TeeJay

I need to take things a bit out of sequence...

Is a submariner bracelet the same as the sea-dweller one?

As far as I understand, yes, it is the same bracelet (should have solid endlinks, happy for any experts to give a different answer )

I think that maybe the previous owner swapped the bracelets?

Only the previous owner can answer that question for you...

What bugs me that it looks really bad underneath, and as I wish to make some mods on the watch, I would like it to look good.

As above, how often would you actually take the watch off to look at the back? I totally understand that you want to do a good project, but, that is one area you could afford to leave 'as is...' for an easy project

My one suggestion, would be to try installing a slightly older (or cheaper) bracelet with hollow endlinks. That might allow for the bars to 'sit skewed' through the link, rather than having to flex at the tips. Only problem with that, is I suspect that the bracelet you need, will likely have a clasp with gibberish spelling on it, rather than accurate spellings, and you would be swapping one flaw for another... Another option, might be to use a set of needle files to do a little cosmetic work on the cutaways, just to even their appearance

However he did ask me what I suggested for compensation.

The cost of a new set of hands and re-lume...

Unfortunately I can't afford to keep them all atm...

The big problem with reps is that you can never be sure of their value. Take the WM9 Subs - right now they sell extremely well, but maybe in a year a new super-Sub comes up and suddenly no one wants WM9s anymore. We just saw it with Little Hero's PAMs... after the new PAM batches the LH prices have dropped massively.

So value-wise you cannot go wrong with a gen Rollie imo, like FxrAndy said, it's a good investment.

The other thing is what chris5264 said... will I be satisfied? Hmm, who knows. My priorities are shifting atm - I'm building a house with my wife and don't think about watches as much as I used to do. I do think I might be satisfied with what's left of my collection and a gen GMT Master... at least for some time...

I think I'll go for it... let's see if I can raise enough funds, might not be that easy to recoup what I paid for some pieces... watch the sales area!

If you want to invest, buy gold... A watch is a watch is a watch, they're for telling the time, not acquiring with any intent of re-sale or consideration of re-sale value... As Chris5246 illustrated, buyers remorse means being down the watch you acquire and the watches you sold to raise the funds for the purchase... If you don't wear the other watches often, then by all means sell them on, but personally, I wouldn't consider selling a collection just to by a single gen, overall, it is just not worth it... IMHO of course

Simple answer: No

+1 I agree... The springbars may be bent so they are making the correct contact into the lugholes... Think about this rationally for a second:

If you tug on the bracelet, do the springbars pop out, causing the bracelet to come away from the watch head? If the answer is yes, you're likely [censored] out of luck, and your only real option would be to permanantly swap the bracelet for an aftermarket strap, which will not be an issue with alignment of the spring bars... If the answer is no, then consider these points:

How often do you actually need to remove the bracelet?

How often do you take your watch off to sit and stare at the cutouts?

Is it really worth considering a new bracelet to solve what could be an issue with the lug holes?

Looking good

Very nice What else can I say, what else would I expect

The thing is that even with accessories when I first started selling the factories were saying they only accepted fault if shown within 4 days of delivery.

It took me a long time to convince them that this was impracticable.

Ken

Really? I have to admit, personally, I would consider that a reasonable time to detect a fault in an item. A friend of Emily's recently bought a load of clothes (from a budget store) for a night out, wore them out with all the labels in, then tried to return them ure, if something develops a fault pretty quickly, then fine, it's not fit for the intended purpose (I had to return a pair of shoes once as the soles split after walking a mile...) but some people really do just take the [censored] with things

DSSD is a stupid watch. Er, I mean, the DSSD is too big to wear as an every day watch with shirt sleeves, it would just look stupid, and make you look like you're trying to over-compensate for something... The GMTIIc is a much nicer watch, I would suggest keeping the GMTIIc

With replica watches it is a big plus when the dealer will even consider accepting the watch back after a certain amount of time has lapsed.

Customers pay for a working watch and when they receive one that should be the end of the contract as there are so many things the customer might do to cause the fault themselves.

This includes dropping or showering with the watch or opening it up to do their own mod work.

Ken

It's sad to think that there are folks here who would do their own work on a watch, then try to send it back as non-working. I remember re-building the auto-wind on a movement which self-destructed just so the dealer wouldn't think I was sending back a watch which I had been messing about with : (it was going back because of a bracelet failure, nothing movement related)

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I used to have one of those...

Thanks for the answers.

Is it standard for the buyer to pay for the shipping costs if the watch goes bad within a few weeks?? No watchsmith here in Sweden wants to touch a replica so it's hard when a watch has gone bad.

