P4GTR

Thanks for the high marks guys.

Food grade mineral oil.. This is something you will find in a super market, pharmacy, etc. It's mineral oil, not much else to it. It is non-toxic, and semi viscous. I (and many others) will use it to oil pocket knives & chef knives for example, so they can use them on food if the situation were to arise. It's basically like "organic oil" so it is fitting to use on something you will wear on your wrist. A tablespoon if it was also used as an old school laxitive! So you should look for it over by the ex-lax (seriously!)

I found that adding just a drop or two to the bracelet process has yielded good results. Too much will defeat the purpose and you will be back to an oily mess and mine as well have sprayed WD40 on your bracelet, so keep the mineral oil to a drop or two. Mix it all together (dry lube, mineral oil, bracelet) in a ziplock and mix it around, rub it into the links, bathe that thing!

This is truly inspirational. If I can do my grandfathers watch 1/2 as proud as you've done yours I will be a happy man. Everything is coming together beautifully!

Incidentally, my wife and I went to visit her grandparents today. I noticed her grandfathers watch sitting on the coffee table and picked it up. He's not into watches, just a simple quartz watch. I noticed it wasn't running, he said it had stopped a few days ago. I took it home with me today and picked up a new battery which I'll install in a little while and polish it up for him. It has one of those stretchy metal bands, of course!

Hey Red, your photography skills always been that damn good!?

I've been thinking about how to fix the flaws on both and with the present options i think this would make for the best rep-franken DSSD possible.

How to make the "perfect" DSSD:

Delmonico's is nice. I haven't been in a long time though.

My uncle (Mike) works at the Four Seasons NYC, my wife and I stayed there for our honeymoon in May. This is the place to be! Oprah, Jen Aniston, and God knows who else were staying there while we were there. You could dine there, I mean, they grind prime Fillet for burgers.. Just bring an extra kidney for the bill. I'd venture out. Across the street is Tourneau, and not too far down the street is Club A Steakhouse.

For one of our special romantic dinners, we went there, it was recommended to be one of the best in the city without spending $4K (save that for Tourneau!). It was sublime. You could be suave and take a cab to the four seasons (or walk if you are close by?), enjoy a drink in one of the restaurants there, then ask the concierge for directions to Club A Steak and enjoy a very short walk down a few of the most beautiful streets in the city.

Tell Bruno, the owner of Club A, that Big Mike from the Four Seasons referred you, and it is your wedding anniversary. I believe it will be worth your while. If you decide to cab to the four seasons and start there, see if Big Mike is at the door, tell him Daniel sent you to say hello!

Take a peak around upstairs if it isn't booked, digest your meal. Sit by the window with your wife for a moment and take in the experience. I hope you enjoy your anniversary. I know my wife and I will never forget our honeymoon. Here's the website for Club A-

http://www.clubasteak.com/

A picture I took from our room 40~ stories up in the Four Seasons. That is 5th Ave below.

and the window I took it from-

If you notice by the wine and mozzarella, I'm Italian. I know food!

You could hit the Oak Room at the Plaza if you wanted to. its not belligerently priced, and while you're there, grab a horse drawn carriage ride across the street in central park. I haven't ate there in a while, so I cannot vouch for the food, but it is the Plaza, however the Plaza is "touristy".

Thats quite a piece for something you threw together with parts. Charming!

If I threw a watch together with my parts it would look something more similar to this-

Ordered a 2010V5 DSSD from Trevor yesterday. Will update as things progress. Next up should be QC pics, I'll post them up for you guys when they arrive.

Here's the pics. Opinions?

Makes the watch all the more special, glad you found it!

This guy is nuts!!! Any volunteers to be the Segway rider @ 2:30? When I first saw that this was 7 1/2 minutes I almost didn't watch it, but by the end my jaw was stuck as it hit the floor!!

I would be the segway rider to get a chance to hang out with that guy. AMAZING stuff Ken does. Have you seen the one he did on the LA Docks? Its just as good if not better! Thanks for posting it R! Ack.. It kills me to see him destroy those RAYS TE37 wheels at the end

Heres the dock video-

Again, nice work BK. Thanks for sharing. Share the specific epoxy you use if you don't mind.

Such an easy fix man, a wad of tape and a tiny flat head screwdriver is all you need. Can't break broken, so pop it open! 5 minutes from now you could have a working watch. I'm just saying..

Broker, this one is for your friend (whats his name?).

There is always, always, a looking glass within reach that shows nothing but despair, doom, death and demise. It's your choice to either pick it up before absolutely necessary and dwell on the imagery, or turn the other cheek to it and enjoy what you can until its time. Things like this, remind you how innevitably, you'll look through it sooner or later.

Anyone have a gen Cartier I can borrow? I want to run a series of tests on this amazing scratch proof glass they speak of.

I'm not a big fan of this color combo Ulysse, but thanks for sharing pics and the informative review

these bezel inserts are just coated soft aluminum.

The DSSD is ceramic, no?

