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The New 2018 Noob Daytona SH4130 it’s great!!!!

PhilOhio

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Jim,

You're right. I'm older than dirt. And more than two months have passed since I ordered the watch, which was supposedly "available". But I think I unknowingly made a mistake by being unaware that I had a choice of shipping methods, if there was one offered. I just O.K.ed and payed whatever the default shipping choice was. I guess that's how I learn. The previous rep I bought was custom assembled by one of our RWI TDs in California, so the foreign shipping issue did not come up.

Yes, I'm acutely aware of the nature of the trade and the fact that most of these are one and two-man operations. Which is why I get jumpy if something seems to not be going smoothly.

I don't know how many members are aware of the China tie-in with the U.S. Postal System, but it's fascinating. I spent a number of years as an Asia specialist, working for the U.S. Government in the Far East, and we sometimes depended upon this channel, and/or the U.S. military APO postal system, which also functions in tandem with the USPS. Somewhere out in the South Pacific is a tiny U.S. controlled island (I forgot the name) with a U.S. post office. The Navy probably administers it. It must get an avalanche of business. All sorts of foreign places are feeding packages and mail into it. The island is probably sinking slowly. The mail is then sent to the next U.S. sorting center by air or surface. So apparently, China sellers have the American hardware and software to generate labels and new tracking numbers for our rep watch packages. But it's a mystery to me how a parcel gets from Point A to that island post office. I don't even want to know. :rolleyes: But so far, it has taken six days and counting. I imagine the trained dolphins have to take a rest break somewhere in mid-ocean. It may be a union rule.

Anyway, I guess the thing will eventually show up. Then all I have to worry about is when they come up with the next amazing incredible rep to top this SA4130 Daytona. i don't doubt that they are up to it.

I'm enjoying the input and comments from all of you on this; nice to know that my fascination with these reps is "perfectly normal". :)
 

PhilOhio

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Well guys, i got a reply from the TD, and it appears that the USPS tracking number that I was given originally was some sort of error, although nobody is admitting that. Without comment, the TD sent a link to an entirely different tracking path. The package indeed went via DHL and arrived at JFK airport in New York yesterday. But the earlier USPS tracking number link shows that this exact package was being sent via USPS and has still not left China.

It's a puzzlement. I must have specified DHL, but it's been so long ago that I forgot. That happens when you are 117 years old.

So perhaps by tomorrow I'll have the thing, being only 600 miles away.

Hey, maybe I'll get a second Daytona via USPS.
 

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Two new Noobiens just arrived from ryanwayer in just TWO DAYS!!!!



Now, my new dials are due Monday with some GEN movement parts and off they go to the Dr. Frankenstein!!!!

And yes, the "third" bezel is the GEN 116500 Cerachrom.
 

mui.richard

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Just a small update...the movement is great and since my regulation a bit over a month ago it's gained a total of 4 second. I'd say that's terrific for any watch, let alone a rep.
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Hinclimincli

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I take that these bad boys are back in stock? A 12.7mm Daytona with working chronograph is an absolute dream, even at $600! Would have to get rid of a few reps to justify it, though...
 

timewalker

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It's great! I wound it by hand and it was still running after a bit more than a day and a half, and only gaining 4s.
 
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PhilOhio

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Ah, the frustration of looking at these Daytona pictures and just waiting for mine. It has been sitting for FOUR DAYS at the JFK Airport arrival point, with nobody doing anything about moving it that last 600 miles. DHL where are you? The poor little bundle of Chinese miniature precision comes winging to me at 500 MPH from half way around the world at great expense, with all that jet fuel polluting the atmosphere, and then it just sits, tiny gear teeth and jewelled bearings slowly gumming up, while overweight unionized American package handlers chew on donuts and mumble about football statistics during their 17-hour coffee breaks. These two worlds are more than 12,000 miles apart.
 

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The subdials are bigger then the real

116520 looks retarded




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PhilOhio

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DHL Delivers from China in Two Days?

Well, perhaps once in the last 75 years of so. Read about my experience thus far, and then get a few thousand second opinions. To do that, in your browser's search window enter "Reputation of DHL shipping". You may spend the next couple years reading. And the picture is very consistent.

At the end of March, I ordered one of the wonderful new Noob 1:1 SA4130 Daytonas from our trusted dealer Ryan at InTimeWatch. Everybody else wanted one, too, so there were the expected delays. And Ryan's company is good to deal with. Finally in late June, after the QC pictures and accuracy checks, my new love was ready to wing its way across the oceans. It has not quite made it, and here's the story.

