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Wow, O/S she's a beauty! I'm sorry I missed this post, and the grand debut. It was my pleasure helping you. Did you know Expandro was the OEM for Doxa's "Beads" bracelets? They just used a narrower, signed clasp on the SUB series... the one you have is identical except for the big manly clasp. Mucho stronger! Enjoy! And keep your pocketbook limbered up, I have a rumor that a real, live BLACK LUNG is coming up for sale soon.

DuDro, my old friend! Nice to see you. Rick, I know what you mean by feeling the pressure in your teeth. Your sinuses are taking a heck of a beating as you descend. Do you ever feel it in your eyes? That's creepy.

WOW, nice dial!!

DP, I spent this week at work with Zep on my headphones, savoring every moment over and over, of their first four albums. Absolutely timeless work.

Rick, I know it's an ongoing debate, but 1 lousy atmosphere is 33 feet of water. When you dive to 33 feet, you feel the pressure on your ears and eyes, it's not insignificant. Double that to 2atm and 66' and you're feeling it. Double it again and you're well below where most divers are comfortable, at 135' of pressure. At that depth your no-decomp bottom time is 15 minutes. It's a serious depth, and still 2atm shy of your test at 6atm. I've fallen into water HARD from various heights and smacked the surface with my watch. I've spent hundreds of hours in fast currents both salt and fresh and I've swum hundreds of laps and never sprung a leak and it's a simple 300' rated watch. Sure there are hydrodynamic forces involved, but I think the only people that care about them, at all, are desk divers and people that don't count their bottom time with a calendar. If you can get one atmosphere of seal on your watch, wear it freely for swimming, showering, bathing, the hot tub, and the deep end of the pool. If you can't reach the bottom of where you're swimming freedive with only a facemask, you'll be fine. If you do flood it, keep it full of water until you get to a watchmaker (without delay) and let him open, clean and oil it for you. This one spent its life in chambers down to 2,000' and never had a speck of trouble, with annual checks on the seals and pressure tests. Then one day it flooded at 80' through the HE relief valve. It went straight to a Rolex watchmaker and he saved it. I'm wearing it as I write this ... absolutely bulletproof.

I have a better idea, trade the case, dial, and movement to me so I can build a Big Crown.

Seiko shmeiko, let's see this Big Crown! Good luck with your certs. I've got 1,000 hrs commercial diving and it's easy to miss the water when you've been dry too long.

Maybe my eyes are tricking me, but is the DR dial brownish? I can't make it out from the pics. A nice detail, he used the Mk II coronet on the dial, and Mk IIs are usually the ones that go tropical.

I filled my Nalgene with hydrogen when I tested my watch, figuring it would get past the seals easier than oxy/nitrogen in the atmosphere, and give a better test. All went well until my neighbor came in the garage with my dog, smoking a cigarette. Boy I'm gonna miss that dog.

That's a beauty! I'd take it if nobody else wants it, for a gift I'm putting together for me baby brudder.

Which Sea Dweller? The same insert fits a 6536, 5512, 5513, 5514, 1680 and 1665.

BAM, there she is. Lovely watch.

Freddy, I think your picture is mis-labeled. From left to right those should be: 702, 703, 704 702 - threads to the end, wrapped 703 - threads only up inside the crown, smooth near the opening, wrapped 704 - same, but solid, not wrapped 701 cross section 702 profile 702 vs 703 704

Man, I need that tube! What do you need in trade?

Even easier... make one out of a Nalgene water bottle. Drill a hole in the lid, cut a valve from a bicycle inner tube and glue it in the hole leaving a nice wide flap of rubber around the hole on the inside. Hang your watch inside the Nalgene near the top with duct tape, fill it 1/3 with water, pressurize that sucker with your compressor, then tip it on its side so the watch is submerged. Then release the air pressure thru the valve and watch for a BIG stream of bubbles. Total cost $10 -- mine works up to 90psi before the seal breaks on the opening and it leaks.air.

Well I learned something last night, I don't want a 7922 after all. I want the 7924! Mo bedda depth rating and etc. Where's the thread about the 7924 build from last year? This I gotta see.

I like to take risks so I dunk mine in a sink full of blazing hot water. The caseback quickly heats up and heats the air in the case, which increases the pressure. If there's a leak you'll see a stream of bubbles.

Alright Chiman12, sell me the watch or ......... um ........ something bad will happen. Really bad, I'm telling you. You'll get cooties and your dog will pee on your carpet! Avoid all that heartache by saying (repeat after me) "YES I WILL TRADE THIS TO NANUQ FOR HIS GEN........" Absolutely! Where do I sign up? A big fat crown like that just begs to be wound all day long.

If you keep your eyes peeled you can find a "leprosy" 7016 dial for cheap once in awhile. I paid under $300 for mine.

Yeah, I guess that one's okay..... I could live with that.

E, I have one of those bezels, a gen exactly like that. But I sent it to someone so they could test-fit it on their watch and now I can't remember who's got it! Maybe they'll see this post and send it back. Try Natalie... she has some new pieces that are plated brass alloy and darn close to gen. Have you looked at CWP? I got a 6536 steel bezel from them that's pretty close to the 6538 knurling, and not much like a 6536. It's yours if it will fit your case. Send some measurements for your retaining ring O.D. and I'll mic mine up.

Okay, I'll even go for a 7924 ... anyone?

Photos??

The details that convince me come from Stefano's macro shots. It's clear the white-with-black dials were produced with the same pad that printed the black-with-gilt dials. So either Rolex made the dials or someone got Rolex's pads and made the dials using genuine materials. Either way I'm convinced the white dial exists as a genuine Rolex piece.