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Does anyone have a good source for this piece of steel ?

LOL ! See, this watch-mania is definitely in the genes !!! Her taste is excellent going for the 111 !! Congrats, man, she is very pretty !!

WOW ! Put an IWC deployment buckle on it !!

Can you tell us how much it cost ? At least approximately ? 20 $ ? 50 $ more ??

We should also convince our dealers to make the deployment buckle for us:

Here the gen for reference and comparison:

and in addition it would be nice to see this piece of steel repped... What do you guys think, that would be delicious, wouldnt it ?

Hell yeah, can't wait for this baby to come.... WHO is the dealer working on this ?

THIS IS WHAT THE LUME ON THE COUSTEAU SHOULD LOOK LIKE. Please don't save on the superluminova !!!! (lumeshot from sailboat641)

Holy [censored] Man !!! That lume shot is awesome !!! If I was the owner, I would be staring at the lume all night, not matter what my girl says

I thought the NON-MODIFIED NEW Asian 7750 were ok. At least I have not read anyone saying they stopped. I mean in particular the new models like Big Bang. I am really curious if they will stop working or not for those that bought it... Btw. I am Germany as well Viele Grüsse !

Were those modified Asian 7750s or non-modified with seconds at 9 ??

Sure, dont get me wrong, no offense here. I am just trying to say that we can do more than just point out flaws, we can email directly with the hope that corrections will be made as soon as possible ! Life is good

I am pretty sure future releases will be even better. There will be even more great attention paid to details. @chad: Instead of complaining about the flaws, just send an email to Angus tell him the flaw and he will most likely correct it. This project is different from previous ones as we know Angus also has the desire to make it perfect and he will even try to convince the maker about all flaws we have been pointing out so far. We gotta appreciate this. We finally have some control on whats being released ! Enjoy the day

Nice piece ! Enjoy wearing it. Big Bang Baby ! The fallen off sticker is a shame (especially for this high price !!), but some of us have predicted it will happen. It also looks as if the last three letters of "Geneve" are not perfectly aligned, i mean they are closer to the top on the rotor. Could be the light though. How about convincing the maker to NOT put any stickers on the rotor and we can all let the rotor be engraved professionally ourselves. Should be possible, as I understand that the real reason the maker wont do it is not that it could break but that the rotor guarantee would be violated. Hopefully all the flaws we have seen in the past will be corrected in future releases. At this point the HBB has slightly dissapointed me (although I still think its the project with the most effort in terms of involving us, attention to detail and quality and variety of matrials used) I start hoping for an AD-proof (the new category as 1:1 has been abused too many times I reckon) IWC now...Jaques Cousteau, sauvez-moi !

Sorry for my ignorance but what exactly is the overlay ? How does it look ??

I am missing the hour numbers, they are so nice on the base model. They are a big part of why I like the face of the HBB so much I think.

A stupid question (hopefully not too stupid) : I found a source for eta 2824 datewheels. Why cant we use them ??? Isnt this what we need to send lello (SEE PICTURE) ?? EDIT: Ok I got it, the Inge uses a datewheel overlay....Sorry for this, i should have read the posts more carefully. BUT how does it look like ? Can anyone post a pic of the part that needs to be send to lello ?

That would be great. However, I am currently trying to get an extra datewheel from a dealer. If that works, I would be willing to use it as a first test. That would reduce risk for your datewheel.

I agree, this is invaluable, especially for noobies Many Thanks !

Has anyone tried to ask one of our dealers to get his hands on 20 or so datewheels ????? That way we could avoid the chaos of sending in datewheels at different times from different parts of the world. Forgive me if this idea has already been tried.....

I was hoping we could order the DW from you directly. I am actually very excited about this but I have the following problem: 1) I am located in Europe 2) I have never reassembled any watch (Or can any local watchmaker do this ??) Other than that I would be in it cause i think it would be awesome...

I dont think it is likely that we will see the "normal" version as this maker is really working hard to get his reps 1:1 by buying the gen and he wont even bother trying to guess the dimensions of the smaller "normal" version...just my opinion We have seen this with the HBB. He is likely to only do the models which are reasonably close to the gen he has in his hands.

Go for it ! I would, but I dont really fancy the titanium, i need the heavy steel so i still hope for the "ultimate" Ingy...

LOL ! I knew you would find that one adorable ! It is. In fact, its 1000 pcs limited edition, not 250. The 1000 watches are sold all over the world including in some of the Prada's flagship stores of Italy. This was a new sponsoring agreement made with Luna Rossa (which belongs in majority to Prada) in order to make a special Big Bang, all in the materials used in the America's Cup boat. Full ceramic, Kevlar, carbon, titanium and rubber. A total synergy between the boat and the watch plus a total synergy between the two brands. Which are both not only luxury brands, but work both with the “fusion “concept. Hard to find pics though...I tried for some time now. Hopefully someone else is lucky.... Note the red stripe in the inside of the rubber strap...AWESOME !!!