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It sounds like the auto-winding module (& possibly click/spring) is gummed up. Ideally, you should disassemble the parts & run them through an ultrasonic. If you do not have that, at least disassemble everything & clean each part manually in a glass of warm distilled water with a tablespoon of ammonia added, followed by a rinse in denatured alcohol. Once clean (& dry), relube with Moebius 9010 & it should wind nice & smooth. (I do not know which movement you have, so you might want to check the ETA website for specific oiling recommendations.)

I think that is 1 of the best diving watches I have ever seen. It looks like it could survive just about anything you might encounter at sea. I may have to look into 1 of those......... The usual workday beater for me

Like most lowish-end gens, it looks well-built & probably a good bet for a serious diver. However, the design leaves me kind of lukewarm. But, then, I am pretty lukewarm over the Fifty Fathoms' design also, so what do I know anyway? DuDro -- Did you bring anything interesting back from your trip?

Now that is a fine piece of work. But, then, I am easy when it comes to vintage steel Datejusts. Welcome aboard.

Now what do you think (same dial from previous picture on top)

What do you think about the index markers at 6 & 9 on this dial

Compliments to Ziggy on another work of art & enjoy your 'new' beauty.

The gen is more like a $40k watch & most people are surprised when they feel how heavy a real gold watch is. A sure give-away for 'gold' reps.

Already did. Still awaiting a reply. But thanks anyway.

Thanks & I was going to phone them tomorrow to see if this is the correct part. But I wanted to line up some alternative options in case it is not.

Do you mean Gary at Clark's (the people who have the remanufactured superdomes)?

Does anyone have a pair of dial feet locking screws for a 1570 movement or know of a source that has them? These are the 2 screws that enter the 1570 movement from the side (against the dial feet) to hold the dial in place. I put mine in a safe place so I would not lose them & I forgot where I put them I could also use a dial washer (the curvy washer that sits between the top plate & underside of the dial).

Beautiful. What crown did you use?

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The COSC rating is & has always been little more than a marketing tool developed by the Swiss watch industry (with Rolex being the most prominent player) in an attempt to stem Japan's (mainly Seiko's) growing encroachment into the watch market during the 60s. As further evidence, note that none of the following high end brands submit their watches to COSC - Audemars Piguet, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Lange, IWC, Breguet & Piaget.

You have 31 days to find it.

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Admittedly, I am better with vintage (non-metalized index marker) models, but the only thing that looked wrong (non-gen) IS the crown. Fitted with a gen crown, the rest of the watch could have fooled me. Nice.

Wearing this today

I think it also needs to be said that it is not the average retail sales person that deserves our scorn here. They are what they are. If anyone deserves criticism it is us, we watch nuts, who think (wrongly) that it is 'normal' to expend so much time, energy & money on a mechanical device that just tells the time .

I disagree completely. Ralph Lauren built his clothing business (more of an empire) on a lifestyle -- The Ralph Lauren Lifestyle, which epitomizes traditional luxury. And Lauren has always been associated with Rolex, Mercedes & similarly traditional luxury brands. Fitting a Swatch or Seiko, although both are quality brands, to 1 of his mannequin's wrists would not promote the image that RL is trying to infer.

I can only surmise as to Lange's reasoning behind the 31's creation...... But, unlike Rolex, Lange does aim at the collector/WIS market &, as we all know, we WISs tend to be quite fond of unique technology. And with the popularity of pocket watch-sized wrist watches (many of IWC's popular wrist watches actually contain a pocket watch movement), I think Lange felt (correctly) that if Panerai, IWC, Breitling, et al, can sell so many big watches that have no technological requirement for their over-sized cases, then Lange could probably find a number of high end buyers who would be interested in a similarly oversized watch that does. And, with designs such as the Lange 1, I think most would agree that Lange has never been 1 to shy away from thinking outside the box.

As much as I hate to say it, US Customs & Border Security are becoming increasingly more invasive & effective in monitoring what enters & leaves the continental United States (CONUS). Roughly half the packages I have imported from outside the CONUS over the past year have been 'Examined by U.S. Customs & Border Security' Fortunately, during this time, I have been buying more gen parts (to build frankens) than reps, so this has not been an issue for me. However, a dial I recently sent to Canada (via USPS) was hit with an additional $47 import duty (by the Canadian govt), which was unexpected. So the reason I am hesitant to ship anything outside the CONUS is because of the growing risk of having the items pinched by the US govt, or having fines levied against me (for the amount of the gen equivalents), or ending up on the US govt's master list that would cause ALL of my future shipments to be inspected for contraband. And that would definitely cramp my style. I would guess that other members have similar reasons for limiting the pool of potential buyers to the CONUS.

I have dated 2 women that worked for ADs & neither had the slightest interest in watches. And from what they told me, the male full-timers are not much more knowledgeable than they are. Most of the people who work in ADs work there because there was an opening & they got hired. It is just a retail sales job to them. I think the counter help in my local Sears Tire Store is more knowledgeable about tires than the average AD's counter staff is about watches.