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 ...
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