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Well, well, well,... Many familiar names in this thread which is a pleasure to see/read. 14+ years on the forum for me, it used to be "the place" where I spent most of my time regarding rep watch hobby, these days it's only RWI. More or less it is 16 years that I am in this hobby, except for 2 yrs period off, and I am still enjoying. I remember the forums that were before this one and the stories which led to their breakdown. Had a period off the forum(s) because of some personal reasons when I even sold most of my collection and kept only some of the "gems" which are part of the watch rep history such as PAM027-PAM028-PAM029 from EL and Honpo plus some others such as custom built vintage PAMs by VDB and some other pcs.. I was always a big Panerai fan and still keep collecting them. Today I have a collection of ~120 pcs. out of which 75 are PAMs (please don't judge my addiction LOL) and I try to dig some old pieces from members that don't need/use them anymore and buy them for my collection. I remember some guys that were more active in the Panerai section as Kostas/Veni12(V), Tourby, FGD, Rolli, Palpatine & some others that back in the days were one of the 1st members doing some personal projects in order to improve the looks of the reps that were avail. back then. From custom made dials, crowns, crown guards, cyclops,..this days 99,9% is ready made by our chinese friends (PAM related) and mostly stock pieces are avail., even the gen parts are not accessible in the extent they were to be found in the past. Pity there is not a lot of activity in here since the since this place has always exuded a positive and friendly atmosphere. I'll be around with my daily check in to see if there is something new in here. If anybody wants to reach me related to some old school PAM, please do. I'll be happy to have a chat..

Been 14 years or longer, can't really remember. Some names resonate a bit but there was so much information at that time for me it wasn't until Eddielee, lello, TTK, Maria, River, Ubi, Zigmeister, Palpatine, that I started remembering names (and of course you are still one of them Nanuq :)) been lurking these last few years, haven't added much reps to the collection but still happy with what I've got I wish you all the best and really nice to see many of us oldies are still around

Thanks they’re my hiking companions, they smell bears long before I do.

I’ll do a quick check in. Been years since I visited until recently. I actually didn’t even remember the URL and took a link at rep geek to find my way back. Was robbed and lost my entire watch collection so just got pretty depressed about watches. Had two 1966 Speedmasters in perfect condition among the casualties. No insurance. 😞 Back on the bike now and glad to be back. Funny, one of the only survivors from the theft was a TC sub Frankin. I had it on my wrist. Still have it!!!!! This was always my favorite forum. Where I started and where I got to know the profiles of so many great people. Great to see many of those names back in this thread. I didn’t know what an automatic movement was when I joined and through the years and knowledge gained here, built at least 10 super high end Frankens myself. Crazy. All my friends think of me as the watch guy so ya’ll can take credit for that. Still single, although contemplating changing that. Work is good. I work really hard but feel blessed and spoiled. Great to be back.

Yes, I’m talking about Yuki ETA 1680 dial. Is it better than Cartel? And is Helenarou better? Are writings more like gen?