freddy333

Especially, with the trouble brewing in the Middle East, I am certain that customs is being more scrupulous than usual. Still, I suspect your package will get through. It just may take a bit longer than usual.

I think the CGs in the Antiquorum link above got that way from polishing. They are not the same as the (squarish) CGs that early 5512s came with. They may exist, but I have never seen a (known gen) 5513 with CGs like this

That is what I figured. I was hoping someone had done the impossible. Sadly, I have never seen a 7750 dial with correct subdial size/spacing because the chrono pinions in the plate are in slightly different locations than on the V72. Thanks anyway.

Love the watch, but you need to chuck that bracelet. Check out Yuki's (non-stretch) 7206. Even fitted to your case with toothpicks, it will look more authentic than what you have on there now. Trust me on this.

Fortunately, my lexicon contains no entry for 'hate speech'. Instead, it references a nursery rhyme that has yet to be proven insufficient for the most egregious of comments - Sticks & stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.

My comment was limited to Rolex Subs, which I believe was the topic under discussion. You may be right about that.

I believe Ziggy is on leave now & he usually blocks incoming mail (except from people in his addressbook). Try him again in a week or 2.

If the movement is made to gen specs & you want to spice the cake, you could replace the bridges with gen parts. That way, it would look like almost like gen movement (I doubt it would fool a Rolex tech though).

Odd. All of my 7752-powered Daytonas have slightly smaller subdials, which are obvious when viewed next to a V72. cc33 - The subdials on your 7750 (2nd) dial look good. Where did you source the dial for your 7750-powered Newman (I would love to find that dial for my goldie Newman)?

Were you the 1 wearing or receiving (the watch)?

I have only seen early 5512s with pointed CGs.

Excellent point. Remember Datsun? Nissan used that name on its early export cars because it was worried that they would not be accepted internationally, which would reflect badly on the parent company, Nissan. So they created the automotive equivalent of Tudor - Datsun. After Datsuns became very successful, especially in the all-too-important US market, they began to blur the lines with (often confusing) double-branding Ultimately, Nissan was only too happy to lose the Datsun name & fold the line back into the parent (Nissan) company. Governments are full of bureaucrats, who spend most of the productive time being anything but productive. This is 1 of the reasons RWG's forums are chock full of threads like this. Again, if there is problem, you will hear from the government. Otherwise, you just have to be patient & let the process - however slow it may be - play out.

Ending the work week wearing 1 of my Subs

I cannot tell you the source, but the dial is definitely aftermarket or repainted.

TeeJay, you are too intelligent to fall for that 'Rolex deserves to have their trademarks & patents stolen because they are a greedy multi-national company'. Since when have we become so Obama-nized to believe that running a business for profit is akin to clubbing baby seals or stealing money from the church? Rolex, like any other successful company, must be in Asia if they want to compete in the global marketplace. In fact, Rolex (along with Apple) spent a decade or so marketing their products in China long before the majority of Chinese citizens were even allowed to buy them. Somewhere in my gigabytes of picture archives, I have photos of a Rolex Daytona poster in Tienanmen Square from the late 1970s (or early 1980s) & I remember thinking that Rolex is going to sack their entire international marketing team when they get the bill for that waste of money. But, as it turned out, it was a brilliant move because those marketing guys did their homework & were 1 of the 1st western companies to see the writing on the Great Wall (that is, China's future), probably even before the Chinese saw it. Once free enterprise took hold in China & people began to amass a bit of extra cash to spend on luxury good, guess what name these nouveau riche immediately thought of? Rolex, of course. And it was not by accident. It was a gamble that cost Rolex alot of money, but it was a gamble that paid off. So why should they be chastised for throwing the dice & (because they did their homework) profiting from a clever investment? Just sayin (again)..............

Are you aware that watches become magnetized by everyday items like stereo speakers, drills, tvs & just about anything that has an electric motor? You would be surprised at how easily watches can become magnetized & how often owners pay hundreds of dollars to have their watch repaired when it is just magnetized. The point is that it is not just those who work around high magnetic fields who benefit from parachrom hair springs (& the same can be said for most of Rolex's other innovations). Just sayin..................

Speking personally (unofficially), I thought the original poster's comment was sophomoric. And as long as it was made in a general context & not directed at anyone in particular, I would just say don't feed the trolls, if you know what I mean.

A few years ago, I brought this issue to Yuki's attention. He was not aware of the problem, so he installed 2mm springbars in another bracelet & sent it to me (the 'bars are rubbish, but at least I have them in the bracelet). Contact Yuki & ask if he can install the 'bars for you.

Do you have a pic you can post here?

Certainly, value is in the eye of the beholder & I agree that Rolex as well as most other iconic brand vendors do make excessively large profits. However, it is difficult to put a value on branding (after all, it took nearly 100 years & alot of effort/money for Rolex to make the Rolex name the icon it is today), so who is to say whether the prices charged for Rolex are reasonable in the vast scheme of things? The owner who has to pay to get his watch demagnetized or his (scratched) bezel replaced probably does care, even if he is blissfully unaware of the engineering & technology that Rolex put into the advances that allow him to avoid these types of problems that plague Asian-made copies. And, again, whether that is worth the price differential is up to you.

I guess you could be right, but my Yuki 7206 was 1 of the 1st & its end links are properly shaped. I tried everything I could think of (drilling, bending, stretching, pounding, etc) for quite some time, but could not fit 2mm 'bars without deforming the intermediate links that connect the end link to the 1st link on the bracelet, which leaves the end links VERY tight & immovable.

Wrong. Read about the research/engineering that went into development of the parachrom hairspring, ceramic bezel or any of Rolex's recent innovations. You should know, too, that most of the functions/features that make the modern wristwatch what it is today, were either developed or 1st implemented in a major way by Rolex. Contrary to popular opinion, Rolex is constantly researching new ways to make a watch better, more accurate or more reliable & that costs alot of money. And that does not even take into account all of the charities that Rolex has (often quietly) supported over the years.

Me thinks you protestith too much. If there was a problem, in lieu of an 'Expected delivery date', you would likely be contacted by customs or the Border Agency. You just need to be patient & let the system do its thing.

The 7750, if properly serviced (the movements in rep watches are generally used/unserviced), is a very reliable beast & your watch looks great. Welcome aboard.