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Oil refinery? We should invade them with a tiny army incase they got natural crude oil nearby. We tried invading the KY Jelly factory last month, but our soldiers were too distracted.

1950s Rolex Movement, 1030 is 3 hand no date.. 1035 is 3 hand with date. 1036 is 6542 GMT. Look how simple it is compared to modern watches. Someone can replicate one, easily. Improving with today's materials shouldn't be difficult. - Omega use Silicon for hairspring, but very difficult to machine, I can imagine laser cutting. Silicon is $50-70 per lb - Rolex Parachrom blue hairspring is 85% niobium. Easy to machine, but expensive. Nobium is $20-35 per lb - Teflon coating on gears, as rolex PFTE/teflon coat theirs in 3135 and 3235. Prices vary by company - Many top-tier watches use Glucydur for balance wheel and hairspring. Glucydur/beryllium-bronze is $6-8 per lb. The logical choice for rep makers are Glucydur/beryllium bronze for gears and balance wheel. Nobium alloy for hairspring. Would using glucydur on second/minute/hour gears improve anything? Teflon spray on bottom of each Glucydur gears and i'd drool with lust. 904L on 1036 movement foundation, giving you extra sense of security, real or imagined. I think an improved 1036 would sell spectacularly. Both rep and gen market. If a VSF can sell for $400, they could with 6542.

Appearently, in 2019, TS-Station had a 6542 for $268, then turned to $680 by end of year.. Does anyone have any feedback on TS station 6542 GMT? Good, bad, indifferent? : RepTime (reddit.com) Are these the same ones? Gmt-Master (vintagepowertime.com)

Did Switzerland become luxury before ww2 or after ww2? In my head I'm imagining AP, Patek and Vacheron being called bargain bin cheap watches in the old days. "Hey kid, what are you wearing, a patek?", "if you work hard, one day, you'll be able to afford a Timex, kiddo." Or my favorite tought, "fake watches are for fake people, don't buy swiss"

The last article mention Switzerland exporting components to Europe and America with counterfeit workshops... Are those RWG modders? lol..

They seem bit paranoid or cautious regards to international relations. How Switzerland Came to Dominate Watchmaking - The New York Times (nytimes.com) I got this article from NYT, Switzerland once copied British and American watches as swiss were considered inferior. Thousands of fake watches destroyed in Switzerland – FHH Journal (hautehorlogerie.org Appearently, the swiss were importing fake watches. More amusing, fake parts.

I'm unaware which type of codes each company work with. AutoCAD and SolidWorks are safe bet. Does your local library offer you Lynda account? Free AutoCAD lessons are available, if not, Open Course Ware, Coursera and Ed-X give free university level education courses. MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Cambridge, Oxford, all free. If you're willing to spend, Udemy, Udacity, SkillShare, and Lynda will have AutoCAD and SolidWorks lessons. Costly option is your local community college or university for a few courses

Seriously, somebody need to direct copy a Audemasr Piguet Royal Oak movement..This is taking too long. If I was a bitcoin billionare, I would.. Not for profit but for the greater good of rep society.

What software is it? We can pirate a free MatLab, license is $2000 but easily found online. maybe github. AutoCAD might be able to pirate, but open-source versions are widely available, I never learned to use them. We're talking replica watches, now i'm talking pirated software... It feels bit dirty. If all else fails, ask if the company can perform complete service in Shenzhen. It's an economic zone with capitalist reforms, practically zero communist/socialist policies within the city borders. Almost all the companies are private or corporately owned. Last few years, Trump was talking trade deficit negotiations and intellectual property while American companies were investing billions in this tiny city, buying up land and office space. If Shenzhen proves successful to China, further capitalist cities will pop up everywhere. Foreigners were restricted from buying land a few decades ago, this was exciting news to American corporations.. How long before China becomes democratic, lol?

You can try contacting a Hong Kong company to see if they could 3D scan for cheaper. Hong Kong's English proficiency is 51% of its populations, education system was formed by British educators and still connected to UK by its special administration. It's a short drive into Shenzhen, mainland China, shorter drive than New York from Brooklyn to Bronx. Shenzhen is named "Silicon Valley of China", you could literally find almost anything there in terms of manufacturing contract and custom parts.

