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ohhhhhhh lawd! wat da?????????/

Congrats! Looks nice. From where/who?

Dw is located in china. He has a buddy helping him with eu customers, member Denimhead, who is in the uk...

i don't think they're buddies anymore!

DW is in China. I think panerai is thinking of his old partner in the UK, but that went sour.....and no fault of the UK partner, he is a great guy!

Whar was wrong with the watch???? A lot....loose xtal and bezel, crown that did not fit properly, no o-ring on the caseback, mis-aligned chrono hand....

I think that's about it.....

btw: i ordered 3 diff models and they all have similar problems.

Damn M.......nicely done!       You make me jealous! Now mine has a cousin........

I hope you don't get disappointed, I ordered one last Nov. and it was baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad! I had to send it back, just too many issues.

I won't recommend buying from him. He still owes me some parts, but I don't think I'll see it anytime soon.

If you do order, good luck. If I were you, I'll check with Spin and see if he has any in stock.

Most of our long time members here know that I am so Anal about water resistance........I don't know what it is, but if I can't take my watch to the shower or the kitchen sink, it's 

not worth owning.......except of course if it's a formal wear type/model. If it's a tool watch (chronograph/diver/GMT) for me, it has to be water resistant.

So, when I got this from RED after a very smooth transaction (you could check his post to get the details about this watch), the first thing I asked him if it was water resistant?

Red's response? "Nope, I don't think it could be made water resistant; no xtal gasket and I don't trust the pushers!"

 I asked him to remove the bezel before he ships it to me, when I got it, I tore it down. I removed the pushers and applied a coat of Gorilla glue and screwed them back in. I greased

the tube and crown o-rings and coated the case where xtal sits with Gorilla glue making sure it was evenly distributed along the perimeter. I re-installed the xtal and made sure that

the date mag is properly aligned then use the xtal press and set it with some gentle pressure for about 2 minutes.

Then I applied a thin coat of Gorilla glue on the under side of the bezel and installed and after I made sure that it was properly aligned, I use the xtal press with the right die size and

set the bezel, this time with more pressure for another 2 minutes.

I let it set overnight and the next day, I screwed the crown in; put an extra (thin one) greased o-ring around the last thread of the CB, greased the main case o-ring, close the CB tight

and put it in a gallon of hot water; put the gallon inside the dryer for 3 minutes then took it out and shook it hard for another 2 minutes........took out the watch and wiped it dried......

viola! Dry......and no fogging inside! Good enough for me to put back the movement, bracelet and off we go.

Well, today I went with a friend to his Fitness Gym to workout. This gym is huge with indoor basketball court and running circuit in the 2nd floor, olympic size pool and another half size.

A huge whirlpool, jacuzzi, steam room and a Russian steam room. I thought......perfect place to test the 7032. So on it went on the wrist:

After 1 hour on the elliptical and 45 mins on the weight room; off to the whirlpool.....stayed 15 mins here.....a little worried at first, been checking 7032 a couple of times. When I got

out, it was looking good.....no fogging or anything like that. Went and did a few laps at the pool.......still ok!

So off I went into the Russian steam room.......stayed for 15 minutes and checking the 7032 every 5, in kinda subtle way.....place was packed. That went well, so the final test......the

wet steam room. Now this particular steam room spews geyser like steam every 5 minutes that you could barely see your hand. The 1st round scared the crap out of me......the

xtal was completely fogged up......oh $hit.......so I kinda run it on my towel right after it cool down a bit.......whew, it was just the exterior. After 2 more geysers......I've had it, my balls

were cooked by then....time to take a shower and get some brewski at the Tilted Kilt.

Man, I was so proud of this baby. When I get it tested, I'm almost 99% sure it will pass 10ATM!

So, there you go. I thought I should share it with you guys. I'm like a new Dad..........

Tata! Cheers and ya 'ol have a great weekend! Go Niners!

I'm with G this Friday:

Rob is winding down his services and after this year, it's over. He's taking appointments only till June and only from those he had done business before.

MD2020 would be your alternative!

I'm so sorry to hear this from them, but I guess it's time for him to enjoy retirement. We are going to lose a Master Watch Maker/Rebuilder/Horologist!

Going to watch "Zero Dark THirty" with this:

LOL! Really? We re-cycle wristies now?

Blue 207:

Why don't you PM them instead? admin is a good start!

WOW.....AP is running out of ideas......now they're repping IWC Divers!

Can you open the caseback? Do you have any watch tools? It's fairly easy to make your watch water resistant......if you are handy (if not, keep on looking for a watchsmith):

- buy watch grease like DC#7 Silicone grease from Ofrei (you could get the tools there, too)

- open your watch and check that they have rubber o-rings (caseback, crown, and tube) grease all of them.

- check that your crystal is setted properly......a lot of times this is your weak point......either they don't have gasket/plastic seal or they're not glued (if I could get to the xtal, I glue mine).

- put it together and tighten the CB, if all you want is just to shower/work around the kitchen with it, a quick 30sec. dunk in a jar of hot water is all it takes to test, no fogging??? then your good to go.

swimming/diving with it.....have it tested....at least to 10 ATM. 

I've done these to all my watches and I could shower with all of them.......the divers I swim/dive with. Even some of the Chronos I dived with. I used to have an AP ROO Safari that I took down to 90+ ft.

Good luck!

Here's a few from DW that I worked on:

Most current:

Clapton - pre Phong Bezel:

with Phong Bezel:

Some Newmans:

And others: