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Lady and Gentlemen (hey we do have a female member here): After much discussion with The Boss, the Main Cheese, He Who Occupies the Palace of Ice up north, we came to the realization that we need another man on top of the letterhead. "Admin" is unable to spend much time here at all, and my ability to participate has taken a downturn. So we talked about the man that is here all the time, always soothing wounded egos, wielding the sword when necessary, always with a steady hand, with fairness and an eerie sense of calm... and we decided that Mike On A Bike is the perfect choice for our next Co_admin. Tonight I set him up in his new role, and contacted him offline with the good news. But what's this?? He's gone to bed already? So I think it would be wholly appropriate to absolutely inundate his PM inbox with cheers and wishes of congratulations, don't you? After all a good co-admin never sleeps...... Please join me in welcoming RWG's newest Co-Admin .... MIKE ON A BIKE!

Thank you all and of course first round on me ! I am deeply honored and I will go forward as I have always done calmly and fairly w/ all being heard in any problem or dispute.

Congratulations Mike, well deserved so now you are on the corporate floor my favourite libation is Cheval Blanc ‘47. Never expected to taste it again, but if you are offering a case, thank you and good health😇

Pam 243 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Congrats! New co-admin buying all the drinks is definitely 'a thing'. 😀

So whenever my kids heard swearing, I always said “those are pirate words, and it is not nice for children to use them”. Worked perfectly until the youngest came along. At crèche the teacher was reading a pirate story and doing pirate activities. She said to the kids, who knows a pirate word? My youngest jumped up and down with the innocent excitement of a four year old and said, I know a pirate word Miss, F***sake Miss, that’s a pirate word, my Daddy says it.

Congratulations on the promotion Mike 🤝[emoji23] really well deserved, and of course thanks to all who give up there time to keep this wagon rolling [emoji106] it’s appreciated.

I seem to remember something in the forum rules about the co-admin buying each member of the staff a case of their favorite libation??? Make mine Laphroaig!

I’ve been active and buying them lately. Here is my small collection that I collected in the last 2 months Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think you should thank Martijn and that guy from RWI and that other guy, whoever he was🤣

I have my own dial blanks of the following configurations: 37mm- RP LP 39mm- RP LP MM MMLP with subseconds LPMM with subseconds LP with subseconds **subseconds spacing is for 616, 618, 3601, 6497 If you want something other than those, they need to be forced by someone else. I hope that helps.

What a beauty of a watch. Mod result is awesome!!

I've been on this forum for some time now, been off for a bit and just recently came back to check. I see lots of new members joining and see similar questions that I have seen years ago. So I thought I just want to pass on some of my insights as a small time collector to the bros here. 1. Almost all reps will have issues - get used to it. Problems could range from movement stopping, bracelet breaking, hand stack not aligned, and other cosmetics issues. The only rep that didn't give me any issues was a Rolex all gold which was one I seldom wear. My advice would be to find a good watchmaker who is happy to work with reps. 2. Resolving issues - sending problematic watches back to the dealer is bit of pot luck, you could sometimes get lucky and the watch is repaired properly. In my experience, the hit rate is about 50%, so some watches that were sent back came back with the issue not fixed. I think best bet is not to send them back, try to get local repairer or if you could find one in this site. 3. Even so called trusted dealers here can be dodgy at time - my experience is that even when you buy Swiss movement, you could actually end up with an Asian / Chinese movement. I have had gotten a watch which I thought I paid more for Swiss but when it was repaired, the watchmaker told me it's just Asian movement. So my advice is don't pay more for fancy movements which is marketing hype, just buy the ones with the Asian movement which is usually $50 cheaper or thereabouts. Then get it serviced and it should last a long time. 4. Which is best rep i.e best Sub etc? - the cheeky answer is the Gen one. Unless you are prepared to spend $$ to mod and replace parts, any rep is still just that , a clone. It will not match the gen. Having said that these days there are some very good clones. Think you can find some threads on some good ones. My advice is really to find a rep (style / design) that you like and just get it. If it makes you happy then that's all that matters. 5. Learn, and continue learning - this forum is full of experts who can tell you all the intricacies of the various models. This hobby can be addictive, and only way you can become knowledgeable is to keep reading and researching not just in this forum, but other forums too and even on forums about the gen watches. I like to think the members here who has contributed so much knowledge to the community. Well done guys! Have fun!

Stunning!