dssd arrived and TCO.. pictorial

[jkarpas]

Today i received my dssd from andrew, its the eta version. As always service was excellent and communication was instant , emails went back and forth in a chat like speed!

I unwrapped the watch and quality controlled it, to find that 6 o'clock marker had some lume running over the markers frame and also some dust particles around the outer edge of the dial. I decided to open the watch and have a try.

The caseback opened using a ruber glove, it was not so tightly screwed down but i am thankful for this as it came off easily with no scratches at all.

After removing the two piece caseback i witnessed what i believe and hope to be a swiss eta stamped under the balance.

Two movement clamps and screws after and after removing the crown i turned the watch over and got the movement out.

Using a toothpick and a loupe i removed excess lume from 6 o'clock marker and using a cotton ear bud and a joe blower i removed all the dust from the dial. The quality of the watch amazed me. No rough metal everything is finished fine, crown and tube are very sturdy and smooth.

After i silicon greased all the seals i decided to oil the rotor bearings just to make it even more quiet.

As i was busy doing all this stuff the bracelet was soaking in oil.

I followed the same process to assemble the watch and put the bracelet back, which now felt even better.

Everything went fine and i am very happy now.

Hope you enjoyed! This is a truly well made watch and is great for those who like their diver watches chunky and big.

[Rolexman]

Good Job! And thanks for the pics ( although a little low in res.). In this hobby 9 out of 10 reps have some irregularities which one can easily fix themselves. You have proven it.

Enjoy your DSSD, it's a great watch!

[jkarpas]

sorry for the pics, i resized them in photoshop as the originals were too big to upload

[Rolexman]

sorry for the pics, i resized them in photoshop as the originals were too big to upload

You can use this to host:

http://imageshack.us/

just copy-paste the urls in your post. Than the pics will show directly instead of thumblinks.

[jkarpas]

yeah i know this i am just bored to wait for them to upload. Thank you for the tip

[jkarpas]

i am open for trades in eu as i think this is too chunky for my wrist. Its hardly worn and i am looking for a hublot HBB or an iwc. Would also consider trades with multiple less valuable watches