two Super Avengers I've sent back. Oh and the latest Blue submariner ETA with non functioning date

Hate to say that two more Roos are in the mail. I find it entertaining - and who knows? Maybe one day I'll get a watch that's perfect? Still the movement seems a bit better than the silver themes...

It took a few lessons though

This one is from Joshua - nothing wrong with that. He offers excellent service in replacing a lot of stuff, but I still have to cover return shipping and wait another two weeks for replacements or parts to arrive.

Oh - In the above please do not think I am complaining about aftersales from my dealer - only want to show you what QC from the factories let through...

Never ending story. RG Roo arrived today: Is that superglue?

It's the first time I've seen the "outward Office of Exchange" message - that just puzzled me a bit. Thanks

Parcel tracks Date Time Location Tracking Event 23-03-2010 11:53 International Hub Arrived at outward Office of Exchange 21-03-2010 19:49 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGING 21-03-2010 19:49 International Hub Arrived in destination country 13-03-2010 01:38 Delivery Agent - GUANGZHOU - PTT Left origin country 12-03-2010 20:11 Delivery Agent - CHINA Collected from customer

LOL - Sweet. We could make a tuesday baby check. My little girl slept 180x3 mins again this night Taking the day off - going for a swim with junior. Must wear waterproof watch Have a nice day all!