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I have a genuine SuperOcean that I got for a very, very good price. It's got an ETA movement in it, which kind of sucks but hey, I really like the design. It's not an overt Sub clone and kind of unique.... sits on a gorgeous really deluxe green leather strap. Also have the rubber and milanese mesh. I believe it's the 42mm or 40mm? I didn't go with the huge one.

Hello all - thank you for the well wishes. I'm just plugging along. Wearing a Zoll LifeVest, in case of sudden cardiac death it'll shock me back. Good times, kind of an ill-fitting man-bra haha. Other than that, on a serious cocktail of medications designed to protect and heal my heart over time. Hasn't gotten any worse, and I seem to have more energy. Hopefully life-vest comes off in next month or so, and they'll determine that I'm good on that front. Heart has a lot of scarring/fibrosis in there - something got me but they're not sure what. Best thing to do is just push forward and keep working on getting better. Thanks for all the support! what a terrific community.

Update --- Been seeing the Heart Failure Team - they're doing their best. Fitted me up with a "LifeVest" which is an outboard defibrillator - basically a really uncomfortable man-bra that is tight and made of cheap materials lol....but if it zaps me back to life then it's all good. Just better not magnetize or f* with any of my watches haha Still need to have tachy or arrythmia or whatever with my heart sorted out - and a defibrillator implanted. Also need to see someone about my f'd up Aorta and all the work to be done there. Still living and enjoying life, and a very happy guy.

I built a 5513 - PCG with gilt dial, sold it to a member here, thought I saw it floating around in a pic-thread or FS a while back... it was quite a piece and had a gen movement, dial, hands, bezel, crown, etc. The only non-gen piece was the mid-case and Joe had taken care of the engravings on that, and I had sent it out to one of our best casemen for shaping. I'm sad I parted with it. I know ... I know 🙈

https://puretime.io/submariner-116610-ln-black-ceramic-vrf-904l-1-1-best-edition-on-ss-bracelet-vr3135.html# Buy a good one, or don't buy anything at all.

7750 Clone? Fully functioning? I love it! The new rep has a date window which completely ruins the aesthetic for me.... http://www.trustytime.club/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=aeronavale&x=0&y=0

It's still a perfectly fine rep, with a nice box. Enjoy it and I admire your attitude about learning. Believe me we've all made some costly mistakes I'm sure - I know I have Welcome to the community!

I actually had a damn decent one in my humble opinion. Got it from AstonJenks traded him a big IWC pilot

Sorry man, that's a chinese clone.... No ETA stampings and the inner caseback engravings aren't that great.... I don't know what stock$ you put in the fancy box but you over-paid a good bit my man. Sorry

Love it!

That's pretty cool - box is always a nice plus. Did they send you pictures to verify that it's a Swiss ETA and not a clone?

Welcome back!!

Still the best board out there - dermatological issues or not.

Gentlemen thank you all for chiming in! I was exploring the watch and found Version 1.uh-oh to be far too sub-par to purchase. I think I'm going with the Cartier Santos instead. https://puretime.io/watch-brands/cartier/santos-de-cartier/santos-de-cartier-large-2018-kor-1-1-best-edition-white-dial-on-ss-bracelet-miyota-9015.html#

I've noticed that many of our great members here have a really good way of listing a piece for sale. For example: https://rwg.cc/topic/193489-fs-in-eu-3-oem-panerai-straps-some-rep-straps-for-pam-and-iwc/ Great listing! Could we perhaps implement as routine for sale postings: Transaction Desired - Location - Make/Condition - Extras For example: FS - EU - Rolex 5517 - Custom Built Super Franken Anything to that effect.... that way poor American trash like me isn't always gleefully clicking on things that are located in f'in Denmark. 😉

Good lord that is stunning... why do we not have that stateside... ugh. Happy Birthday AJ!!

