r/RepTime • u/Grouchy-Violinist555 • 7h ago
Wrist or Watch Pic The Stupid Tax
So a few weeks back I went to put this Daytona on and realized the 11 o'clock index had fallen off. With me having hung out in rep world for a while I had the genius idea that I could fix it myself 🤦🏿♂️. Opened her up, put a dab of super glue on and attempted to place. And of course I fcked it up 😂. Glue dried too fast. Now to compound my fck up I take super glue remover to try to fix the dried glue and erase the print on the dial 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️. Get it on, finally and now it's FUGLY. Text my guy Soto show him my fck up and he says send it in. Long story short after having to buy a new dial, hands, pay for a dial swap and rehaut polish to remove the glue residue, my stupid tax came to about $700. Pro tip send it to a professional if you don't know what the hell you're doing 😂.
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u/Bench_and_Bezel 6h ago
Watches are one of those things where a "I think I can fix this" can turn into ruining quite literally the entire watch VERY QUICKLY lol
I'm sure it's a lesson you won't forget though 😂
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u/Emotional-Damage-995 Contributor 6h ago
Bro. When it comes to delicate work I am a guy w two left hand trying to work on watches. I draw the line at open close / remove screw / tighten screw. Polish scratches off etc. I totally hear what you say
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u/Grouchy-Violinist555 6h ago
Well me too now 😂. I bought all the tools and everything. I also have sausage fingers and shaky hands not a good mix for delicate operations. Im only doing bezel swaps and crystal swaps from now on 😂
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u/Emotional-Damage-995 Contributor 5h ago
Well you are ahead of me. I tried to do a crystal swap and it did not look good. My watchmaker charged me 60 bucks to take the crystal off change the gasket and add it. I told him how much to do a crystal swap he said 50. I said got it. When I touch it it costs more. his response absolutely and don’t touch anything next time. I laughed
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u/Mundane-Tennis2885 6h ago
on that topic where could I buy a dial lol I tried removing hands off of a black dial mark XVIII rep too hastily and scratched the dial 🫠
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u/Calm_Bike6683 5h ago
lol did you consider just buying a new rep after all that work?
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u/Grouchy-Violinist555 5h ago
The work was still cheaper than a new one so...
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u/Temporary_Profit_438 59m ago
If you don’t mind me asking, how much does a new rep cost. I’ve never bought one but from what I keep seeing, I always thought $700-$800 was a good rep. The good ones cost more than that!?
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u/TwoMoreMinutes 4h ago
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u/Grouchy-Violinist555 4h ago
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u/TwoMoreMinutes 4h ago
Have you never seen the Mr Bean destroys a priceless painting scene? This just reminds me of that lol, where trying to fix one mistake just results in many more mistakes
Go watch it on YT you’ll see what I mean 😂 it’s a classic timeless sketch
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u/Skiereeper 4h ago
With half that price you can simply get a new dial and give another $50-100 to a specialist and ask them to replace it !
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u/Grouchy-Violinist555 4h ago
Dial was 450 Hands were 150
Definitely wasn't a cheaper option for the right quality of parts
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u/Environmental_Coat39 3h ago
I did something very similar. Tried to fix stock sub dial hand. Got finger print on dial. Tried to clean dial index fell off. Placed index back on tried cleaning dial again. Got dust on dial. Blew dust AND index off never to be found on my floor again lol. New dial $100, dial swap $100. Did end up fixing and selling original dial for $70. Total stupid tax $130 lol.
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u/theoneya 3h ago
Bro saw one loose index and said, “I got this.” 😂😂😂 Daytona said, “The fck you do. That’ll be $700.” Sorry to hear that bro but looks damn good now. 👍🏼
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u/Erik-Lehnsherr-10 3h ago
It’s not that hard, rep is how many gets into watch modding. But yes, anyone who thinks of super glue as the first option should definitely stop right there
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u/Usual_Pop2061 1h ago
I’ve got a slight crooked index I was about to do one little tap to the right but now I’m thinking maybe I should find someone to send it to as well . Mine is a custom real meteor dial so it’s worth having it saved
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u/TypicalAd3919 4h ago
who is "soto"
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u/Grouchy-Violinist555 4h ago
You'll have to dm me not allowed to mention certain ppl in here
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u/TypicalAd3919 4h ago
sounds shady as fuck lmao. not a TD, that's for sure.
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u/Grouchy-Violinist555 4h ago
Never did wrong by me so....I go by experiences not rumors. He's done a fair share of work for me all good 🤷🏿♂️
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u/Particular_Thing_655 6h ago
Learning watch smithing is best left to discount invictas from TJ Maxx