Replacement band needed for Replica DeepSea Sea Dweller purchased from Watch Cartel

[JLT1978]

Hi everyone,

This is my first post.  I was really lucky to stumble upon this fantastic site!

I live in Toronto, and purchased my one and only replica watch to date from Watch Cartel about 4 years ago.  The watch, a DeepSea Sea Dweller, has been amazing. Unfortunately, the band recently fell apart and I am not sure what to do.  The watch still works perfectly despite my never having it serviced.

I was hoping someone could please provide me with some advice?

Watch Cartel is no longer around, so I cannot go back to them.  AnyReplicaWatches does have a replacement band.  Do you think if I order that it will fit even though I did not buy the original from that site?

Thanks in advance for your advice and look forward to getting involved in the site!

As a final note, I am looking to buy a SubMariner with a blue face and a two toned band.  Ideally with Swiss movement.  Does anyone have this watch, love it, and recommend a site from whom to purchase?  Also, I have read that Swiss movement is not worth it.  Is this really the case?

Thanks again!

[RickFlorida]

If you do a search you will find lots of info on bracelets.     Sadly, it's not easy getting a really nice replica bracelet it seems.

 

Is this a real post or a plug for the replica site mentioned in the post?

Edited January 18, 2017 by RickFlorida

[JLT1978]

Thanks for your reply.

I will continue to search and see what I can find.  I was just wondering if anyone else had this experience and found a solution, because it would be sad to just throw out the entire watch due to a faulty bracelet.

And yes, it is a real post.  The only reason I mentioned the other sites was I wanted to know if anyone had ordered either the watch from that site or the band from the other site before and their experience.

Thanks again.

[Sogeha]

Welcome to the forum. You might like to do a little reading in the Rolex section. Lots of members have the 16613 or 116613. If you are looking to buy a watch I know that Puretime will try to source parts if you buy a watch at the same time. Other dealers possibly would too. Talking about dealers, you are better off using Trusted dealers rather than searching the Internet.

Swiss movements aren't worth paying a dealer extra for because they are usually old reused movements, again much information about this on site.

Have a little read and if you have specific questions come back and ask, but definitely your watch does not need to die.

Edited January 18, 2017 by Sogeha

[JLT1978]

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

As I said, separate from repairing the bracelet on my Sea Dweller, I am looking to buy a blue faced Submariner.  I want it to be as high quality and close to genuine as possible.  I am having trouble deciding between all gold and two toned and have a few questions.

1) on these replica watches, does the gold flake off?  Am I better off going for two tone if I am going to wear this to work everyday and use it a lot?

2) I am having a lot of trouble telling why certain versions of the same watch are more expensive than one another and which one to buy.  For instance, this is $366 http://www.puretimewatch.pw/rolex/submariner/rolex-submariner-16613-ln-ss-and-yg-blue-dial-on-ss-and-yg-bracelet-eta2836-sku5102.html and this is $938 http://www.intime01.co/rollie/2686-submariner-bp-116613lb-blue-ss-yg-wrapped-swiss-eta-2836.html.  Both come from dealers I have read about on this site, but what am I getting for $938 that I won't be getting for $366?  I will pay the higher price if it is worthwhile as I am looking to buy something for the long term.

Thanks again!

[Sogeha]

Gold wrapped vs gold plated