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This watch is my next purchase. I have been waiting forever for this one. PS. Still waiting for a non-chrono Aquatimer, too!

The faster beat 7750 version is much better made overall (yes, I have owned both). You get what you pay for. But, you are correct about the hand sizes. The cheaper slower beat version has hands that fit the Swiss 7750. The fast best version needs the chrono hands to be broached and epoxied. If you want the best possible version, go for the fast beat version despite all the added mods that need to be done.

Well at least you're not kicking around a football at your job whilst chopping up rails of Columbia/Bolivia's finest coca on your boss's desk. That would really be Maradona style

Well, my thoughts are that it's about time that we overthrow the king (aka Swatch/ETA/Richemont/LVMH). This monopolization of watch companies & watch parts is disturbing. It reminds me of how Swatch/Richemont came to own most small watchmaking firms in the first place: terror tactics. Read on: It was the early 1970s. Quartz was introduced. Mechanicals faced being outdated quickly. Tissot came up with the Astrolon plastic mechanical movement as a cheapo way to mass produce mechanical movements... But Quartz eclipsed it and the Astrolon vanished... What happened next was disturbing. Richemont & others ganged up on most Swiss cottage industry watch firms and point blank said (during the massive recession era of the lurid 1970s) that they would buy them out because Quartz will beat them to a pulp. Well, mechanicals were a dying art, and indeed Quartz was cornering the market - the future looked grim. So, one by one, these little companies began to face bankruptcy. So, accepting the low-ball offer(s) from Richemont & gang was the only alternative. Who has the last laugh now! In any event, I am all for "others" to step up to the plate and come through with intelligent, innovative and cost-effective movements. Like I said, it's time to overthrow the king. The future looks to be up for grabs. China has serious quality/morality control issues with all of their industries. In due time, attrition/Darwinian natural selection shall weed out the false positives. For the time being, we can be excited at those that uncompromisingly think outside of the box and who are sticklers to true quality & integrity. Remember, only the strongest & most clever in the end survive; and but those who are a clear cut above the rest thrive...

I can't wait for this watch to be ready. I am ready for it

Mille posts, wow, d

Well, the difference is what lies under the hood. I am a fan of Valjoux/ETA 7750-powered watches, I own/owned a lot in my time. But this is the first time I've owned a replica with a Swiss 7750. I know that some of the Asia 7750 movements can be reliable once serviced, but I know for sure that my Swiss 7750 movement will be running like a champ for a long time.

A spring bar tool helps. You an use an X-Acto blade, too, but I ain't responsible if you stab your hand or cut off a digit! I seriously recommend that you get a spring bar tool. Get a Swiss made one.

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Busy weekend that starts tonight for me... And I do not plan on taking this watch off the entire weekend (aside from bathing - yes, I do bathe at least once every 24 hours )

A perfect watch! I even slept with it on last night

Upon close inspection of my AP RO Jumbo (which has no seconds hand), I notice that the seconds hand is actually there, it's just been cut off. The only thing left is the little round part of the seconds hand. I can see it ticking away under a loupe. So, one could conceivably do the same for the Nautilus. I am thinking of doing it, but with another seconds hand just in case I mess the job up. I think that when I rotate the crown counter clockwise, I do not feel a clicking, thus I think that the movement does not have a day function, thus it is a 2824. I have not opened the watch up yet though.

Geez. These dickkheads need to be taken out back and roughed up. It's only because they keep getting away with it that they keep doing it. PS. Why do you think it's safe now in my neighborhood here! The answer is obvious

Sometimes Photobucket lets me down, bigtime. In fact, out of all the photo hosting sites out there, Photobucket is the one that is down more than any other hosting service that I use. For long term storage, imageshack.us is the best. That is what I use for avatars and signatures for years now.

Don't mess around with Tritium vials (tubes). If you break one, the gas turns to a powder and the rest of it (invisible gas) sticks in the air for a long time ---> dangerous stuff!

Well, the dead giveaway (rotor or rotor removed) would be the huge caseback to fit the 7750, and the seriously flawed subdial placements. Also, no Tritium dots and rhodium plated markers/hands would also tell any Rolex WIS that it is a fake. The 7750 is a thick 7.9mm movement since it consists of 3 layers (mainplate, day/date plate and chronograph plate). The gorgoeus Valjoux 72 is manual wind with no day/date function, thus it is much much thinner than the 7750. And since it is a column wheel chrono, it is much more expensive due to the vast array of refined parts needed when compared to the inexpensive 'heart piece' coulisse-lever design of the 7750.

Wow, all these details might make a sane man crazy! I hope that you get a chance to enjoy the summertime during your break. Best regards

Costco seems to have lots of, uhh, interesting items for sale. I wonder how many times the watches were shipped to and from China before they're stocked into those locked glass cabinets at Costco!

It's a nice brochure. I just wish mine was not thrown out before I was done looking at it

I don't know much if anything about boxes. But I will say this: How about an IWC box?