predfan2001 Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Just is today is the British SBS military watch...I'm gonna call it a rep. but I guess it is an unbranded "Omega'ish" military style watch I picked up off of eBay via Hong Kong. I call it a rep. because the seller has other unbranded military watches that are nothing more than an asian Sub rep with an unbranded dial. I elected to go with the non-dated 42mm ETA quartz model. I plan on wearing this one through out the summer as a daily beater. The solid stainless case has a nice satin finish with a screw on caseback and a screw down crown. The mineral crystal sits flush in the case, even with the insert. The coin-edged bezel is uni-directional and turns smoothly and tight. The strap that came on it was a black nylon strap but it was too short for me. I popped on my olive 20mm NATO and it feels great. I would compare the size of this one to the 42.5mm Omega Planet Ocean. It's a little larger than a Submariner. Not too big or heavy...just about right. All and all I think it is a pretty good deal for $60.00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ztech Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Very nice. Is that a MKII variant? Looks like one. Enojy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 I bought this rolex knock-off from the same guy- watchesu571- back in October: http://cgi.ebay.com/MILITARY-SUBMARINER-AU...1QQcmdZViewItem I knew it wasn't a Swiss movement (it's actually a PTS Resources movt- like the DG 2813, etc.) but I was buying it for the case- hoping to luck out and get a TW Best w/ lugholes. The case has lugholes, but it isn't a TW Best- oh well. Haven't figured out what to do with it at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
predfan2001 Posted April 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 (edited) I bought this rolex knock-off from the same guy- watchesu571- back in October: http://cgi.ebay.com/MILITARY-SUBMARINER-AU...1QQcmdZViewItem I knew it wasn't a Swiss movement (it's actually a PTS Resources movt- like the DG 2813, etc.) but I was buying it for the case- hoping to luck out and get a TW Best w/ lugholes. The case has lugholes, but it isn't a TW Best- oh well. Haven't figured out what to do with it at this point. I wondered about the case (since it has lugholes). Is it useable at all or just a loose copy of a Sub.? I figured it would be compatable with rep Sub stuff. Since you can't figure out what to do with it (depending on the size of the dial), I know somebody that needs a case for a DG 2813 and a Tudor dial Edited April 5, 2008 by predfan2001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 As I recall, the dial was maybe 29mm, but I don't recall what the rehaut ring inner diameter was- maybe 28+mm. A genuine Rolex dial is 27.4mm or so and it is too small for this case. Rep dials are typically 28.5mm. It's not a bad case, I've thought about reluming the dial, maybe put a gen crown and tube on, trim the cg's and put on a better pearl. It has a mineral/sapphire crystal but no date mag. Make it a military Rolex w/ an unsigned dial! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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