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ah yes, of course - that rings a bell. I somehow assumed Rolo must be talking about someone in Europe

It looks wonderful! Who is Joe again? I only remember RedBigJoe or BigRedJoe and I assume the Joe you are referring to is not him

Oh I feel your pain, happened to me several times as well :S I've even had dials where my dust-blower blew off the lume-lots just before assembly.... Even worse are the dials which have lume that's strong enough for the dust blower, but too weak for shipping On another dial the paint chipped off at the center hole when I removed the piece of paper which the seller stuck into it for shipping.........

The gan... seller on eBay is Tonny's henchman btw. Be aware that some of the Tonny Dials are different from MQ's, or to be more precise: they are made to a slightly lower standard. E.g. MQ usually uses gen coronets and Tonny didn't have gen coronets his dials (though it's been >1 year since I ordered anything from him, so maybe that changed), the texture, print & ink of the dial can be good or bad (meaning the exact same dial design can look different depending on what dial batch you get). This is not to say that MQ doesn't have QC issues (he does). No matter from who you order, I would insist on seeing a picture of the actual item. Also keep in mind that MQ's pricing is pretty random, if he doesn't know you and you email him, he will quote 750$ a Daytona Dial (I could live with a fake coronet for a dial that costs 1/3 of that). Also, MQ can be very stubborn, even if the Dial just costs him 1$ (hypothetically), he may not sell to you for anything less than the price he quoted the first time, or will just go down by 50$. He won't care if you walk away from a deal. MQ isn't the only one who can be stubborn btw, I'm almost certain that all the vendors of these VN parts have to comply with a certain price floor, which is different for each item category. If they sell below a certain price, they will get in trouble with their supplier. That may also explain why some members haven't been able to get cases etc. for less when they paid an in-person visit to the watch shops in Vietnam. Do you remember the price your colleague paid when he bought it locally?

Nice work! How did you do the engraving? By Pantograph?

Be careful with buying anything from ofrei, especially hands. Hands you will get look nothing like in the photo and other watch parts look different with every order! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Your pushers look better than Phong's : ) Did you re-shape the lugs and the left side of the case? They look very different from stock-cartel, so unless my mind is playing a trick, I would say yes you did?

That's the 6538 though? Is your 6542 case also from Vietnam? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What type of case & bezel is this? Looks very good! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I could be wrong, but I think it's because of the clearcoat that goes ontop of the dial. I've seen some gen gilt dials where there is more depth but also some with less or almost no depth. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thx. I guess they do vary from order to order, I think I once had a similar one, but the second order was much different Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Where did you get this insert? Looks like a fat font Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I had a few hands from Jensen that didn't fit, but he immediately send me replacement hands. Just mentioning this so you don't try to 'force' the hands onto the posts or scratch the dial if they are too loose. It's possible you received a bad batch if they don't fit. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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It's going to be hard to replicate the inside, gen cases were stamped & then hand-turned back in the days. I'm pretty sure most of not all cases you find today are CNC'ed. CNC will naturally look more perfect than a hand-turned case. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Did you try a valjoux 23 stem? Alternatively you can just swap the mystery Movement for a genuine valjoux 23 movement.

Looks even better on the watch than it did in the box! Good choice Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Really nice work on the pushers! You are one of the 2 or 3 people who I would let work on my watches! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

5512 Gilt PCG w/ chapter ring dial - on my wrist today, but built for a friend. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hmm, are you certain it's related to an update/bug and not an exploit/hack gone wrong? I think something similar happened about a month ago on RWI (someone could log in as admin and/or give admin privileges). Just surprised someone would target rep forums, so maybe there's a pattern. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There was actually a rep of this watch back in the days. I think a few members bought it, because the Gen was the most expensive watch or at least some ridicolous amount. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I still remember that one from like 8 or 10 years ago on the forum hahaha Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

nice if you get a chance, I would love to see a few closeups of the dials without flash