Nice to meet you all!

**surpur** · 12-31-2007, 08:47 PM

Hello - I am Surpur and I just joint this forum.
I am a watch technician and work with like you call them here 'gen' watches for several years now. Selling on ebay a lot, but also repairing. My passion are vintage chronos that I restore and sell. So I do not have much of a permanent collection. Some pics below.
I also sell Asian 7750 Chronograph and other Chinese movements and Japanese Rolex magazines on ebay - let me know if you need movements!
I got recently into getting some Rolex Reps. I had a gen Sub some years ago, but sold it again. I noticed the original oyster bracelet got scratches on it very easy - and I do take good care of my watches and do no manual labor that would be hard on a watch. Now since I bought a high quality Sub Rep I do not see any scratching on the bracelet after weeks. Anybody know if the 316L steel is harder then the one Rolex uses?
Anyway - glad to be here and if you have questions I will gladly answer.
Heuer Autavia GMT

Wakman with a Venus movement

Organa Watch Valjoux movement

Wakman with Valjoux 22c

**mauiman** · 12-31-2007, 08:49 PM

Aloha and E komo mai (Welcome)! We are glad you found us and decided to join us for great conversations among great friends here.

**Xyphis** · 12-31-2007, 08:51 PM

Welcome

Thank you for offering your knowledge. i'm sure it will be a great resource.

Oh, "Who has the best sub?"

**collector26** · 12-31-2007, 08:59 PM

Welcome Surpur

**chas1133** · 12-31-2007, 09:05 PM

hey Surpur...good to have you here...great vntage pieces.i

**Medenblik** · 12-31-2007, 09:10 PM

Welcome............love that First watch

**Jackjo** · 12-31-2007, 09:13 PM

Welcome to the forum. You will be a great addition to the knowledge here on the Forum. Especially since many of the high end reps use the A7750 movement.

As far as your question, Rolex started using the 904 steel in 1989 so if your sub was older than that it would have had 316. I personally thought that my Rolex which had 904 seemed to scratched less than my other watches with the 316. Not a huge difference though.

**surpur** · 12-31-2007, 11:18 PM

I got my gen Sub in 2001, so it was the 904 steel. They just came out with the new style divers extension. Now on my rep I am amazed at how accurate the bracelet is - even the extension works in the same strange way. I think on the oyster bracelet is very hard to tell any difference. As for the jubilee - the gen bracelet is more flexible and feels better on your arm then any rep jubilee bracelet I have seen. It is a dead giveaway for anybody who knows the real one.
To answer Xyphis: I got my Sub rep from CQout 'executive watches' with the ETA 2836-2 and it looks and feels so real, only opening it will reveal the truth.

**john61** · 01-01-2008, 06:11 AM

Welcome Surpur. Those are some very beautiful and rare reps you have there. Thanks for showing them.

**Guest1** · 01-01-2008, 06:35 AM

Welcome Surpus. Always nice to see another watch nut here with us. Those are some great watches you posted. Specially the Heur man. I can imagine how hard it is to sell them once you have serviced them.

Welcome again and looking forward to seeing pics of the watches you work on.

**Zed** · 01-01-2008, 03:46 PM

surpur

**J-C** · 01-01-2008, 04:34 PM

Hi surpur - welcome, nice watches and please enjoy the forum.

We are happy to have you join the team!

Cheers!

**capice** · 01-01-2008, 04:42 PM

welcome from the EU Surpur, awesome collection you have there m8,
Nice to see a pro technician who not only appreciates gens but reps also..
Tnx and enjoy