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Hi. I have a 187 and it

Uhrkraft is a German company located in Essen. They even have an outlet in Essen-Kettwig. They make interesting designs at reasonable prices.

My PO is the 45,5 mm big size model Ref. No. 2908.50.38 There is a number engraved in the caseback: 168.1682 Is that the case number?

I turned the crown of my Planet Ocean Pumpkin one turn too much. Now the crown can

You should say here that you already started a payapal dispute without letting me know. PayPal wrote me a mail about it. That

It is defintely a Kanone or Hemicuda modified piece. It may be the way you say. I can only tell the story formerly posted. I sent him my "genuine" MBW and he did all the modding.

If this is the watch you purchased from Josh I can simply clearify that. I bought the watch from MBW a few years ago. When I say from MBW I mean from MBW personally! They may have changed meanwhile - I can

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Thanks for the help. I was a bit worried that the reps don

Did anyone of you compare the actual rep of the BCE to the genuine counterpart? Yesterday I was at the jeweller

Good idea, Maybe I can get a year

I did! Combined with caramel pants and orange-blue designer polo it was an unbeatable combo. It must be massively over the edge, tasteless to the bone and ugly enough to make you cry Then it

If you want one: Actually I could send dial overlays to modify a GMT dial yourself. Maybe one of the china dealers takes heart and makes replicas of my Original Design.... It

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Finally! Here it is: The Jagermaster GMT! First pictures of the first sample! Idea, design, print and craftsmaship by Bodo himself! Custom made Orange Dial with Jagermeister-Logo green 24-h hand green date Only for those who know... :!:

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There is no SS bracelet for the 187. The straps are 26 mm wide as for the 127 Fiddy. The SS bracelets are all 24 mm.

To get a good vintage Rep Sub/SD you need: An MBW as basis. From that you can take the case and the slow beat movement. Additionally: Crystal: Tropic 127 / 39 or 39 Superdome Bracelet: hollow mid link old style with old style divers extension, better folded or rivited Note on rivitted bracelets: Genuines have holes in each pin and the links are folded, Aftermarket have closed pins and massive side links or even massive mid links either. Gen spring bars (Drilling and notching/smoothing is neccesary for it) 1680 end links can be reworked for gen spring bars, SD need gen end links. Genuine NOS crown (Vintage crowns are smaller than actual crowns, Rep crowns are all oversized) Gen or aftermarket tube Gen or Aftermarket bezel insert with slim font and correct vintage pearl without metal rim Date wheel questions: 1: Serviced Rolex 1570 get a white date wheel with round 3s and open 6/9 - Don´t buy WHITE date wheels with flat top 3s, they don´t exist from Rolex! 2. Gen Rolex 1570 have a SILVER date wheel with flat top 3s and open 6/9 except 29 Note!!! All ETA turn the date clockwise while a Rolex 1570 turns counterclockwise. Conclusion: You will never - NEVER - never get an expert proof fake vintage rolex without a movement swap! If you check the date direction you don´t need to open the watch. If it´s ETA it´s quickset and turns clockwise. Don´t forget that along with your invest! And you need time and money, lots of it. So if you don´t want to do the mod completely, don´t buy a vintage at all. It´s visible for those who know. And those few are the ones you do it for. If you just want some kinda vintage watch keep it simple and cheap. Buy and waer it as a fake.

The crystal is not domed. The 1680 has a rised flat plastic crystal with cyclops. Domed crystals are on the SD 1665 and the non date Sub 5512 - 5513.

Sounds interesting. I think I´ll buy one at least.

Some notes on the case copy, I hope I don´t kick you off the cloud. The problem with the Rep/gen housing depends on the movement beeing used. The crown shaft is located at a different place on Rolex to ETA movements. If you put an ETA in, you have either to move down with the crown hole from the dial surface or you have to reduce the rehaut. You simply can´t put an ETA in and get the correct crown position AND a correct rehaut. Before you invest a bunch of money to rebuild something copied think of what you´ll get. Why copy an MBW copy of a 1680 if it alreday exists? Buy an MBW and wear it. Before you start try to get a Rolex and an ETA movement and compare them. If you find a way to get the ETA in at the same position without any compromise it will pay off. Just my 2 cents

Nice wheels, Ubi. BTW they're genuine NOS. I've also got one If 1570s are serviced they get white wheels, but with round 3s.

This is a great step into the right direction. The slower 2864 with a flat top 3 is much closer to gen. But remember: The Rolex 1750 had a silver datewheel which turned counterclockwise! To get the gen look there should be a silver datewheel with flat top 3s. that´s a further step. To have a perfect look even in the turning direction there must be a combination of a movement turning the date counterclockwise (like AS 1903) combined with a silver date overlay or datewheel with the right direction.

I offer crown and tube sets in the parts section They are from original manufacturers - from that point they´re gen, They were bought in bulk, so they´re not in rolex labeled single blister pack - from that point they´re not gen... They are top quality and match Rolex specs - long shaft tube and so on. Everyone having bought them by now was satisfied.