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Me thinks that there are some deeper issues here… Dude… its just a watch! Life has so much more to offer. Most of us here have grail watches that we dream of as well. But we're not consumed by them. If life gives us the opportunity to acquire them, then it's "gravy"! I have my watches already picked out for when I hit the lottery. As a matter of fact, I've already spent all the money and filed for bankruptcy!!! [emoji12] Some of us have a mix of gens and reps. Some choose to Franken the B'Jesus out of reps. Some can afford gens and choose to wear reps. Whatever the case, at the end of the day, it's just a watch! I guess what I'm trying to say is… don't let a watch get you down! Keep your priorities straight!!! Stick around... this is a fun place! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Walked into an AD with no expectation..as I know they only have one or two quota for the whole year...i guess i m lucky on the Friday the 13th!

FM Night and day for a couple of meetings today, take care today guys, Friday 13th! AJ

Love this niche gen. Got a great deal on it also

Trying the BB on the fabric strap. Wears nice and comfortable.

Yes absolutely.

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Looks okay, but how long before its out of date and almost worthless. That's the big problem with technology, it's obsolete within a few months. At least my Seamaster will become classic (well maybe), but these sure won't. What are the apps that you actually need in a watch anyway. Still, having said all that I do quite fancy one myself!

On this Veterans' Day I want to take a moment to thank those who have served on our behalf. Thank you. Old Man and a Bucket of Shrimp It happened every Friday evening, almost without fail, when the sun resembled a giant orange and was starting to dip into the blue ocean. Old Ed came strolling along the beach to his favorite pier. Clutched in his bony hand was a bucket of shrimp. Ed walks out to the end of the pier, where it seems he almost has the world to himself. The glow of the sun is a golden bronze now. Everybody's gone, except for a few joggers on the beach. Standing out on the end of the pier, Ed is alone with his thoughts...and his bucket of shrimp. Before long, however, he is no longer alone. Up in the sky a thousand white dots come screeching and squawking, winging their way toward that lanky frame standing there on the end of the pier. Before long, dozens of seagulls have enveloped him, their wings fluttering and flapping wildly. Ed stands there tossing shrimp to the hungry birds. As he does, if you listen closely, you can hear him say with a smile, 'Thank you. Thank you.' In a few short minutes the bucket is empty. But Ed doesn't leave. He stands there lost in thought, as though transported to another time and place . When he finally turns around and begins to walk back toward the beach, a few of the birds hop along the pier with him until he gets to the stairs, and then they, too, fly away. And old Ed quietly makes his way down to the end of the beach and on home. If you were sitting there on the pier with your fishing line in the water, Ed might seem like 'a funny old duck,' as my dad used to say. Or, to onlookers, he's just another old codger, lost in his own weird world, feeding the seagulls with a bucket full of shrimp. To the onlooker, rituals can look either very strange or very empty. They can seem altogether unimportant .....maybe even a lot of nonsense. Old folks often do strange things, at least in the eyes of Boomers and Busters. Most of them would probably write old Ed off, down there in Florida ... That's too bad. They'd do well to know him better. His full name: Eddie Rickenbacker. He was a famous hero in World War I, and then he was in WWII. On one of his flying missions across the Pacific, he and his seven-member crew went down. Miraculously, all of the men survived, crawled out of their plane, and climbed into a life raft. Captain Rickenbacker and his crew floated for days on the rough waters of the Pacific. They fought the sun. They fought sharks. Most of all, they fought hunger and thirst. By the eighth day their rations ran out. No food. No water. They were hundreds of miles from land and no one knew where they were or even if they were alive. Every day across America millions wondered and prayed that Eddie Rickenbacker might somehow be found alive. The men adrift needed a miracle. That afternoon they had a simple devotional service and prayed for a miracle. They tried to nap. Eddie leaned back and pulled his military cap over his nose. Time dragged on. All he could hear was the slap of the waves against the raft...suddenly Eddie felt something land on the top of his cap. It was a seagull! Old Ed would later describe how he sat perfectly still, planning his next move. With a flash of his hand and a squawk from the gull, he managed to grab it and wring its neck. He tore the feathers off, and he and his starving crew made a meal of it - a very slight meal for eight men. Then they used the intestines for bait. With it, they caught fish, which gave them food and more bait....and the cycle continued. With that simple survival technique, they were able to endure the rigors of the sea until they were found and rescued after 24 days at sea. Eddie Rickenbacker lived many years beyond that ordeal, but he never forgot the sacrifice of that first life-saving seagull... And he never stopped saying, 'Thank you.' That's why almost every Friday night he would walk to the end of the pier with a bucket full of shrimp and a heart full of gratitude.

This day is to remember and salute all those who have fought for peace no mather religion or belief and those who still fight long after their service a Wise man Said once only those who die is the ones that get peace great story too I myself still visit every year our forever burning flame for those we have lost

It says Swiss Engineered... made in...China? I think it's the first watch of it's kind that doesn't suck total balls... I might try one. I really dig being able to change the dials and use Google's Fitness app to hate myself even more.

I think what he did was use us as a final soapbox. Our uptime is nearly 100% and he knows we won't delete his topic because it didn't break the rules. So we were a means to an end. Sorta parasitic though.

You should also consider a nice aftermarket leather strap. There are many options out there. I had my on a nice toshi saddle leather strap.