Sadly, yes it is... Not particularly cool or fair, but it's just how the game is played

Just saw this for the first time.

This thread is a prime example for the knowledge, ingenuity and spirt of this great forum.

Congratulations to all fo you who contributed.

I am sure once the final result is revealed you can all be very proud of this great cooperation of unselfish individuals.

One day in the future we all should maybe take the best of these custom projects and really present them to the respective watch companies.

Independent form any outcome it would be very interesting to see the reaction.

That would definitely be an interesting scenario

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Holyshit, I'm excited :thumbsupsmileyanim: :thumbsupsmileyanim:

Yes, the 9 marker is a smidge crooked, but it's not unacceptably so... I never thought I'd actually say this to someone, but if you can't accept a flaw like that, reps probably aren't for you...

It is funny to think about a few years back when everyone other than Connie and Paul were smaller dealers operating out of photobuckets. And other than those two every other dedicated website was a scam. Then again the concept of a factory was 50 women in a basement and the definition of QC was whether the watch ever arrived.

Sorry I missed your comment before, but absolutely, things have come a long way just in the few years I've been collecting

Piccked this old piece up on ebay (mainly for the acrylic bezel and the movement), thinking of building something non-branded custom with a different case (FF like maybe).

Threw on a silver tropic rubber and it wears quite well and has a great 60's/70's feel:

Love it, I can't wait to see what you do with it

I'm giving the Heritage a little wrist-time today

With reference to this post:

I have now used three online reference sources, as well as having it confirmed by a native Japanese speaker, that the kanji on my leg does definitely read 'aniki'

True, but if you're relatively new are you going to take the chance? Sometimes a dealer has to build a reputation. There are enough people that come in here complaining about watches they have never received, or have been scammed out of money, or got crap from unknown dealers instead of some known reputable ones. Everyone has a chance to prove themselves and grow, but I could do without the headaches.

I did...

I think as long as a person uses a little common sense, there's no issue using off forum dealers. On the site I've primarily used, CQout, anyone getting more than three negative feedbacks gets bounced. My very first rep was from a 'scam site' called EuroFakes. I paid about $800 for a 16610 Submariner which was said to have a Swiss movement. Okay, I got my pants pulled down over the price, but, I did get exactly what I paid for... I just wish I hadn't sold it for peanuts as I couldn't guarantee the movement was Swiss (but the buyer confirmed it was)... Good news for the buyer, bad news for me

Lol.. Where did you order that from?

I'll tell you, I'm not experienced like some of the guys here, but it seems to work out finding a good dealer and paying a bit extra for it. I try to stay away from the cheaper reps and movements, and deals that seems too good to be true. Sometimes you're taking a risk with cheap watches and small dealers.

I've bought so many nice watches from smaller off-forum dealers over the years, that I can't say anything other than the complete opposite. Any issues got taken care of as wold be expected, and issues were relatively rare (maybe 3-4 out of dozens of purchasses) To be fair, most of the issues I have had with watches have been self-inflicted by bungling attempts to learn more about how they work One of those 'small dealers' is now a forum dealer... Yesterday's puppy, can become tomorrow's Big Dog

Looking good

If you have other crystals, I'd suggest installing one and getting the water-resistance back

My avatar is a pic of the King Abdullah I Mosque, in Amman, Jordan. I've never been there, but I really liked a pic of it I saw, so decided to use it as my avatar There's a lot more to me than just my faith, but that is one of the most defining things. My nick is a phonetic spelling of my first and middle initials: Timothy James. When I first signed up on RWG, I wanted to simply put 'TJ' as a nick, but it wouldn't let me, so I expanded it slightly, and kept it for use in all things watch-related It's not a nickname I'm ever known by in real life, and no-one has ever addressed me thus Another nick I use on a tattoo forum, is 'Kitchen Wizard'. This is an insult/slur applied to tattoo artists who do not have the luxury of working in a professional studio. Sounds a bit better than 'Scratcher', so I decided to 'take it back', as I know that home artists are just as capable of learning and doing good work (in hygenic, sanitary conditions) as artists working in a studio. I've seen some shocking artwork come out of registered studios, so I really do believe that it is all down to the artist and their attitude towards cleanliness, not their location. I don't have an avatar on that forum, but I do rather like this pic I took for a wristie the other day

Normally, I would have my glove over my watch, as well as the machine and clip cord bagged, but of course, that would've rather defeated the object of the photo

I'm looking forward to some interesting stories

Many thanks, gents :drinks: