Toadtorrent Posted October 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 I`m not totally familiar with the terminology yet. Could someone explain to me, sloooowly, what tube and insert are? I think I can figure out what the crown is. Here you go: Pic below is an 18k gold crown and stem next to the case tube. The tube gets screwed into the case to give the crown something to screw down on to create the seal. Triplock Crown is described below (text taken from Poor Mans Watch Forum) "The Rolex Triplock crown is probably the best crown system used in any watch and even maintains a degree of water resistance when unscrewed as tested by British Royal Navy Divers. Firstly an O-ring seals the space between the crown and the crown stalk, then the screw threads act as the second line of defense. The upper internal portion of the crown seals the top of the threaded cylinder when screwed down. Furthermore, around the stalk, inside the threaded cylinder is another gasket that acts as the final line of defense. There is probably not a crown system that can seal a watch case shut as effectively as Rolex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terje Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 I`m impressed with the wealth of knowledge!. I ask for a hamburger and you serve me Kobe beef! Thank toy SO much Toad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted October 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 I`m impressed with the wealth of knowledge!. I ask for a hamburger and you serve me Kobe beef! Thank toy SO much Toad! Mmmmm...Kobe Beeeeeef... Glad to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 I'm not sure you're considered 'fair game' these days Gran, it's almost too easy Sure is Doc....its seems I am retired...my teeth are all candy and sweet ...everything is all calm and peaceful on RWG these days. Even Neil loves me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abat Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Just recieved the bad one from Josh. Fundamentally it is not the one in the pictures that I ordered, we'll see what he says - I've emailed him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted November 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Just recieved the bad one from Josh. Fundamentally it is not the one in the pictures that I ordered, we'll see what he says - I've emailed him. Yup...it seems he has a few of them kicking around. The replacement he sent me was also wrong...but he caught it the day after it went in the mail, and resent another one which he said he checked to make sure it was correct, right away. Shipping it back can be cheap and slow (with no tracking) or expensive and fast with tracking. If you go cheap and slow, it means it takes forever for you to get the right watch which stinks, given that you didn't make the mistake. Good luck...I'll update the thread when my watches arrive in a couple weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy697 Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 Great write up. I compared my Sub from Andrew that I recieved a year or so ago and it looks darn good. I had the crown guards worked and a gen crown and tube put in so that helps a lot. I just have to get a new insert and its pretty spot on. Im happy with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiss Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 Thank you for the pictures and details. I hope to be able to contribute to this board at that level one day! Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legarots Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 This photo is from Rolex's website. It shows 5 tick marks under "Swiss Made". What's going on? Are they using a fake on their own site, or did they change the model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blerkselmans Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 The picture you're showing is the Submariner LV. A special edition with (apart from the green bezel) a few differences compared to the original Sub (which was reviewed here). Attached a detail of the original Sub, showing the 3 marks... This photo is from Rolex's website. It shows 5 tick marks under "Swiss Made". What's going on? Are they using a fake on their own site, or did they change the model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakemaster Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 I never saw this post. Not a shocker at all. The Rolex LV in it's first year run had 5 ticks. Versions after that had 3. So both are correct. Actually you would be more likely to see a 3 tick over a 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailboss Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 People should be aware that all these repa have been thru changes since this was writen. The noob case for example has changed, for the worse unfortunatly. Still the best dial in the biz tho! Col. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakemaster Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 How could the noobcase have changed if it was being made by the same factory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billywhiz Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Just to add, my old noobmariner - ( one of the first batch of good Noobs has this on the serial ) Sames as below but with 16610 LV In fact this is my actual 1st edition Noob the day after I got it, have things gone that bad since.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Diddy Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Can someone let me know where I can get the 'original' Noobmariner from? thanks What was pictured on the site should have been close...really close to the Legendary TTK sub. ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpy540 Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Looks like i got a pretty goon one from Fakey. The only hting i need to do is rework the Cg's to get tghem a littel closer. and do a WM pearl. It will be interesteing to see what my next purchase comes in like? A WM9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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