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Well, considering it's new year's, I see a lot of beer, wine, and champagne in my future. But I think I'll start the night off by finishing this bottle off.

Happy New Year RWG!

Happy New Year 2013! .

Happy New Year guys finishing the year off with a Gen.........

You're welcome sir. The strap took some shine work as it comes a little on the flat/matte side. A little leather treatment and some elbow grease, and you're in business

Yep. Bell & Ross and Porsche Design watches don't seem to float peoples boats, which is a shame. They are less common, and less expensive to own the gen, so less likely to be called. The popular reps that are built with reference so dissected gens (you know, the ones that say 'Superlumed with pixie dust' or ' AR done by Kristin Kreuk's bosoms') always have a tell on them. I've handled gens of BR02 and BR03s in Geneva airport and mine come very close indeed. P.S. No way my wrist shot is going to be as good as yours!

Oh yes,

Stavanger Regional Court in Norway tried a lawsuit by Louis Vuitton against a norwegian man, and settled it in favour of the latter. The man came home from Thailand carrying six fake Louis Vuitton bags, and 5 sets of 25 Mulberry bags. They were confiscated by norwegian customs, and reported to LV who decided to sue for an unknown amount. The man claimed the bags were not meant for resale and were supposed to be christmas presents for female aquaintances. The court decided in favour of the traveller stating:"for the time being he's got no business activity that can be traced back to fakes and replicas, and hereby does not exploit LV's trademark". The principal in this ruling is warranting that you can import whatever you like to norway in terms of copied goods, as long as you don't plan to sell it for profit. Controversy is added through this man's prior conviction for importing and reselling a substantial amount of pirate copied products. Needless to say, LV is annoyed by the ruling and says norway is setting the fight against trademark infringement back 10 years. Kristine M. Madsen of NACG (Norwegian Anti-Counterfeit Group) claims the verdict is appalling, and that her organisation will put pressure on the norwegian government to turn things around. Link to norwegian article -Ape-