When we got home, a special parcel was waiting for me... My 6265, returned from it's own vacation at the Zigmeister resort, where it was treated to a full overhaul and new lease on life.

//ubi

Ding!

Sorry I was just about as far away as I possibly could be in the CONUS. Next time if you guys do the Disney in Orlando we can have a FL meet!

Anyone that takes a $10,000 watch before taking a dip in the ocean, pool, lake or swamp.. is smart for not risking [censored] up their investment one loose screw.. and it's bye bye DSSD.. hello ocean depths (rep gen or franken.. [censored] happens . As long as your smart and careful, (and tactful) i don't think you're a poser at all for taking a watch off before getting into water. I do it all the time. The only watch I wear in water is my G-shock.. and that would survive the apocalypse, WW3 and atomic fallout at the same time..:

hehehehe

I respectfully disagree. You don't buy $8K worth of scuba gear and never go diving, why buy $8K worth of diving watch and never get it wet? No screws should be loose on the "M1A1 Abrams tank of tool watches", but I do understand your rationale. If someone spends $8K on a watch, the can do whatever they well please with it, including walk around the desert 1000 miles from water if they so choose. I want my DSSD rep to be waterproof though, just saying.

I agree about the G-shock, even if you threw in a tsunami with all of that, your still good to go.

p.s P4GTR... any specific reason why your avatar is upside down??

It symbolism, inspired by the ProII that came with my Skyland. It kind've sums up this whole hobby for me with one picture.

I like your sectional and coffee table with the wood floors btw.

Yes, please repost pics. If you want, I would be glad to host them for you if you're unsure, just email them to me (PM me for email address)

Teejay closed this thread down with his response IMO, nothing left to say.

I've gone back and forth with Trevor this past week with different pictures until I felt comfortable with one of them. It just cleared customs so I am very curious how things will turn out. According to him, the $225 model I just purchased is water resistant though I probably wouldn't wear it any deeper than a pool.

My divers, like my sub, PO, SFSO, I feel should be able to handle some diving into, and swimming in the pool, and as such are waterproof. No one wears a dive watch here in FL where we are surrounded by water, and takes it off before getting wet! So, this is somewhat of an important feature. Anyone that has a watch waterproof to 13,000 feet and takes it off to swim is a poser, or wearing a rep, or both.

Please post some pics up when you get it. Good luck and may the rep Gods smile down on you with a perfect example.

The more pics the merrier. Yours looks great, congrats!

Enough with the sidebar touchy feel stuff though eh guys? Lets focus on the DSSD at hand. You fellas can take it to PM's for a date.

Jake, as far as bezel replacement source... How much, and whats your initial thought on fitment? Are Trevors inserts held on by double sided tape like most rep bezels?

Anyone contacted Trevor lately?

Concepta, yes, the $225 clone ETA model. Thats the one that is being compared and discussed, not the more expensive one on his site, that is the noob version. I'm thinking this is the way to go, i've emailed trevor regarding availability about 4 hours ago.

Those side by side gen/trevor DSSD pics were very impressive. I could spot the rep, sure, but I could've done that with any DSSD rep out right now. Mainly the crown and CG finish is what set it apart for me. Very impressed. The noob version is really overpriced IMO, costing more than 7750 powered reps due to the demand/hype.

good info. nice work with the pearl mod.

I hope the brightness of the steel isn't due to the addition of lead.

hows the lume? Is it a huge difference? Any luck with waterproofness?

Awesome review, I might have to pull the trigger on a DSSD finally.

G, I hope you know my post was tongue-in-cheek, meant to be funny.

One fact that most people do not know is that Swatch Group (ETA) produces over a million Valjoux 7750's per year. Since 1969 (the year the Zenith El Primero movement came out), including the supply to Rolex, in pre 2001 Daytonas, and Panerai, and other brands like Concord, they have only produced 600,000 movements (appox.) in total! So when you say $7,000 for a watch where the movement takes almost a year to make is too much, I have to respectfully disagree. That is ofcourse if we are comaparing to IWC or Panerai and other brands also in the same price range. They make every component themself, and I recently met the new Preisdent of the USA, at a inside basel (sponsored by WatchTime magazine)event here in Los Angeles, as they were displaying thier new line of vintage looking timepieces. Having 4 gen Zeniths in my collection (Grande class in Rose gold, 2 Zenith Defy classics in 18K/ss, and a Zenith Defy elite xtreme) I can honestly say they are the best quality I have ever owned. For referance, I have traded about $400,000 in gen watches on EBAY the past 10 years. I have had almost 15 differant brands in my possession at one time or another, like a Panerai 250, Rolex Deepsea (which I have now), Girrard Perregaux, IWC, and many others. When looking through a 10X loupe for fit and finish I have yet to see a spectle of dust on any Zenith I have had, on the dials or the hands. The hands are always dust and mark free, and the finish is incredible. The presentation box puts many other comapanies to shame. It is one of the most under rated brands out there. I think, now that the reps are on clearence, they are a screaming buy, if only that they may not make the reps since thier is hardly any demand anymore, and especially now that they are discontinued.

Interesting point of view.