LegendofSpeed

The only pieces you could not have made at the big factories is the pieces that have trademarked logos on them... so, the majority of the watch pieces could be made at the big houses... I used to work at a rubber manufacturing plant in research and development... two of the bigger pipe o-ring gasket manufacturers had their gaskets produced at our factory... the same machine, the same mold, the same rubber design formula (i did it)... the only difference was that the insert in the mold was taken out and replaced with each manufacturer's info..

uh oh... 894222 here... swiss

if The Zigmeister hasn't had a problem with it by now, then it isn't an issue.... i'm wearing a The Zigmeister relume today and it GLOWS...

a rep does exist.. but it is very low quality... having had a gen and the rep in my hand, i would say its something i would shy away from right now.... the rep looks too cheap..

i thought i had already posted..... i'm in for one for sure.... it'll finish my sfso!

I think the only alternative to The Zigmeister would be if we could clone him! Yeah, that's it, we'll make a whole army of them! Seriously though, there are guys who mod watches on these boards but there is only one who I would consider to be a watchsmith... I have something in the works that I hope that The Zigmeister will accept (he said he would by e-mail already!) and I know when it goes to him, I will receive something special in return... As for alternatives to servicing of movement and re-lumes, I suppose a list would that showed viable alternatives would be great... but even these viable alternatives can have the wrong mindset... i believe you may find someone to service your rep, but they will treat it as a rep... they won't care for it and treat it as a valued timepiece... they will think, "what's he going to do, complain to replica rolex?" There is only one other person who is at an advanced level who I have heard about that will treat each watch as special but he only does re-lumes.... So, you may find someone else to work on your watch, but i don't think there is a true The Zigmeister alternative out there...

beautiful!

any updates on this? Thanks!

i am definitely in for one... let's get this done!

I am in for one too please...

As a little idea... if you have anything to sell... be it watches, straps, bracelets, or parts in general... you should bring them.... as we all know, we're an impulsive lot!

This is not true.... there are 7753 powered replicas (like my 188) and it is 27 jewels.... You will not see an Asian 27 jewel movement for sure though...

well... i actually had my first pm excange with The Zigmeister yesterday to explain what i wanted done and he gave me some great news as to what is possible.... i personally still need one or two parts so he won't hear from me until the project is ready to go to him to be completed.... if we do not treat others well in this hobby, our enjoyment of the hobby will suffer for it... a lot of people, including The Zigmeister, put a lot of time and effort into this thing of ours for not that much compensation when you really think about it... we should respect those efforts by not kicking the tires so much and always being courteous..... 135 communications? unbelievable....

so much for the holy grail...

this really saddens me... how did the prototypes come out?

any updates on this? i am excited about this....

i bought just a dial (actually 2) from silix... paid $20 each.. but i was including them with a 3 watch order... as for the swap, it's as someone else here said, it's a direct swap..

$3.319 this morning in Southern California for 87... take on $.30-5 on top of that for 91... which is our "premium" What is funny is my wife really doesn't know how much gas her Armada sucks up weekly... she can get about 15mpg out of it because she drives very slow and steady.... i'm lucky because i have a company gas card so gas prices don't affect me....

would it be possible to turn a branded 183 case back into a non-branded by polishing/sanding? if so, i have a lonely 183 case back that is all yours....

i got two silix dials (one for chinkie and one for me) and i was wondering how it would actually work... i think i shall let The Zigmeister have fun with that when it goes to him for the re-lume and all that....

I had a watch with the same Despatch from Sorting Center (Shanghai) for days... it's a package from Jay... checked this morning on usps.com and it's there showing it left China 3 days ago... even though China EMS shows it hasn't left.... Weird things happen in international shipping....

It was a great time... and those Rolex franken's were ridiculous.... looking at them... i don't even know what adjectives to use... they were niiiiiice.... cc's 063 was beautiful too.... and seeing The Zigmeister's work on a sausage dial up close like that... well, mine was going to him anyways but now i can't wait for it to be done... as for women as GTG's... my wife almost came.... but then decided to sit it out... maybe if her new yachty had come then she would have wanted to floss.... you know, i think the key to a gtg is to have something low-key.... we just went to the neighborhood Corner Bakery and pulled up a chair... no signage or what-not.... as for the shot of all the watches on the table... well, i wanted to have a draft!

I'm in AV too.. it was eerie driving down the 73 and looking across to see the red haze around that section.... my parents are at the opposite end of the canyon so it looks like they will be ok... do a lot of people in the OC have money? yes.... but insurance and money can not replace everything...

i can not wait for this... i will be getting a swiss santos... and then with your dial and a gen strap, i'll be a happy boy... i was in import racing for a while.... and there was always the term "low buck brawler" tossed around... it was all about building something fast for cheap... as i have said before, i am totally in for one...

i reported it.... still has the protective sticker on the back,... and he says he left the papers at his old apt... funny...