freddy333

No, you are not doing something wrong. Many links were (irreparably) lost during 1 of the system upgrades.

Glad to see you back. You can sell the DJ in the For Sale section & Ziggy is still the best for modding/repair. You can often find 1575 movements (either alone or within 1 of the many 60s/70s Rolex models that contained them) on ebay. Expect to spend around $1,000 +/- $200 for the movement. You can find a fairly useful listing of 1575-powered models here.

Ditto Nanuq's suggestion, but you will need to send them a gen dial to refinish. They do work for Rolex, so they will not work on reps or frankens. Another option is this.

I am not familiar with timeshops & without knowing which factory makes their watches, your question may provide a more useful response if directed solely at those who own the same watch. In general, flashed (or whatever marketing spin the rep seller wants to use) gold tends not to be very long-lived. The only sure-fire way to keeping the gold looking like gold (as opposed to its underlying base metal) is to keep the watch clean & in a case (never worn).

Just after midnight & I am still wearing this

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Not to doubt anyone's credibility here, but that makes no sense. The 316 grade steel used to make cases for today's better reps is essentially the same steel that Rolex used until the 90s when they switched to medical grade 904L (chromium and nickel content was raised and copper added to the mix to reduce the pitting (due in part to the acids in skin) as is often seen on vintage cases). I find it difficult to believe that the metal detectors at LAX would be set (or able) to differentiate between the 2 types of steel, let alone why? There must be something else going on there.

No. I installed the gen xtal & crown/tube & that is all. Mine is 1 of the 1st run from a few years ago, which were very accurate out of the box.

Without seeing exactly which watch you are starting with (or knowing what an 'ultimare version' is), I think a gen xtal & rubberb strap are generally the best things you can do to improve a CHS GMTIIC

Both MBW's & Phong's cases are made to accept gen parts, so I would agree with Ubi. I cannot see any reason why it would not fit.

Still living the Newman dream (driving a 'Z(X) & wearing a '39)

I cannot help you with the modern valve, but you can save alot of time/effort by getting the parts from here.

The diver extension on a gen 93150/93150 does lock into place. I do not know whether it locks on aftermarket bracelets?

You will need to search them out for the full story, but here are a few pics I still have from 1 of the threads

Hmm..............I was thinking just the opposite.

I think all the watches that appear on those pages were copied from VRF. Or, at least, I have seen them all there before.

Nice, but I think the illustrated comparisons done by Nanuq & I a few years back (which additionally demonstrated the refractive differences between xtals) were more useful.

I got an error when I tried to edit/add this pic into my previous post, so I had to add a new post

There are a handful of Hev tutorials that you can search out Locate a gen that you like the look of & copy it. That is what I did.

The MBW is good, but lacks a working Hev, engraved (as opposed to laser etched) model/serial numbers between the lugs & caseback. Whether a more expensive aftermarket case is worth the additional cost is up to you.