Nightstroker

There is little doubt in my mind that this watch is not genuine.... If it is a replica....then it is amazing....spot on in every way.... It is a Hublot BB Portocervo.... Compare the pic in this thread with the gen photos in this link....scroll down to page 18 of this catalog.... Hublot forum catalog.... portocervo on ebay.... The watch is very similar to the HBB Aspen....the subdials seem to be switched from 9 to 3 oclock and the case of the Aspen is white.... I honestly cannot find a single flaw anywhere on the dial....or case....or anywhere else for that matter....

I did a little google search....it seems that they are ranging from about $24,000 to over $100,000....

Excellent video of Corums folks puttin the Golden Bridge together....amazing video....

It appears that the auction has changed....he is no longer offering anything besides the movement....I dont see any bracelets or dials in the aution....this is his only auction....

I sent a pm to the guy who bought the GMT....telling him that he bought a replica.... I explained why it was a fake....this was his reply.... Get a Grip. The Watch did come from Interwatches.com it was a Rolex GMT (checked out at a local Rolex Dealer) and was in good condition all though a little high in price.. Not sure how you got my info or what your motive is but you were very incorrect! I fiind it hard to believe that the watch is gen....the hand stack in the blurry photo appears to be incorrect....GMT hand below the hour hand....also the triplock looks wrong....

The watch has been sold....did anyone bother telling the guy that he bought a rep for $3800?

That happened to me one time with a new DD....nearly shot my pants when I heard it hit the concrete....it survived.... You might want to check the floor of your car for the screw....sometimes the bracelet wont come apart immediately after the screw is removed....occasionally the links can kind of hold themselves together....retracing your steps might lead you to the screw....

I have given up buying from dealers for the time being.... I am only going to spend my money on modded watches....no more OTB for me.... Also....there was a recent debate concerning child labor/slavery in china and our replica watches....obviously this is a problem....it is hard for me to just walk away from the hobby....so I decided to purchase from members only.... Also....if there is an issue with a dealer bought watch you will have to spend money on shipping it back to china....you wont have that problem if you buy from local members....for me that is CONUS.... Another point....when you buy from a member you are getting what is advertised....so no more watches with the wrong movements in em....or other variances that differ from the photos our dealers are using....

Rolex has been trying to create some originality for quite some time....if you look at their large range of DJs and DDs to choose from it is apparent that they have been attempting some originality only by offering several designs of the same old watch.... Now they are heading in a new direction by offering all new designs....instead of another version of their already played out watch.... So what they are trying to do is create more choices/designs while still offering styles that represent what Rolex has always stood for.... I believe that Rolex is well aware of the played out nature of their watches....it is something that they have been struggling with for a long time....and now they are making a change....

I had the same problem with one of my old rolex subs....date changed in the middle of the day.... Here is how I fixed it....I dont know if it will work for you....but give it a shot.... 1. Set the hour and minute hands to 12:00 (The GMT hand should line up also at 12:00) 2. Put the crown into the date change position and give the date wheel a full tour of all 31 days....then set it on the 1st.... 3. Pull the crown out to the time set position and give the hands a full 24 hour tour.... With a bit of luck the date will change at 12:00 now.... You might want to try this on the pepsi also.... Let us know if it works.... Good luck....

FIrst of all I would like to point out that the watch in those pics has the correct hand stack....very unusual.... Besides the dial and CGs and the lousy crown etching at 6:00 it looks like a decent rep....

Thanks for the pic Omega....very surprised to see this sword adjustment on a gen ETA....even if it is a 2886-2....perhaps the 2836-2 in my pic is real ETA....perhaps NOS....not sure.... Its hard to accept it as swiss when you crack open the case and see something like that....especially when all the pics out there have a screw adjustment.... Has anyone else seen a sword adjustment like that before on swiss ETA? Sorry if I offend anyone by going off topic with this question....

I bought a DD from Ruby advertising Swiss ETA 2836-2....this is what she sent me.... Notice the funky balance adjustment arm....no screw.... I didnt bother contacting her for a return because I am fairly happy with the watch....at $208 I over paid a little bit....but not much....I didnt want to deal with sending it back and so on and so forth.... All you need to do is contact her regarding the issue....send her some pics via image cave and wait for a response....Im pretty sure she will take care of it for you....

Bingo! Heres the link if anyone wants a look.... Bulova comes back from the dead....

I used this same method with my new DD....fixed in less than 15 seconds...now it buckles up nice and tight....made a very slight bend in the braclet part that lays onto its recieving partner....very slight....did I say slight???

