Rolexman

When it is a known calibre I buy it by ref#. Why pay for the barrel and arbor if they are still fine? New mainsprings come rolled on a special plate that can be easily pushed in te barrel without any fuss.

Could be due to a poor case back gasket and or poor back glass fitting. Compare it to a door with a chainsaw behind it. Leave the door open a crack and you will hear it very loud. Close the door and you will hear it less. Use draft rubbers and hear it even less....is the door solid wood or thin metal or metal with thin glass windows? All effect the sound penetrating. Same as your case back.

1. Buy the specific tool or use hand lifters 2. When the top plate is assembled insert the side under the 'start-stop -arm (36) ' first. Than slightly bend with a small plier and slip underneath the 'reset arm'. Do so before installing the auto wind plate (34). 3. Align to intermediate wheel post according to arrows. 4. Good luck. Disassembling is the easy part

You are missing the point. Buy a Noob V3 from any trusted dealer on this board and enjoy it.... If you have too much money buy what ever modded pam from whomever you like. Without an accurate description and/or pics of the mods you probably don't even see WHAT is altered.

For what it is worth... I can mod the sh!t out of reps and have done so for a lot of clientèle in the past. All my own watches (I also own a v2 111) however are practically unmodded apart from movement service, waterproof etc. Why? Because the differences between gen and rep are so small it just does not justify the time and effort to mod. No one knows of these differences and if they do they will ever come close enough to notice.... My 0.02 cents

Only BP makes these at the moment and they are damn good. No worries. There are some reviews around. Use the search to find them. Mark.

I use 3 baths. 1 ammonia based cleaning fluid. 2nd with distilled water for rinsing (both US) and the last just a dip in spirit mix which will remove all the water from cracks, evaporate and doesn't attract dirt.

Probably not long as everything would rust.... If I would just chucked it in a bath of white spirit/ one dip/ lighter fluid there would be a big chance it would run again. Stupid me. Should have done that and flipped it in the sales section with a profit

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I just wanted to share my latest experience. I bought a fairly new rep in the member sales section which was described as 'not running' and 'easy fix'. I knew what I was buying and as I can do everything myself the risk was low. I went ahead and the deal went very smooth so kudos to the seller. No bad word about him. The watch was shipped lightning fast and was in fairly good cosmetic condition and well packed. I knew he bought the watch recently of RWI in a M:M transaction so I traced the original sales ad and it stated 'movement serviced'. Another member asked 'by who' and the seller replied 'by a local shop'. The sales price lead to believe he did not pay very much for set service as it was less than the original price of the watch.... Well... After opening up the watch tonight I knew why the watch was not running... And it is not an easy fix.... The problem lies with the "service" it got. This is a typical service that most local shops give... Just drop in some oil... The entire movement was contaminated by oil. The gear train, the balance hair spring , the bridge, the reversing wheels. Everything. No wonder it stopped. Nothing else to do than a proper service: full strip down, US cleaning and proper oiling.... So the lesson here is: BEWARE of watches advertised with 'easy fix' BEWARE of hack watch makers. You get what you pay for. Mark

Why did you remove the picture of the inside of the clasp?

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It's a rep. Look at the finishing of the inside of the clasp. I've seen a lot of POs gen and rep. No genuine I handled ever had a clasp like this.

Help me out with the ref# and/or please post some pictures so I can make up my mind for my next purchase. Rep off course. Can't be an awful lot.. Can it? Thanks Mark

I don't get the ap hype. They are beautifully finished but it so unbelievable when wearing one....And isn't that what it is all about in rep world? Unless you are a famous movie star or football player stepping out of a 2014 Bentley I would call you out immediately.

I like it here also. Although news travels faster on the other boards so I lurk around there too. I like the metaphor of the melow coffee shop Umpa used.

Indeed

I would hang myself knowing the movement has decorative plates glued on. Like a pig in a dress. Guess everyone has his own demons ....

The question is: what problem are you looking to fix? Aesthetically the CP looks perfect and very close to gen. imo better than the Noob.

Wrong topic Joseph but your watch is FAKE non the less.

Never mind... Not very nice of me... To each his own standards. Hope you will find your "perfect" LMPO

Search youtube: 'scotch pad'+'satin finish'

You don't need an expert. If you can't spot anything that bugs you that is enough.