gizze Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Look what arrived for me today...... And just to top it off, 10 minutes after it arrived I got a call from my jeweller to say my Submariner had come in early!!!! So do I put the watch on the credit card or not?? She will kill me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Guy - you dark horse... what is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamD Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 A large box ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyD Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Is is a fake Xmas tree? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted December 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Edited to show it is nothing interesting!! I can't beleive just how light this thing is though, it is amazing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted December 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Is is a fake Xmas tree? LOL [/ QUOTE ] Haha, I wish it was!! a damned site cheaper!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 So are you going to fit it yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted December 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Yeah dead easy, only takes about 20 minutes, comes with all fittings attached. Only problem I have got is getting the thing to my father in laws to get it up on his ramp, the box is massive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Which Sub Guy? Had to ditch the 50th Anniversary edition as the RS was bought - broke my heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted December 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Sub date. I only put my name down for one 2 weeks ago and cause I knew someone got moved up the list, was originally told I was 8th so would probably be looking at next september. Then went back and said to him that I used to work with someone he knows very well and who he owes a favour and he said he would see what he could do. Got a call to say it there was one there for me. Having said all that I had started to really like the Sea Dweller, got the date but without the bubble which I prefer, and also the Explorer II. I actually really like the non date sub, but, everyone says that you have to have the date to sell it on again, but I can get the non date for £2150 brand new and would get 90% of that back, where as the date one is £2800 and I would only probably get 85% of that back, and I am buying it because I like it anyway, not to sell on. I will have a think over xmas, I know you can get them used and mint tomorrow, but would be nice to get my first Rolex with my name on the paperwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Look what arrived for me today...... [/ QUOTE ] Nice floor. What happened to the skirting though?! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted December 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Haha. You should see how uneven the walls are in that entrance, skirting wouldn't go on at all, had to put industrial tiles down for the floor as that is so uneven too. The tiles are about 4mm thick and everyone thinks that it is real wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 [ QUOTE ] The tiles are about 4mm thick and everyone thinks that it is real wood. [/ QUOTE ] Wow, certainly looks real in the photo! Stained, or laid straight of the box then? Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted December 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Straight from the box, I was amazed when I saw them, there are about 2ft long by 3" and no more than 4mm thick. I did my shop with it when we did a refit in teh summer and the amount of people that say "Oooh, isn't it nice that you kept the original floor." I have given up explaining to them what it it now and just agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Haha, fair enough! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitas3 Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 looking good Guy. so what will you do with the old one? is it repairable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Nice, classic every day stainless sub. Sea Dweller is lovely, bit different also. Also tried my hardest to keep white face stainless Daytona but profit prevailed. Panerai is my next one, a lovely simple Luminor for every day use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted December 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 [ QUOTE ] looking good Guy. so what will you do with the old one? is it repairable? [/ QUOTE ] When the old one is on the car you wouldn't even know it was a damaged, looks fine, couple of small scrathes to the right of the flipper but that is it. It is just I know it isn't right and I would not be able to sell the car on knowing that it wasn't mint all over. I have 4 weeks to send it get it back to my dealer and I will get a refund of £615, so I may stick it on ebay before then and see what it goes for, I am sure there are plenty of people who would lke a proper CSL bumper rather than one of the copies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted December 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 My mate just sold his Daytona Ben, probably one of the nicest looking watches on the market, can see why they are fetching such high prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinh20mrv Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 hi m8, i have a bi metal sub, blue face, its very sweet indeed! would be lost without it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted December 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 Thanks Robin, meant to be telling me 'its only a watch, don't worry!' not you couldn't live without it!! That's it, going to call him and see what he can do buy now pay in 3 months or something on the sub, non date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brabus Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 Gizze, why did you buy a new bumper, was the damaged one un-repairable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted December 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 It would have to have gone off to a carbon specialist, they would have layed it back up underneath till it was right, then it would have needed respraying etc. It would have taken 4-6 weeks, and it would have cost me around £600. I would have also had to have bought another flipper at a cost of £150+vat, bringing it to £750. At that point I thought I might as well just buy it new, couldn't be without the car for over a month for a start, would have had to hire something, even something cheap would have been another £120 a week. In the end I paid £1841 for it. I didn't even have to get it repaired, but I wanted the car to be 100% right, not just for when I sell it but for me too. I cut out a strip from abs plastic to replace the bit that was missing so I could put the flipper back on, and it worked a treat, I will take a pic or two to show what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brabus Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 Sounds reasonable especially when you will get a big chunk of the money back on Ebay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted December 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 Here is the bumper at the moment with the cracked splitter on. You can see it could do with touching up or a respray as there is a chip just to thr right of the splitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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