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Rolexman

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  5. How on earth did my friend manage to scratch saphire? -pics-

    in The Panerai Area

    Posted

    Some time ago I sold my precious 312L to a dear friend of mine. Today he calls me and tells me he has a rather large scratch on the crystal.... I was like: 'R U sure?'.... 'It's saphire'! Then he sends me some pics.

    How on earth did he manage this?

    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/295k582s6ouh4pp/1TSRXsI5It

    I'm thinking of buying this:

    http://watchbitz.com.au/shop/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=39

    Don't know if the scratch is to deep though.

    Mark :peace:

  7. F#ck you noob! Where is the courtesy?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Please excuse me for my strong language but I'm getting a little bit fed up with all the noobs lately. No, not because they are new and ask questions... Because they show NO courtesy. Off course I don't want to treat all noobs alike but l get the feeling it is getting worse.

    I (or other existing members) type, a sometimes extensive reply or explanation and not even a 'thanks' or 'thank you' will follow. Nothing.....

    The noob just asks questions like a mad man, want to gather all the info yesterday, wants to buy a rep like he is at WalMart, complains and bitches about the smallest details, asks mechanical help when in most cases he himself messes up a movement etc. without even the smallest regard for this board and it's members.

    And sometimes.... From all these noobs a valuable new member will arise who's soul purpose is not to leech this board and all it's members for what they know and have. I have seen some valuable new members the last months like MD2020 for instance and for that I applaud!

    And for all you other blood sucking noobs: think about the existing members that reply to you post. Without some courtesy and good manners you probably won't get any help next time you are in need.....

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  14. Water Resistant Test?

    in The Panerai Area

    Posted

    As a note: Greasing rubbers does nothing for WR. Absolutely nothing! It merely protects the rubber compound and prolongs its lifespan.

    It's like MD said. The right thickness of gaskets and tollerances between e.g. crown and tube makes a watch either WR or not. I've seen rep Submariners with perfect thick crystals and pristine nylon gaskets, trip-lock crowns with 3 greased seals and in the end water came in trough the tube hole that was drilled into the case and where the tube is screwed in. At the factory they forgot to ad the rubber..... So unless you have the watch professionally tested you will never know for sure.

  19. Do Asian 7750s have a winding point like some Swiss ?

    in Movement Q&A

    Posted

    I had thought it might be a quality issue but for the life of me I couldnt find anything that said why....

    Funnily enough Panerai say avoid doing it unless its dead.... then only a few turns

    But others say crack on... you cant damage it.... or even over wind it...

    Problem with me is I only understand basics... so I cant see the movement working in my head as I do something to it...therefore cant work out the consequence..

    It has nothing to do with the quality of the gears. It has to do with the gear ratio. As a metaphor I will use a mountain bike.

    1. Say you put the back in a high gear (big wheel) and the front in a low gear (small wheel). You can peddle very easily up a steep hill right...

    -->That's how they make it possible for the rotor to wind a powerful main spring very easily.

    2. Now say you want to peddle up that same hill but you change gears the other way around (small in the back and big in the front). Going up that hill would almost be impossible giving the strength our legs can provide. Now if we hypothetically could mount a v12 Chevy block on the front gear and would give full throttle what would happen you think?.... You would strip the teeth (most probably on the big gear) as it is not calculated for that amount of torque. It's a matter of physics.

    -->That's exactly what happens on the 7750 if you hand wind it too fast. That's right... You can hand wind it all you want as long as you do is slow in order not to strip the teeth on the intermediate winding wheel (so low torque). Otherwise your hand wind will be like the Chevy V12 in my example.

    On over winding a 7750 I can be clear. That is simply not possible as the main spring has a bridle (slippage system) like all automatic watches. If the tension build up by the main spring gets too much the bridle will slip en thus letting off tension. Off course this only applies if the main spring and barrel walls are greased appropriately.

    As an aside and if you dont mind me asking...

    If you have a big secs hand on something like the Hublot 48mm Kings...its very hacky and on the rep can jump around... (It can be hacky on gen but not as much I think)

    So is that an issue with the length/weight of the hand on the poorer quality gears in the clone?

    It has nothing to do with the weight of the hand. Normally two issues can cause it. A poorly finished tilting pinion or a weak chrono second wheel tension spring. The stutter comes from the slack between the teeth of the gears. I have seen a lot of genuines with the same stutter on the chrono second hand (that's the hand you are talking about). With our reps it normally is the tilting pinion and the poorly finished teeth.. sometimes in combination with the spring. With genuines it almost always is the tension spring. But rest assure. I does not affect time keeping or reliability in any way. Do a search on google: "stutter second hand 7750 " ;)
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  20. A LITTLE HELP

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Pjl,

    Did you do a search? There are already a lot of threads about the Santos 100. There are different versions with different price tags. Each with his own flaws. A 100% 1:1 rep does not exist.

    So basically it all depends on your own acceptance of certain flaws. For me this one is the best although it still has certain flaws.

    http://www.puretime.co/product/santos-100-ss-white-dial-on-black-leather-strap-swiss-eta-2892/

    There is no perfect version we can hand you on a silver platter ;)

    Mark

  24. Just ordered b01 from Josh. Good choice?

    in The Breitling Area

    Posted

    OK. That should'nt be a problem.

    The gen one my friend has, has got mother of Pearl dial and diamond bez but could still do some side by side pics.

    Just let u all know I'm no photographer or watch expert!!

    Cool!

    And remember... Don't sweat the small stuff. It's a great watch and if you can't find more obvious flaws than the date wheel that should be good enough to wear it with much joy. Why go searching for flaws nobody but you (and some RWG nerds :p) will ever notice and make yourself unhappy?

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