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116622 - Tomrep review

cuddilyteddy

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So I ordered a noob 116622 rolesium with 2824 movement. It was shipped directly to Tom for a bezel mod and I ordered it with a handset from JF, that Tom agreed to change for me. When he got the watch he let me know of other options we could do, including bracelet mod, which included closing all gaps and stairsteps from each link, repolishing center links, and rebrushing/refinishing the rest of the bracelet. He also gave the case a high polish, included with the bracelet mod.

While replacing the second hand on the watch Tom noticed the original noob second hand was sticking to the pinion of the second wheel. He was able to unmount parts of the movement, which led to discovering the Chinese date disc was not sitting as it should (aka shit), so we decided to go ahead and replace the date disc with an ETA date disc, along with some movement servicing. Tom sourced the new disc for me, per my request. He sent movement pictures, detailed descriptions, and videos, so I could understand what was happening and explained everything amazingly well.

Throughout the entire process Tom updated me with pictures, and his communication could not have been better. He answered my questions preorder, while I placed my order with a TD, and constantly while he was doing the work. I could not be happier with his customer service, his work, and his prices were exceptionally fair, especially considering all the extra work that went into this watch for me that we weren't expecting. I cannot recommend his mods or him highly enough!

As usual: this thread is worthless without pics, so here are some that Tom sent to me. As my watch just shipped today I will update with far more once the watch is sitting on my wrist, with the dial and bezel now matching perfectly in the sun :)



 

KJ2020

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Looks amazing bro, Tom does incedible work.
 

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That bezel looks fantastic! I might need to inquire about his services for my YM
 

KJ2020

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You might ask him to upgrade your crystal while you are at it if not done already. Shame to have the bezel off again for that.
 

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same work as tom, bezel mod and whole watch, on my YM.
I highly recommend it to a great person


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he did some work on some of my watches,amazing guy to deal with:worthy:
 

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I saw these earlier :) Fantastic work as always from Tom


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Feel also free to post my whatsapp number????

This is a message by Tom


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M_Hall

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Tom has done some work for me in the past, he is one of the most helpful guys I’ve come across.

This looks fantastic, congratulations.


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It looks really great. Isn't the JF/ARF handset 3135 movement based? Didn't know that they would fit on the ETA clones.
 

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It looks really great. Isn't the JF/ARF handset 3135 movement based? Didn't know that they would fit on the ETA clones.

I know it is a noob with 2824


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thefever

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Do these watches come with solid mid links in the bracelets? Noob, JF, ARF?
 

Godcia

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This watch is literally one of my grails. Do you think TD's will be able to send me the jf handset as well? Will definately contact Tom to do the mods he did to yours on mine :)
It looks beautiful, maybe at a 2xAR crystal and that might just be my dream watch
 

Alexccmeister

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Other than the bezel mod, what else does Tom's mod do to the feel of the bezel when you rotate it? Does it feel more genlike?
 

cuddilyteddy

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This watch is literally one of my grails. Do you think TD's will be able to send me the jf handset as well? Will definately contact Tom to do the mods he did to yours on mine :)
It looks beautiful, maybe at a 2xAR crystal and that might just be my dream watch

Yeah, I ordered mine direct from TD with a noob watch and had a JF hand set included in the order. I received quality control pics of the hand set, just like the watch, and they shipped together. I think it was 30 dollars for the hand set to be included.