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Will do, ta. Any other suggestions? Is there anywhere that does a decent Deville rep?

It's quartz, bummer. Spectacularly thin though

I'm looking for a classy, elegant, simple watch that will hold up to inspection from mid-range. Currently, I'm in love with the Patek Calatravas but there doesn't seem to be a really solid rep (please, correct me if I'm wrong), but also really like this Omega Deville - but again, I'm not sure on the quality. If that weren't enough, I've got relatively small wrists, so would really prefer something sub 40mm. Does anyone have any suggestions? Cheers!

So watched Drive last week and *loved* it. The main character has a Patek Philippe that after some digging looks like it was a fake fabricated for the film. There were a few made and sold as props, but I didn't manage to get hold of any (not that expensive considering the face says Patek, and it was a prop from a movie, guess they were cheap innards - the other watch from the film - a Breitling - is listed as $250). Looks like a really minimalistic Calavatra. Anyone have any ideas if it is a real production model, if not are there any similar watches out there? Edit: Jeez I'm a muppet. Was searching the forums for "drive" and obviously I was sifting through a tonne of unrelated stuff. Just found this post after searching for "Gosling". Shame, doesn't look like it's real or repped. Any similar watches from other brands out there?

You know I love all things Tudor. Great work! Any plans to start making a few extra and selling on?

Cool, (slight thread derail) I'm thinking about swapping my asian ETA out in my PO for an ETA and getting some gen hands on there, sometime after the holiday. You did a great job first time round, think you could swap them out and waterproof the watch to 6atm? Awwh bugger! I know one of the dive spots literally had a shipwreck at 28ish meters, was really looking forward to it. I'll be doing my PADI out there The monster is a nice looking dive watch, but I have my heart set on a Sinn before I knew I was going to be diving. Two birds, and all that.. Thanks for the advice Well, hello! I've been thinking about a pvd Sinn, just love the look of them. I have a feeling that they're going to be waterproofable to a decent depth, so I might hit you up just to be sure How much would your services cost?

Hey, I'm going diving for the first time in a few months, and I was thinking about getting a Sinn watch to take underwater with me whilst I search for sunken pirate booty. I know that most water-resistance testing machines only go up to 3 or 5ATM. I'd probably only be going down 30m max, but figured I'd need to get it tested for well above that rating. In theory the U1000, for example, can be safely used at 1000m below sea level (and was apparently tested at that depth), and considering the reps are made with gen like construction, do I have it right in saying that with all the necessary tweaks they should survive 10 or even 25% of that? If yes, who can waterproof a watch for that type of resistance, and can they test it to 10ATM? Cheers!

Here: http://www.1-pc8838.com/rlsv01107-vintage-5512-660ft200m-date-a2813-28800-p-9668.html You might have to click on it twice to get it to work...

The 5512 from Josh was great, just wish I'd sprung for the ETA version so I could get some nicer hands, and who doesn't love a smooth sweep.

I went ahead with the project, kinda-sorta. Replaced the dial with a vintage NDT rose jobbie, and tried bleaching the bezel but it's now a really, really light blue! Recently I've been wearing it a lot and came round to the light blue bezel, and actually I love it and have kept it as-is. I've still got a massive Tudor-boner though, so I'm thinking about a snowflake or the black counterpart to what woof's got going on. Once again stuck trying to find a decent dial... Edit: Just seen wiesn089's posts. Damn looks like I was beaten to the punch

Has anyone got a source for this yet? I've tried emailing Tony, he's usually pretty good at finding rarer watches, but haven't heard back yet...

It's not been long since I've had my 5th gen PO, but damn, I want this puppy so bad. Watcheden has it though it's not even close to the gen. WE's has no see-through case back, has no AR, and the bezel's not the right colour. Does anyone know anything about this getting repped properly?

Hey, was just playing around with my 5512's spacer ring (the one underneath the bezel), and I've found a way to create a tighter fit, and have it work similarly to the thicker ones a few guys here have bought i.e. where it's much harder to spin the bezel, and works best when you apply some downwards pressure to it. I feel like a bit of an idiot posting something this simple, but I haven't seen it mentioned and I did a quick search but found nothing - with the influx of those buying the older rollies I figured it might help a few people. It's nothing hi-tech, doesn't need any tools, and takes about 30-seconds. All that needs doing is bending the spacer ring in a few places. I found one crimp wasn't enough for me and the increased resistance in turning it was asymmetrical, two (at 12 and 6) had the same problem, but 3 (at 12, 4, and 8.) worked well. Then I went a bit overboard with 4, but corrected it nicely by smoothing out the bends. It works *really* nicely, the bezel's a little hard to turn without any downward pressure, but not impossible by any stretch, and with just a bit of pressure spins nicely. The height of the bends can be changed to alter the resistance etc. Here's the pic:

Your best bet is to remove that date wheel and install it on the same type of movement. That or buy a swiss eta and buy a gen date wheel. You could explain the situation to Josh and see if he'll replace it..?

That was beautiful, Nanuq. Beautiful. I'll take heed! The feet on the dial are at 25 and 55 minutes - I'm guessing that's for an ETA movement? I just emailed Yuki to ask what size dial his Tudor sub cases take, and it would probably fit, but it would be $450! Crikey. Do MBW do Tudor cases, or would it be a case of picking the Rolex equivalent?