It already is a disaster....I wont be playing for awhile....all my dough is tied up right now.... Yep....I agree with that....the machines will get ya in the long run....been playing them for a long time to....hard to break old habits....I dont hit the pit much....not into blackjack or bacarat or any other games.... Not sure if I agree with that....many of the players at the tables carry huge bank rolls with them....like over $3000.... The alternative for me is to leave the rest of the money at home and play tight as hell untill I manage to get in on a good pot....which is usually what I do....the problem is that hours go by and the hands never come.... What I should have done was sit at the table with the whole $1000 and raise pre flop every hand that I intended to play....starting with pairs and top ten hands only in early and mid position....varying play a little bit in late position.... Instead I played like a mouse and didnt get much opportunity to be active....too many limp ins....etc.... I play a lot of 1-2....problem for me is that its hard to be aggressive with only $200 - $300 on the table....if it fails even one time im forced to play like a mouse again.... I have a lot of patience....can play 1-2 for over 8 hours straight....winning or losing little....sometimes making a few hundred.... The guys who win where I play have big stacks of dough in their pocket....take big risks....bluffs....etc....I cant pull that off....like I said if it fails even one time im reduced to a mouse.... Very cool....

Hello all.... Well....its been a real roller coaster of a ride at the poker table lately....lots of ups and down....winning and losing....mostly losing....lol.... With my bank roll dwindling away I decided to fake being sick at work and head down to the wynn casino with the remainder of my cash....$1000.... I work in the sun all day and didnt really feel like dealing with 150 degree weather....plus business was dead so the odds of me makin some dough at work was pretty slim....didnt feel bad about fakin the sickness....lol.... With $500....I sat at the 2-5 table for a couple of hours....won a couple of decent pots....lost a few others and then lost my whole stack with an ACE holding a poor kicker....it was kind of a bluff....I didnt expect the guy to call me....his kicker sucked also....but it was just enough to clean me out....ouch.... Now I really had to do some business....so I pulled out my remaining $500 and switched tables.... The guy to my right was wearing a really nice rep of a VC tourbillon.... This one.... I complimented the watch and we chatted for a few seconds about watches....he said its a very uncommon watch....most people are not familiar with VC....I said yes....its like Patek....he said EXACTLY!.... To see if he knew anything at all about watches....I asked him if it was a tourbillon....knowing full well that it was.... He says...."Wha?...what did you call it?....a tourbil....I dont know what its called....my wife bought it for me...." You would figure that if the guy was wearing a gen VC tourbillon worth well over $20,000 he would atleast know what the hell it was....lol....he had never heard of tourbillon.... The sweep was a little choppy....the balance looked pretty standard....just like the ones in our ETA reps....BUSTED!!...lol.... I sat at the table for a good 3 hours....catching crap hands the whole time....not what I needed.... I took down a couple of small pots....they only brought me back to the $500 that I came to the table with.... Shortly there after I lost over $125 trying to muscle some pots....didnt work.... Then I got dealt QQ.... Finally a good hand.... long story short....I made a huge mistake and went all in with my remaining $285 with K J 5 on the board....the guy called me and turned over AK....the turn and river cards didnt help.... Now im cleaned out....-$1000....no bank roll....what am I to do.... I decided to take a couple days off and figure out what to do....I needed some cash bad.... In desperation....lol....I took money from a place that I shouldnt have....VISA....huge risk....but it paid off....thank god.... I took $100 to the video poker machine....that has been good to me in the past....while playing Double Double Bonus Poker betting $5 a hand I managed to pop off this jackpot.... Yes....thats right....$2000.... After waiting about 20 minutes for the hand pay....the lady finally came by and placed 20 $100 bills in my hand....tipped her $50 and crammed another $100 in the machine....played Deuces Wild this time....lost the $100....and another $100.... So I switched back to Double Double BP....again betting $5 a hand.... I hit QQQQ for $250.... So now Ive got $2100 in my pocket.... Feeling A LOT better now....I trolled into the poker room and lost it all.... JUST KIDDING!!! I went to the table with $200 and played smart/tight the whole time....walked out with $400....left the casino with $2300.... Im back in the action baby!!....hopefully I can make some money at work for a change....cant live on the casino forever....as I just recently learned....the four AAAA3 was a long shot....couldnt have come at a better time though....

Lucky to say the least.... Congratulations!

Geeze bro....thats one hell of a long first post....whew....felt like I was opening the first page of a novel.... ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A POST.... Tell us how ya really feel!....lol....kidding.... just messin with ya pal.... You should start a new thread addressing your questions....more likely to get an answer that way....many of us wont take the time to read the entire post....your questions might be over looked.... Hello and welcome! The search button is your friend! Tons of good info here....Enjoy!

Id say you need to get your hands on a noob dial....the silix dial probably isnt as good....noob dial is best.... Sand down the insert so that its recessed into the bezel....shave down the CGs and slap that puppy together....why do anything else? Your a little limited with a noob case and bracelet....a vintage project wont work....like a Bond on Nato or something similar....

