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Has anyone purchased an aftermarket date disc and if so from were? I have seen a few on eBay. -Chris

Thank you all that replied. I wound up using a sticky not to place the hands onto the movement and pushed it on with the refill from a ball point pen. -Chris

There have been several tutorials that covered removing watch hands. What is a the preferred method for re-installing them? -Chris

It has already been discussed that the date wheel on the SSD is one of items that could be better IE not centered on all dates. I believe this to be an issue of the printing not centered on the wheel. Has anyone swapped the date on the ssd and if so what did you use? -Chris

Thank you so much!!! PM Sent -Chris

Anyone know were I can buy the hands for a submariner with Asian 21j movement? I building a project Anyone have an old broken Asian sub collecting dust they want to get rid of? -Chris

thank you for the kind words. The case looks better in person. The one thing I want to emphasize it what a HUGE difference the gen bezel makes. Its more than just the pearl. The blackness of the bezel has a dull/shinyness about it that the reps just don't compare. Sorry if my description does not make sence, but you have to see it. -Chris

First off I do not claim to be a moder, just someone who has a passion for this hobby. I purchased a noobmariner on the cheap due to a movement that was DOA. Yesterday I went over to Ofrei during my lunch break and bought a DG2813 for $15 and some change and a small tube of silicone grease. I happily broke out my basic watch tool kit that I picked up on eBay for $12.00 and opened the noob

Beginner all the way. The "woky" rehaut of the nebie is a dead give away. -Chris

If you have to ask...................................... You are better off sticking with the trusted dealers from this and other forums like it. -Chris