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 Posted: Sat May 21st, 2011 09:15 pm
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Ken, some good info to know...thanks for the heads up...

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When you are dealing in "boutique" watches, it is important to buy the man, not simply the watch!  jmpo




RIGHT ON, AMIGO!!! Exactly!bravo.gif

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 Posted: Mon Jul 25th, 2011 10:21 am
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Well guys, just got the Ocean Diver back from watcheswithnolimits.com in Greece, after it has been gone for a good two months or so (he said it would be aprox ten days ...) But some of the time was lost in transit as the watch took forever to reach Greece ...
But the results speak for themselves I think.

And I know I´m in for quite a few "I told you so"`s here ...And I should have gone with the offer from Carlos at Prometheus for a full refund right away as many of you suggested in the beginning, instead of trying to mend it.
It´s now WAY worse then when I sent it of ...crap.gif
To sum up:
-A LOT more dust under the glass now (and one of the points of sending it of was to clean out the dust ...)
-Small scrapings of brass underneath the glass (probably from when the hands was raped)
-Lume applied directly on the existing lume and has spread out on the dial.
-Hands does not match lume on dial AT ALL.
Lume residue on the top of the hands.
-And here´s the kicker ...THERE IS A HAIR STUCK TO THE HOUR HAND!!!
-Small hairs also just where the crystal meets the case.
-Dust all over the place (the dial is cluttered with dust particles everywhere)
-Scratches on the back from opening the case.
-A nice scratch and ding on the 7 o´clock lug head
-A lot of the black paint on the hands have been scraped of exposing the brass underneath.

So, a little in the dark here for what to do. Sending it back to watcheswithnolimits.com / the relumer.com is completely out of the question, since it is quite risky sending anything down there now (due to the economical issues etc) And also when a "professional" manages to do such a crappy work, I really can´t see him being able to fix this.

I´m really disappointing with this, as all I could find about him (watcheswithnolimits.com) seemed to point to a very capable guy, and also the pictures he has on his website looked good. But the result speaks for it´s self I think. I could have done this A LOT better myself I´m sure, with a little practice.

As I see it I have to options really.
One, I can live with it as is, and let it be a constant reminder of this ordeal, or I could try to get a new set of hands and a new dial from Carlos/Prometheus, and have a PROFESSIONAL watchmaker (and not a wannabe) put it together for me locally.
Think I will try the last option ...

Here are pictures:

Note the spread of the applied lume on the V pip and the not so color coordinated hands/dial ...I asked for white lume.
And the specs at 35 and 47 (on the bezel ring) is not dust, it´s small scrapings of brass!




That is not dust on your screen, it´s on the internal bezel ring, and note curly yellow hair ...I don´t want to know where that came from ...









Have written to watcheswithnolimits.com and telling him what I think of his work, still no reply.

 

Last edited on Mon Jul 25th, 2011 10:25 am by FnuSnu99

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 Posted: Mon Jul 25th, 2011 12:17 pm
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Your turd has been fully polished now!! What a pisser!!crap.gif

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 Posted: Mon Jul 25th, 2011 12:39 pm
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Well, Rolf, as I told on an earlyer post and from what my watch-maker told also: To relume cleanly markers and hands is not a "peanut's throwing challenge" and it seems like the guy you sent your watch to, was a very dirty worker also, to stay polite here...
I named earlyer as it would be difficult to relume in the corners or the rectangular markers: And the proof is there....
I really feel for you and this of crappy mess of a bad buy around this Prometheus and this very bad handled repair from "the relumer.com" who should stick on reluming fireflies butts and dust bed-side tables in hore-houses ...
My best recommandation now is to change the whole dial and hands as I told you earlier and live with them instead of crying each time you look at this new version...
For the scratches on the back: I open all my cases with a Horb ball and never had any trouble...
It cost nothing and 99% of all watch-cases are giving up to it if you know how to use it: It's the first thing to try before any steel tool to avoid any marking.
Another bad point for the Greek amateur who stole your money...

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 Posted: Mon Jul 25th, 2011 01:03 pm
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Sent Carlos (Prometheus) an email asking if he has a dial and new hands to sell me, so will see what comes of that. But this puts a capitol T in TURD that´s for sure ...
But this is actually not a polished turd Pax, cause then things would look "better", now it´s a turd with more fresh shit on it ...


