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Not fond of the name due to 'snob value', but that looks great and at that price being full titanium I'd say it's great value.

Just pick a Trusted Dealer from here and you won't go wrong.

TC today

Pleasure mate. Hope the build goes well.

Cheers buddy

Who is the guy in the baseball cap? Sorry, found the photo and couldn't resist!

It is indeed a wealth of knowledge. It also has some of the best members on the interweb. Plenty of people who will assist even with the most basic questions; to point newbies to the correct path to "repeousness".

Nope. They make such a varied range of watches there is something for everyone. What would you like to see them rep, apart from Breitling?

If I remember correctly it is part of the dial. This is my white one that's been built by Micky. I have a pre 2008 gen dial at home if you need it. It is aged so would need a relume to make the best of it. PM me if I can help. Oh, and good pick up with this one.

Going gen today.

Congratulations.

My new favourite just in from a Micky build. A Seamaster Pro case with a 2230 dial, PO bezel and insert. If I may say so, Profsteve's crystal disappears and Matej's relume make this even nicer than a gen.

What? Can I errrr vote again?

Yeah, but Mike: a few for you could mean 5,6,7 etc and at the rate you buy them that's about 0.000001% lol I'll expand on what I said. Any watch coming from a TD with a 'new' movement I'd not automatically have serviced. If it keeps good time then just use it as is. A Swiss ETA has probably been cobbled together from a bunch of old bits and of course it will need a service. I'd still not have the TD do it, but I'd find someone local whom I trust. There's no point spending an additional 30-50% of the cost price of the watch servicing it until you know that it needs it. Hell, that goes for gens too. There's two camps in the servicing department: those who service according to the OEM and those who service it when it needs it i.e. when it doesn't keep good time. Again, any TD saying you NEED to get it serviced straight away and that they can provide this at an additional cost I'd steer clear of.

Awe, but I guess it wasn't 'me' rather my wife that was in the top ten!

Not for me. Any 'new' movement shouldn't need a service. If it's a reclaimed ETA then yes of course it will. All my new Asian ETA have been fine.

Nope. If any TD said that a new watch needed a service I'd be looking for a new TD. I think it's just a way for them to make extra money. As pcardoza said, wear it and service it locally if it needs it.

Maybe people should critique their selection. For me this is not about what brand I follow but the artistic merits of the photograph. If it were I'd vote for propex44's Omega. They are all great photographs but as I only get one vote I've voted for Ceejay's movement photo. The focus and depth of field are great. I know it can be hard to capture these with macro shots. The brass and blue adds just enough colour to be interesting rather than distracting. Good luck to all

That is the problem and the biggest tell with the Speedmaster Pro - the subdial spacing. Due to the movement the subdials are spaced too far apart. There is a Speedmaster reduced which is an auto rather than manual wind that has closer subdial spacing but the whole watch is smaller than the professional. Just enjoy it for what it is - a nice looking watch in its own right.