bosk

Not sure if it will fit. ROO's have straps that are ~28mm. The Ruben is suppose to be larger. The two endlinks are not guaranteed to fit the strap either. good luck.

Looks decent...exterior/finish of watch looks really nice. Just some details missing...small gap in the crown guard...definitely needs a recessed date window with matching cyclops. Is that bezel ceramic?

wait for the ceramic bezel version...its coming or I'd buy the non-AR one and get the chief DAR.

I think its the La Boutique "New York" that has the PVD case....a watch I've been drooling over and awaiting a decent rep produced.

my bezel insert is toast...I tried to flatten out the dent...ended up flattening the entire bezel insert all around...then I ground the edge so it would fit the bezel. It sort of looks weird now...lol Yes, I'm in the US. Silix did say that he might be able to find one (rep) for me for $30 but I would have to include it in another order. No plans to get anything now...unless something really nice comes out. -bosk

Mine has a dent so I'd definitely like a replacement...gen or rep. My search for a gen bezel has been futile I read on a gen watch forum that there is a shortage of the gen bezels and its difficult to obtain one.

The underside of crystals of SMPs have very good AR...no chance of scratching the AR either.

hmmm.....I think the kill bill AP is fairly nice looking.

there has been some talk of getting the endlinks from oracle straps which is around 90-100 but I'm not sure how they fit AP bands or luxe. To comment on AP bands, I purchased one of their straps and the quality was not superb considering the price. I purchased their buckle which did not fit the tiny holes in their strap and had to enlarge the holes myself. The stitching has become frayed (with infrequent wear).

hmmm...that AP org movement shown is in "not working" condition....a hard gamble at 2K.

The MBW hands on an old 21K asian movement could always fit the an ETA 7750 but I was never sure if they would fit the AP gen-like movement. Thanks for sharing the detail of this great project

The concord ventu has an automatic ETA 2892-A2 w/module with the correct spacing. Does the pictured APROO have the gen hands? The hour hand seems to have too large of a base like the currect sec @12 reps and the MBW sec @9. -bosk

the 007 on the dial seems crooked. crown guards are barely decent and He valve is off as usual. 110 is often the price of new Asian movement SMPs from some dealers. U could definitely do worst...but that version of the bond SMP should not have 007 on the second hand.

The gen is not bad...that crystal is truly unique and gives the impression of wearing a crystal ball The bubbles actually wear really well on the wrist. Unfortunately, the two essential parts of a corum are the lume and the crystal. The rep will have a mineral crystal which will likely be green-ish due to its thickness. Maybe the crystal height has been improved over the older bubble reps but it will still be mineral.

I think the only give away is the hands...so the asian hands for the old asian 7750 fit the concord movement? I have a concord but was missing too many parts like the modified case and was not sure which hands set to use. Awesome project!

This one is decent: http://www.tt88time.com/index.php?main_pag...66e206fef769db4

Strange that the rep looks so much bigger than the gen. Is that just an optical illusion?

No, the corum chrono is not available from any of the rep factories. The corum reps being sold have a crystal that is obviously fake. The gen crystal (sapphire) is .3 to .5 times thicker that the rep crystals (always mineral). The gen corum case is a bit different from the rep too so the rep does not sit as nicely on the wrist. I have the gen version of the chrono with silver dial and love it. Since corum has discontinued the bubble line....there are some decent deals out there for the gen. -bosk

that's too bad...almost a decent rep but there are still too many problems. crown guards and its screws, inner tachymeter ring seems almost perpendicular (case is a bit too small i think...should be 47 mm), orange on the hands too bright, date window too small (should be larger that the 3 marker), crown and pushers, etc. -bosk

Silix-watch has lower quality items (asian movements and quartz) while silix-prime has ETA copies with sapphire crystals (most of the time) and generally higher quality items. My ROO rubberclad only took 1.5 weeks to come....Silix must have been out of stock. I was extremely happy with my ROO from him too...excellent strap, not glue problems on dial, and rubber bezel still shows no wear signs after 3-4 months....its still working perfectly.

Due to the space needed for the cyclops on the dial, all the stems on the AP ROO's had to be a bit longer. U might want to try to source a stem from a 21K bps MBW movement... which should work.

Seems like the factories are slowly spitting out the dial variations. very tempting

those are corum reps that I might actually buy.

My....that is a nice watch. Just kidding, I have one and its one of my favs. The corum skeleton was a limited production model (about 1100 made) and is no longer produced (stopped in 2006 or early 2007, i believe). As a matter of fact, Corum has recently discontinued the entire bubble line. The AR on corums are really nice and the super thick sapphire is very distinctive. Corums with lume glow like a torch since there is sooo much area for the superlume application. I'd highly recommend one Its so hard to take decent pics because of the sapphire distortion. -bosk

I'd say no. the endlinks on the sce at 12 is ~4.5mm and those on the MBW are 4 mm. Also there is a slight difference in the space between the two positioned endlinks on the case....but these are measurements from my mbw and sec@12 from silix....there may be different sec@12 versions. -bosk