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By-Tor

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  1. Still one of the nicest reps of one of the best Omega's. I may have to look for another one soon (gave mine to my brother).

    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. :)

  2. 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. ;)

    77a.jpg

    HERE is a 1024x768 sized version.

  3. That's a beautiful watch. Even a dorkmiester like Dr. Phil couldn't change my mind on that.

    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.

  4. 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.

  5. I rather thought you were light, By-Tor, and thus, the same applied!)

    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? :D

  6. Probably very off topic (my apologies) -_- but how reliable is this (can see that it is not accurate in terms of spacing):

    http://www.replicacollector.com/members/in...showtopic=32957

    My heart missed a beat when I stumbled across it :D

    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).

  7. 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.

  8. 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").

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