Greystash

There ya go... Nato Strap "How To"

The colors look great kks, especially the bezel; great craftsmanship. I'm envious of that movement btw....

Also it seems to me that the gap between the horizontal edge of the 12 triangle and the end of the second marks, is too narrow. That gap should be about the same as the gap between the circles and the end of the second marks. The height of the crown leaps out at me now that you mentioned it. I still think the date is too small though.

Hey Guys, Tempted to say gen but the date mag seems a fraction small. The dial looks pretty good to me but I am by no means a font expert.

Thanks for that alligoat.

Hey Guys, Can anyone link me to a thread on the finer points of regulating an ETA 2836-2? I have thoroughly search for about an hour but I haven't turned up much. I would like a little advice before I go in and start turning screws or

Hey Guys, Are there any Rep Sub Bracelets out there that accept Gen Bracelet Screws?

The trouble is; as with the above sub, the sellers are holding up gens as the quality of the reps they are selling. One really has to know the difference. Well that's what seems to be happening in my view.

Guys is this the only way people can manage to sell reps on the Bay? I don't have clue about PAMS....is this a gen or a rep with the name blurred out? Just trying to get my head around whats happening out there.

Thanks for the welcome there Nanuq. Yes, just testing my own eye for the subs, from what I have already learned.

By-Tor that was fast. Cheers

Hey Guys, Surely this is a photoshoped Gen....right? Looks to me like the CG's are just, too perfect. Out of curiosity I asked the French seller point-blank, is this a picture of the item. Here was the response.

Nice work there Pugwash....are they yours??? Two things that frustrate me the most about the reps of the modern Sub and S.D are of course, the CG's in general and the HEV on the SD. Haven't seen a convincing HEV yet; they almost got it but it was clearly the wrong color. What boggles my mind and inspires all form of conspiracy theories is the fact that, the Sub case has changed little in nigh on four decades, yet a rep with perfect CG's does not exist. How can the latest Rep of the Tag Carrera be that close to the original, yet something so obvious as CG's on a sub be botched again and again??? (Sorry, it's and old chestnut and not in the Rolex section....no response necessary) Hey Ken and Robert, thanks for the welcome.

Greeting Sssurfer....Trying to turn me to the PAM side of the force? Hi chieftang, thank for the welcome.

No I can't even SEE the button on anyones posts ....Looks like edit buttons are even more secretive than oem speced-out sub cases. Don't worry, if this latest interest of mine is not just a flash in the pan, it will be VIP for me.

Hey fxrandy, thanks....I'll need it to land a gen case. A quick question here; I'm pedantic about spelling and above I wrote 'torn' where I meant to write 'tore'. Where is the edit button for my own posts? Can that be done here? It can in most other places.

Cheers kruzer00, I'll keep that in mind.

Hey thanks Tribal....another familiar name from my searches. Oh, and here I was just about to (shill-style) ask TTK to YELL me a map to the Shangr la. (LOL....Just Kidding) While I may be new here, I am no stranger to forums and their unique social dynamic. To be honest, if my interest holds, I would like to start my frankensub with a gen case rather than a MBW....and that of course relies on measure pot luck. Cheers Kruser00.

Hello ubiquitous and dluddy, thanks for the welcome.

Thanks deltatahoe. Thanks guys....noted.

Thanks The Zigmeister, Yet another member who has unknowingly helped me. I currently have a watch coming with a movement selection based on one of your comments. I also was gob smacked to see how you torn down that unlubricated

Hey Pugwash, I have actually read quite a few of your posts.....thanks.

Hey guys, I have been hammering the search button here for a while now and I thought it was time to say hello. I was originally attracted here by my fondness for the Subs; I was pleasantly surprised to find a healthy watch modding community. Being a hands-on guy I love to tinker and I think the tiny little machine that is an Automatic movement, is really a thing of beauty. I would love to have a go at building a Frankensub at some stage. Problem is I probably wouldn

Hey Pugwash, thanks for that. So you just have to check carefully in each case (full pun ;0) because of the variation of the builds in the market. Ok I get it; it's not as easy as sub-X has this movement and sub-Y has....etc. The seller becomes a key factor. Thanks

Thanks for that watchman12345. Do I understand correctly, there is also a silver ETA-2836 out there of the same quality? Or are you saying if the term ETA is used, when you remove the back you are going to see this gold movement? From the searching I have done I get the impression it could be either, depending on your source. This is not a thread about which is better rather the frequency of both; in what model subs etc, based on what people have received.