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I know, it's absolutely crazy. I can understand it in terms of a voided warranty, like with say modifying a car, but as you say, at the end of the day, the person buys the watch as their own personal property, not renting it, so it's up to the person what they do with it I'm sure I've heard someone else on here say about Rolex declining to service a watch which was considered 'too old'. I believe it might have been a gold watch, and they declined to re-finish the case, if I remember correctly...

I'm trying to like it, I'm trying to like it...

To be fair, it is possible to get a rep movement to +0.05 per 24 hours. But. Without proper analysing equipment, it takes a LOT of trial and error, and near constant micro-adjustments to get the correct timing, and it takes a while to 'get a feel' for the kind of minute pressures required to do so. Before I got the hang of regulating a watch, I killed several movements through nothing more than inept clumsiness. I would agree with Andy that if spot on accuracy is essential, then quartz would be best suited for your needs, there are some nice quartz watches available, and, at the end of the day, the most important thing with a watch, is that it meets the needs that you personally have for it. Not what looks good on that guy's wrist, or what the guy in the movie wore, but what is best for you. I really like the 1655 McQueen Explorer II. It looks the business, and who doesn't like Steve McQueen. But. I hardly ever wear it, for the simple reason, that a Submariner, with larger dial markers and a timing bezel, is more useful to me and my needs for a watch. I would have no hesitation in wearing a quartz watch if I needed absolutely bang-on wear-it-and-forget-about-it accuracy, but the fact is I don't need a watch to be that accurate, and, as a counterpoint, I can regulate the movement accurately enough for my needs. It all depends on what is best for you. If you do want to learn how to adjust a mechanical movement, then kudos to you, it is certainly a very rewarding experience

I'd do that to a gen just to anger the repair center

It sounds like a good plan to me

Here's a link to a Daytona for you The strap will fit fine Just use a pocket knife to spring the springbars on the Daytona, and a small screwdriver to flick the springbars in the Submariner

My only concern with straps, is that it means not getting the watch wet, and that is something I like to do with my watches I think I read somewhere that the Dr. No Sub was on a sharkskin strap, but I'm not 100% sure of that... All I do know for certain, was it was Brocolli's own watch, as Rolex would not provide one for filming

Something I've done in the past, was I had a NATO strap which came with a rep Submariner, and had a Rolex buckle. I just took the buckle off the NATO strap and fitted it to the 20mm rubber strap... Another option, is to buy a dirt cheap Rolex Daytona (available for about

The thing you have to remember when thinking about the Submariner bracelet, is that it was never originally built or intended to be a 'prestige watch', but a functional, rugged diver's tool, like a race car which has been stripped down for speed and only has a bucketseat and crash-frame inside: Such a car would not be good for taking the wife and kids shopping for groceries, but will smoke a soccer mom's SUV right off the line. It is the original function which must be considered Of course, the one problem with leather straps, is they aren't waterproof... Sure, they look nice, but personally, I can't see the point in wearing a waterproof diver's watch on a strap which cannot get wet, meaning the watch would have to be removed before it can get wet. However, rubber is solves that problem...

Absolutely spot on It might not be 'perfect', but if it's the watch which you want to be wearing, that's all that matters

No problem at all There are the bakelite bezels available on the bay, although the colors are quite a bit darker than on the more modern inserts, but if you were meaning the brighter inserts, I think it would look fantastic

Any time, and I really like the sound of your composite bezel idea For a glue, I would suggest the UV glue which folks use for attaching cyclopses to the crystal

Awesome work, I love the 6200 (the Blancpain-style bezel is also fantastic )

Thanks, bro, all I've really done thus far is re-finished the case, but with a custom finish. As you know, I'm not one for bling, so I brushed the center links, but also the bezel. Makes it much more understated The trick now, will be getting a suitable movement I should have a day/date/24hr Daytona knocking about somewhere, but I still can't find it... I'm tempted to try and source a quartz movement, as I just don't trust the a7750s... I guess I'll just see how the project unfolds... I'm liking the look of what you've got so far Is the white and blue dial simply a 'factory guard' dial, or was that actually a watch dial? Either way, it looks pretty cool, but of course, the Daytona dial you're going to use looks awesome [Edit to add] I forgot to say, I did a little lume work on the dial as well, so the markers would be more visible in the dark, as well as putting a mark at 12 Not as per gen, but I figure it's an improvement in functionality

My guess would be something like a 6497 movement... [Edit to add] As for what would look good... They're blued, so a white dial, and something with a more classic, rather than model dial design

Taking a leaf out of your book today, bro This project's going to be a winner once it actually tells time I've re-enameled the bezel scale since the last outing Other than that, I'm wearing my 6200-homage

In a word: No. All dial markings, such as text, numerals, markers, are all transparent areas, on the black decal. It would be possible to use red paint or ink on the base of the dial, so it would show through as red text, but it would not be raised. As example, this is what I did with one of Slartibartfast's Explorer dial decals to create a 6200 dial, using a black Sharpie on the base of the dial so the text Explorer and Precision would not be visible...

+1 Absolutely spot on

Not that I know of Then again, it'd make a good set of knucks OHMSS-style

I'm not sure what to make of that one... Is it vintage chic, or just a fugly huge watch

Oh yeah, it's all about the custom work I plan on hitting up the site where most of those parts came from to build some custom watches One of me, one for one of my best friends, and one for my godson for when he's old enough to appreciate it

Damn, that is nice, bro Custom for the win

So sorry to hear, consider it done

Now that, is interesting Not something I think I'd wear myself, but an interesting art deco take on the more modern Graham line

I recently forwarded a watch to a friend in Germany, and it arrived in 2 days. On the same day, I posted a small envelope containing tattoo stencils to a friend on the other side of the UK. It has not yet arrived