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Hi and welcome. Nice story and project - hold onto it and get Yourself some more watches - lol - just divide the nr. of Years ahead by the fun of owning them right now... and done:)

Hi and welcome. Already starting at the top with the TC. Just prepare for a loooong waiting time. To shorten this, meanwhile look into something else, my tip would be a Breitling Superocean Abyss 42 mm (black/white)

Hi and welcome, Google translator is Your friend: Hello from Germany, my name is Andi, thank you, beeing a member. I've built several watches themselves and now I have a special project, it should be of little Egiziano in a 41 mm case. For questions, I am happy to help and I hope my English will get better with time. Best regards from Germany Andi Hi Andi, please post some pictures of the EGI. Official language is english, try the google translator. Have fun Hallo Andi, geben Sie bitte ein paar Bilder von der EGI. Amtssprache ist Englisch, versuchen Sie die Google-Übersetzer. Spaß haben

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New strap I was looking for a while already - just testing it out on the Breitling

Great looking, the Spanish vacation really did the Bronzo well. Green-turquoise patina is my favourite one:) Very nice

SD on a cheapestnatostraps leather, these are very comfortable and good value..

Congrats Mike, glad You are here, always helpful.

What a joy, what a beautiful chimeplay. Awesome with a wonderful looking movement as well. Congrats, it´s astonishing:)

Hi, I´ve been looking into this and until now and the deeper I dig the more questions arise:) Never felt so Noob like now....... any help/ comment from forum members would be great:) - by far the best caseset I came up with at an affordable price is the Cartel 5512/5513 in the 13mm version with a 21j ($118). It definitely needs shaving the cg-guards and an Athaya-crown and tube. Stopped there because for changing the tube I´ll need help and/or a special tool https://www.cousinsuk.com/catalog/tools/pusher-or-tube-removing-and-fitting-tools/pendant-tube-fitting-removing-tools#. Don´t know if just the crown can be exchanged, this would be really helpful if someone could chime in:) http://www.homageforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=24671 - The 21j beatrate fits this one better than the ETA except a low-beat ETA 2846. I want to keep the 21j but here again not sure if a Yuki dial and which one will be a direct fit. As things are, also discovered now I need 2 vintage builds! Somehow either the caseset or the dial is wrong or it´s too expensive so for the dial I found: One 2-liner with the 200m first http://www.yukiwatch.com/catalog/item/8677972/9760586.htm and another with the Explorer-style 3-6-9 gilt dial like this: http://www.yukiwatch.com/catalog/item/8677972/9766064.htm - it would come with a gilt handset as well - if someone knows, please would this fit a cartel-case and a 21j movement and would the hands fit as well? - remains a swap of the crystal/plexi for a Clarks one and the bracelet. This is my status quo for the time being, would have started already without answering those questions if not for the $70 extra shipping cost from Trusty/Josh to EU. Curious to see what You can come up with. Good luck with the project.

Hi, 21mm sounds a little bit like specialty size, if its a flexible material strap, 22mm will fit as well. For something simple, comfortable and unpretentious, non-smelling I like these as a go-to strap on watch arrival before resizing the bracelet: http://www.watch-band-center.com/watchstrap-p2141h304s315-Watch-band-22mm-blac.html otherwise try strappedfortime or cheapestnatostraps (leather)

SO Abyss 42mm, favourite and easy to wear - this or the Blackbay

Hi and welcome. Practical and simple, it´s just the way to go around. Hold on tight to Your wallet - it´s just the beginning.

You can always get the Gunny Blackbay serie one gunny.straps@gmail.com but it will set You back $149 looks like this (his pic)

It´s a beautiful and stunning piece Ozerov. Like the detail of the polished and engraved caseback as well. Really fantastic built. Congrats on this unique vintage PAM.

Sub Pam

Hi, its quite normal to get confused with an overflow of information in the beginning, specially with a submariner. I still say the classic 16600 Seadweller is a really fine watch and if needed it will take all kinds of gen parts - but it already is well made out of the box, as it´s "classic" it has been produced for a much longer time than the new ceramic ones and all flaws have been settled with for a long time and doesn´t cost a fortune. Also less probable somebody sitting next on the plane has one and more credible as a used gen it goes for about 1/2 of the new ceramic one. See what I mean:

So, to answer op´s question we seem to have a winner in the below $600 range with 8-10 weeks waiting time. Hands on TC´s products are better assembled and better looking, the probability of getting a bad one is very low (unlike Noob). The TC dial quality standard is fantastic and gen-like, the date wheel overlay as well, the bracelet is assembled in a totally different way etc. He only builds the classic 16610 model with all engravings removed (rehaut and between lugbars). It´s the details and the caseset that make it so good - specially if put side by side. The best about the TC (apart the dial) is that the case is thinner and sits lower on the wrist - looks and feels better. see how TC´s (the one on the left) bezelring sits flush to the caseset - unlike the 2-3 mm distance on all other ro-reps

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