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hey looking good!
I have the same 007 SMP as you, i modded the [censored] out of it. I also had the electric blue but sold it to an eager customer.
love the genuine SMP.
Once Ofrei restocks the tubes again, I plan on modding the electric blue too. I may attempt a crown guard reshaping at that point with some filing (the guards are large enough to allow some reshaping).
The 007 case is wasted on the 007 dial (I never really liked it) and I have a gen blue SMP dial sitting in an ETA movement with gen hands as a spare, but have a rep and gen of the same watch is redundant, IMO.
thanks every1 for the comments.
-bosk
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Omega SMPs are one of my favorite watches and so I decided to mod my Bond limited edition watch (with an almost perfect case) to an electric blue SMP. Plans were to add a gen tube and crown (the gen has a tube with internal threads), change the bezel from blue to silver with a transplant, and add a chief DAR sapphire crystal that lacked the coke bottle effect. The goal was to make an almost perfect SMP electric blue rep.
First...photos of the components.
The flaws of my rep crown are evident...the end is not tapered like the gen and bevel edges are not nearly as well defined. So the caseback comes off and the stem in removed.
Notice that this version of the SMP has a tube with internal threads too unlike normal SMP rep. Below is a pic of the my bond rep and the normal SMP rep tube. However, this rep bond tube would not fit the gen crown so its replacement was absolutely necessary.
Next, movement was removed, the crystal was pushed out with a press, and the bezel insert was removed. Note that the easiest way to remove the bezel insert (without damage to your existing insert) is to remove crystal first and just push from under the underside of the case.
Just grab a pair of needle nose pliers and pull on the old tube. It will pop out with some effort...this method destroys the old tube. The gen tube was a perfect fit for the case....I just pressed it in using a small piece of wood and some larger pliers.
Now, I tried to switch bezels and ran in to the first major problem...the bezel insert for all other rep SMPs and a few after market bezel inserts would not fit this bond case
All the other bezels were slightly larger. So the old bezel goes back in and plans of the perfect electric blue SMP dies.
Second major problem comes up when I try to re-insert the new chief DAR crystal. The first 30 minutes to trying got nowhere. I measured the old and new crystals and they were the same diameter. I attempted put the old crystal back in the case but that was unsuccessful as well. Part of the problem was I was using a press with nylon dies (which flexed a bit as I applied pressure). Now back to trying again with the new DAR crystal...the fit was so tight that crystal would be inserted at angel. I applied some grease to the crystal washer but still had alot of problems. After another 3 hrs....I finally had success...slowly applied even pressure. The DAR crystal survived the process with a few minor scratches but I was fairly rough with it. I have no plans of EVER removing this crystal again!
Movement comes back in and the stem was switched to the gen crown. It ended up being too short so a new longer ETA stem was used. Everything assebmled nicely after this point.
I had another good crystal (no coke bottle effect) that was DAR'd in Chief's latest April run and that went into my electric blue SMP (which already had a DAR'd coke bottle crystal). Note that this crystal went right in with out any problems.
Before with coke bottle DAR crystal:
After with a good DAR crystal.
A huge improvement! and much more like the gen pictured below:
Now for the finished bond pics.
group photo...gen is on the right and the only one with a reflection on the crystal
U gotta love the chief DAR process...thanks again Chief!
some random photos:
Flaws left on the finished bond 007 rep are the bezel insert pearl and the helium valve crown.
-bosk
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more pics....although it seems to be a secs @9 version, the bezel is ceramic. I take back the "poorly executed" comment...the other pics suggest that this is a decent rep.
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Please, see what I found:
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff194/h...ph/DSC02548.jpg
interesting....the first rep of the survivor emerges!
Doesn't look too great but a lot of the major details are there (albeit poorly executed).
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I'm in love with this ceramic Ingy. But looking at a few pics it looks like the 12 marker is crooked. Here's a link: http://www.jpc8118.com/0000000000iwig10011...242-p-5717.html Has anyone bought this yet to comment... I've checked a few of our dealers sites and none of them look correct. So is this a flaw with this model?
major ones are bezel position on case and date window position.
caseback has problems too. bezel finish is questionable.
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Well spotted.
One of the closed factory replicas.
very hard to report since it looks genuine.
yes...definitely fake...as a matter of fact, I have that exact same version
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There is a trojan downloader embedded in the opening flash sequence. I'd stay away.
Are strapluxe bands specifically fitted for endlinks of the gen, ab bands, and oracle?
-bosk
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Thanks Dani, I think for the price it is a great deal! The durability and cleanness of rubber, with the comfort of calf leather on the underside
I don't think I would lay down much more than that on a strap again, the appeal of exotic straps soon wears thin, just like the leather itself!
I can add that AP band's endlinks look exactly the same as the sec@12 endlinks for the rubber strap. Perhaps they source them from the rep factory and charge that outrageous price for them.
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Please feel free to post any interesting strap combos you may have!
Did the watch come with endlinks with ridges to fit the strap? Not all AP reps have the ridges needed to fit oracle or AP bands straps.
-bosk
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I just got a beautiful ROO Safari and am killing myself trying to put an OEM band onwithout success.
What am I doing wrong? Is this even possible?
What type of end links are u using?
The endlinks from AP bands and oracle have a ridge on them which fits their straps and help the overall hugging of the strap to the watch.
take some pics and some1 might be able to help more.
-bosk
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Interesting strap there! Haven't seen one of those before.
Looks great on you!
hmmmm....I wear the same strap for my pilot Hamilton. It looks great on the ceramic!
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no, secs at 12 for 400
Is silix still around? Their website has not been updated in a long time. and I see the rubberclad for 450 and 475 for the bracelet version.
-bosk
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# Put the decal on the top plate (thanks Francisco....your tutorial on the decal is really great....had missed out on that one)
these for begin is good idea
DOES anyone have any good photo?
IMO, the plate's only function is a spacer for the cyclops...given how deep the gen date window is, the factories had to do something.
Drill/cut away
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here is my superlumed version:
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just checking......
look here:
Omega Sapphire Crystal 062SB3063
Fits cases 168.1650, 168.1652, 168.1649
Model number 2907.5091 and 2918.50.82 are some of the model numbers using these cases and this sapphire Omega watch crystal.
OME-SB3063
$169.00
http://www.ofrei.com/page_168.html#18843
go fer it and post some pics
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Arrghh...those pics are making it harder to resist.
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Awesome write up. Thanks for taking the time to share it with us.
Very cool tip...thanks for sharing with that great tutorial.
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The best u can do now is get a 4th gen somehow and stick in a gen dial (which will improve the entire watch tremendously due to the lume).
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Well, gen has C
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King has some new pics. Serial number doesn't look to be 0001/1000. However the cyclops definitely looks cut off.
Kings pics show that the plate has polish swirl marks. A bit better than Josh's pics. The cyclops is NOT cut off...that's only pic angles.
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I still think they could have skeletonized the two plates by drilling the center hole larger...and then used an o-ring to secure the hour wheel in place. At least the main gear would be visible after the mod.
The "soul" of the watch is missing in this version since the skeleton dial is the heart of the gen, IMO... but it still looks great...albeit not $600 great.
-bosk
Mods to the beloved SMP
in The Omega Area
Posted
check this post in darkside...it has all the #'s u need.
http://replica-watch.info/forum/viewtopic....f=6&t=33679
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