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Daytona again today.

I think all are valid points, and I would like to point out one more. When I am not enjoying my fake or semi fake (franken) watches I do reconstructive surgery. I give cancer survivors fake breasts, faces and revise their scars. People are imperfect to begin with and it took me a long time to understand the extreme frustration of a beautiful patient wanting to be perfect as opposed to the subdued request of terribly deformed patient wanting just to be made whole. Wanting to fool others takes a lot of effort and it sheds light on the darkest parts of your soul. whereas appreciating the aesthetic of the imperfect and accepting the things you can modify and the price payed (in scars, pain, medical treatments) builds character and enables you to accept the change and embrace it as your own. I feel the same about my watches and other posessions. I feel better wearing a vintage franken or watch I have brought back from the brink than wearing a well crafted gen. and I am certain every other craftsman feels the same about his work, accepting that some may do better and some may do worse.

JlC today

Stunning

I really like it! Chamfers look great.

Phong and his son do that sort of work.

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" People are imperfect to begin with and it took me a long time to understand the extreme frustration of a beautiful patient wanting to be perfect as opposed to the subdued request of terribly deformed patient wanting just to be made whole. " I get some real sick people in my care on death's door and I have a hard time with surgery for shits and giggles also. (so you can look a bit better)

I've seen a few cases done by JMB, he done a fantastic job. Not sure if he does bridges though.

than again, an [censored] is an [censored] is an [censored]. And the watch you wear or how you lie about it or not don't make a bit of difference in that. I have gen vintage rolexes, frankens, complete fakes. Gen pams, fake pams, etc etc. cheap gens. expensive fakes and vice versa, etc; heuers, swatches, g-shocks, tudors, omegas, and I am aways the same dude regardless of what I wear. If you have issues about what you are wearing, then save your money and buy something to impress everyone with. Anyone can get a credit for 6K to buy a [censored] gen submariner, if that is what you need to feel good about yourself. also, don't believe the hype. All of these "luxury" brands are selling a fantasy. Hublots are not worth 10k. APs and Patek with their fragile movements and super expensive services are just status symbols. Why should a rolex daytona cost 12k and a tudor chrono 4k? 30k pams with 6497s in them? Vintage daytona fo 50k with valjoux 72s in them? All marketing and story telling. The owners of these brands are laughing their asses off when they have budget and pricing meetings. Let the sheiks buy their [censored]. Buy what you can afford and be happy with it.