Don't know if tourby's movements are decorated by Klaauw however the back of the watches showing the movement is possibly more impressive then the attention to detail on the front...
Modified eta 2824:
I've bought the greate white Pauluk is talking about, and i must say, the caseback does indeed look very good. very much like avit's. Ill try to get a picture up.
Looks quite interresting http://puretimewatch.com/index.php?productID=610
As far as i know Breguet does not make an orbital tourbillon, but they are out there:
http://www.europastar.com/europastar/magaz...t_id=1000901634
Cheers!
The whole rolex story applies only to rolex modded zenith movements. If you have such movement you will have to find a watch smith willing and capable of working on the movement, you cant send it off to rolex.
Yes, i have to put the date parts back, what can i say, the whole frankenway is tedious and troublesome. However no pain no gain.
Serviceing an cal 400 is no issue. The bold text above does not apply on the cal 400 though. If you bought a movado or zenith donor, you can service them through movado or zinith, no problem.
I've got mine serviced before i put it in my daytona. I still kept the donor watch, so if i need another service in a couple of years, i transplant the movement back to its donor, and sent it to service again.
The markup IS insane, on most brands. A couple of 'swiss made' brands actually do deliver value for money. For the rest, there is the rep world, just like for example our master of complications.
Well sorry for you mate, now its all on the table, sit back relax and grab a beer
Remember that the path to the perfect rep is the better half of the adventure