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Nice watches ! And welcome to RWG Some quick tips : - Gen 571 ends will not fit your DW case w/o some serious work on these - If you want to swap for a Phong case, you should read this : http://www.rwg.cc/topic/144981-where-to-get-phong-case/?p=1391758 >>> "but it looks like his quality has declined significantly as of late" He always had "bad" and "good" cases, as a customer, you have to know exactly what you want to ask him w/ photos what's the exact shape you are looking for

BTW, I never seen Phong saying his steel is "better" ? It's more a commercial argument from the cartel rep sellers

Only my guess, Phong, Yuki, MQ, etc. have IMHO certainly the same cases as a "base" of work (where a "base" case means no engraving, bad lugs not at spec, no lug holes, hole for tube / pushers not at Rolex spec, etc.) Why Phong is better, and why it's more expensive ? I believe he takes a lot of time with specialized tools to : - Make the watches compatible with Rolex parts when it's not the case - Make the shape of the watch near to the gen - Make the lug holes - Make a "vintage" look - Engraving - Test the cases with gen movement, plexi, etc. (?) This could explain why each one of the Phong cases is "unique". Some are very good, some are just average (or bad when you don't pay attention, let's face it) We also know he have to send back back-cases to Vietnam in case you need a custom stamp. So the "big" work is probably done here. Well, anyways, I don't agree when I read "take a Yuki case, better for your wallet, and it's the same case" : it's not the same case ! If you don't have the tools, or the skills, to make a case "perfect" to gen look, Phong is a good and quick way to have something good without the hassle to do it yourself BUT, Phong will not do all the work, you have to : - Ask him a lot of time for photos of the case - Have a lot of photos of gen cases for comparison -- you don't want to overpay a crappy case witch do not look gen - Ask him to mod / swap the case to your wish before he send it to you - Send him your end links if you don't want to have a bad surprise ("Oh, crap, there is no way my gen 571 ends will fit this case") - Send him your pushers if you make a Daytona (rep pushers thread size =/= gen pushers thread size) - Send him your tube / plexi to make sure all will be 100% perfect - And why not sending him your movement dial and hands for a complete assembly ? (he charge a little for this I think) And you know what ? You'll not pay more if you send him your gen parts for fitting ! You'll not pay more also if you don't like the case and want something different in shape. You'll not pay more for a true vintage look (honestly, it sucks to have a vintage case that looks like "new from factory") It's called great consumer service. Service have a cost

And to be honest, the "first look" reminds me my first prod. DW dial. Especially the contrast between the ROC / outer ring witch is "too dark", and the silver base. The "sunburst" effect is also too much to be original. It's a big tell at the first look. The only good thing in this dial is the geometry of the sub-dials, it let me think it's more likely a redone dial than a 100% fake

Can't believe someone can think this dial looks "ok", Some photos of gen dial for reference First, a service Black Dial : Second, a genuine original Silver Dial : -- Well, I'll take a bit of time to explain what is wrong with this dial : 1- Clearly, the coronet is not service. To me, it's a genuine original Singer coronet 2- The lume can't be original. "White Tritium" on manual Daytona dials does not exist. Also look at the size of the lume dots. 100% redone by unskilled watchmaker w/ shitty material. Even DW's lume is better 3- The "red" Daytona is neither Service or Original "Big Red". No serifs whatsoever, bad placement, bad size, and bad font (just look at this "O"). No way it's Rolex printing. I'll even do a quick photoshop to let you see how ugly it is : Considering it's pretty impossible to remove the "original" Daytona printing w/o dirty result, this dial is most likely fake 4- After better looking, the numbers on the sub-dials looks "fat" to me, especially compared with the gen black service dial. Sub-dial bars have serifs, but numbers lacks of serif (compared to original not service dial). Sub-dials are not looking service dial 5- Lack of serifs on the "T - SWISS - T" -- like a service dial, but this dial is supposed to be original ? no ? 6- ROC looks quite fat to me In conclusion, this dial is a strange mix between original / service printings, original crown, fake red Daytona, and too fat IMO to be original ROC, sub-dial printings w/o the good serif, but sub-dial bars w/ serifs My bet is it's a "good" redone dial... But difficult to say for sure without good macro photos

Good to know is they are pretty "cheap" for MilSubs. Around 5k eur for a model in great conditions w/ papers 1 or 2 years ago. Not worth the cost to make a replica IMHO... They probably will skyrocket in value the next years due to their Military origins.

