hooky

Thanks, i just experienced this problem on my new 400usd Chopard rep. There was no resistance when setting time. And the the was 30 minutes in just less than half a day. Setting the adjustment bar a very tiny bit slower made it run also half an hour slower. And vica versa. Will send the watch back to our Chinese friends for repair and i can even explain to them what the problem and solution is. Great! Thanks a lot for the informative post. Gr, Hooky

Totally have to agree with Freddy333 on his 2nd point. Just came back from my watch smith today and he asked me if a certain glass was mineral or sapphire. For that he held the glass to his cheek to feel the temperature. He told me that the conductivity of sapphire is higher, therefore is less cold than mineral glass. I guess his 'testing' method is a fast tell and no need to play around with water drops on top of the glass. And practical for those who don't own a diamond tester. Just my 2 cents. J.

I had 2 F.A. Jones purchased recently with the 6497 movement. Sold as mineral. Tested them with my diamond tester. They are mineral indeed.

It just comes from the factories in Guangzhou where also other dealers on this board source from. The model itself is great. Just the quality of the rep s*cks. Wish they could make a high end replica of it.

I suspected it was something else than the hardness of the material, since it does not scratch the surface while testing and it also works with electricity. Once i touched the tip of the tester. Ouch!! strong electrical shock.... Just went for the simple explanation haha. Sorry. Thank you for your explanation. J.

Come on Pix! take a look on Ebay, searching for 'diamond tester'. both sapphire and diamonds are very strong and hard/solid materials. Mineral glass is much softer. So it recognises the sapphire as diamond and the mineral glass as 'no diamond/sapphire' bought mine from: http://stores.ebay.com/tools852 Cheers, J.

Just never buy the BR02. They suck. Had 4 of them. 3 rosegold and 1 steel. All of them had some small trouble. The rosegold was so sharp around the case, that it even cut the strap off. (!!) The strap of the steel version was way too stiff. Uncomfortable. Others had problems with keyless works, loose inner bezel, sticking minute hand, dust underneath glass. Just tooooo much. cheers, J.

Works very simple. press the end of the tool on the glass. wait until it beebs. if it beebs it is sapphire. if not, then not.

I got the diamond tester, because i deal with many replica's, also for sale. And i need to know what i am selling and also what i am paying for. The tester always worked so far. Some watches were marketed as being sapphire, but actually were not. For instance the PAM253 and a BR02. Sometimes the dealer markets its watch as being 'synthetic sapphire'. Whatever that is. And some as 'real sapphire'. For what i know all sapphire made for watches is synthetic made. And something being marketed as 'synthetic sapphire' sometimes actually is mineral glass. Als i found something on some Hublot Big Bang watches. From the normal 'old' factory, the one with 28.8k movement, the HBB Lite: The front is sapphire, the back plain mineral. From the new factory with 21.6k movement, the Lite version with AR has both front and back with sapphire. .... Most expensive high end replica's which are marketed as sapphire also have sapphire. The PAM253 was an exception, because the domed glass is quite unique and not used on other models. That is why probebly they did not make that anymore. Cheers, J.

I always use a diamond tester, an electronic device bought from Ebay. It never fooled me. Just my 2 cents.

from the bars of course. The bar that was stuck in my Slevin, when i got it out i saw then they (chinese factory) even filed off a bit from the bar to make it fit. And even like that it was stuck like a brick in a wall.

And now? did you file it off a bit to make it fit?

Don't think it is going to happen. This watch is already too old i guess. The new Aquatimers are more in demand and have higher margins...

Okay, that kinda sucks. What I saw on the bar of the Aquatimer, was that they filed parts of the bar to make it fit. You could try the same. And if it is too loose, a good watch smith can help you. they can poor some substance in the small hole. they heat that stuf, poor it in, and then they can put the bar in (when it was loose). My watch smith also used this on a small screw and screw hole that did not fit anymore because it just kept turning once.

right now i managed to remove 1 side. with the use of lubricant. But still it is very stiff. The one bar i took out i saw that they even took some metal of the bar, to make it fit into the strap... Only with the right tools it can be done. I have some watch smith tools but not all of this. Thanks for the ideas.

How come you are unable to mount the strap? Because that is the same what i need to do... Unmount rubber strap, mount ss bracelet. It does not fit? or you cannot get the bars inside again?

Thanks, did you still need to push the small button while hammering the watch? what did you hammer? the watch to also make it bent to get the bars out? haha

Hi Guys, i have been trying to get the rubber strap removed from my Slevin Aquatimer. To replace it with the SS bracelet of the Yellow Aquatimer. I want to switch both. The Slevin with SS bracelet looks more neat and the Yellow with rubber strap will look more sportive. I tried all but the right procedures i guess, since I do not seem to succeed in getting the strap off the watch case. There is a small push button on the strap near the case. But if i push that and simultanuously push the strap bar, that bar does not give way 1 mm. And i also did not dare to use a small hammer and screwdriver to hit the bar. First i would like to consult you guys! Does anyone have an idea what i might be doing wrong? Please, some ideas will be so helpful and will be much appreciated. Cheers and thanks in advance, J.A.

Airmail is best. safe and reasonable fast. Many times i used Airmail to ship back. within 1-2 weeks it arrived. don't even bother trying a fast courier. From China to EU the courier i am using costs 60usd From Eu to China the same courier costs 150usd (...)

Yep, I would never order from these dealers. But it could be a sure sign that prices from the factories are going down. As we speak I emailed my dealer from Guangzhou to check it out. Also putting some pressure on their prices by pointing at others' lower price....

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Hi Fellas, please check this link: http://www.avi-eshop.com/photo_show.asp?photoid=3362# Mellow Yellow with black strap for just 428USD? With AR and Ceramic? Too good to be true?? MOVEMENT: New Asia Valjoux 7750 (28,800bph) - Decorated Movement CASE DIAMETER: 44.5mm x 16mm DIAL COLOR: Black Dial with Yellow subdial and minute indices & Raised Silver Numeral Hour Markers CASE MATERIAL: Solid Stainless Steel 316L BRACELET: black Rubber Strap with Deployant Folding Buckle FRONT GLASS: Sapphire Crystal with DOUBLE AR BACK GLASS: Sapphire Display Case Back BEZEL: Polished Black Ceramic Bezel What do you guys think of it??

My Porsche Design Flat 6 chrono has an engraved rotor. True beauty!

I think some are just lucky. Once i regulated a A7750 and I managed to get it at 1 seconds deviation per 5 days or so. It was amazing. I was not able to check it for a month or more, since the watch is now at The Zigmeister's. But on average they are able to be regulated within the standards like Freddy333 wrote.