Vietnam's average income is $2,000 per year. Selling complete watches for $500 continuously would make sense. Rolex couldn't produce enough watches to meet demand despite expanding their factory. Swiss Watch Exports Decline, Leaving Industry More China-Reliant - Bloomberg.. Rolex isn't rare in Chinese cities, women are buying much as men. French Bordeaux wine are now inflated to $700-$1000 for a brand name bottle because of chinese customers demand. It flies off the shelf in Hong Kong. If you're white, open a bottleshop while pretending to be French. Customers would line your entrance and you couldn't stack the shelves fast enough.. Southern china has advanced manufacturing technology, and neighbors vietnam... Countless rep-makers are from north or mid china.. Rep-maker, TC - Sub's website once called existing rep factories, chinese version of hicks or rednecks. Next to Hong Kong is Shenzhen, Huawei's headquarters, more 5G patents than U.S or any country in Europe.. In fact, Huawei is suing Verizon Wireless for stealing Huawei's technology. How ironic things are becoming. Warren Buffet invested 20-30% into BYD, located Shenzhen, China's electric car. Tencent and TikTok located in the same city, Shenzhen. However, China doesn't have much welfare or safety net for the poor and retirees, United States does. which is odd since china is communist... China's market is wild wild west, anything goes, anything sells. Regulations are few.. Low regulation is why replica-watches actually have a community and rep-makers are responding to community demands.. Have you seen the latest VSF Submariner? People are selling subs they sunk 1.5k modifying.

TC Sub had the perfect 1;1 case from China, before going legitimate becoming Ginault. Standard CNC is 0.005 inches / 0.12mm accuracy, pushing 0.0005 inches for more advanced factories. There is literally no reason they couldn't 0.99:1 a watch by now other than rep-factories using old tools. China has the highest number of CNC operations for decades being the world's factory. The only explanation would be, these rep factories are old watch factories struggling to sell in age of cellphones and android/apple watches. As I said earlier, you pay a modern factory to manufacture a batch of your design. Be it 100k or 200k for a batch, presumably the low end pricing.. These CNC/laser trimming factories are open to public, anyone can hire them. Anyone American, German, Vietnamese, Japanese or dirtyknees. China, every year import high numbers of modern machinery from Germany, Japan and United States. They're beginning to import ASML's lithography from Neatherlands, Intel and AMD factories in Silicon Valley are exclusively using ASML Holdings for computer chipmaking, including their top tier CPU. Maybe you could design your own microchip in near future in China. More importantly, anyone can work in China. Corporations send employees to China every year to over-see production. China's declining population, reducing by half in next 30-50s years. another half in 40-50 years. It's becoming South Korea and Japan in terms of labor shortages. Looking at the best Rolex Submariner, 3135 movement's balance bridge and balance wheel is a giveaway.. 3D laser scanners and XRF alloy analyzer/spectrometers are not difficult to source in a manufacturing country. They couldn't replicate 1:1 because they're not using the exact alloy. Rolex blue spring, wheel and bridge aren't expensive in terms of materials. They're some of the cheapest metals you could buy. Modern 3D printing are phasing in new era of manufacturing of metallurgy. Since vietnam case is perfect, why wouldn't they continue production, cases are over 1k and vietnam has extremely relaxed regulations for counterfiet products being a communist country, more relaxed than china.

Is it possible to remove plastic from bezel and relume it myself? Ebay has some genuine RC tritec.

I meant, tritec's superluminova..Would be happy if 6542 had it "repainted".. I saw a seiko lume at the park. Lumibrite was quite attractive. Sapphire glass and superluminova on 6542, thats what i like. You could always say you "got it repaired"

I suspect they found contract manufacturers on slow months. Anyone can manufacture in China if you agree to a factory price, however, if Apple offer the same company with a higher price, you must offer same or more to continue. If Parnis made vietnam cases, there would be near endless supply. All the reps I've seen more mid and north China had too many obvious signs of replica. Yes, sapphire bezel and front glass would look fake. I like how scratch resistant sapphire is. Another idea is polycarbonate glass and bezel, another plastic and 250 times stronger than acrylic. However, it turn yellowish after exposure to UV light for extended amount of time. Coat it with UV protection like sunglasses, coat it again with acrylic to prevent UV protection from scratching off.. I saw the latest VSF Submariner, it's absolutely stunningly accurate. Wish they could produce a 6542, there is nothing else like the late evening lume of 6542.

