freddy333

The usual for me too

Congratulations & best wishes for a ticking good future.

Way.

Whatever that camera is, the pictures look spectacular. Still wearing the beater

Worth? No idea. I paid $75 plus shipping right after the auction was announced. If they are still available, Antiquorum can give you details. The book is also available as a free downloadable .pdf file from their website, but the hard copy is much, much nicer.

Try a no date Sub & do not base anything on the size of reps -- they are rarely made to exact dimensions, regardless of what the seller says. I do not have the case dimensions for those watches handy right now, but maybe someone else will.

Oh, someone just sent me a box I wonder who it's from? I wonder what is in this package? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oh, just another book...........

The 'scratches' over the date window look more like dust on the inside of the crystal. Since these watches are never assembled in clean-room environments, you should not expect to see the same degree of cleanliness & quality that even the average Swatch or Timex receives. Small bits of debris & dust in rep watches are inevitable & I would not expect the collector to see or remove these (just my opinion). If it bothers you (it would bother me), find a local watchmaker who works on reps & let him deal with it (you might also have him service the movement, since most reps contain used or unserviced movements). Just be sure to inspect the watch carefully in the watchmaker's shop before you leave. Even under the best of conditions, it is difficult to see/remove ALL dust & you are going to be more critical than the watchmaker will be. As far as the second hand goes, I have to disagree with most of the previous conclusions -- I do not think the hand is damaged or missing paint. It looks more like there is a speck of dust or debris on it, which, again, is quite typical when the watch is not assembled under the cleanest of conditions (rep watches are often assembled in peoples' homes). And as with the dust, any watchmaker should be able to determine exactly what it is.

Even rarer than a white 5107 rep is another member who shares my appreciation of understated Pateks. This watch is often mistaken for a cheap Timex or Seiko at 1st glance. More than once, someone has asked for the time & then did a double-take when I turned my wrist in their direction, which is why I like it. Here is another picture with the 5107 next to the even more understated (and rare - I have not seen another 1 of these reps in years) VC Patrimony

What makes it rare? Try to find another 1 exactly like it. Lange only made a handful of gens like it as special orders & when I saw it available (very briefly) as a rep several years ago I grabbed 1.

I would not do that. Either place the orders separately or see if Andrew will ship each item separately (of course, you will probably have to pay for extra shipping fees).

Looks good.

Hey, I did my best -- I left out the heavy guns (V72 DWs, etc.).

(rare 1st gen secs at 6 Daytona, which came with a gen-like low profile case shown at right compared to current (thicker) Daytona rep case at left) (7750-powered DW with proper asymmetrical pusher arrangement)

No.

Nice work.

This is why it is a bad idea to include ANY location details in anything you post online -- including emails. Even seemingly irreverent tidbits of info can be used against you by people who seek to do you harm.

I agree with Repaustria & am also curious as to what you paid for it?

Change is afoot for the beater -- another 1570 donor movement is en route But this donor comes bare (not wrapped inside a watch), so it will definitely end up in the beater with this dial (indexes may be modded a bit) and these hands

Some ADs sell them (but be careful because alot of ADs sell (& use) aftermarket spring bars). Or try posting a WTB (want to buy) message in the Sale section. Or try ebay or Rolex.

You might not need to bump your own post if you would include a link to the aftermarket insert in question. If you are speaking generally, then I can only say that aftermarket inserts can be better, worse or the same.

If you used a credit card, then you might (depending on your account type & bank's policies) have some recourse (my bank credited my money back to my account on 2 occasions after I had been ripped off by replica scammers). But if you think there are regulations protecting the purchase of illegal contraband (replica goods) on the internet, then you are very naive. Always buy the seller before you buy the watch, or, as Russians like to say 'Trust, but verify'.

I think it is simple supply & demand. There is a finite (and shrinking) supply of vintage Rolex parts & an ever-growing demand for that finite supply. Add to this the fact that Rolex no longer provides retail distribution channels for current parts (until the early 90s, most ADs sold Rolex parts 'over-the-counter') & you see the crazy price ranges we see today.

My guess is the watch's owner was involved in an accident while wearing the watch or the watch was damaged in machinery of some kind.