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watchmaker9 "new preorder sub cases" perfect match

Jake48

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pugwash said:
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Maybe they'll sell the dial??
WM9 doesn't sell parts.

However, the manufacturer of the dials may well be just another Chinese printer that all the rep makers have access to.

ps. Where's the picture of the dial?

Edit: Ah, they've added dial pics to the preview page.
http://www.watchmaker9.tv/products/PREO ... 07ZSUB.htm
Pug,

I checked out the pictures. The dial looks pretty good. They even have the updated correct position of the "SWISS MADE" that covers three minute markers instead of the old style of five markers. I also noted that all the minute markers touch the inside edge of the rehaut, just like Gen, were the old style rep dials have minute markers that are pulled a little bit away from the edge of the rehaut. It looks like the dial is a completely new style dial and a good one at that.

The crown, however, looks like the typical crummy rep crown with rounded edges and a rough finish in between the knurling- bummer. For the price WM9 is asking I would expect a better crown.
 

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I have owned 3 gen Subs and 2 gen SD's and the minute markers touching the sides is a myth. My last SD was spaced well away from the rehaut. On the whole though this Sub looks the best available but is it worth $499??!


I'm not yet sure.
 

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Watcher said:
I have owned 3 gen Subs and 2 gen SD's and the minute markers touching the sides is a myth. My last SD was spaced well away from the rehaut. On the whole though this Sub looks the best available but is it worth $499??!
I'm not yet sure.

Myth? Too easy, man. You might want to go to a few Gen dealers or spend some time on sights like TZ or WUS.

As has been discussed on numerous threads and postings, year to year and many times even the within the same year Rolex is known to have subtle differences on dials within the same model.

I certainly would not draw conclusions based on comparing older model year watches to newere year watches or different models to different models - ie: Explorer to Submariner, Submariner to SeaDweller. Two Tone to Yacht Master Etc Etc Etc.

You sir, are the one spreading myths...

I guess these Gen (all 2007 Z models) subs are myths then?:
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:D :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 

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pugwash said:
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I guess these Gen (all 2007 Z models) subs are myths then?:
Wow, check out the variation on the SWISS MADE on those. 8)
Good observation Pug - I didn't even notice that myself.

More on the subject:
This was taken from a post on another sight:

These dials are both from the cuurent model GMT Master II:
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Here is the link (paste it into your browser and fix the http):

hXXX://jholbrook.proboards33.com/index. ... 1181846535
 
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pugwash said:
Well, bugger. It's gone crap at the last minute:
http://www.watchmaker9.tv/products/PREO ... 07ZSUB.htm

the final version is up and it no longer looks as good.

Caveat emptor, that's a TW-Best/BW-alike.

disappointing. now it's only a slight improvement on the mbw given the crown position hasn't been fixed and the dial looks awful. that still leaves the noobmariner dial the king. i most likely will get my hands on it anyhow and will report back.

-bk
 

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bklm1234 said:
pugwash said:
Well, bugger. It's gone crap at the last minute:
http://www.watchmaker9.tv/products/PREO ... 07ZSUB.htm

the final version is up and it no longer looks as good.

Caveat emptor, that's a TW-Best/BW-alike.

disappointing. now it's only a slight improvement on the mbw given the crown position hasn't been fixed and the dial looks awful. that still leaves the noobmariner dial the king. i most likely will get my hands on it anyhow and will report back.

-bk
Bk-

Actually, I think the dial looks pretty good. Nice font, correct swiss made for 2007, correct thickness on metal around hour markers, correct thicker tick mark at hour markers, everything looks spaced correctly, hands look good etc etc The only thing I saw that looked different from Gen was the S in Submariner. What do you mean by awful dial?

As I posted above, I sometime think because we see or own a Gen or two we think all Gens of that model have to look identical, even when it is known that Rolex themselves don't produce dials exactly alike.

Maybe we are being a little picky with our 10x loops? Heck, when I look down at my dial with my naked eye it could say SWISS CHEESE instead of SWISS MADE and I probably wouldn't know it :D
 

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Jake48 said:
Actually, I think the dial looks pretty good. Nice font, correct swiss made for 2007, correct thickness on metal around hour markers, correct thicker tick mark at hour markers, everything looks spaced correctly, hands look good etc etc The only thing I saw that looked different from Gen was the S in Submariner. What do you mean by awful dial?
Which dial? The one they promised or the one they are going to deliver?
 

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bklm1234 said:
Nah. If they deliver the dial in the pics of http://www.watchmaker9.tv/products/PREO ... 07ZSUB.htm, I'm gonna change to a noobmariner dial. I'm not that picky, but the minute markers are touching the rehaut plus the m's don't align, those are very basic. I don't care so much about "Swiss Made".

