PVD'd Rolex

[mel]

I'm getting a real itch that I'm having trouble shifting, I've never really been a Rolex lover and althought the Sub and Deepsea are both IMO design classics I've always thought the brand a little too main stream and in your face for my tastes, but now I just keep going back to a Pro Hunter Sea Dweller, I just think it looks so obviously different and exclusive that it becomes tastefull. However for what is in reality a customised non official watch I'm having real trouble getting my head round the price tab, I know the words exclusive and cheap never go hand in hand but are there any alternatives to the Pro Hunter? or is it practical to take a standard watch and go about getting the treatment done yourself? and really how hard wearing is PVD? "diamond hard" to me just seems a bit catch phrase and unrealistic. Oh and when I say "alternatives" I'm not talking about absolute bargin priced ones at $200 that seems to be covering the google search feature, infact maybe "exclusive" and cheap can hand in hand as these sites appear to have dozens of watches with a choice of movements from a manufactured run of sub 100, honest.

[mel]

Thanks Luke, after a bit of digging I've turned up Bry's website and he offers the service for clients, have mailed him for a quote on doing a pre owned Sub' or possibly even a Ti Seamaster Hmmmmmmmmmmm


http://www.satintime.com/index.php

[mel]

Right I've got all my costs togeather now and I'm umming and arring. Much as it goes against the grain I really want to see what one looks like in the flesh so to that end I've gambled $140 and ordered a looky likey I know the whole replica thing is a bit of a hot potatoe on here but before I go ploughing over four grand into something I'd quite like to see some sort of better representation than a photoshop knock up. There's a time and a place for everything and I'm buying a rep not to help fund international terrorism, nor child abuse, heroin growing or prostitution but to have a look, it'll be a disposable watch so I really don't care what the movement is or how long it lasts but if the case and bracelet are "interchangable with the genuine watch" as they claim then it'll be interesting, guess i'll find out in a couple of weeks (or not as the case may be) If the quality isn't up to much then so be it, I know what a real one feels like I just don't know what it'll look like in the black. Anyway it'll be fun to pull it apart.

Edit; I'd love to add a link to the image of what I've ordered but it's such a sensative topic all I can say is the website is your trusty time and they show some pro hunters there of which I fancy the sub' (hopefully that hasn't crossed the rep' links rules)

Edited by mel on Wednesday 15th September 14:19

[mel]

Cyber, you say your Porsche design number was a combination of aluminium and titanium, was the problem with the PVD scratching easily on ali' elements of the watch? It is a much much softer base material than either stainless or titanium think of it as standing on an ice covered road compared to an ice covered pond, I've never heard of anyone falling through a road.