I'll go to $5,000 and see where it goes from there. My venture is $13,000... I'll go to $10,500

Thank you brother! Also I noticed it comes with leather straps and additional buckle, that may add to $ as well. Idk how I missed that before haha

My pleasure and happy to help. I've ordered from them many times and their shipping is fast and quality is high. Make sure you get Quality Control photo's and review them prior to shipment. You can't send things back to China. If you want the quickest response and also want to see if there's any updates or deals to be had, I would wait a couple weeks after CNY (Chinese New Year) ends. Technically it ended yesterday, but I would let everyone get back into the routine over the next couple weeks and see what gets posted. I haven't had the SH3135 - I have had the Yuki 3135 with some gen parts added, and myself, my watchmaker, and machine testing couldn't find any difference. I've heard good things about the SH3135 and the nice aspect is that you can swap in Swiss ROLEX parts for anything in the movement that might be identified as "weak" over time. In reality there's only about 15 parts that really "make" the movement (in my opinion) on a Rolex that doesn't have a complication. They are tool watches, simple robust movements but very high quality. The parts are regularly available on eBay and you can get a complete 3135 breakdown (in fact I think I may have one, I'll attach it here) The Hulk is gorgeous for sure, check out my profile for a good shot of my genuine one. I was a fool for selling it back then. ETA 2836 is a great movement, a true workhorse. The problem is, anything in a "cheap" Chinese rep probably isn't genuine ETA, or if it is, it's dirty or has some swapped parts. It will need serviced and evaluated to ensure top spec timing and longevity. We have some great people on here that provide that type of work.

Perception is reality, I see myself as strong and healthy - and am going about life, and doing what I must do put this right. Thanks for the great post! ❤️

Thank you all so much for your well wishes! Here's an update as of 2/14 (because Valentines = Heart Day so why not) I prepared for friends and family: Out of Left Field; My Heart and Prognosis as of Now Experts in their field at Massachusetts General Hospital have evaluated me over the past week or so, as well as top quality cardiologists in Worcester too. On December 18th, 2018 I went to the emergency room with chest pains. I was told that a heart-attack wasn’t happening, yay! But there was no immediate explanation for why my heart felt like it was going between squeezing and thrashing about in my rib-cage. So, as I am generally fond of living, I pursued a diagnosis. I am now diagnosed with acute heart-failure and will be seen by both doctors here in Worcester, and by the exemplary Heart-Failure Team at MGH in Boston. Now, as you can imagine this is quite a surprise! I am 38 years young and an otherwise very healthy and happy man. I do not present with any hint of coronary artery disease, no history of smoking or much drinking (nothing that would constitute alcohol abuse) and literally zero illicit drug use. I’m a married man, father of two children, professional with a relatively upper-middle-class lifestyle and I’ve had access to presumably good-quality-medical care my entire life. The predicament I find myself in now is quite an interesting one in nearly every facet. So, How Did I Get Here? I am told that little is really known about how acute cardiomyopathy comes about. It can be a viral infection that took its toll while I powered through a cold… it could have been genetic, congenital or just sheer bad luck. The past, the how, is not really what I am concerned with. The present, the future is what gives me great angst. What Now? Well… that’s the tricky part of my diagnosis. There’s no guaranteed outcome. I have been prescribed several medications that are designed to protect the heart, and help it heal and grow stronger. I’ll be on a heart-strengthening diet and participating in cardio-rehab (i.e.: walking and light exercise) but not pushing it. The damage to my heart is severe. My ejection fraction for both ventricles is in the high 20’s low 30’s and there is a low modicum of risk in sudden cardiac death. MGH in Boston I was reviewed at Massachusetts General Hospital by a world-renowned surgeon, Dr. Duke Cameron, formerly Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. He was of the mind that a replacement of my bicuspid valve, that was leaking would be a solid stop-gap measure before moving forward with heart-failure care/rehabilitation. I was prepped for surgery and taken into the OR. As a matter of course prior to open-heart surgery and particularly valve replacement surgery some further tests are given. I was given a cardiac catheterization of my right arm, a swan catheterization in my neck, and then a transesophageal echocardiogram of my heart/aorta. They blew my blood pressure up to 180/200 bpm and saw that the aortic regurgitation was not as significant as before, also under stress they saw some mitral valve leakage. They aborted the surgery. Dr. Cameron and his team did not think replacing the valve(s) would give me enough relief or help my heart heal quicker (at any rate) to justify cracking me open. The issue lay elsewhere, inconsistent with previous thoughts. So now I stand diagnosed with acute cardiomyopathy. Pleasantly enough, I don't have the edema (water) in my legs or lungs. But, sadly my left and right heart chambers/ventricles are basically all but burned out. The Heart Failure Team has prescribed medication they hope to see improve my heart strength within the next 3 months. I am monitored by the MGH heart failure team. That said, if there is no marked improvement in the next 3 months, or any further deterioration they will install a defibrillator in my chest that may provide a life-saving ‘kick-in-the-chest’ that would allow me to get to an ER. As it stands there is a great deal of uncertainty in my prognosis and future. My best and ultimate course of action is to remain optimistic, eat right, exercise, take my medication, go to my follow-up appointments and cardiac-rehab, and see a positive outcome in the next 3-6 months. I enjoy living, and I certainly do have a lot to live for. Hopefully this helps my heart and I can repair the damage done, if not probably a replacement heart will be necessary at some point.

