freddy333

Not my style, but quite a nice haul for 1 week. Is there something special about the jeans in some of the pics?

Your Reds

Thanks. (Good) Variety is the spice of life.

Ditto Alligoat. You might check with Yuki or some of the collectors to see if they can source it for you. If you do find it, please post some good, clear pics here so we can help the next person who asks.

Most are 27mm, but I have heard (from reliable sources) that they vary in size up to about 28mm. Best to measure the case to see what you need. (1665 & 6536/1)

Ending the work week wearing my Edward Piguet AP

The mirror adhesive should work, but I do not know how transparent it is or how long it will last (the 1 time I used that stuff to reattach a car mirror, the mirror fell off the windscreen within a year). Ideally, you should use a UV cement, which dries clear, provides a good, long-lasting bond & cures in minutes under a UV lamp (you can also cure it by leaving the crystal out under direct sunlight for several minutes). Ofrei.com, julesborel.com, cousinsuk.com & most other parts supply houses sell UV cement & lamp.

Looks like a nice watch. Rolex end links are often stamped with the end link model number (my OPD has 57 end links), which, even though the OP end links are 19mm, is not related to their size. Unfortunately, the seller's pics are too small & do not show the details of the bracelet clasp or engravings between the lugs. If you can post good, clear pics of both sides of the (open) bracelet clasp, the stamped side of the end links as well as the numbers engraved between both sets of lugs (12 & 6 o'clock), we can give you more definitive info. But everything I CAN see looks fine. The watch is probably in need of a general servicing & the 1.5 turns to bottom the crown may be signs of worn threads on the crown tube (which should get changed during service).

I have 2 of them (Acetimers) & they keep all of my watches, including A7750s, running.

Your rep contains a number of obvious flaws, as rosnik suggested.

Search out Acetimer.

Pay attention to rosnik's comments, but if you decide to step up to the next level, read this (you may need to research some of the sites referenced, since they change their locations frequently - probably to remain ahead of legions of angry customers).

If the case was made to exact Rolex dimensions (like NDtrading, Yuki, etc), then they ought to fit. But most rep cases are nowhere that exact. In fact, most rep cases appear to be 'ballparked', at best. My guess is that things like retaining rings probably will not fit. But I have been (pleasantly) surprised on more than 1 occasion, so it is always worth a try to find out. Keep in mind that the gaskets used in rep watches are usually the lowest quality, so, even if they do fit, I would replace them.

Yes, mine came from Girards. That dial looks like 1 of MY's, which are definitely aftermarket repaints. I think the dials that came in Girard's Tudor Subs look better than MY's.

If the green leather item is a fold-open display pad with a suede lining, I would be interested in it if you do not want it. Otherwise, not knowing what you paid, no one can tell you how well you did. What I can tell you is that the tube is for a 5.3mm crown &, in spite of its being in a Rolex package, it looks used. Likewise, if the packages arrived unsealed (with those 'x' holes in them), I would hazard a guess the rest of the parts are used as well (some watchmakers put the used/worn parts they remove back in the packages the new parts came in & then resell them because they are Rolex parts). But with vintage Rolex parts being somewhat rare & hard to get, if you need them, then you did well just finding them. If you do not need them, then you probably could have done better things with your money.

Gen bracelet 7206/80 9315/280 9315/380 93150/580 Considering the cost of the individual gen parts, you ought to include a gen 1680 in your hunting/gathering. For not much more than you are already spending to build a franken, you would end up with something that has alot more value. That is what I would do.

Back to my time tool

I have no direct information on any, but that means nothing. The only other (probably) non-gen dials of this level of quality that I am aware of are the infamous 'Texas' Newman Daytona dials. To this day, those dials continue to generate hot debate among top collectors. Even Rolex has been unable (or unwilling) to conclusively identify them as non-gens. So if these Tudors are not gen, I would love to know who (& how they) made them.

If it were a vintage model (matte dial with tritium lume & without the blingy metal bits on the dial or pearl), I would say it looks like a 40+ year old watch. But, for a modern (non-tritium) watch (especially with the ROLEXROLEXROLEX running around the inner flange, which marks it as a pretty recent model), I think you overdid it a bit. Also, is it me or is the datewheel stuck between dates?

Exactly my point. I think it is more likely that these dials are old (gen) service replacements & not new/recent aftermarkets. That being the case, these Rose Tudors may very well be gens, as the seller original was told & believed them to be. As it is, I have been on the fence over this since day 1. But, now, I'm leaning way over to the gen side (& losing my balance).

I am surprised to hear that.

These have been around for many years. Their biggest flaw (of which they contain many) is the location of the 2 uppermost subdials. On the gens (& good reps), the pinions in the centers of those subdials should be a millimeter or so above the equator of the dial, not in line with it. In my opinion, as rosnik already mentioned, this is a mistake that precludes the watch from serious consideration. Sorry.

Every aftermarket vintage Rolex dial I have seen glows fairly brightly when activated by a direct light source. And it remains glowing for at least 10 minutes. That goes for dials from NDtrading, Phong, Yuki, Minh Quh, MY, etc. They all (incorrectly) glow. At the same time, all of my vintage gen dials -- either original or later Rolex service replacements (that are more than 30 years old) -- have either no glow or give off a (barely perceptible) faint, green hue that may be seen only in pitch black darkness & only for a minute or 2, at most. So, with that in mind, I just noticed that the only glow emanating from my Tudor Rose Sub comes from the pearl (which came from Ofrei) & hands (which glow a different color than the new pearl). The lume on the dial gives off a (barely perceptible) faint, green hue that I can only see when there is insufficient light to charge my camera's sensors, even at its highest ISO setting & with infinite exposure time. I mean, the dial lume on this thing is just dead (like my gens). This is what it looks like immediately after being charged under direct incandescent light for about 15 minutes The point of all this is that I am once again feeling like this watch, part of the lot scored (just in time & for a song) by a handful of very fortunate RWG members last year, is gen. Because of the dial's 't<25' marking, it is clearly not original equipment (as the watch would have left the Rolex factory saying only 'SWISS'). But it lacks the 1 thing that identifies virtually every other repaint or aftermarket dial - a mistake. Just 1. But there are none. The finish looks gen, the printing (even under my 10x loupe) looks gen, the fonts look gen, even the lume looks gen. I have been through my picture archives at least a dozen times & other than the 't<25', this dial looks like most gen dials. Thoughts?

Scratch? Who said anything about a scratch? No scratches (or flies) on me.

Kurt, just contact Eurotimez. They can probably get you 1.