28 June 2018 - Ryan has the watch ready to go and generates shipment information.

30 June - It's logged in at a local receiving facility.

2 July - It's on the way to the DHL Ecommerece receiving facility.

3 July - Only one day later, it gets to the Hong Kong hub.

4 July - After only one more day, it leaves Hong Kong by air.

5 July - Arrives at JFK International Airport in New York. Wow! Everything went smoothly in China. That took just over a week. I've almost got it, right?

7 July - It, and thousands of other packages, are released by Customs. They do a pretty speedy job. That was just an overnight delay. Certainly DHL can match that, right?

9July - "It's progressing through Post network", whatever that means. Note that DHL is generating this bafflegab.

10 July - DHL's New Jersey facility first admits to having the parcel. O-o-o-oh, I've almost got it. Not so fast there. DHL says it's being "PROCESSED". (All those caps are theirs.)

12 July - Two full days later, the DHL speed demons...you know, those guys who deliver things from China in two days flat...announce that my beloved Daytona has left their "DHL ECOMMERCE FACILITY" for their next sorting facility in Stow, Ohio, near Dayton in north central Ohio. This is only about 450 miles from New Jersey, so it might take a day.

13 July (a Friday)- Whoopee! The DHL people in Stow, Ohio, say they received the parcel and have turned it over to the "DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDER" That would be USPS. My Noob masterpiece is only about 150 miles from me. One alternative tracking site says I will have it the next day, Saturday. Dream on, Phil. There's a little problem. The US Postal Service says they have the info but are still waiting for the parcel. Oh well, just a delay in posting tracking info, right?

14 July - USPS says they are still waiting for the parcel from DHL. But hey, it's a Saturday. Maybe the updates are slow.

15 July (Sunday) - Still nothing, but it's the weekend. The thing will probably show up on Monday, and the updates may be delayed, right? It just can't be that DHL is sitting on the package, right?

16 July (a Monday) - Nobody admits to having the parcel. DHL says they have turned it over to USPS, and USPS says it has been waiting for it for four days. Who should I believe? Shouldn't I just be patient and trust everybody? Whatever is going on, with the airlines up and running smoothly, and customs clearly doing its job, there is no excuse for a parcel to take nearly 3 weeks to get to me, and that's "so far".

And then I did what is suggest all of you do, search the Intenet for other people's experiences with the German delivery service provider DHL Ecommerce. They have quite a record. It seems that they have some inside business relationship with sellers in Asia. Just why that is, I don't know.

I would very strongly suggest that anybody ordering a rep from our TDs in China should make a considerable effort to avoid having it pass through the hands of DHL in any way. There has to be some alternative. Once again, don't just accept my account of a first time experience. Many hundreds of others have detailed horror stories which, to me, have the ring of truth. A lot of the credible allegations nvolve massive lying and misrepresentation on the part of DHL personnel. Life is too short to endure that sort of thing.

Yes, I know I will hear loud retorts about somebody's wonderful experiences with DHL, and then there's that recent lightning flash 2-day trip from China, mentioned in this thread. I'm not sure how that could physically happen. I'll believe it when I experience it, but I won't, because I wouldn't knowingly touch DHL's services with a 10-foot pole. Or Czech.

Oh, in what dark corner will my wonderful new Daytona be pining away tonight, or has it already been stolen? :(

One more time. Before ordering your next rep from China, do a web search on "reputation of DHL shipping".
 

Hinclimincli

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Well, I have two watches that went from the TD's desk to Heathrow Airport in three days...

...and are still at Heathrow 10 days after. That is EMS, which in UK is managed with Parcel force. DHL used to get the packages in 4 days tops in my wrist. So I'm afraid there's no "best" option, unfortunately.
 

PhilOhio

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That's great to hear. I'm not looking for "perfect" or "outstanding"...just "reasonable" or "passable". even "mediocre" would be O.K., but not "horrid".
 
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This thread has been busy!!!! I went silent as I lost interest in it... I’m a notorious flipper. The novelty wears off and then I never wear it. I look at it and the spark is gone... So it’s time to find it a home that will love her like I once did!! We lost that loving feeling. So I kicked her out to the m2m section. Someone from this forum will treat her right!!! Show her things I couldn’t... I have moved on :)