TeeJay
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For a while, I've been inspired by a matte-dialled DayDate Ubiquitous made which is a watch presented to Rolex watchsmiths, as although I've never liked DayDates, I did like the aesthetic of the matte dial. After needing to reset the hands on this watch this morning (possibly a hand-fouling issue) I decided to take the opportunity to matte varnish the dial, and here is the result
Assuming the movement doesn't stall over night like last night (
) this will be either an alternate beater for the occasions where I might feel like a change, or a 'dress down'/stealth watch for occasions where I want to wear something nice, but not draw any attention. The brushed finish of the bracelet and case combine with the matte dial to create a truly subtle finish, which is so un-eye catching, it's awesome in its mediocrity Not a planned project, but one which sees to be going rather nicely 
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Ummmm mate listen, When the seller doesn't reply and u don't want the product or products and u have the feeling that you were scammed and unsure if u will get any money back what do you do? In my case I try to sell it in a fair way and hope that some one else will be happy with it. And besides from that I locked the sale because since he is alive again and I can try to solve it with him there is no need to sell it mate. Jezus christ some of you are so nero minded and only support Mr Ken and try to make me look bad without knowing everything
'Trying' to make you look bad?? You're doing a pretty good job of that aaaallll by yourself...
Incase you can't see why people are not giving you any sympathy, allow me to explain how this looks to the people outside of your head:
- You've received goods and aren't 100% happy with it. Fair enough, but sadly not really grounds for a return in this hobby as it will put the seller down or needing to re-sell the item.
- After not getting a fast enough response from Ken, and despite being advised by senior members (and a moderator) to exercise some patience, you proceed to instigate a PayPal dispute. While PP tends to side with the buyer, you really have no valid reason for doing this as what you got, is what you paid for. The fact that you don't like it, is not Ken's fault, and should not be something PP should enforce as a refundable sale.
- You then try and sell the bag yourself on RWI. This totally undercuts everything you said yesterday about wanting to send the bag back to Ken. It also leaves the following scenarios:
- Either you intend to allow PP to decide in your favor and make Ken refund you, and then sell the bag, meaning you will have screwed Ken out of goods and money, or
- You intend to return the bag to Ken and then allow some poor chump to try and buy goods off you which you no longer possess, which would make you a scammer.
So unless you intend to withdraw the bag from sale and return it to Ken, someone is going to wind up getting screwed. Do you now see why people are thinking you are a prize douchebag?
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T, I've got some rep white and black stick Tudor Prince Date dials...
In fact, I'll switch to the black one for the rest of the day!
I persevered, swapped the movement retainer for one with a better fit, had to glue the six marker back in place as I brushed it off with my thumb (
) and none of the second hands would fit... Not something I'd not normally consider as a DJ due to the curved bezel and Presidential bracelet, but overall, I'm rather pleased with the result, thanks for the inspiration, my friend 
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T, I've got some rep white and black stick Tudor Prince Date dials...
In fact, I'll switch to the black one for the rest of the day!
Thanks, J, I still have the one I got from you last year or the year before (tie flies
) but sadly it's a smidge too small to go with the case (also all the spare hands I have are being awkward with the various movements) so I'll probably just pick up another budget DJ and transplant everything over 
Have to admit, I am loving the Presidential bracelet -
Tudor Tuesday
Definitely feeling this more today than yesterday, but I am still considering going for a Rolex re-branding as gold just doesn't quite 'feel right' for me 
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My mother in law has listed the above mentioned watch on eBay, and I said I would make the UK members aware of the listing
The watch was found without box or papers when we cleared out her deceased brother's flat two years ago. It hasn't worked since then, but I suspect it simply needs a routine servicing, rather than anything sinister. The watch is completely genuine (this watch is not commercially replicated) although the caseback is unmarked (Possibly a service replacement? 
) Mother in law is not a watch expert, so please don't swamp her with technical questions As mentioned, she's only willing to post it within the UK, but thanks to all who are interested -
You've got PM, my friend.
