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Is there anything going on today that would cause problems for US members loading RWG? I know it's not DNS server on my side, I switched from my ISP DNS server to openDNS and still can't load it. However, whenever I load from my VPN or tor, it works fine. This is the only site so far that I can't load. I'm going to clear my cache and cookies and try again, but before I waste any time, should I even bother?

Found this on another forum. Props to the OP

It's not your english, it's me typing faster than I think lol. All the reps look thicker than the gens. My friend is going to try to fit a genuine 16520 dial on the new 7750 seconds @ 9, correct for the 16520. I don't trust any of the seconds @ 6 movements, I only have interest in the older model. Hope that clears it up.

Thanks Dizzy. I been looking at pics of reps and gens, and the reps are a lot thicker. Someone is going to try to fit a Genuine 4030 dial on the new(er) 7750 with el primero spacing for me. Hopefully this week. So thats a start. I suspect that it won't fit into a case made for el primero, though. The El Primero 400 is only 6.5mm thick, while the 7750 is 7.9mm thick stock. With the added plates needed to move the gears, 9mm? (thats a guess). So I can, if I'm lucky, find an old secs @ 6 daytona? I suppose I could live with the thicker case, at the end of the day, all I want is a modern daytona that's not going to blow up. I don't want to get in to too many details and get people excited in case it doesn't pan out, but I'm really trying to figure out how to get one made for myself, and if I can, there's no reason it should be the only one

I see this is an old post, but maybe someone can answer. This "new" 7750 DEFINATELY has correct subdial spacing? And would anyone know if the movement is thicker or thinner than the incorrectly spaced seconds at 9 7750's? I would rather have a reliable seconds @ 9 daytona than the time bomb secs @ 6 any day. Is the 16520 that much thinner than the newer models that it would look wrong to use a 116520 case with 16520 dial and 7750 (correct or incorrect spacing)? Edit: I just read freddy's post, its the caseback that is the issue. Hmmm. Seems to be a tough obstacle to overcome, taking off the rotor assembly and finding a non-existent caseback. I'm going on a pic hunt now, if anyone can point me to some side by sides of cases in question that would be a great help.

This whole situation is weird, David doesn't even sell anything like that. Had to be the shipping company. Maybe someone else who ordered that part is scratching their head at the Tudor case. Alterego, I'm not sure I'd want a picture of my address posted here or anywhere on the internet, I would remove that one pic, personally.

So I'm the only one who likes this? I'm not big on the brown, but I'm guessing the leather on the band would match the interior of the car, black would probably look pretty good.

First wristie since, oh about 2008. Good to be back on here again though. Flying tourbillon from DW:

This is so cool, the new Bugatti slated for 2013 will include a tourbillon watch that transforms into the car's clock. I don't know whats cooler, the car or the watch. Two articles with videos for you: Link 1 Link 2 Please don't rep this watch, unless you can rep the car:

That would be awesome, short of buying an st-19 and actually trying, how could one go about finding out if it would fit? I've never had a V72 Daytona because of the cost of a V72. It would be nice to have properly spaced subdials, even if the counter at 6 is frozen. Edit to add: I found this: So the center of the subdials are apparently 7.81mm from the center of the dial on the ST19. No clue about the V72 though. I do suspect that if there was a cheaper alternative to the V72, besides the V23, people would have already been all over that.

Hands aren't neccesarily made for a specific movement, they just come in different sizes. For the DG3804. you want 200/152/100/17 You should be able to find the right hands somewhere from this page:http://www.ofrei.com/page483.html If you need to ask a question on the site, it's better to just call, Otto hates email and used to have a big warning about it in big red letters which actually sounded scary. It's toned down a little now haha.

According to this chart on wikipedia, the 2004 average salary was about 30k. A new daytona is about 9k, so thats about 29% of the average US salary. In 1960, the average salary was about 4k, making the daytona around 5% of the average Salary. 5% is still a high fraction of one's salary to be spending on one watch, but now there are more people in the US, and more who make enough money so that 9k isn't so much money. Hope this helps

I have to admit, no watch has ever been good enough for me, whilst one can always pick a watch that best fits their likes and appreciations, the perfect watch will only exist in said person's mind. This is my expression of such watch. Inspired by the Ebel discovery and Tudor Daytona, I present the SL Chrononaut. Just a sketch in reality, but I can see it like it is on my wrist as I type. Uploaded with ImageShack.us

I wish, I don't think I've even seen a crappy rep of this watch. The gyro is just too complicated to pull off, I think I read something about a 10 hour assemble for just that part. Any rep would be glaringly inaccurate. If anyone is interested, I've attached the bibliography to this post in a .txt file. I'm sure many of you read some of these articles already. Most of my sources are from the web, there is a severe lack of books that are readily available on the subject. bibliography.txt