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Tom Hawkes

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  1. Yes, I have looked at hundreds of gen pics by now and sometimes the CP looks superflat and sometimes it looks like it is a little raised in the middle. I can reproduce that with my 000 but I remembered that people are modding their rep CPs to be flat on the top to look gen.. I kinda got scared that I may have an unfinished brooklyn bridge movement inside.. Unfortunately the caseback is too tight and my ball made of duct tape didn't do the trick. Thought that maybe the CP is an indicator whether theres a stock ETA movement inside or a finished one, but it seems there is too much variance judging by the pics of gens.
  2. Hi there. Quick question: I have a gen 000P and a noob 111N v3 and the CP looks pretty much the same. Should the gen have a completely flat topside? I noticed that it strongly depends on the lighting whether the cp on the gen 000 will appear flat or if it will appear with a "summit" in the middle like the cp on the 111N v3 Is it because of the standard movement in the gen logos? Do only the swan neck movements have the flat CP?
  3. I would pick the watch up in person. But still as I am no expert.. Sold by a new member on a german board. FML already reserved for someone else while I said I'd take it pretty much right away. Oh well..
  4. Hey. Can anyone tell by these pictures if this watch is a gen Rolex? Serial is supposed to be MO44935 and the watch was bought in 2007. Offered complete with everything for 1600€.. seems to be too good to be true? Any help appreciated. http://250kb.de/u/12...OdxZh4FiYXA.jpg http://250kb.de/u/12...xMHmFUIZLer.jpg http://250kb.de/u/12...eeq7URzE0H0.jpg
  5. It's intended as a statement against Rolexyuppies, I guess. But when trying to mock people who pay 6000 usd for a wristwatch (that's probably worth around 1000 usd or less) by buying and wearing a piece of rubber for 40 usd (that's probably worth 1 usd)... I think the joke is on them.
  6. Last time I checked, polish people were using it for everything.
  7. I'll say hello with the only polish word I know: Kurva!
  8. Yeah, OP is probably doing some guerilla marketing. Soon he will be selling these critters in the sales section.
  9. Wont that dry out the oil and let moisture inside if the crown is pulled out all the time?
  10. Please be advised, if you feed them after 12 pm they turn into this:
  11. Yes, I get it. So if you get a dirty and maybe broken a7750 for 30 usd, why not provide a clean one for 60 usd? Make that a total of 330 usd then. You said it would increase the price dramatically and I say it would not. The point is, as you have mentioned already, that probably 95% of the rep buyers don't care. They could easily provide better quality checks and cleaner assemblies even without having to increase the price, but then then everyone would profit a couple of dollars less.. You are buying a 300 usd rep and then have to pay another 200 usd or more on a 30 usd movement for a service unless you can do it yourself. What's the point? You are proving that in theory the A7750 is capable of being a good movement. In reality it is not, imo. I didn't say you can get an ETA 7750 watch for 300 usd. I said that 300 usd in China is equivalent to probably 900 usd or more in a western country. And for 900 usd you can get a watch with a clean ETA 7750. Why can't I get a clean A7750 watch for 300 usd in China then?
  12. There are a bunch of pet hedgehog videos on YT. I only saw one once in reality as a kid near a playground..
  13. So basically what you are saying about the A7750 is: blueprint is good (since it is copied from the ETA), execution is crap. How does that make the A7750 a good movement? And how is it not possible to provide a clean A7750 movement, made and assembled in CHINA for 300 USD? 300 USD in China is comparable to how much in any western country? Probably around or more than 900 USD? Aren't there "real" companies selling clean ETA7750 watches for that price? And they have a lot more expenses than rep factories have.. How would 8 hours of additional work increase the price dramatically? Average factoryworkers are paid what, less than a dollar an hour? Instead you search for someone who is willing to service an A7750 and pay him 200 USD...
  14. Cute. But why do you make him live in your shoe? Where did you get it? Does he play with you or roll up when you bug him?
  15. 1. AdBlocker, mate. I don't see ads. 2. That was a response to "I think that it is unlikely" which is no factual information at all. I just picked one of the many google results for how basically all shell cordovan is supplied by Horween. 3. This whole thread is based on a advertisement mail from Corvus. 4. Feel free to come up with factual up to date information that contradicts any of the stated. 5. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+many+cordovan+tanneries
  16. http://www.shellcordovan.com/shell-cordovan-production.html Shell cordovan is extremely rare. There are only two tanneries in the world that produce shell cordovan leather, one of them being the Horween Leather Company in Chicago. The other is the japanese one..
  17. Nope, but Horween and the japanese company only provide the sheets of cordovan. The strapmakers (also shoemakers, beltmakers, jacketmakers, etc..) all buy from them (through middlemen) and produce their own products. Corvus is the company that supplied the famous original Bond Nato/Raf strap.
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