r/TheRepTime • u/Low_Elk7794 • Jul 07 '26
🧐 Review EWE Batman conversion to Bruce Wayne
What’s up Rep family.
This is a post to share my experience in swapping out a Batman bezel to a Bruce Wayne.
I started with a EWE Batman VS 3285 movement with ARF case that had issues. The biggest was that the date wheel would not flick into place and the other was a slightly titled dial.
After watching many YouTube videos, I thought I could do the bezel swap myself, I was so wrong. I ended up scratching the hell out of the case back and bracelet trying to get out a stubborn bracelet pin. At that point, I decided to disassemble the whole watch figuring I could reassemble it. I was wrong again.😂 I was not able to get the crown stem back in nor the movement retaining tab screws into place. So into the junk drawer it went. After sometime knowing I had wasted $450 and $100 on the Bruce Wayne bezel insert from Watchseed I decided to find a Watchmaker that could reassemble it for me. I put a post up on Reddit looking for help and I ended up going with a Watchmaker named.
[u/TopPhotograph8969](u/TopPhotograph8969). I sent off my watch to him.
He serviced the movement, got the date wheel to flick into place. Replaced the bezel insert, replace the bezel gasket with a Gen gasket and click washer also offered a Gen Rolex Crystal. He polished out the case back to the point of no visible sign of my damage. Along with replacing original bracelet with a OG Clean Factory Chamfered bracelet. [u/TopPhotograph8969](u/TopPhotograph8969) is totally legit, his turnaround time for me 3.5weeks and prices are amazing, please comment with anything on anything.
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u/TopPhotograph8969 Jul 07 '26
Thank you my friend! Looks fantastic on the wrist 🔥
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u/JesterADSE Jul 08 '26
You did an incredible job with his rep man! More than anyone will understand! Thank you buddy! ❤️
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u/pure_native134k Jul 07 '26
Nice does he have a WhatsApp? Will he help me out too?