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Belt

Freddie I have personally stayed away from the SA3135 as there are many reported issues also it will not take many gen parts if it fails. A high beat Asian clone (A2836 or A2824) would be my weapon of choice for a high beat watch. I have two Yukis, which by some accounts are the same as the SH3135 that JF are using. To be sure to be sure they have been serviced and the Rotor assemblies replaced with gen Rolex assemblies, the winding bridges are modded and calendar plate is replaced on one. The SH takes 90% gen parts. The SH3135, SA3135 and Yuki look like the real deal and function like the real thing so that is an advantage also of course they take a gen dial and hands. An ETA based movement will not take Rolex gen dials or hands.

I doubt many people are into vintage watches except gen collectors or rep collectors. My guess would be they are probably real. Who knows, are interested or know how to get a Vintage Rolex reps unless they are on the fora? A few years ago I could pick up a decent 5513 for 4.5k or less, so they were not expensive (emphasis on were not). Some could be passed down family heirlooms. Many gen owners send their watches to Rolex for servicing and Rolex will replace anything they see fit thus spoiling the originality of the watch. Also Gen owners update their watches with new bezels, hands, dials bracelets etc, all of which may not be period corect so who can tell if it is genstein, original (a little easier) or franken. Conversely how would you know from a pic this is not a 1986 5513 with a 1964 7206 bracelet unless I told you both watch and bracelet were modded and both are frankens?

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Watch

This is the standard movement for rep watches easy and cheap movement to produce so the watches can be banged out cheaply. I have some 21js that are over 4 years old and still ticking with just a shake after not being picked up for months. The quality of the watches may suffer as they are seen as lower end reps but this is not always the case. Some points to remember. 1. They can have noisy rotors but so can other movements this could be just down to build quality. 2. The time setting is different. The hand moves 1.5hrs on one rotation instead of 45mins. 3. They are low beat movements so tick at 6 BPS rather than 8. Other than that they tend to be bulletproof and a good choice for some vintage models that were low beat anyway.

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Song

That is so tempting some times. However the brig suffices if they really deserve it. The mini krakens can have their pieces of flesh there