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Sogeha
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The real facts are we are not interested.
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I would have thought Admin decided what was and was not a category
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Or @StoneP he had three nice ones recently. Maybe look at their previous work and then reach out to one of them.
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Hello and welcome.
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You can just casually drop something like that into the conversation. Congratulations and let us know. It is the nature of things that kids think their Dad knows everything until they are about four or five, then they decide their Dads know nothing. It stays that way until they are about 35, when they finally realise that their Dad did know something after all. All my children know I'm an idiot. @nikki6 I didn't like to say, but it made me suspicious as did the answer that the gen movement dropped right in. It doesn't fit at all well. Then legend posted LOL and I knew something was not on the level, but didn't know quite what. That a stunt like that can be pulled here says a great deal about how convincing reps have become.
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Thanks. It's a beautiful piece. Bigwaved does great dials I follow his thread on HF, I never thought I'd be a Panerai guy, but once one sneaks into the watchbox......
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Come on guys, who is there near Chicago that can fix this?
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Going to Ho Chi Minh City, any good vintage reps there?
Sogeha replied to Champagnesky's topic in General Discussion
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I agree that gen looks absolutely aligned. Some of the ones on the Internet don't appear to be. Let's start a thread on yours and see what can be done. I have no idea how the bezel is fitted on the rep, but one of our brothers will. Ceramic is very brittle so If you do have a go at the alignment be careful.
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QueTip knows, QueTip always knows, once Sacsah agrees I'm going to jump in and say the same thing they do and look terribly clever.
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Welcome to the forum. I'm sure others will give sound advice soon, but I can reassure you that it can be fixed and probably quite economically.
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Please do, with pictures.
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Given my track record, I'm not saying anything about what is gen and what is rep :-)
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Yeah, we like pictures, wristies and stories. Content keeps the place going and I love to see new members start to post and grow in the hobby.
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I'm with @sgtguk on this one. I love a good franken build, but this is not going to be a rare watch. At the moment collectors and show offs are falling over themselves, paying way over list price. However Rolex are not some microbrand, they produce around a million watches a year. Soon enough they will start with other Daytona versions, gold for example, or maybe they will do something truly revolutionary like a 42mm Datejust (sarcastic). Anyway in a year or less the fuss will be on something else, these will be available at list and used examples will be available. 3000 is a long way towards the 9800 list price and it will still be a rep with a frozen sub dial. Just my opinion, but enjoy the rep for what it is, it's a very nice rep.
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Yes basically, plated is a thin coating, wrapped is quite thick relatively speaking and more hard wearing. You will quickly find in this hobby that you can always spend more money. Plating won't do? Buy wrapped. Wrapped won't do? Buy aftermarket solid gold parts, that won't do, buy gen. There are a couple of guys rocking two tone Rolex builds with solid gold mid links, bezel and crown. Genuine dial, hands and crystal. Depends how you look at it. Ludicrously expensive replica, indistinguishable from genuine at less cost or an absorbing hobby. Possibly all of those :-) It is worth taking time to figure out exactly what you want from a particular rep. Sometimes a hundred Dollars will do all you want and sometimes only the very best is going to make you happy. Just buy what makes you happy rather than trying to impress others would be my advice.
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I asked four days ago @nikki6. I think we are kicking a dead dog mate :-)
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It's good to see you posting in our community. You have good taste in watches my friend. Seen a few of yours now.
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Given that these are still selling for over list, finding a genuine bezel?
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siswatch?
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I just gave you a little more reading in your other thread :-)
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Gold wrapped vs gold plated
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Also more exposure to Customs risks. Who takes the loss if a watch is snatched coming back from repair? Yes it may be your watch returning from repair, but how do you prove it and anyway it is still counterfeit goods. Anyone know?
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Welcome to the forum. You might like to do a little reading in the Rolex section. Lots of members have the 16613 or 116613. If you are looking to buy a watch I know that Puretime will try to source parts if you buy a watch at the same time. Other dealers possibly would too. Talking about dealers, you are better off using Trusted dealers rather than searching the Internet. Swiss movements aren't worth paying a dealer extra for because they are usually old reused movements, again much information about this on site. Have a little read and if you have specific questions come back and ask, but definitely your watch does not need to die.
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Looks good to me. Does the case need any work to fit a gen movement?
