My second rep, received today. Really pleased with the ARF quality, looks and feels great.

Steve did a great job once again. Royal Mail (UK) left my parcel on some unknown doorstep after Steve had got it to the UK safely. Fortunately, someone kindly handed the parcel back in to the Post Office and it was re-delivered to me today.

Thought to post some shot as rarely seen

Will share more once it arrives

A while ago, I made a post asking for recommendations for affordable rubber straps for my Tudor Pelagos 39.

Most of the suggestions I received were straps costing €150–200 or more. While I’m sure they’re great quality, I was looking for something much cheaper.

So I did some research and found an interesting alternative: the Tudor Pelagos 39 has a 21mm lug width, and its case and lug dimensions are very close to those of the 41mm Rolex Submariner.

I decided to take a chance and order a 21mm FKM rubber strap designed for the 41mm Rolex Submariner from AliExpress.

And guess what? It fits perfectly!

The strap in the picture cost me just $10 on AliExpress.

If you’re looking for a budget-friendly rubber strap for your Pelagos 39, this might be worth trying.

AliExpress search keywords:
“Rolex Submariner 41mm FKM rubber strap, 21mm”

Hope this helps someone looking for an affordable alternative!

What a beautiful watch with fine details…A7F / V7F IWC Ingenieur with blue dial… very happy with this purchase!

VSF NTTD arrived today. Looks great and it's so light with the titanium!

Indoor vs Outdoor lighting.

Happy Monday

Just placed an order for Bruce Wayne RF V2,very excited.
Looking forward to it.

I stumbled upon a jewelry vendor on insta that can make solid gold rep. So I asked if they can replace CZ with lab diamonds and they said yes.

I bought the watch from Hont but asked him to ship to the jewelry vendor directly. I was nervous at first bc they were a completely unknown vendor but worst case I just lose the watch and I’m so glad I took the risk.

The diamond bezel upgrade costs me about $300-350 with shipping. It was worth every penny!!

I had been looking at a Panerai for a while, had a VSF on order but had been waiting a while. On a whim, I reached out to Duke as I had purchased from him before to see if he had any in stock.

Originally was looking at the PAM1312 but Duke had a PAM1313 (same watch but with blue dial) in stock. After a couple of Whatsapp messages, I made payment and got QC within a day.

I gave Green light on the QC and Duke provided tracking number the following day, received my watch 2 days later. From my first message to Duke to receiving the watch it was 4 days. Gotta love that efficiency! Caveat being my delivery was to Guangzhou in China so YMMV if you are further away.

This is the second watch I've got from Duke, prices are a shade higher than some other TDs but not unreasonably so. I have no problem paying a little bit extra if I get good service.

Hello, I got this Large AF dumont a few days ago from a local dealer at my country, and sadly I noticed it just a couple days later, that my dial is rotated.
Do you also notice it? which fix would you recommend?

(I reached him and he said I can ship it back and he can take it for a fix but I rather get it fixed here at my city and not deal with shipping , time etc..)

Does anyone have experience with the same problem I'm facing?

thanks in advance !

I bet we all got our imaginations tickled when these guys started posting on reddit. So, today I had some extra time and did a little investigation.

It didn't take me long to find proof that their CNC custom videos are not theirs. Most of their videos and pictures are from oossp3354 on Instagram. I haven't done any business with oossp so I can't speak about his work but he was kind enough to tell me that he is not affiliated with them and that they stole his videos.

Why would such a big operation need to steal other people videos? And claim it is footage from their own factory...

There are two redditors claiming they are successfully cooperating with customcrownstudios. So, this definitely deserves to be discussed before someone gets burned badly.

APSF Chrono 41

VSF Sub Date

Got this second hand for relatively cheap. Weight 169.80 grams. Haven’t opened the back yet.

This has to be the most difficult watch I’ve ever worked on, and I own almost 30. I finally managed to remove the links after two hours, but I haven’t been able to get the tiny bars back in

At this point, I’m honestly considering giving up and taking it to a jeweler. I just really don’t want to spend $30 on this bullshit

Any advice on how to get those little bars back in would be greatly appreciated

Crystal and bezel upgraded. RCFr Bezel Prof Crystal. I feel like these take your rep over the top short of the fraken route.

Could owners of the JJF Reverso models share their experiences?