Vegasvic

Very cool watch. I prefer DLC (Diamond Like Coating) to PVD, but seems a lot harder to find, especially on reps.

That's just crazy. Scary actually.

Very nice Mike! Kinda has that IWC Aquatimer look going on.

Very cool! Hands look great!

Paypal is the worst! Sorry to hear about it Ken, hope you get it sorted!

Just beautiful!

Very nice! Enjoy it in good health my friend!

Well, my wife and I just had dinner a couple weeks back with a friend who works for IWC, and she was impressed with my PAM 111. Said it could have fooled her, until she saw the movement on the back. Yah, the really good ones have engraved lettering, and other details obviously, but still, she said the overall quality was impressive for a couple hundred bucks.

Gorgeous shot! Watch ain't too shabby either!

Nice Tag. Very solid choice there, for action or with a suit.

All I can say is. . . Mike, you are the MAN! Thanks for always getting us the great info bro!

Paypal sucks for the most part, but they are really the only game in town pertaining to eBay.

That 9937 has all the features you would want in a watch. What is the case diameter and lug to lug measurements? And btw thanks for the great review!

Pretty funny, but you would have to REALLY dislike someone to say that, unless you said it in a "friendly" way, maybe laughing and slapping the guy on the shoulder. Either way, great comeback.

Thanks for the clarification. Haven't had too many black, PVD watches, but I wanted to purchase a Luminox F-22 Raptor, and contacted the dealer about the finish. Luminox got back to me by email with a one word sentence. "At this time, none of our watches have DLC." If that guy is right, it's a shame, because they have some awesome looking watches at a decent price point, and as you said, DLC is not that expensive a process. Maybe it would boost the pricing a bit too much for that genre?

DLC is awesome for sure, but so is ceramic. Can't go wrong with either pertaining to scratch resistance. Quick question for ya Mike. When you said "DLC is what you will find in 99% of rep (and gen for that matter) timepieces. It's easy, relatively cheap, and the results are an excellently strong resistance to scratching. . .", did you mean the choice of finishing for guys who want to scratch-proof their watch? Because I don't see too many DLC coated watches out there at the moment, online or brick and mortar either, so any info would be helpful.

Sweet watch! More pics would be great too!

Dang Mike, just how many watches do you have?? Not bad btw. I just picked up a Deep Blue Pro Aqua 1500 a few weeks ago myself. I'll post pics in the near future, love it.

At least their not shutting down rep watch factories. . . scared me for a second, haha!

Looks great! Thanks for posting the pics of the gen Mike, for great comparison.

I voted TC V6. Lots of great reps out there now, but you just can't beat a rep modded by TC or BK, at least for the time being.

You know, if someone has 45K to spend on a watch, he is a grown man, and it's all on him to trust someone on eBay enough to cough up that kind of cash.

Well. . . you don't see that everyday.

Can't beat a TC sub. Very nice.

Awesome piece! Congrats on a thing of beauty!