Watchmeister

Hey, you never know. Give Toro a shout. Maybe he has one laying around he wants to get rid of. I do know that on full price items he has always happily supplied QC pics.

Kuvarsit has some loyal devotees on the forum. My own conclusion was that much of their stuff is the same and that when there are differences (they used to have a better looking DLC coating for the 360 or one of the other DLC models) you have to look very carefully at whether it is better or worse than the Cartel model. I alwasy found some elements were improvements and others worse than the standard. I am sure some of the folks who follow their stuff more closely will chime in.

That price for the Iphone in your neck of the woods is crazy. Can you get a prior generation for a lot cheape over there? I do have to say that most people stick to the operating system they have been using. Android folks stay Android and Apple folks are fanatics.

Yeah, I just figured that one out too. And here I was getting excited.

The gen strap is a lot better but if you have a big wrist be forewarned that it is nominally shorter. The gen comes in a normal and xl length and the rep of course comes in only one size.

Sellita's when serviced are every bit as good as ETA. And as someone else mentioned with ETA these days the ebauche os more than likely made in Asia anyhow.

In the past the admin team has always debated long and hard before adding another section as the opening and brand pages pages of the web site can quickly become too cluttered. My initial thought when I read this is that Tudor is a subsidiary brand of Rolex and that in truth beyond a few vintage models there aren't a lot of new developments. I do love seeing the projects when people show them of course. Other than iterations of already existing vintage models (snowflakes, roses, and baseball plate models) does anyone anticipate there will be newer models that are coming out? This is my 2 cents and not based on any discussion by the admin team.

If yours passed the 5 atm test and the issue was that the testing device didn't go any higher (rather than failure at 5 atm) I would go for it. But it isn't my watch.

CC33 - I am drooling. On my end:

Good luck. I have come upon many items I was interested in in the past but never figured out how to actually buy something. Kind of like Honpo in the early days where you either spoke Japanese and had a local recipient or were out of luck.

Take a look back but I believe he had some sort of crazy sale relating to that particular Ebel watch and it was substantially cheaper than the original price. I don't know if the $268 is the original price and it is substantially less (ergo the no QC pics) or that reflects the marked down one. You might just shoot him a PM or email and ask what the price currently is.

Just found this thread. Great info and really interesting. W0lf, keep it up. Love these posts.

I have no doubt they will come and from the NOOB factory. But there is no question that the factory is proceeding very carefully regarding new models after the raids a few months ago and the resultant factory shutdowns.

Is someone organizing real ceramic bezels? The carbon cases look great but that was always my hang up on the Diver.

There have been many posts in the past about how different the definition of servicing is. It varies from the infamous "swish and dip" to a real proper movement breakdown and oiling. If you have someone you trust at least you know what you are getting.

Congrats. Looks good.

When it comes to recreating tritium dials my approach has always been to find a gen watch with a dial "condition" I like and go from there. I have owned a number of vintage Rolex gens over the years and the puffiness factor has always been fairly random. But I do have to agree that a number of the rep vintage dials are just way too puffy. IMHO, when tritium degrades it is more likely to flake off and leave non-symmetrical markers rather than puffing up. The other thing is that often people take too aggressive an approach in browning their tritium. But once again, find that gen you love and mimic that.

Very nicely done.

Actually, I believe the Hublot is 27mm thick. If yours is really 20mm than I would guess you have the earlier generation Hublot rep before they got the dimensions right.

Great to see you back again. Yeah, the rep business is now a full fledged industry with real factories, higher prices and much more broadly available higher quallity pieces. I don't remember when you went on hiatus but now the stakes are higher with the more expensive reps and the dealers even provide QC pics.

Go for it.

Really nice piece. Wear that tone well.

I have never heard of offering two different quality case backs based on the movement. I would guess it is two different pieces and factories or he got a hold of an earlier version from the original factory for cheap. I have never sen the rep but have certainly seen numerous gen Laureus watches. And of course the engraving is true engraving rather than laser etched so it does show up noticeably darker.

edge- Great stuff. Looking forward to seeing the continuing process. Can't wait for those date wheels either.

+1.