bosk Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 A new purchase just came in the other day from a member over at RG. As you can see...the He valve position is almost perfect. The crown guards are a huge improvement too. In this case, the CG are superior to my closed factory SMP with correct He placement shown below. A minor flaw is the pearl in which the closed factory has this 007 SMP beaten hands down. Another flaw is the crystal...slight coke bottle effect...not as bad as some other SMP reps but worst than a good blue SMP rep. The bracelet was HORRIBLE...I'm going to have to stick this on a NATO or ZULU or something. Another advantage is case thickness. The caseback in this 007 SMP reduces the thickness to match that of a gen SMP, although the 007 rep is ~2mm shorter lug-to-lug in comparison to a gen. The 007 even has serial #'s like the closed factory too. Yes...the 10258 out of 10007 does not make sense...freaken factories need to think on what they are doing sometimes! the thickness is shown here with the closed factory on top and the 007 on bottom: Supposedly, this 007 case was briefly available from our trusted dealers at the beginning of 2008. Due to the profile, this is the best SMP rep to date, IMO. It just sits on the wrist much nicer...like a gen. The crystal and pearl can be replaced, making it close to perfect and a super-rep. I was intending on building another franken with an electric blue or black dial but the caseback poses some problems being a limited edition 007. In the end, I'll probably just stick in my spare gen 007 dial or superlume the current dial and stick in a good crystal that has undergone Chief DAR. I only hesitate because the 007 SMP is too close to the blue SMP in appearance. A quick pic of my sea of love Overall, I'm very satisfied with the new acquisition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 I agree... very good case. I really like the crown guards. Perhaps you could swap the bracelet from the "old school" SMP rep there and put a gen insert on it. Those mods would finish it nicely. PS: That Electric Blue is a beauty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosk Posted February 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 I agree... very good case. I really like the crown guards. Perhaps you could swap the bracelet from the "old school" SMP rep there and put a gen insert on it. Those mods would finish it nicely. PS: That Electric Blue is a beauty. I do love the electric blue and am considering swapping cases...or at least modding the electric blue case further by trimming the crown guards and sticking in a gen tube and crown (there is plenty of material to file down to get that V-shape and the height is about right). But since these cases are so hard to obtain, I always chicken out. Knowing how much the gen costs, I'm also hesitant to pour more money in the SMP reps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega007 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Where can I get one ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor52 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Wow you are one lucky dog - that electric blue is amazing - I found this place long after the closed factory - my electric blue cost $1400 on Jomashop - yours looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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