IanH Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 (edited) I bought this off a CQ-out auction. It's not a terribly good rep at all. It's too thin, too light and the movement is a Chinese copy of an ETA 2836 The bezel is too thin and the caseback has no weight to it. The dial and hands look good to me though. What are your thoughts on this rep? Edited February 10, 2008 by IanH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carlsbadrolex Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Its not THAT bad... CG's look decent for OOTB. Interesting that they have bracelet end pieces stamped with 580 which would be accurate. The case back doesnt look bad at all. The casebacks were stamped (not engraved) on the gen and this looks alot better than the case back on my MBW. Yours could easily be sanded/buffed and made to look alot more like it was stamped. The dial is about the same as most. And it looks like it has a silver date wheel which is accurate for some of the DRSD's. All in all, its not that bad of a replica. Wear the darn thing, beat the hell out of it for awhile and make it look like a 30 year old watch. Check this site out for reference pics. http://doubleredseadweller.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanH Posted January 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Thanks for your reply. I'll have a look at doubleredseadweller. I haven't looked there for a very long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 It's not a terribly good rep at all. It's too thin, too light and the movement is a Chinese copy of an ETA 2836 The bezel is too thin and the caseback has no weight to it. The dial and hands look good to me though. What are your thoughts on this rep? With the exception of the dial (which, although I have seen worse, looks like a poorly colored NDtrading dial), I agree with the rest of your comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 a proper bezel and insert, t-39 and a gen crown and tube would improve this 200%. Looks like a not bad DRSD to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spa Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 It's not bad. Does it have a HE valve? I've seen many low priced DRSD vintages which miss that crucial detail... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanH Posted January 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 It's not bad. Does it have a HE valve? I've seen many low priced DRSD vintages which miss that crucial detail... Yes it does.It is held in by a spring clip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 I've got just about the same watch- got it a couple of years ago from Paul. Ironically, the HE valve held in by a spring clip (mine has a gasket around the valve insert) appears to be a faithful reproduction of the original 1665 HE valve- unlike the fake valve on a MBW. Mine has a 93150 bracelet (hollow mid-links) and 580 end pieces. Trim the crown guards Replace the bezel pearl- it's not terrible, but the illumes dots from Ofrei for $10 would look better or the 'supposedly NOS acrylic pearls' from WatchesandParts over in Hong Kong might work- mine snapped right in. Drill the lug holes- this might be a little more tricky in your case- the holes look slightly off-centered Maybe work on the case back like Carlsbad suggests And beat the watch up to make it look older The biggest problem with any DRSD is just the fact that there aren't that many of them around. But you can be sure that 99.99% of the people have absolutely no clue what a DRSD is in the first place and if you should happen to run into a WIS- well you might just be called out- but maybe he'd be discreet about it! If I saw someone wearing a DRSD, I'd be asking about it, but I'd be cool about it- I own gens and reps and I just like running into other WIS! BTW, the chinese copys of the eta's are pretty good in my book- if it is the true copy like in River's noobmariner, or some of Pauls vintage subs. My River noob is doing great. But the Josh noob w/ the 2813 is really a miyota copy- still not a bad movement- just not really an eta copy, but a Miyota copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanH Posted February 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 Thanks for all of your comments. I'm still not sure whether to keep this one or to flip it yet though. I've got a 1680 on the way and so I'm keen to see how they both compair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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