Many thanks again
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To be very clear. I would rather ship him the bags back TODAY then TOMORROW. I'm not scamming or stealing from any one. For the rest I will contact KEN thru the pm function
As others have pointed out, keeping goods while trying to make a charge back is theft, plain and simple. You say you want to post the bags back, fine, post them back, and you won't be a thief. As others have also pointed out, the photos clearly show the product and the description fits that as shown in not only KBs sales photo, but the above posted photo of Ms. Miller with the genuine item, so what we have here, is not someone trying to send something back which is not as described, but someone who has buyers remorse and thinks he can return goods like he's at WallMart. These are replica goods, and the replica world simply does not work that way. Unless the bag was to be falling apart, or somehow otherwise unfit for purpose, there is no way the bag can be returned to the factory, so KB would be down that cost, for no other reason than you took a punt on something, thought "Nah, not quite what I was after..." and want to try and return it on said basis. We've all been in the situation where something has not quite met our expectations, and it's unfortunate that the bag does not meet yours, but at the end of the day, that's just too bad. Launching PP disputes, in this community, is like going to a police station and making a false rape allegation: It is simply not tollerated. As KB said in an above post, you will not just be out of this specific forum, but the entire community (which is interconnected) and you will go on a dealer's blacklist, and none of the trusted dealers will sell to you. While I do accept that you had a grievance, you have not displayed much patience (when advised to do so by other senior members) and instead jumped down the PP dispute route, and try to argue the minutiae of the bag, so it's no wonder that no-one has much sympathy for you or your situation.
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My god TJ, I won't want to know what is "not appropriate" for you then. lol
My humor can get pretty dark at times
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Last I heard, sh was quite active on Twitter, but not sure what her username is...
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lol TJ, I'll pass on your sister (doubt you have one lol) but I will be here watching you do your thing. haha
Not in the land of the living
But she's never far from my thoughts 
It's a quote from Full Metal Jacket, but I felt it was appropriate -
The same TeeJay who told another member to write"Dew Leh Loh Moh" over a rep watch. Lol man, if RWG starts a subscription feature I'll look for your nick and click on it to subscribe.
Hell, I like you, you can come over to my house and fuck my sister
I can be diplomatic, but there're some times when it's time to fight fire with fire -
My favorite artist is Fred Machetanz. His best work is, IMO, "Face to face" a painting of a polar bear on an ice floe (see my avatar). I love that piece but the prints on paper (not giclee) go for around $3,000 if you can find one.
So I commissioned one from a company that specializes in that. I had it done in oils on canvas and the end result is absolutely superb. Total price with shipping was under $300.
Sounds awesome, could you share the details of this company? Not that I can actually afford anything, but there are a few paintings I would love to get repro'ed (especially Night Hawks, as I doubt I'll ever afford the original
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Wasn't there some other fuckwit recently called Nils? Same dude new account?
OP Fuck off our forum and don't come back, scammers are not welcome here,and by keeping the bag and making a PP claim, that makes you a scammer and a thief!
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that's not what I said. IF they decide to look for the watch (all watches will show well in the xray), it will be suspicious if you decided to put it inside a shoe.
Remember those are 2D images and if they find it out of place they will like to inspect closely. A watch when overlapped with another object could raise a flag. Try putting a watch in front of another electronic (like an ipad) to see how the xray person reacts.
Do you really think so?
When I did just that in the past, it was simply to protect the watch and stop it rattling about in the suitcase (not having a watch case to carry abroad) If I'd been pulled by customs, I would have naturally just explained that it was to give protection, and I can't imagine customs not accepting that as an explanation Several watches stuffed in a suitcase, I could imagine raising eyebrows, but a single watch wrapped up for protection (especially if it's running and telling the correct time) I could see that reasoning being accepted -
It is plausible that a small amount of C-4 could be placed into a watch causing enough force to decompress the cabin pressure.
The clever wearer of a device like this would be sucked out the expanding hole, Hopefully they are not thinking that far ahead and now
watches are the next item to be prohibited. One cannot predict what these over zealous security people will do next to make flying
just a bit more aggravating. I remember when air travel was enjoyable.
If the opening credits of Tomorrow Never Dies can be believed, then the 'x rays' used in airport scanners can penetrate watch cases and determine the contents
I'm not sure if people have to take their watches off when going through the metal detector and putting them in the shoe/belt/phone tray (although I always have for ease of not setting off the metal detector) but I suspect they'd just insist someone put their watch through with everything else -
Look what the mail man just brought me
I've got to say it is pure love!!!
