pugwash said:
I wish I could say the same pug. I must have received an early version, or an unusaully bad strap.
I shipped it off to a member in Germany, at no charge. Didn't even charge for shipping. :lol:
Anyone know the price of a gen strap?
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PO rubber strap (silix) problems?
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I wish I could say the same pug. I must have received an early version, or an unusaully bad strap.
I shipped it off to a member in Germany, at no charge. Didn't even charge for shipping. :lol:
Anyone know the price of a gen strap?
triple-d shipped it to me... Can't even thank him enough for it, still I have not managed to put it on the PO yet because
1) one springbar broke
2) no watchsmith gave me 1,8mmx22mm springbars, at least 2 here
1) one springbar broke
2) no watchsmith gave me 1,8mmx22mm springbars, at least 2 here
triple-d said:enrm6 said:[quote="triple-d"a81hom9]
enrm6 said:
I'm calling BS on this statement I have 7.5 inch wrist. I jacked with this trap for 2 weeks. I did not OVERTIGHTEN the strap. The strap is JUNK!!!!
Perhaps your strap is different form mine. The one I have does not pop out and the only way I can see it popping out is if it is too tight. Maybe they have improved the design or perhaps the holes for your spring bars are too far away from the watch body. Your strap is junk, mine is not. There are more people out there in the forums who have this strap and are happy with it than those who have posted saying they have a problem.
EXACTLY.....Mine is JUNK.....yours may not be. So read what I called bullshit on....you say "THE TRUTH IS IS THAT IT FITS FINE".....THAT IS BULLSHIT. Mine didn't fit worth a shit, and the poster of the photo....his didn't either!!! SILIX says that 1.8 springbars are the answer.....NOT!!!! If youlead other members to believe that they fit correctly, are you doing thema service? Call a spade a spade, then other members will know what questions to ask the seller, and not be surprised by what they get.[/quote
a81hom9]That is some pent-up frustration you have there [smilie=dontknow.gif] If YOU lead member to think that the strap is junk then that is a disservice because it is not true. The truth is that almost all items that are replicas are likely to be somewhat short of original quality and you have to put up with that. Ok, you don't have to put up with anything that is clearly rubbish, even if it is a replica but that is not the case here. It is a shame you got a bad strap, or a badly drilled PO because the strap is good as far as I'm concerned.
Just putting in my 2 cents worth..
I received my Silix Casino Royal PO with rubber straps last week and I was also affraid that it would come loose. But looking on how it's attached it's almost impossibe for it to come loose. The springbars are a bit bent so they are stuck really hard. I tried to make the strap buckle, but pressing more would only make the springbars crack or popout.
I received my Silix Casino Royal PO with rubber straps last week and I was also affraid that it would come loose. But looking on how it's attached it's almost impossibe for it to come loose. The springbars are a bit bent so they are stuck really hard. I tried to make the strap buckle, but pressing more would only make the springbars crack or popout.
mullerhawk said:
That sounds more like it !! How does the watch compare to the 'ultimate' reps generally?
Cheers,
adam
It would seem to me that at least a part of the problem is that the watch is just too big for his girlie wrist. That's why the strap gets to enjoy some unusual bending forces and starts to pop out. So getting a bigger wrist should (partly) solve the problem.
marinlicina said:
HA HA HA... Well , same problem here... My wrists are really small, but still it's impossible for me to get it to popup even with a fair amount of force applied.
The replica is quite good, probably not as good as the UPO due to the pearl beeing a insert that protudes from the bezel. Really easy to pry loose - so I superglued mine so it wouldn't come loose. The watch also started to sound wierd, so I removed the backside and removed the so called anti magnetic iron lid (really poor quality moving around). The lume is so so, the dial has poor lume, but the hands is superlumed :roll: . Biggest downside with the bracelet is that already one of my two rubber rings that holds the part of the bracelet after the buckle has cracked straight through due to the force appliced when you remove the watch from the wrist, and the other one already has some cracks in one corner :evil: .. I guess some OEM will do - but you will loose the "omega" and "seamaster" insignias in the rings in that case! Well, I guess this will be my working watch (beater).
Mike
mullerhawk said:
thanks for the info .. pity it's not as nice as the UPO. Is the glass/AR any good? Interesting you mentioned the rubber loops, I had 1 tear on me too, will have to be very careful with them I think.
Cheers,
Adam
Jupp,
The saphire glass + AR is really good. No problems there.. Another thing noticed is that the bezel turn function is more flimsy on this one that the PO chrono I had before from Josh.
The saphire glass + AR is really good. No problems there.. Another thing noticed is that the bezel turn function is more flimsy on this one that the PO chrono I had before from Josh.
mullerhawk said:
That's a pity .. like the way that the bezel feels so solid on the Josh one
thanks for the info, much appreciated !!
Adam
Update:
Reordered a SS bracelet from Silix to change the broken rubber one. It doesn't even fit - so i guess the rubber braclet from Silix will be hard to get a good fit on a UPO. This watch is definitly from another factory than the UPO. The UPO has much better engraving than the silix one - so if you want one with a rubber strap go for the UPO version with the strap mounted. You will only be disappointed otherwise.
I tried also to see if i could transplant the movement + caseback from my Silix swiss Casino Royal watch to my UPO lite. But it is completely different diameter on the caseback.
Reordered a SS bracelet from Silix to change the broken rubber one. It doesn't even fit - so i guess the rubber braclet from Silix will be hard to get a good fit on a UPO. This watch is definitly from another factory than the UPO. The UPO has much better engraving than the silix one - so if you want one with a rubber strap go for the UPO version with the strap mounted. You will only be disappointed otherwise.
I tried also to see if i could transplant the movement + caseback from my Silix swiss Casino Royal watch to my UPO lite. But it is completely different diameter on the caseback.
The springbars are junk. I took the strap off of my SMP and the bar broke instantly. I purchased new ones and they wouldn't fit.