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yeah but on the masonic cake, I looked up the masonic alphabet on line, and while the number of letters are correct, the spelling for "happy birthday" is wrong. Either the alphabet I looked up is inaccurate or the freemason's couldn't spell. I didn't bother to try to translate the name....

Unless that freemason cake is in Latin or some other foreign language, it doesn't really spell anything in their alphabet. The number of letters are correct for happy birthday, but that's not what it spells.... yes I'm a dork for trying to translate it.

Mine came from Timeholders. As far as the complete assembled watch that arrived, yeah it was pretty cheesy.. but the case itself looks identical to my trusty sub. Crystal is nice except for cyclops position. I already put a tiny little chip in it though.. no serial numbers, but that's not a big issue for me.. the bezel's not the greatest, it's too shiny. Wonder if I can brush finish it or something..

The cyclops is off center, but really the crystal's not too bad. magnification looks the same as my trusty sub. I'm going to have to re-position the cyclops if I keep it. Has the crown etched at 6. I'm just wondering now what my options are for a dial. I need to get a dial, bracelet, crown (the tube looks like it would fit a gen), and different insert. I'm partial towards an older style sub, but not sure what would work for this setup. Or if a plexi would even fit the case. I have a couple of weeks to decide (next payday)... The bracelet looks like it could work. Old style end links, needs to have the center links brushed and a Rolex clasp installed. The movement is some sort of asian automatic, the beat frequency is pretty close to the ETA copy in my trusty sub. Old style date overlay with open numbers....

Wow, bezel came right off. Thanks POTR!!!

Mine came today, and really it's not that bad. My eyes may be fooling me, but case thickness looks thicker than my trusty sub. Rehaut is deep, but is a little conical, not really any worse than my trustymariner though. No lugholes, but I can fix that. I've already shaped the crown guards, they weren't as thick as my trusty, all I had to do was knock the pointy tip off and round them a bit. I must say that for my first attempt, it looks pretty decent. Just trying to get a good polish right now. I've started the aging process, added some nice flaws to the sides. Cannot get the bezel off to save my life though. Here's something funny, the pearl looks better than the one on my trustymariner. So will a plastic crystal fit? How would it look as an older sub? Any ideas of where I should take it style wise?

I have an issue with my sub, I'm going to try my best to explain and see if there's an easy fix or anything I can do.. When unscrewing the crown to set the time or date, it's almost like the stem is not long enough. As soon as the crown is unscrewed it is already moving the hands around, and there is not enough play to click inward to the date set function. You have to screw the crown in about halfway on the tube before the date will change over, then unscrew until the hands move, then screw halfway in again to change the date.. etc .etc.. you have to leave the date one day earlier, then when you are screwing the crown back down it will click over one day.. the date changeover keeps incrementally moving a couple of minuets earlier and earlier from midnight each time I set the time or date.. anything I can do? I paid too much money for this type of thing to be happening....

Man, that really sucks.... Mine still hasn't arrived yet. Now I'm bummed knowing I'm going to get a crap case. At least I can use it to practice mods though... The alpha sub looks okay on the pics, kinda conical rehaut, but who knows? It could be like the musk sub, different pic from the actual item...

One of the things I've read here is that the font on "yacht master" on the watch face is not right. Print a pic of a real yachtie and use it as a reference...

HA HA! I was thinking the same thing! If it was a TW case I would order 20 more! We'll see what's up when it arrives... I'm pretty sure it's just a run of the mill sub case with no serial's etc.. rehaut looks really deep though... deeper than my trustymariner I just bought...

It could have string tied around it for a bracelet as far as I care I'm hot for the case.. Well, I won the auction. At that price, I could ruin several cases and not lose any sleep.. gotta start getting my tools together...

I'm bidding on a different watch now. check this out - hope it's the right size.. http://cgi.ebay.com/Luxury-Men-Automatic-M...oQQcmdZViewItem The original link also said it came with a leather strap, so I think it might have been a "cut and paste" description from another watch. Hope this other watch is correct..

Yeah, that dial has gotta go. Thanks for the timeholders info! got my bid in on a blue bezel sub. The bezel is getting replaced anyways so no biggie. How's the bezel setup? Is it like the mbw, or more like the new hard to remove noob style? I couldn't wait for my trustymariner to arrive, and now that it's here it's too nice to possibly ruin it so the musk watch is perfect! Thanks for your info on it!

It happens all the time actually.. It's like that coronet just "pops up" everywhere.. can't escape it!!! I think it's following me... I think I will go for it. For the money it will be fun to try my hand at modding. Can even practice luming the musk dial...

I think I'm picking up what you're putting down Smelling what you're cooking.. I'm guessing there's probably a certain oh.... coronet... involved??