Who has the best sub?
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different styles, different watches. I just look like a snob, not suspicious.
That's okay then
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I wish
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Alaska back door
I'll see your bears, and raise you
a xenomorph...
Well, possibly...
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not sure what this would do since they will see it on xrays and it would only be a hassle to take the shoe, etc out of your bag just to put all of it back.
Don't be too worried about it. Just act natural and in fact carry them in a very reasonable and accessible way. Trying to conceal things is the biggest red flag for any security person.
I carry my gens and reps in travel cases, in the same bag as my macbook, ipad, etc (meaning close to me for protection). The most I had to do was to open one of them in Spain (I had 6 I guess). I did it very naturally, the guy just said "nice" or something like that and that was the end of it.
I've done this in the past with no hassles, or, just leave it in a sock in the baggage might be better so it's clear it's protection not a concealment. I think someone carrying multiple watches in a suitcase might be considered as suspicious, but one on the arm, one in the bag, I can't see it raising flags, especially as you say, if behaving naturally, rather than acting like someone with a kilo of Columbian Purest up the backside
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Not good reading - I'm currently in Sardinia heading home to the U.K. In the next couple of days.
I've got a Trevor DSSD and a Noob 16610 am I less likely to have the watch confiscated by wearing one (or both!) or leaving both in the suit case??
Wear the one you can least afford to lose, and just wrap the other in a sock and put it in a shoe. Wearing two Rolexes is going to make you look like a prize twat, but travelling with one in a shoe, you can simply point out you didn't want it to get damaged during the flight (if you even get questioned, which I doubt you will...)
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Reclaimed this DIY homebrew from mother in law who never wore it...
Not sure if it's a 70's everyday beater, or Special Event formal... 
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Obviously the watches in the locked case were genuine watches that they were using as comparison watches. Crazy idea in my opinion. First off there are literally thousands of models from all the watch companies in the world, second there are within every model untold numbers of variants. So to be able to tell a rep from a gen, they would ,one) have to have the exact same model and variant of the gen to have a valid comparison, and two) would have to have a watchmaker or at least someone trained, to remove the case back and examine the watch. So suppose you are traveling with your genuine Rolex TT blue dial sub, but the airport only has a black dial S/S model. Would they seize your watch because it was a fake Rolex just because it has a blue dial and SS/gold bezel, crown, band? I believe that they would have their ass handed to them in their hand if they ever tried that, at least in the USA. Now if the passenger was traveling with a sack full of watches with no documentation, perhaps they might be suspicious, but one watch on the wrist or a couple in their carry on, no way. Having said that, at one time several years ago, some of the Vintage Rolex folks who travel all over the world to watch fairs, trade shows, sales, etc. suggested that for your own peace of mind, if traveling outside the USA, it would be a good idea to have some form of documentation for your watches, either a sales receipt or an appraisal form, or some documents to show that you brought the watches in the USA and were traveling with them with the intent of taking them back to the USA with you. I went to my local Rolex AD who i knew from watch purchases and asked them to give me a letter saying that my watches were purchased in the USA.They wrote up a short letter, with a physical description and serial numbers, signed it and I was good to go. I made a few copies, and when i traveled,I took it with me.I would guess that I could travel through airports in Europe a thousand times and never have to show any documents, but it was just something that helped with my peace of mind in case on the one thousand and first time I got stopped.
Another question, is it illegal to own a rep in Germany? I believe that in Switzerland, it is illegal to posses a rep watch, but not sure about other countries.
With all the terrorist moving about the world with the sole intent of blowing up and destroying everything, you would think that airport security personnel's time would be better spent searching for explosives, guns, knives, etc. rather than examining the wrists of every passenger ,hoping to find a contraband watch!!
Reps are illegal to own in Italy. Not just for customs, but entirely. I have read about confiscations of reps, but believe that was part of a raid on a market known for selling replica merch, I'm not too sure how likely it is for a passing police officer to grab my wrist and drag the Sub from it...
As for terrorists, there's a particular Casio which is on the 'watch list' (no pun intended) for the security services. I'm really tempted to get one just for travelling, as well as a T-Shirt reading 'Allahu Akbar' in Arabic, but wifey's not so keen on the idea
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