For those who care about history In regard to international relations. and how it affects behaviors of citizens. Continue reading. The problem with the west, they're too busy thinking of "dog eating jokes" and "cheap labor", not knowing how things actually work logistically in Asia. Numbers of dog farms are tiny compared to Pigs and Cow farms, dogs don't give enough meat and require too long to birth. Billions of dollars of meth and heroin were coming from Vietnam and Taiwan government (the same government the U.S is trying to protect was selling guns and heroin to kids in USA) and the public didn't know. "Here are some guns and drugs, go kill yourselves". Google this, "Kuomintang KMT, heroin and Golden Triangle". That is Taiwan's government. USA know Taiwan is not trustworthy, and Taiwan openly disliked USA, but they need each other. USA used Taiwan island as military buffer zone, and geo-political bargain chip in world trade and power. In a war, Taiwan knows USA would hide military in civilian spaces, forcing China to bomb innocent people in event of war. Media would be "Communist China bombs innocent civilians".. Let's just say, if Taiwan could press a button and magically take over American land without repercussions, they would take time to consider instead of a quick no. What cause Japan to fight during ww2? 1, the geography of Japan lack natural resources and very little farm land, majority of Japan's food is imported. 2. League of Nations (historic version of UN and World Trade Organization) reduced Japan's economic output by favoring neighboring countries. 3. U.S and Britain cutting resources from Japan. They were running reduced supplies and commodity. Japan joined the Axis. U.S and Britain further cut essentials, raw material and food imports. Allies KNEW it would force Japan to fight or starve. It FORCED Japan to attack China, Philippines, Korea, Malaysia, then Pearl Harbor, USA. It's the old "divide and conquer" technique Britain used for centuries. Learn more about Japan's geography, Why Japan's Geography Sucks - YouTube The public media in America was, "Japan is sneaky with surprise attack on Pearl Harbor"... Ignoring it was planned by USA all along. It made me think, how many people in Asia are still bitter about last century? Children in Japan are, under president Abe. WW1 created WW2, Germans were angry at WW1 and repayment it forced on Germans, banks funded both home team and enemy team, wrongly blamed the whole Jewish population, it was the main reason for Nazi to win the public vote. Hitler himself was 25% Jewish, his book Mein Kampf was full of anger at WW1, bankers, and "genetically weak people" who let Prussia down.. 11 million people executed, 6 million were Jewish, remaining 5 million were mostly ethnic Germans of weak genetics. He was motivated by Fredrich Nietzsche idea of "ubermensch" or "superman" in English. If you think Hitler was a monster, no, he was a normal human being with bad combination and circumstances. 1, both his parents died with no stable upbringing with constant fear of poverty, he had to learn manipulation to survive. 2, he has strong national pride. 3, resentment for ww1 and payment to "allied countries". 4, ideas motivated by Fredrich Nietzsche who was a very popular philosopher and top ranked professor. Sigmund Freud was also influenced by Nietzche, just not the same way. He served during ww1, before his Nazis ideas formed. Watch out for Japan's youth, they don't believe Japan did anything wrong during ww2, 50% (all ages) of Japanese citizens believe western countries is restricting Japan's economic growth, they often look at American products and services and think, "we could do better", "World Trade Organization let Korea take over Japan's TV industry, let Korea lead flash memory and computer RAM". Google "Gulf of Tonkin incident" and you'd know why Vietnamese immigrants brought guns, drugs and gangs to America. It was background resentment that U.S GI brought more deaths than necessary since it wasn't America's home, more riflemen skirmish than necessary, more years fought than needed.. Agent Orange chemicals not only affected farms feeding communist military, but also civilians on both communist and democracy sides. If democracy won, U.S would meddle in every election affecting Vietnamese citizens daily life for benefit of America. They were thankful for refugee status, but still resentful for that fact. Any racial treatment and slights sting them harder than it would a french or british immigrant family. It's not a America's Republican vs America's Democrat issue, both parties would meddle elections in a democratic Vietnam.. Maybe the Vietnamese rep makers has some resentment hidden in prices.

Correction to last paragraph. Regards to "vietnam case" in replica, It could be Vietnamese sellers with Cantonese connections.. It could be Cantonese sellers pretending to be Vietnamese. It could also be "Hoa people", the ethnic Chinese in living in Vietnam and Cantonese being the language What I'm saying is, the vietnam case is not worth 1,000. And Vietnam is not known for manufacturing percision metal products, that's southern China.

3D scanners, and CNC is enough to manufacture a near perfect case. Some hand polishing with an agent, 1mm of metal would be easily trimmed in short time. Hand polishing trustytime's case won't get you desirable effects since its geometry is wrong. The Vietnam case selling for over 1,000 is testing the market prices. Many Vietnamese in America end up learning Cantonese, since their connection to Hong Kong after fleeing the Vietnam war, some men learned street trades from "Triads" of Hong Kong, then started their own gang culture. Triads kept things quiet, but the "viet" gangs in 70s-90s were outright murderous. Black gangs in Harlem or Bronx NYC didn't want to touch them. Rednecks gun-trotters in Texas warn each other of "little vietnamese men". The hispanics used vietnamese connection as entrance to the Golden Triangle in Asia where heroin is grown. Kids went from gangbanging to selling insurance and "insurance", the older ones who continued street trades began importing over a billion dollars worth of narcotics in Texas alone. The spa massage parlors were owned by the same gangs. The Atlanta, Georgia's Spa shooting would had NEVER happened if this was 1980s, "viets" would had shot him dead, and the kid would know better not to try. It could be Vietnamese sellers with Cantonese connections.. It could be Cantonese sellers pretending to be Vietnamese. It could also be "Hoa people", the ethnic Chinese in living in Vietnam and Cantonese being the language.

