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Mom & pop joint. They'll get 'em back in.

The inserts say "aftermarket", but they look gen.

http://classicwatchparts.com/catpart/catal...ex.php?cPath=33 Enjoy!

Amen.

Do they make a Tudor rep with the "snowflake" dial/hands?

I love it. I'd be in for one. Any chance of getting that "snowflake" version?

I used to shoot with a Leica...ahh, those were the days. Almost bought a new Leica digital DLUX 3, but the noise in their low-light pics sucks!

Unless it's simply the lighting conditions, this crystal profile looks a little better than the first batch of these. If I may ask, which dealer & what month did you get it? Thanks.

Nice!

Price $500?

In theatre: The Great debaters (could have used a less predictable ending) At home: 2 Days in Paris (funny)

The ceramic bezel insert on these reps could be so easily faked with a plastic bezel insert--it would look exactly like it. The simplest things seem like rocket science in Guangzhou. It's ridiculous no one's accomplished this yet.

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Pics of the merch?

Fukcing trolls.

Gen doesn't fit the rep unfortunately, I've tried. Which dealer is the rep crystal pictured above from? There's a dealer on repgeek called Super Mirrors that has a slightly different, albeit inferior SD rep, where the crystal has the correct gen-like bevel, and appears to be the same size as the SSD rep from PT & Josh. It even has a much less obvious etching @ 6 o'clock.

Tourneau's always been full of USDA Grade-A assholes; wannabe snobs working in a mall for a living with the worst fitting suits you've ever seen. And Avant-Gold's the only AD in Tampa that deals with Panerai. But my fav's definitely Mayors--always polite, always knowledgeable and willing to help with anything. Don't think you can afford another gen with all the Xmas shopping you've already done? How about a 48 month card with the first 40 months, interest free! And they even polished my 16610 rep for free without asking when I bought my SMP chrono. Now that's service.

A $3 oz. of Silicon grease off eBay's all I've ever used.

WM9 is a douchebag scam site riddled with repeat lies. Call it a loss at your $37 deposit, and spend the rest of your dough somewhere smarter.

It's hard to tell, actually, and the hue is even harder to capture in photographs (even shot in natural light, which is the most "honest" lighting). There are a few variables, however. Steel & white gold have more of a cooler, grey look to them (white gold being a little less cool than steel). Generally, platinum has a warmer look, like that of pure silver (it has a bit of white-ish hue to it): (platinum) Occasionally platinum has a palladium plating, but this is not common; platinum is usually just highly polished, like steel. But white-gold isn't a periodic element, like gold or platinum; it's an alloy It's not actually "white", per se, it's more yellow-ish in color, and is generally coated with another alloy--either rhodium or palladium: (white gold) This is why "pure" white gold shows wear & tear very easily; it has to be replated every-so-often. Steel has a darker hue than the other two: (steel) But it depends on which type of steel. The sides of a Submariner case, for instance, are merely highly polished, not plated: (polished steel) The bezel of a steel Daytona, however, is also polished and then rhodium plated: (rhodium plated steel) (all the watches pictured are genuine, and are shot in natural light)

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Sorry, this thing looks absolutely horrible.

Wait till you see the pics, then see if you know how to figure it out.

That last piece couldn't get any tackier.