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OK guys, I figured there are some smart experienced people on this forum. I wanted to run my situation by you. My wife JUST finally gave me the OK to buy a gen Panerai (finance). But the source I wanted to use for financing would only give me 2500. Which is obviously not going to cover it. I do have a jeweler I use regularly for other watches I have bought (breitling,Tag, Rolex) and have $8k available with them. BUT they don't carry panerai. I am not allowed to open a new line of credit. I have been kicking around the idea of buying a new Rolex (1 yr interest free) on my 8k line, never taking it out of the box and turning around and selling it for maybe a small loss. Taking that cash and buying the PAM I want. What do you guys think? Is this crazy? I have wanted a GEN PAM for so long. I am sooooo close. Thanks Luke

please do....he said he could order one for 300.00 lets see if you get a different response. Luke

mach I asked chronoswiss on ebay if he had the same band available as I got the same watch you did and he quoted 300.00 including shipping. I hope I find the same deal you did. I would be all over it

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I consolidated 4 Asian watches to get that tag...I like it so much, the gen might be in my future. I also love my railmaster xxl. Especially with the new strap.

here is another shot of the new band on the omega compliments of http://www.thewatchprince.com/ (39.00)

Just received this in the mail today and wanted to show it off to everybody. Its the Carrera on rubber from Andrew. I also got the railmaster from Andrew but it came with the wrong color band. So I ordered an after market brown croc band for the xxl. The tag is my first high grade movement (7750). I am pretty excited and wanted to share with all of you. Luke

I can get it much much cheaper on IOFFER........how dare you cheat us

this might have been asked already but is anybody selling the rep version of the rubber strap with the holes in it? I was just at the AD and tried on the gen with rubber and it is nice.

Going with the dressy Breguet.......

im not sure if its the winding spring but here is what im talking about.

Please forgive me for not being more knowledgable but I just purchased a omega railmaster xxl with unitas manual movement. I have probably worn it 3 times total. I woke up this morning and decided to give it some wrist time. I wound it up about 30 turns or so. After about 20 minutes I noticed the movement stop working. so I would 10 more or so and movement started back up. after getting to work and sitting down to inspect it. It looks like the coil that winds is out of sorts like a birds nest. Im not sure how to describe it except that it doesnt look in line. It looks kind of jumbled. Any suggestions on how to fix this. If I set it face up down on my desk and wind it in reverse it seems to run. Maybe I can let it unwind itself until it runs out? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Luke

Can anybody suggest a place to purchase a gen black rubber band for the tag Carrera Chronograph online?

once he ships, it doesnt take usually more than 5-8 business days. But you should probably ask him if he has it in stock to ship immediatly. Not all stuff on his website are in stock. It could take 2-3 weeks to months if he doesn't have it.

Thanks guys....I kind of had the feeling this might be the case.

I am a newbie when it comes to watch repair, but I am determined to understand how these replicas work and figure how to do basic repair and maintenance. My question is, I have been purchasing some great reps from Jay at silix. These are definetly the Japanese cheaper versions. I have some I really like. In particular a day date. I was wondering, if I could find a ETA 2836-2. Could I do a switch out and make this watch equivalent to the higher end replicas? Is there a good place to buy these ETA movements. I have seen the ETA 2836-2 for around 70.00 on Jules Borel. Is this the one I need? Also I know the real movements have a very slight tick. And the replicas with asian have a more noticeable tick. Will the ETA improve over the Asian movements? How much of a undertaking is it to switch a movement? Thanks guys Luke

I am alittle new to RWG. Anyway here is my small but ever growing collection.