I got seriously lucky today....big time.... For those of you who have been following this thread you realize that I lost $400 the other day....my intention was to go back to the casino the following day and recoup the loss.... Oopsies....lost another $400....ouch.... I had recently gone to the bank and deposited my entire bank roll....so the $800 was all the money I had to play cards with and I lost it all.... I went to a meeting this morning at work and went to breakfast at Sunset Station Casino.... Before breakfast I slipped $40 into the video poker machine....it did a fantastic job of taking the money and returning nothing....well designed machine I guess....lol.... I went to breakfast and ordered 2 eggs scrambled, 2 pancakes, 2 strip bacon, 2 sausage links and coffee....only $4.99....what a deal.... Before heading back to the car and driving to work I decided to give it one last shot.... The ATM spit out $20 for me and I stuffed it into the video poker machine again....but a DIFFERENT machine this time.... Right off the bat it was playing much better than the previous machine....I hit a few full houses and flushes....couple of straights....etc....then I was dealt 3 Jacks and drew the 4th Jack for $62.50....now I had $85 in the machine.... Feeling a little lucky....and desperate....I switched over to $1 video poker.... For those of you who are unfamiliar with how video poker works....the max bet on a $1 machine is $5....so now I am betting $5 every time I hit the button.... Again the machine was not taking my money....it was letting me play....and play....and play....AND THEN.... I am dealt AA and I drew TWO MORE ACES....so thats AAAA....$800!!!! I now had $840 in the machine....and decided to continue.... Now she was really playing well....which is strange for a machine that just cracked out $800.... I hit about 3 full houses at $45 each....a couple flushes and straights.... I cashed out with $950....winning ALL the money I lost on Wed and Thurs with $90 profit.... Aint Vegas cool?

That is wrong.... You do not automatically go all in just because you have AA and there was a pre flop raise.... Correct play for me was to raise and then call any re-raise....in our case the asian kid just called my raise and all others folded.... One can assume that the fellow who raised pre flop has one of these hands.... AA KK QQ JJ AK 10 10 With that in mind....correct play is to call ANY raise....so it doesnt matter if I raise $50 or $100 or $1000 or go ALL IN for that matter....he calls anyway.... The purpose of the raise was to get rid of any players who limped in with semi decent hands.... Your better off saving some dough by putting up a sizeable raise....like $40 or $50....that will get rid of the limpers.... The other thing to consider is that I was on a small stack compared to the asian kid....who is sitting on top of about $1200....so maybe a $400 all in is an easy call for him anyway....

Dang bro! Thats amazing....runner runner for a straight....thats like a miracle suck out....lol.... I lost $400 today.... I was big blind with pocket Aces....Ac Ah....I limped in for $5....an asian kid at the other end of the table makes it $20 to go.... There was a couple of callers....I decided to raise it up to $40 and scare away the semi decent hands.... The asian kid calls and one other person is in.... Flop comes 5h Jc 9c.... First to act checks....I tried to buy the pot right then and ther for $25....the asian kid raises me $100.... The other guy folds and now its up to me....I really didnt want to fold my Aces....plus I had a back door out with a nut club flush....I called the $100 raise.... Turn card is a 2c.... Im first to act and put up $50.... The asian kid puts me all in.... I was on a nut flush draw and decided to take a gamble....all I needed was one more club and it couldn't pair the board....I called with all my chips....about $225.... Turn card was red and the kid turned over JJ....ouch....thats how aces get cracked.... -$400 on one hand....I left the table and decided to call it a night....Ill go back tomorrow and try to recoup the loss....

The Wynn Casino poker room has been very good to me lately....and last night was no exception.... I sat at the 2-5 NLH table at around 11:15 PM with $400 in chips.... The cards were coming very slow for the first few rounds and I did not get a single hand that I could call a raise with....so I folded every hand during the first 30 minutes or so.... Then I finally got a pocket pair.... 7d 7h I considered preflop raising....but I wanted as many players in the hand as possible....so I just called the $5....to my relief everyone limped in just like me....except for 3 people who folded their cards.... The flop came down 6h 10d 7c.... Yippee! I flopped trip 7s.... I was first to act and there is no need for me to scare anybody away with a bet....I checked.... two other guys checked and then this older guy made a $30 bet....there was one caller besides me and all others folded.... The turn card came a 6s.... I was now in great shape with the board paired....only two hands can beat me now....pocket 6s or pocket 10s....my full house was not likely to be cracked.... I bet out $50....the older guy called and all others folded.... The river was nothing special....like a 5 or something.... I bet out $50 again and now I had only $226 left in front of me.... The old man goes all in!....he had a lot of money in front of him so he had me covered.... I said...."I have to call" I turned over the pocket 7s and his pocket jacks were no good.... It took me a few minutes to stack all those chips....$765 or there abouts....lol....cant believe I got a boat with my first pocket pair of the night.... I took a little bit of money from the guy later on with some semi-decent hands and walked out of the casino with $800.... Doubled up baby!! I played for almost 2 hours.... Hopefully ill sit at a table with some players wearing nice watches soon....that way my posts are a little more relevant to this forum and the original idea behind this thread.... EDIT: I realize that my math is not correct....if you add up the bets....it does not equal the size of the pot that I took down....there must have been some other callers that I forgot about who folded before the river....for some reason I have a hard time remembering exactly how the hand progressed....at any rate....at the end of the hand I remember clearly having roughly $765 in chips....

I doubt it came from a crash site....how do you explain the condition of the dial....you can see how the face of the dial has been melted....and the bent minute hand.... I am positive it is from prolonged exposure to heat....perhaps a house fire....that makes perfect sense....