And, as I said above, I should have followed the advise you, William and others gave me to either get a refund or a new watch in the first place. I take this into account, as I sit here drowning my sorrows in 15 year old Mcallan Single Malt, while I row my turd around the punch bowl ...
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Must say it is quite interesting that relume.watcheswithnolimits.com uses the "before" picture as the "after" picture in their own brag-show displaying my watch ...There is NO picture of the finished mayhem anywhere to be found. Well, quite obvious come to think of it, cause the finished result isn´t something one would want to display I guess.

http://relume.watcheswithnolimits.com/index.php/ourwork/category/8-prometheus-diver

Still no reply from them by the way. And not holding my breath either.

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 Posted: Mon Jul 25th, 2011 05:01 pm
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FnuSnu99 wrote:
Must say it is quite interesting that relume.watcheswithnolimits.com uses the "before" picture as the "after" picture in their own brag-show displaying my watch ...There is NO picture of the finished mayhem anywhere to be found. Well, quite obvious come to think of it, cause the finished result isn´t something one would want to display I guess.

http://relume.watcheswithnolimits.com/index.php/ourwork/category/8-prometheus-diver

Still no reply from them by the way. And not holding my breath either.


I'm scandalisedmad.gif
He use the pictures of the watch before any of his work as a "after my work picture".
You can all see that this guy is full of BS!

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Hammerfjord wrote: Well, Rolf, as I told on an earlyer post and from what my watch-maker told also: To relume cleanly markers and hands is not a "peanut's throwing challenge" and it seems like the guy you sent your watch to, was a very dirty worker also, to stay polite here...
I named earlyer as it would be difficult to relume in the corners or the rectangular markers: And the proof is there....
I really feel for you and this of crappy mess of a bad buy around this Prometheus and this very bad handled repair from "the relumer.com" who should stick on reluming fireflies butts and dust bed-side tables in hore-houses ...
My best recommandation now is to change the whole dial and hands as I told you earlier and live with them instead of crying each time you look at this new version...
For the scratches on the back: I open all my cases with a Horb ball and never had any trouble...
It cost nothing and 99% of all watch-cases are giving up to it if you know how to use it: It's the first thing to try before any steel tool to avoid any marking.
Another bad point for the Greek amateur who stole your money...

VERY WELL SAID, William, especially dusting bed-side tables in whore houses....bamby.gif

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 Posted: Mon Jul 25th, 2011 05:08 pm
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joecb wrote:
Hammerfjord wrote: Well, Rolf, as I told on an earlyer post and from what my watch-maker told also: To relume cleanly markers and hands is not a "peanut's throwing challenge" and it seems like the guy you sent your watch to, was a very dirty worker also, to stay polite here...
I named earlyer as it would be difficult to relume in the corners or the rectangular markers: And the proof is there....
I really feel for you and this of crappy mess of a bad buy around this Prometheus and this very bad handled repair from "the relumer.com" who should stick on reluming fireflies butts and dust bed-side tables in hore-houses ...
My best recommandation now is to change the whole dial and hands as I told you earlier and live with them instead of crying each time you look at this new version...
For the scratches on the back: I open all my cases with a Horb ball and never had any trouble...
It cost nothing and 99% of all watch-cases are giving up to it if you know how to use it: It's the first thing to try before any steel tool to avoid any marking.
Another bad point for the Greek amateur who stole your money...

VERY WELL SAID, William, especially dusting bed-side tables in whore houses....bamby.gif


Thanks, I'm still thinking that I've been too nice with this liar....

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 Posted: Mon Jul 25th, 2011 05:18 pm
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Yes William, I´m in loss of words ...
The "funny" thing is that it now has ever poorer lume than when I sent it of also.
Of course it might have something to do with the half-a-bottle of McAllen I have downed to drown my sorrows, but I can just about see the lume on this turd if I squint. And it´s not even that dark in here ... The relumer has managed to make lousy lume even lousier, tip of the hat to him.

My only hope now is that the financial crisis in Greece puts him out of business ...

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 Posted: Mon Jul 25th, 2011 05:21 pm
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I Feel bad for you Rolf. You really got screwed around on this one.. and now you have to buy parts from the guy who screwed this up in the first place, by not having propper quality control.
so in the end it is going to cost you not only in the lost time of enjoying your watch that you looked forward to owning, but more time and money to make it the way it should have been in the first palce..

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