-bk

Bk - You might want to check out the pictures I posted in this thread a few posts earlier. Those are all pictures of GENUINE 2007 Z subs - in all of those pictures you can see that the minute markers touch the rehaut.
 

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Maybe we are being a little picky with our 10x loops? Heck, when I look down at my dial with my naked eye it could say SWISS CHEESE instead of SWISS MADE and I probably wouldn't know it :D
We're getting the loupes (not loops, btw) out because it's supposed to be 1:1 and he's pulled a switcheroo on us at the last minute.
 

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pugwash said:
Jake48 said:
Maybe we are being a little picky with our 10x loops? Heck, when I look down at my dial with my naked eye it could say SWISS CHEESE instead of SWISS MADE and I probably wouldn't know it :D
We're getting the loupes (not loops, btw) out because it's supposed to be 1:1 and he's pulled a switcheroo on us at the last minute.

that is absolutely 100% correct. who would have guessed that would happen?


oh....wait a minute..... i did in an earlier post. same old stuff, different day
 

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hk45ca said:
pugwash said:
Jake48 said:
Maybe we are being a little picky with our 10x loops? Heck, when I look down at my dial with my naked eye it could say SWISS CHEESE instead of SWISS MADE and I probably wouldn't know it :D
We're getting the loupes (not loops, btw) out because it's supposed to be 1:1 and he's pulled a switcheroo on us at the last minute.
that is absolutely 100% correct. who would have guessed that would happen?
oh....wait a minute..... i did in an earlier post. same old stuff, different day

Interesting comments. When this thread was started t seemed to me it was about the prospect of getting a new style sub case that was better than any that had been produced before. I, as well as a few others, am excited about a case that may have the potential to except Gen parts without modding. As far as it has gone, most seem to agree that if this case is made as is shown in WM9 pictures, it probably will be the most accurate case made to date and for many, untill our dealers have it and lower the price, it is worth the price WM9 is asking.

For some reason this thread has become full of comments about dials and the micro imperfections that have been debated for years , not the case. Obviously, when even Rolex has these same variations, this type of nit pick'n starts to take on less meaning, if not only for some people to stroke thier egos.

When people start to talk about themselves in terms of, "I" said this or "I" did that, it is no longer about the watch, but about the person. When it gets to the point that you leave the discussion about the watch and start correcting someones spelling, I question what it is that you are here about?

I hope the posts I have made about the new sub coming out have kept people intersted and as we discuss this new watch case we all have learned something about the hobby we all love. I know I have learned a lot from the posts in this thread.

If you are here to be displeased, find fault in the minutia and correct peoples spelling - well - good luck with that...
 

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If you are here to be displeased, find fault in the minutia and correct peoples spelling - well - good luck with that...
Spelling matters when we recommend people search a lot. :D

I'm not here to be disappointed, but I'm not here to fall for WM9 again and again. If he comes out with a superb case, I'll be happy. If he hails his latest rehash of the TW Best as 1:1 and all-new, I'd rather have been prepared for the eventuality instead of telling everyone to plonk down their $500.

I'm not going to accuse you of being a shill, as that's a cheap tactic and I've been falsely accused myself. However, WM9 has lied before and sent shills to the regular sites. Are we suposed to forget this because he's supposedly the only game in town for the new Sub case?
 

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pugwash said:
Jake48 said:
If you are here to be displeased, find fault in the minutia and correct peoples spelling - well - good luck with that...
Spelling matters when we recommend people search a lot. :D

I'm not here to be disappointed, but I'm not here to fall for WM9 again and again. If he comes out with a superb case, I'll be happy. If he hails his latest rehash of the TW Best as 1:1 and all-new, I'd rather have been prepared for the eventuality instead of telling everyone to plonk down their $500.

I'm not going to accuse you of being a shill, as that's a cheap tactic and I've been falsely accused myself. However, WM9 has lied before and sent shills to the regular sites. Are we suposed to forget this because he's supposedly the only game in town for the new Sub case?

Pug,

You're too smart to fall for WM9 again and again and so am I. I remember the post about the "shill" and as I remember it the poster was suspected of trying to post a "glowing' report in support of WM9 and direct business WM9's way. You didn't buy, I didn't buy it - nobody bought it (although it was never proven one way or the other).

Believe me I have bought more watches from more dealers than you can imagine. I won't name dealer names, but trust me, some of our "trusted" dealers here have been less then trustworthy. When something "questionable" in nature resulted in a transaction for me, I kept it quite and resolved the issue behind closed doors. WM9 has not even come close to the type of dishonesty I have experienced.