Let me tell you a secret. The vietnam cases are built in Guangdong, China, Not Vietnam. Guangdong and southern China has been the technically advanced manufacturing hub for decades. Most TD get reps from more north. Li/Jtime's case is built in Guangdong, Yuki parts are from Hong Kong. Many suppliers in the south are small time rep makers, but big time legitimate product makers. CNC and laser trimming can easily replicate any watch. Vietnam has Cantonese speakers, the same language Guangdong, China. Both languages have 6 tones, Mandrin has 4 tones. Li from Jtime is from Guangzhou, and his case doesn't look much different than Vietnam case from my eyes. Yuki is from Vietnam, but his suppliers are from Hong Kong. Think about it, manufacturing in Vietnam is low-tech compared to Gaungdong province China. Think about it. Cantonese are known for creating Macau's gambling industry worth twice of Las Vegas ( streets lined with casinos, encouraging the rich to gamble 100k per hand, loop-holes for both sneaking money out of China and criminals to bring international money into China), Hong Kong (banking, tax loop-holes for corporations for legal money laundering).. All using modern technology. If its anyone using modern technology and higher IQ for criminal behaviors, it's Guangdong province. Vietnamese in America were known for street gangs (white people in Texas were afraid of them for decades, kids bringing guns to high school, school stabbings, theft, vandalism, murder, illegal rifles, unregistered handguns, illegal DVD, kids turn older to 20s and move toward selling millions of dollars worth of heroin) but they weren't known for being high IQ smart. Street smart and high tempered, maybe. Articles from USA studied violence and gang in Vietnamese youth culture. Why the [censored] would white people in Texas, the gun state, worry about Vietnamese kids walking around in groups? The vietnamese resort to murder for very little reason, and bullying them meant your kids get harmed too. Chemical "accidents", "accidental car crash" or bullets. There is also a word/popular term for killing an entire family in Vietnamese language, children aren't spared either. Ask Texans on social media or Reddit who lived near the vietnamese community and they tell you about violence, theft, hitman for hire and drug sales to surrounding neighborhoods. Australia's biggest casino whale was also a vietnamese heroin kingpin, Macau and Hong Kong's GDP per capital income are 84k USD and 48k per USD year respectively, that's richer than Beijing (24) - political and science research centers. Shanghai (also 24k) - wall street of China.. I guarantee you, stores with watches over 100k USD are easily found on high street stores of Hong Kong and Macau, yes, this is capitalist version of China. 1 cup of coffee cost over 4$ USD at average café, food is $20 per person for entrée. Genuine vintage Rolex are collected by owners of manufacturing companies. Sometimes replicated by owners (or family members) from knowledge of CNC and laser trimming tools.

I contacted Jtime, and he said its discontinued... Maybe it's "too perfect" or too cheap.

Yours won't nearly have the same resale value. Are they atleast superluminova? You can purchase them on ebay now. Watchlume brand is cheaper, but not sure you'll like it. It's trusted on watchuseek.

Jtime's case side isn't any different than homage model?

Did he say 350 euro? For a relume? In Poland? That's like american asking for $850

Maybe the angles are playing tricks on me. Jtime Trustytime's Cartel

Cartel ROLGMT186A - GMT Ref.6542 Vintage Red/Blue SS/SS Blk Asia 2836 [ROLGMT186A] - $278.00 : Trusty Time Watch, Your Trusty Watch Shop Jtime's GMT Master 6542 Vintage Bakelite Bezel Best Edition Black Dial on SS Bracelet A2836 (Custom Hand Made) (jtime.cc) The side seems thinner and more accurate on Jtime's. I'm still not sure if case is same. Engineers math work with approximation, even with approximation, its geometry is not close enough. It's funny, because China has highest number of 1st place awards in International Math Olympiad, International Mathematical Olympiad - Wikipedia.. Math cannot be their restriction unless they suddenly do worse in university and workplace, tooling or intentional flaw must be the reason. If they truly tried with modern tooling, we'd have a perfect clone by now.