FlipLockBuckle

o-fakes.com have a gmt with a 4 ticks per second asian movement, and it even has the correct handstack. What if youd just take the movement out and use that for your frankenwatch project?

...exactly. The 1575 (Rolex GMT 1675) has only 18000 beats per hour, while an eta has 28800 beats per hour. Maybe you would want to use a usual asian 4 ticks per second movement, to make your frankenwatch look more authentic.

hey buddy hows it hangin, just wanted to tell ya yer in possesion of a very beautiful and nice watch, but im wondering about the oval-shaped markers ??? is it referable to a bad camera or is the dial just plain lame?

pmsl, the crownguards on the yatchie definetly do need a rework

Weird thing, just woke up and had to discover that the watch is running 5 minutes to fast. Well its possible that i touched something when disassembling the movement... Does anyone have an idea how i could regulate it again? Maybe with the little +/- screw? any ideas appreciated

Hello friends, I had a nice YM mith ETA movement which kept perfect time. After i did my CG work i noticed that i couldnt pull the stem anymore, so i tried to fix the whole thing. I dissasebled the "stem assembly" and reassembled it carefully with tweezers. Im surprised that the stem is working now, i think the problem was that i pushed in the crown-pulling-trigger a little bit too hard and in this way screwed things up. Anyway, stem is working perfectly again but now all the sudden the movement looses about 10 seconds a day. Does anyone know how i could fix it, and what the heck the reason might be for this obscure phenomenon? Thanx in advance, danny

Hello, I recently purchased a YM from a trusted seller, and it came with submariner-crownguards (means edged and not rounded), so i modified them with my little dremel and this is the result. Is it acceptable? Or are they still looking innacurate. Thanx in advance.

YM is fake, the space between the 3 and the 0 is too big, same on my timepiece. The crownguard are too sharp, but they can be modded.

STAGE 2 IN PROGRESS: I have ordered white-decal-paper and a laser printer with 4800dpi. Will print a "Fliplockbuckle" decal on my rep dial and post the result here. Its special high quality decal paper just like the one used in construction of model trains....letters will be 0.2 mm thick, so amazing results guaranteed. Pictures will follow the day the paper arrives in the mail. @NRG: Yes youre in As soon as im finished i will send you some decals for free.

Well I have a gen 16610 at my wrist right know, ill take this as an example ...well the only thing that is raised is the crown (maybe my eyes are just bad) but its just raised an itty bitty, so its even hard to determine, and i think a sharp and defined font with correct font (without drunken X) would be better than any refinished asian-hand-made-paintwork dial. But if you'd know where to silk screen a dial or even if you had the possibility it would be the best i think....any ideas?

Hey friend, i have a Asian stem here that i don't need anymore. I can send it to you at no charge, just give me a shout if youre intrested.

Hey friends, I was just curious if someone knows how or where i can print little stickers, that you can put on the dial and who have no background...just like the ones you glue on little dinky cars. You put the sticker on with the foil, then you can take the foil off and all there remains is the Text or whatever. Im sure you get my point. I have the possibility to make a high quality scan of a genuine dial (no brand name here lol but im sure you know what im talking about, and refinishing gen dials is legal anyways). Anyways, i can make a high quality scan of a dial, all i have to know is how to print it on a little sticker, so it can be applied to a blank dial. The guy who gives me the decisive hint gets two or thee of these dial refinishing kits at no charge. Of course its only to be used to refinish gen dials. thanx in advance

Well in this particular case i compared my perfectly modded 16610 rep to a 16610 gen with 31XX movement. They look almost the same (small flaws can only be identified by a magnifying glass), but the rotor sound immediately exposes it as the rep, as you can hear the rotor winding ... the 31XX Rotor is absolutely silent.

Hello, No matter how good a rep looks, when you take it in your Hand you immediately can tell it's a rep because the ETA winding rotor is so much louder than the one on genuine watches. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this loud rotor sound? Maybe by applying a gen rotor to the ETA? Any ideas are appreciated. Danny