By-Tor

Read this tutorial by Pugwash: http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=8844 PS: Enjoy your Noobmariner. Fantastic rep. Not only "for the money", but overall. One of the best Rolex reps out there for sure... I wish they'd just replace that grossly oversized winding crown eventually.

Indeed. This is definitely a classic. My brother has one too. He bought his from Paul. I recall Paul used to sell this for $178, with ETA movement... those were the good times.

This rep is soon 3 years old, and it has received a lot of wrist time. So no wonder there are nicks and scratches here and there. The "old factory" SMP... one of the first really good reps that ever surfaced. A rep classic for sure. I never get tired of it. HERE is a 1024x768 sized version.

Dr. Phil is a genius. He even wrote a book that says that fat people will lose weight if they eat less, and exercise more. That was really revolutionary, and I'm sure the book sold millions. Next he's probably going to concentrate on hair loss.

Nothing special, just something to kill time on another boring Sunday. This suits well for the 1024x768 desktop.

That's definitely a Yacht-Master.

Now that's a lot of posts. And it's not about the post count, it's the contents. Congrats M.

Wow, what a rough week it has been. I've been awfully busy, not much time for the forums. Anyway, let's get on with the traditional wrist check. Early as usual. I'm starting the weekend with my SMP Chrono. This watch always makes me smile... I love it.

Totally agree here. Their best studio work... even better than "Under the table and dreaming". Carter is the man!!!

Thanks for getting us started Ubi. I'm wearing the blue'n'icy Steelfish right now.

YM feels like a good watch today.

Yeah, this is old news. Lots of (bad) rep Rolexes in the movies actually... Nicholas Cage was wearing one, and also the star of the 24h... Jack Bauer. Awful reps by the way... they should get their stuff from our dealers.

There's one solution for this problem, that works all the time: NEVER, EVER ORDER ANYTHING FROM NON-EU BASED DEALERS/MEMBERS. My record with the Asian dealers: 3 orders -> 3 customs problems. My record with the EU/US based dealers/members: 36+ orders -> 0 customs problems. Wonder if there's a formula somewhere... Just for the record: The last watch from an Asian dealer got sent via registered airmail, and it got stuck into customs too. So it's not a bullet proof way, either. I did nothing, I just wait until they'll send it back.

Excellent photos! Very artistic, good use of background elements and colors. Keep 'em coming!!

GMT today.

Wow... what a review. I will link this to the Breitling Guide, and pin it in the Breitling forum. Great job, once again!

Yeah, whatever is "light". I'm white, but not blonde like some Scandinavians... not dark, either... but I have a dark hair. I'm more like a "Slavic type". My ancestors come from Germany and Russia... yeah, what a combination, eh?

Here's my (already traded) TT Navi. It was very nice rep.

If it's real Swiss 7750, it should be an excellent movement. But it's not only the subdial spacing that's problem here, it's also the seconds at '9. This model of Daytona was never produced with the El Primero (seconds at '9). It's a rep of the white gold model... which is only available with the secs at '6 layout. On top of that the ROLEXROLEXROLEX engraving on the rehaut looks too thick and dark. Good looking watch though... and it's not even expensive (if the movement really is Swiss).

Bought a lot of DVD's yesterday. "The Ring" is very good horror movie, although the ending was typically "prolonged". And the actress in the leading role is amazingly beautiful... exactly my type of woman.

I don't know any other way to "pressure" the dealers, except asking people like Angus and Joshua to inform the factories that there would be a market for that kind of replica. I'm 100% sure that a Daytona like this would sell moderately well here. The rep should be priced $100 or $120, max... to be attractive though. They already have the case, so I don't think it would be any kind of cost issue for them, either.

We've had several threads about this Asian 21J "Noobdaytona". Here's one: http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=25053

Not worth it, imho. The whole idea of a quartz Daytona sounds a bit stupid to me. Just pressure dealers to build the running seconds at '6 + completely immobile/non-functional stopwatch model again. It had Asian 21J inside, and smooth running seconds. Honpo and Eddie Lee used to sell that model. The Daytona pushers are "locked", unless you screw them open... and you could always say the chrono is broken (if you're paranoid about getting "called out").

Done. Thanks man.

Great shots Corgi! And that really is a nice TT Sub.