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It's for this reason that the Cartel sux. On the other hand Angus contributes daily to the community and spearheads new rep supply. [asbestos underwear on]

Just 1 month until x-mas (OK, a little more), but thinking about this gets me in a good mood. So good, that I'm going to give away some free VIP and platinum memberships. All you need to to to participate, is post in this thread and you are included in the draw. I will also be giving away memberships for best post, describing why you like it so much here at RWG. And last, but not least, I will give away a free 1 year platinum membership to the member who makes the funnies post in this thread. This is of course completely up to me to judge, but I expect at least a "milk-spraying out of my nose-laughing"-post, to be considered as a winner. So you decide; Just make a simple post, post something funny or post why you like RWG. Either way, you can win some free memberships....

Thats it !! Teejay. .... can you tell me where I might find them ?

I agree it's not the best situation Cromag, I'm am also a little peeved though at how the whole rep game is turning into a sales pitch for a particular factory and bloody pre-orders and restricted supply that is obviously not related to raids etc. It's a shame and I don't like being forced in one way or another but it feels as if we are being pushed a certain direction lately!?

Toro. btw J & A will get you the noob stuff, but with the usual speil about how they are pretty shoddy and qc is awful and there are better alternatives etc.

Torobravo seems to get stuff from them and although I have never used him I have heard good things about his service from others.

Tuesday ! well it must be monday somewhere right ? Slipped it on a riveted bracelet i should find a sel and midlink with a tudor shield buckle scooped up a couple of tudor watch boxes from ebay 73 euros shipped No prizes for guessing which box will go with the blackbay the other will be for my current project a snowflake 90410 !

Thought to share one of my new joys... a newly modded Omega Speedy Pro (Ref. 311.30.42.30.13.001) modded to a "Gemini Broad Arrow" (because of it's use of the LE Gemini 40th Anniversary dial, Broad Arrow hands and Bezel). So, my "new" pictured with the "old"... in this case an Iron Age II, (2700 year old) oil lamp. Cheers - Original and then the mod... (with a little movement porn for good measure!)

I’ll be traveling today and this is going with.

I really don't have a dog in this fight, as I very, very seldom buy a new watch from a dealer. Probably 2-3 in the last 3 years. In the past I have bought from off site dealers with good results, but I also have visited the sites of the real scammers, and they have such a compelling story, it's hard not to get seduced. i know that when I first got into reps back in around 2004-on the old TRC, I was pretty knowledgeable about watches, but knew absolutely nothing about reps. i went to a few of the sites that were around back then, and almost pulled the trigger on a rep or two, but something wasn't clicking. One thing that made me suspicious was the "forums" they sponsored. It was pretty easy to see that the only comments that were allowed to get posted were rave reviews.No matter how good you are, how good your product is and how good your service is, there are going to be folks who aren't satisfied, and like here, they will post their negative feedback. Never saw that on any of those site forums. I believe that most members are well meaning in their recommendations that folks should use the trusted dealers. If you are a noob, and you don't know anything, it's probably safer to use one of these dealers, or a dealer on one of the other forums. After a member acquires a knowledge base, and is astute enough to glean through everything on a particular site, and is knowledgeable enough and comfortable with taking a chance, then I believe that it's perfectly OK to shop around. By that time hopefully the new member is reading and participating in discussions and is able to ask intelligent questions that will get an answer other than, "you need to read and research before you ask questions'" Heck, it's difficult enough buying watches in the rep world. i was in line for one of the WM9 SD's, that never came to pass, to the tune of 375.00 USD !! And while WM9 was not one of our trusted dealers, he was trusted and respected by a lot of members simply because he produced outstanding watches, and had until the "vanishing act" delivered what he promised.We have had some trusted dealers here that have gone south, some with a fair amount of member funds. Remember Eurotimez? Great watches, but couldn't keep all the balls in the air. So I'm not espousing a "party line" as I know that there are pitfalls with all the dealers, trusted or not. the difference is if one reads and does their homework, they will find enough feedback both positive and negative to at least make a fairly intelligent decision as to what they want and who they buy from. They can see lots of reviews and posts by members of watches offered by the dealers here, along with pretty candid evaluations and critiques of the watches. On the other hand all those safeguards are not available when one buys a watch from another source, unless of course the other source is selling a lot of watches to members, but is not, for whatever reason, a trusted dealer. Back in the old days Maria and George were pretty much the only sources for MBW watches. I don't think either of them were ever trusted dealers, but they sold a lot of very good watches to a lot of members. they and their watches got lots of comments and reviews, which were probably helpful to other members who wanted a "polex 1680" So what i'm trying to say in a million words or less, is the new member, who doesn't know anything at all, and doesn't know enough to even ask the right questions, would probably be safer dealing with the dealers that have been vetted by the admin and mods on the forum. When the little bird feels like he's ready to fly, then he can safely leave the confines of the forum and buy from whomever he pleases. by that time if he gets scammed, then it's sort of "Shame on me" for doing something stupid, rather than "Shame on all those RWG member"s who wouldn't help me avoid the pitfalls of a new member.

al12, I have a pair of the vintage tone Classic Watch Parts hands that I think are the best aftermarket out there. They were mounted on my Gen until I found an old tritium set to repalce them -excellent conditon, PM me if you're interested. Below is a shot of the hands mounted, you can see they're very close to my tritium dial.

My new and first gen 2011 2200.50.00 planet ocean

These ebay sellers are smoking crack for sure a tudor rose watch for 59,995usd for what was a poor mans rolex i love tudor subs and they are rare but do they actually sell them for this amount there should be rules against over pricing items 5,000usd for a 5513 dial what next it seems that anything rolex vintage automatically means $$$$$$$$$ and a get rich quick scheme for the seller this dail while not that high a pricetag has to be a joke and i wonder what the hell happened to it when you think that it was factory fitted into a sealed water resistant case i know they are rare but what use is this dial it looks like it was used for target practice . if this was in my watch surely i would replace it !

Just wanted to share. Awesome deals to be found. If I remember correctly stock changes daily.

This girl assured me her undergarments were made in Japan. My Daughter did the tattoo work.

Good luck with your project, sure it's an exciting one...