4000ft

Small SWISS MADE (S lines up between 31 to 31.25 seconds) , bigger bezel dots

Meant 32 to 32.25....

'SWISS MADE' needs to be just a bit smaller/thinner I think... But this looks very good thus far!

Thought the same but there appears to be a little variation in the gens

Big SWISS MADE (S appears to line up with 32.5 seconds), small bezel dots

Small SWISS MADE (S lines up between 31 to 31.25 seconds) , bigger bezel dots

Rep is like the first one in both respects

Other gen pics show engraving having a font like the rep, the gen shown here is the odd duck

Something else I noticed while looking at pics, different shape on the edge where strap meets case, rep bevelled and gen rounded

Judging from the rehaut engraving font, this case is highly likely to be a wm9 v3 or a copy of it. This font, flattened Times Roman or whatever it's called, is first and only seen the wm9 v3 till now which I doubt another factory "happens" to use too 'cause it's a "wrong'er" font as compared to the wm9 v2's font or the TW sub's font.

I emailed WM9 about the font a few months before the disappearance, their response:

The font on our M serial Submariner 16610LV is correct. You can check

it out at your Rolex dealer in person.

Sometimes Rolex post fake pictures online in order to avoid counterfeit efforts.

Direct quote... buttheads

And the serial between the lugs is M832118

Just received mine today, the rehaut looks great, crownguards/crown have exactly the same problems you can see here

http://www.petemilla...rolex/rolex.htm

Serrated part of the crown is too tall (which makes the CGs look too short) and the crown guards close too much at the top, with a gen crown and proper trimming i think it would look very good.

Lume is a little messy when looked at in good lighting and the pearl sucks ass, bracelet and clasp are stamped 93250, and the crystal is cut wrong but IMO it's a much better base to build something nice than the SSD ever was.

I want

309, the brass ring shows too much on the reps and spoils everything . 349 is similar with cali dial very nice but havnt seen a good rep of that either

too slow

Lighting + Photoshop, it looks like they applied lower brightness and higher contrast to the dial in a pretty messy fashion with a brush, look at the edges of the case where it touches the dial

Do you just lift the bezel off the the case front?

Is it harder than removing a bezel from a non H-factory case?

Should I remove the crystal first?

Thanks

I dont have a H-factory case but the construction looks like a (mini) Fiddy case, for those I've removed the movement/dial, used a medicine bottle having the same size as the dial, placed the case on top of it and holding the sides of the case just whack the whole lot on the counter

Is he still selling them?

They sold out a week ago

Interesting to note, on the M series of new PAMs, quite a number are coming with Pre-V handsets.

Every 000/005 M i've seen on the bay has them, and a few K and L's too but maybe they got them at the service center

BTW, was this confirmed NOOB or is it Hublot?

The rumours were it was going to be hublot and the lugs, crown to case distance, superluminova and crystal confirm that

Is this ok???

25 usd

Looks ok for a car antenna but not prev screwbars

1. Valerian

2. petem (2 crystals)

3. BigE

4. Chudd

5. Paulw

6. Repwatch

7. Bosk

8. Nakortheblue

9. Rickhic

10. Z3k0 (2 crystals)

11. panerisiti(2)

12. jcrry (2 or 3 crystals)

13. Pabler

14. Lanikai (2 or more crystals)

15. Sidedish

16. cbd21(2)

17. Slan93

18. Cchrono

19. Deniz21

20. Bynico92

21. Ewing

22. Kioske

23. Jimmynugent

24. Fishgodeep(2 crystals)

25. Suzuki

26. Cdigi

27. Mann

28. Colorao

29. Fitipaldi

30. opcrown

31. btocamelo

32. PrDubis

33. Yousif1980

34. Psycho

35. Rytox

36. Maars

37. burrppp

38. 4fun

39. goin6633

40. Maxman

41. Tallah

42. Whacky

43. Notsobreit

44. EMM

45.ironpumper

46. lasync

47. j4jure

48. Bigmarcelo

49. malfa

50. r_squared (2 x crystals)

51. toddy2

52. kuli

53. cskent69

54. 4000ft

Looks alot nicer than their ebay pics

NM

No it's just wokky, hand stack is short, minute dashes are all bold etc, its a nice watch and feels good on the wrist but not a great rep

Thanks for the info Dizzy. What about crystal and rehaut?

Crystal and rehaut are disappointing

What an article, making it sound so amazing that a shoe from the past resembles a shoe of today, but over that time feet have changed so dramatically

Author didnt need to get all those quotes from todays fashionistas to make it interesting, the preservation qualities of sheep dung were enough, where can I get some?

Common knowledge in these parts.

A statement like I replied to requires some kind of head to head comparison of quality, a WM9/BK vs. WM9 shootout, Ive never seen that thread. Im aware of the final touches BK does to the WM9 parts and to some people they have value but it doesn't equal far better QC

havnt heard of a straight from WM9 watch with misaligned datewheel either

There should be a bit more appreciation of the guy who buys the genuine, tears it apart and produces all the parts... WM9

Oh and original poster... chill out

considering BK has a far better CQ.

Source for that?