On WM9 I posted this over at RWG:
Don't get me wrong. I have my doubts about WM9 and sure enough when you look at his dial pictures there are differences from the first dial he showed to the second. Is this because he is concocting some big conspiracy to steal our hard earned money with inferior rep watches or are they honest mistakes? Really, untill someone gets a watch in thier hands, we are all just speculating. I understand the skeptisicsm about WM9, he has sold watches for a substantialy higher price then we can get for much cheaper from the dealers we all know. But in trying to be fair, I do not know of one instance were WM9 ripped someone off or scammed someone by telling them they would get a Swiss Movm'nt when they were sent an Asian Movm'nt as an example. I also think that WM9, from what I have read, has always tried to follow up and resolve any issues with disastisfied customers, sometimes even involving refunds.

I have asked some of the people who slammed WM9 to tell us exactly how WM9 scammed them or have some one you know step up and say how WM9 stole thier money and it was dead silent. Not one! I don't even know of anyone who has ever purchased or held in thier own hands a watch from WM9 - everyone seems to me to be going by hearsay or pictures from the web. And anyone who has been around the web for a while certaintly would agree that being found guilty from hearsay and pictures taken from the web is not very credable.

The only real way to resolve all the speculation is to buy one of his watches and look for ourselves. I am going to do that (buy a 16613). If it doesn't take Gen parts with out modding, trust me, we will find out. If it has cr@ppy 18k plating, we will know. If the rehaut is off, we can all b!tch together.

Unless WM9 doesn't want my money we should know in the next month or so. Untill someone actually gets a watch, I wouldn't bank on anything that is being said by anyone, including the BS I write. It's just that, a bunch of guys just bull$h!tting as if they know...

I hope we can move on and talk about watches - not create pseudo arguements about issues that only serve to make us look like know it alls.

Like the saying goes - The more I know, the more I know that I don't know.

I like to learn form these discussions. I am not much into the personal stuff.

The jury is still out for me on WM9. I know if he makes the case he says he wil make it will be one sweet sub case. If he doesn't, I will chock it up to lesson learned, move along, forget about him and hope someone else makes the case.
 

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I like threads like this. Very informative and I appreciate the guys who take the time to do the research so we all can benefit from it. I just can't make myself plop down that much money right now, but if that watch is everything it's advertised to be then just maybe. If you are the guinea pig Jake48 I hope you get just what you're expecting but no matter what we will all learn from it. :)
 

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cybee said:
I like threads like this. Very informative and I appreciate the guys who take the time to do the research so we all can benefit from it. I just can't make myself plop down that much money right now, but if that watch is everything it's advertised to be then just maybe. If you are the guinea pig Jake48 I hope you get just what you're expecting but no matter what we will all learn from it. :)

Cybee,
Thanks for the kind words. I got into the rep thing becuase I was spending way to much money on Gens and I really like watches - always have. I sure have learned a lot form the rep boards. I have an illogical determination to complete the "perfect" TT sub. I think it is because this was the first rep I wanted and it got me started in the whole rep thing.

Fortunately I have a little money set aside for WM9's TT and it is something, for the life of me, I don't understand why another rep manufacturer has not made. One of the biggest flaws for me on subs is the case. If they got the case right you can always build form there, using as many Gen pieces as you see fit or can rationalize is worth the money. Get the case wrong, however, and no matter how good your pearl is or how aligned your "M's" are and you can almost always tell "something is just not right"

This is why I hope WM9 suceeds. If he does, he deserves credit. If he doesn't, then I guess he will earn the badge of king of the Bullsh!tters!
 

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do i believe him? hell no!, do i hope he is telling the truth? hell yes!

when it is done we will see and i hope it is everything he says but i have seen this before so his word and his pictures mean less that nothing to me. when a good review is posted with really good pictures then and only then will i believe what he is saying.

just remember gentlemen, i can take pictures of whatever i want and say anything i want, it is the internet. i want to see what someone receives for this inflated price.
 

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do i believe him? hell no!, do i hope he is telling the truth? hell yes!

when it is done we will see and i hope it is everything he says but i have seen this before so his word and his pictures mean less that nothing to me. when a good review is posted with really good pictures then and only then will i believe what he is saying.

just remember gentlemen, i can take pictures of whatever i want and say anything i want, it is the internet. i want to see what someone receives for this inflated price.

hk - We are a lot closer to beliveing the same thing then I think you realize. For me, as with everyone elses claim on the net, I am always highly skeptical, but I just happen to believe the case is weak to call WM9 a scammer, liar or some of the other negative things I have read about him. Most of these things have been based on hearsay with no direct knowledge.

For me, I will give him the benifit of the doubt. If the watch case he sends me is nothing like what he has promised, I will be the first to call WM9 out. Untill then, I am in the wait and see mode. If you have some specific example of WM9 lieing, not just disagreements on how accurate he claims his watch is, let me know.

I would not send my money to a known liar.