I have to answer on this, M.N = Marine Nationale (FR) There's multiple models that are old M.N watches. Not only Tudor. Not only the 94010 like here. There is lots of older than 83' M.N snowflake also. Also not only wristwatches. What's make a M.N is : - M.N engraving with year on the back (on the back, at least for Tudor) - Decommission paper or extract of the Marine registry with associated serial / number. The watch can come from 3 (? to check) cities. Like Toulon from example. Now civilians have these books with all the s/n inside. Better to avoid case back swapping to have these records. It's a paid service most of the time unless you know the right people. I also know these Tudor watches where decommissioned not so long ago (in the 90' ?) for about 300 or 400 Francs (approx 50 euros) This is all I'm can remember at 8am. Cheers

I suppose your .htaccess file is located here ? : /usr/home/triumphpc/public_html/.htaccess I'm assuming you already have something like : deny from 193.201.224.* In your config ? I'm also assuming you don't have an allow all rule before any deny rule ? Would you mind to share your current .htaccess file ? If apache is reporting he is reading your current .htaccess, your problem must be inside the file Apart your current problem, The problem running old hardware, old softwares, and old content in general is it's now difficult to find someone who can manage this stuff. Keeping all the knowledge on the recent things is almost impossible to do, so you can imagine what happen about the old stuff... Old things works… until it doesn't work anymore. And you don't like this day Take a look to current VPS providers like linode. Starting at $10/month with very good performances. Also, running something like Debian 7 is clearly easier than any BSD (who seriously use this anymore in the web hosting ?). With the correct tips, you can install a new web server with all the softwares needed in less than 10 minutes. I can share my knowledge with pleasure Just curiosity, but is your website using databases ? If it's only static files, or shtml (ssi), it worth taking a look to the "new stuff" must be simple to migrate this to a new hosting. If you're using databases, it might be another story

freddy333, Sounds like your current configuration is working, even if I don't see why apache qualify this as an "error" Why do you think your .htaccess is not working ? Did you tried on your own IP ? However, apache in version 1 is a very very old software. Can't imagine it's still used You seriously should think about using a more recent and maintained web-server (nginx for example)

Did you check your apache2 error log file ? Your answer is here in this case

No, there is no "hacks" possible But to be quite honest, IP ban are ineffective -- a simple VPN / proxy do the trick. Only IP white-list worth the hassle to edit a list I don't know much about BSD, except if you're using Mac OS X, but you should check the default software firewall provided Do you checked the permissions of the .htaccess file ? You edit the file on your computer, you upload it as root, and if the perms are 771, apache2 is now unable to read your file (just for example) If there is bad characters, you will have some errors in your apache logs. Just check this. Activate logs for errors if it's not the case It's your best chance to find out what's wrong R. Also, restart this apache2 bullshit is not a bad idea (yeah, I don't like apache at all…)

Your server ? Linux ? Don't bother with this .htaccess crap And look at : iptables -h Having a *true* firewall is always better Depending of your distribution (Debian for example), you may need to add a file to init the iptables at each restart of the computer -- Out of subject, but if you want to stay with the .htaccess, try to : 1- check the permissions of the file 2- check apache2 error log and/or syslog (depending of your configuration) after reaching a file protected by the .htaccess 3- check apache2 configuration to see if the .htaccess is still used : <Directory /your/directory> AllowOverride All ... </Directory> Don't forget to restart apache2 after config modification

That's what I call a well done build +1 for Phong, good choice if you are in USA, and if your movement doesn't need a service

Brad737, As freddy said, finding a 1030 caliber with date and GMT function in good working conditions is near to impossible I'll suggest you to stick to a 1675 if you want a gen movement, Or maybe an ETA movement can do the trick Cheers

Not exactly... http://www.orologeria.com/italiano/rivista/rivista019.html Cheers

I'm pretty late cause of work, but WOW ! That is a spectacular Daytona my friend… The perfect combo with your equally spectacular 6538 !!! Wear it proudly, this is one of the most beautiful Daytona project I've seen so far… It was my real pleasure to help you…

It's all about you But I don't know if it worth the cost if your mid-case is rep. I think it's useful on watches where the case back are outside engraved (1665 for example), but I don't know about a "standard" case back... For me it makes sense with gen mid-case. Anyways, good luck finding one, I rarely see this kind of stuff for sale

I found 2 at a decent price on eBay few months ago… But I agree, it's not easy to find 1665 case backs nowadays

This is service case back I believe :-) this is also the cheaper gen option, I don't think they were replicated ... I don't seen that on "original" watches so I think it's service only

...but they are 70% of the price of a used service gen :-)

You really should try to find where is your wallet.dat ... If it was really few years ago, you can have a little fortune now

Safer, certainly not. Crypto coins transactions like Bitcoin are not reversible by any ways. It may also can be 100% anonymous, so you can't even try to find someone who scammed you this way. Bad idea, unless the seller is very highly trusted

Shorter pinion wall can tell they are hands for GMT.... But I don't like the look of the metal : It doesn't look flat as it should, they seems aged artificially Not talking about the crap (re) lume To me they are rep. The hour hand let me thinks they are from CWP... Just guessing Again not sure, but it's my feeling

It is fantasy in Stainless Steel for this reference, It exists in White Gold only with the Sub C. Quite rare, but not that desirable, seen many for sale with discount.

100% Phong case and case back Case too "new" and fat to be true, Case back is inaccurate. Only one thing to look at : padding of "VE" on the "VALVE" word There is at least 10 others flaws but I'm on my phone (lazy I am) About papers it's easy to buy blank papers... A look at the engraving between the lugs must be interesting too... :-)