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Sorry to hear that mate. But fyi contrary to popular beliefs, sapphire do scratches when knocked against hard sharp object (i.e. bricks wall or stone). There are some posts about gen PAM scratched crystals on the gen PAM forum. Anyway, hope you can find a good crystal replacement for it.

Looks sweet actually. And your motive does makes sense... can relate to that well ;-) EL, or somebody with a wife? Anybody?

That's OFFICINE's not so evil twin brother :-)

Great job Tribal. Thanks for sharing, and thank God for O-ring seal! :-)

Congrats Craytonic. Pls do post some pics when you can.

Nice collection and expensive excellent combo of straps!

That is a stunner. I'm falling in love... Tribal, is the case thickness the same as an MBW sub, or it is correctly thicker? Thanks.

Thanks for your info. I contacted them last week by filling the form on their site but have not received any reply until now. Maybe it's because I'm outside of the U.S.? (mentioned in the query). Can somebody help where I can source this parts please?

You just turn me into one big fan of marble... ;-)

Ubiq, NATO looks perfect on it. Looks like an old school diver's beater. And old school diver usually sports nylon... :-)

Interesting comparison. Thanks for posting.

This is great Edge. Well done!

The insert looks much better. Congrats.

2 Rollies: 1 for his regular hand, another for the hand of God... :-) Thanks for sharing Ubiq... this is fun.

Best wishes & Break a leg! (a wine's that is... :-) )

Jen, I'm not sure that the reference acts as a rep-spotter or rep-guide, but I think it falls more to the category of documented technical reference as mentioned by Ubiq. An extensive & comprehensive data archive even old wives...errr..watchsmith wet their beds at night for...

Ubiq, thanks for your opinion. That's the closest idea as I meant it is. Heavy reference-guided cross-checking from millions of documented archives (which is the so-called 'bible') and meticulous details such as (i.e.) left lugs curve angle and exact dimension compared to the right one in a 1974 issued 1680 (or such I imagine). Wouldn't it be a hazard to the old Geneva S.A. if it falls to the hands of the good fellowship of the O-ring? ;-)

Bang on kruzer, that's just what I have in mind. To the benefit of perfecting our own projects. But do keep in mind that an Authorized Rolex SC charges you some 50$ or so for authentication service, which adds to the fact the need of some reference of sort. Thanks.

lol... Does sounds like an old wives tale, isn't it? I kept dreaming the old polex fairy to come up with an enlightment - but that damn gator keep eating my toe off...

A good friend of mine told me, words have been long circulating inside the Rolex watchsmith and seller community that there is such a book. Issued by Rolex S.A. for every authorized service centre in the world (Rolex Service Center). So even a reputable Rolex dealer won't even know of its existence, only the main service watchsmith. It's big and encyclopedic - functions as a reference for authenticating a genuine Rolex, down to the tiniest part visible. The logical fact is that Rolex does offer and charge you for such authentication service, they have to read something as reference, right? Rumors said it in my local town that one guy actually own one photocopied bundle (don't ask me how he got it). Ridiculous as it may sounds, nobody have ever seen it as any queries will be almost habitually denied by the guy - a risk of lawsuit or legal breach to be ducked from perhaps? But the thing is this (old) guy can built you the best 'Bangkok Specials' there is (if you have the dough that is) and his knowledge is almost encyclopedic - suspiciously and respectively... Can anybody confirm that there is such a book? If it's real it would be such an asset to the community... ;-) Thanks for looking.

'Palp'ed for sure! It's an amazing work. Thanks for sharing Tommy!

Very very nice! Big congrats man! Looks very convincing.

Hefty nice strap! Congrats!

Interesting story. Actually there are still a handful of dealers and some watchmakers in my local town who can spot a rep. (be it a dial or case) just by a close viewing. Of course they have to touch it. Amazingly one guy I know have this secret to spot a mod.MBW by the gen. He just gave me a hint telling me that he memorizes the 'extra angled' curve on certain area of a gen case. Unfortunately, these guys are old schools and took their secrets to the grave...

That makes sense. I suspect the lughole was scratched by some objects and repolished. Thanks for the explanation Tommy.