BK will do a great job with cleaning up a rep for you - making it look "right" as many come with misaligned rehauts, and other nonsense. In my humble opinion for a quality piece you'll want to spend between $600 to $800 if there's any modifications or tune-up involved. That said you can wait around and troll the forums for a good one to come up (used) for sale for $350 or so but it likely won't have BK's touch to it. Many of the newer rep Sub's have a SH3135 movement, a complete clone of the 3135 and you can add in many fine genuine parts, like a balance, rotor, and bridges. You could also add genuine hands, datewheel and dial if you so chose. I think the insert, hands, and datewheel are the first thing I would do. Good luck https://puretime.io/watch-brands/rolex/submariner/submariner-116610-ln-black-ceramic-arf-1-1-best-edition-904l-ss-case-and-bracelet-sh3135v2.html Also, just a FYI - having owned a genuine Hulk sub for a couple years... they catch a lot of looks and scrutiny, and the rep's are about... 70% close to the genuine with regard to dial and bezel insert color. I would go with just Black/Black unless you must really have the Hulk.

Good Fellows and Gentle Ladies, What do you think awaits us at the TD's post CNY? How many weeks/months do you think it will take to reveal any upgrades/movements? The TD's have had some good deals on back-stock, but prices for newer reps like the fully functioning Daytona's and such remain high. Thoughts? Also, I'm considering the new Cartier Santos - I've seen what appear to be two quality rep's - with a relatively minimal price difference but no mentioned differentiation... I was thinking about getting the new fully functional daytona - but I want something a little different. - https://puretime.io/santos-de-cartier-40mm-2018-v6f-1-1-best-edition-white-dial-on-ss-smartlinks-bracelet-miyota-9015.html ($398) - https://puretime.io/santos-de-cartier-large-2018-kor-1-1-best-edition-white-dial-on-ss-bracelet-miyota-9015.html ($458) I can't seem to spot a difference aside from factories (V6F) vs (KOR) --- help?! I'll be on here trolling about a good bit while I mend my janky heart. Cheers!

Thank you all so much, and hearing positive stories makes me feel very encouraged. Truly a very special community we have here. If anyone wants to send Rolex's instead of flowers DM for my address. 😜 kidding aside, thank you all again. I look forward to feeling 110% and starting my next build!

Dear Friends and Members, I've been diagnosed with heart-failure. I have a bad aortic valve, bicuspid with aortic regurgitation. This has caused my ejection fraction in my left ventricle to dip below 30% and the pounding I felt in my chest a week prior to Christmas was the right side of my heart going into overload trying to keep me upright. I've been taking it easy and an open-heart surgery to replace the bad valve with once sourced from what I imagine is a lovely little porcine is soon to be underway. I'm a 38 year old male, non-obese with normal cholesterol, blood-pressure, and in otherwise great health. This is apparently a genetic connective tissue disorder gone off the rails. If you feel something... say something, you fellows especially. Don't be stubborn or stoic - it can kill you. Wishing you all good health and a wonderful 2019. I'll be on here and there during my recovery. I'll keep the morphine (or whatever they give me) dazzled trolling to a dull roar 😉 Fondly, A