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Wow, that's the way to do it. You always seem to go that bit further.

Great for you and me brother, but the OP is in the States. Easier for him to buy in his home market I think.

^^^Stainless steel takes on that bronze colour with heat. If you search you will find people have done it a few ways, the most common being to remove the bezel and let the flame from a blow torch lick over it, watching carefully for the colour desired. Be careful you don't warp the bezel^^^

The gen isn't too silly a price CHF3800 I think saw, which is at more or less parity with the USD. Also given that there are two rep bronze Black Bay, I would be surprised if we don't see this repped, it's just a dial and bezel insert different

Gloriously long name Tudor Black Bay Bronze Blue

Are you able to replace the movement yourself or will you need to get the work done? A straight like for like swap is the simplest way forward. Fitting a different movement, while possible, isn't so easy. http://www.allwatchparts.com/-Chinese-Automatic-DG2813-Mechanical-Movement_p_925.html alternatively Otto Frei should be able to supply one.

Nanuq' s watch shop and careful in the same thread??? How things change, ten months ago - who's Mary? Now she is a TD and we can all buy bracelets or indeed watches through the forum.

Sad truth is a lot of those aren't worth repairing anyway, especially with a call out charge. My Bosch dishwasher needed an element, which comes as a combined part at €160 plus delivery. Even doing the work myself it's better to spend the extra on a new one with guarantee. My father had an Omega, I believe it was a reward for something at work, anyway he found the cost of repair unacceptable. I guess it will always be easier to stomach the repair costs if you are an enthusiast than if not. In the long run I think the Chinese will get better and better at movements, some will be disposable, others in time may be premium quality and repairable. If the demand is there for mechanical watches and repair, then someone will fill it, if the demand ceases, then supply will also cease.

It started out as a Marlin Roadster I built from a kit when I was a teenager. Over the years I've bolted new bits on when old bits broke or I found something better. Currently it runs an Alfa Romeo 2.0 twin cam, 5 speed, maybe Fiat, maybe not. I can't remember and a Toyota Celica back axle. If I nail the pedal from a standing start it usually just swaps ends, which never grows old. If I aim the hosepipe at it, it makes a pretty good Sunday lunch car, I've had it at track days, swap the tyres and I can go trailing in it, I drive it around the fields all the time and when I was younger and even dafter, I used to commute in it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlin_(car) Remember: It's not your car unless you've had it in bits all over the shed floor?

I accept the points about accuracy and reliability, it is a long lost battle. I think the interest in wristwatches is more about it being a clothing accessory. Some still feel it is the only acceptable jewellery for men. Men are attracted to the ticking, whirring wheels and cogs. It is not about accuracy. If it we only about accurately tracking the time I would not were a watch at all, my mobile 'phone does that much better than even a Quartz watch. My weekday car has computer management and fuel injection. It starts first time every morning and always has. It covers miles without great effort and is unbelievably boring. My weekend car has none of that, the steering takes a Herculian effort below 30 and if it starts at all it's likely to backfire and cough for a few miles. It always makes me smile. Sometimes we like things because they are antiquated and really a bit rubbish.

To put so much stress on the stem is unacceptable, I wonder if the crown position was changed to be closer to gen? I can't think of any other reason

Welcome to the forum. Lots of us have used Trusty, he is a trusted dealer here. I would highly recommend you do some reading on the Rolex subsection about the watches you are interested in. The 5513, well there are some pretty good replicas, in fact I'm wearing a Cartel version right now. 1675, there really isn't a great option unless you spend serious money I'm afraid. As for a Daytona the vintage 6263 and current 116500 are available as pretty good reps. I would go for the 116500 with the frozen hand on the sub dial at six because the thickness is as genuine. These things are always a matter of personal opinion though.

I refer to ALE's guide often, it would be okay to post a link, but it would be nice to have a thread going over here too. So I'll ask you again, please consider a thread sharing what you know brother

@Ssouthall6 You seem to have a good understanding of the current state of the Pam rep models. Would you please consider starting a thread calling out the best reps available, the not so good buys and why please?

One of the few dealers I haven't bought from. I don't know what has happened, but any dealer can get any watch if it is available

I would recommend the chequebook warrior approach on this and pay the Texan tight wad. JMB will get it done

If we do I'm in. I will either live with the dial or get a new one. Historically some had the radiation spot, others didn't. I'm no expert, I think @panarai153 knows more about these "white breads"

There are no silly questions, but sometimes it helps to learn about a watch before you buy. Type "Panerai daylight" into Google and you will find all about the genuine, which is always a good place to start, then select a reference number or two of models you particularly like and check the TDs websites to see what they sell. Having started looking at the genuine, you will be in a great position to assess how accurate they look. Also once you have a reference number you can search the fora to see what others think of the rep. I could just say buy model X from dealer Y, but honestly you will enjoy the hobby more if you learn and understand things for yourself. Oh and when you get your lovely new watch, post a wristie ?

Solidswiss are a scam site. All movements are Swiss made, yeah right, dream on. These are counterfeit goods, how long do you think the Swiss authorities would tolerate that. Puretime sells the same watches as all the trusted dealers and they are trusted for a reason. Many sites on the internet use pictures of genuine watches, you may or may not get a watch at all, but it will not be as the website pictures.

Ahlan wa Sahlan, (hello and welcome)

There are no dealers in the US, but all dealers ship there. The nearest to a US dealer would be BK who is a Modder really. You are new I see. Welcome to our community, we were all new members once. Take a little time to read up on reps and buying. Ask questions if you have any. What particular Noob are you looking for?

Overall I love it, but I've never been happy with the radiation spot or whatever it's called. Probably just my peculiar hang up, but it always looks like the hand has fallen off a sub dial to me?

Reach out to @Legend I'm sure he can help you with what needs to be done and who could do it for you.

Housing Why? Well uccino is hard to follow, but according to Bloomberg O-uccino provides real estate and housing information in Japan

Just copy and paste it into a new ad. The only thing is the tagged picture should really be updated.