AMK000

Captain , I fully support the idea. To be honest that's one of the main reason why some dealers have stopped taking PP.

Ooops , noted and table modified.

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A classy watch today .... CHAUMET

It should be advertised as 42 mm (you allways maeasure the case)

Thanks ... may be one day we can have something similar here .......(.... or am I dreaming ???)

I am buying rep watches since 4 years now ..... so I have gathered some experience (even though I am still learning) regarding dealer quality. In the early days (when I was new to this world), I was reading the "dealer Review section" and I was sending PMs to senior members to find out if this or the other dealer were good or not, scared to be scammed. Now I have learned that the term "Good" or "Bad" dealer is a bit more complicated than in the first days. To me the "Dealer Review" section (even though important), is not enough now. After spending something like 5,000 to 6,000 USD (20+ watches during the last 4 years), I am now more demanding on dealer's product quality, service and behaviour. Why the Dealers Review section (even though important) is not enough to me ??? - Senior members do not post any more in to the Dealer's review section (in my opinion they should do). - Reviews there are vague and based mainly on emotions rather than statistics and pure numbers. - Many members suffer "silently" (from defective watches or they get delivered with products different than showed/published) and they do not post a review. They just try to solve their problems silently (scared ???) via PMs and mails. We never hear about these problems. So I ve decide to represent (via a table form) the catergories, factors and ratings that I am using to classify a dealer based on my own experience. This table helps me to decide (in most of the cases) from whom to buy and from whom not. Maybe it can help you too. Here it is: Of course this table represents my way of viewing and classifying the dealers. -You may agree with it, agree partially or disagree. -You may use it to its extrems or just draw some general ideas. -You may use it as it is, modify it or through it away. Its up to you. -Don't tell me that with this I am firing or "crusading" against the dealers because it is obvious that I am not. This table by no means represents RWG's (or other members) view. Who knows. May be one day we can manage as a whole to have a more profesional (numbers and statistics based dealer classification) where anybody can provide input and everyb ody can benefit from it. That eventually will force dealer's improvement and that can only be a benefit to us. And...... no ....I am not inspired by Pugwash Happy watch hunting.

It's the same. Watches are not meant to start malfunctioning (unless if mistreated) after few days ... not even after months. Did you pay them with money that they fade away after few days ??? No !!!. So why watches should start malfunctioning after few days. ??? I think we soon should start asking for refund for all posting expenses or isolate the dealers that start hav ing tracking record of sending out defective watches. They should learn one day or another. PS: There are many members that suffer silently from the "defective watch send back syndrom" and they do not post anything in to the dealers review section in order not to upset the dealers (a sad situation). I am one of them .... but not any more.

There is something that I dont understand here. If you have received defective watches on the first place and therefore you have send them back to the dealer for replacement , customs is not your issue. As long as you can provide a proove (sort of post office receipt) that you have send the watches , is the dealer that should worry about customs and not you. .... of course if you have send the watches back simply because you didn't like them or you have changed your mind..... in this case, customs is your problem. Dealers should pay more attendion when they send the watches out to the client. Either they or their distributors should check carefully the watches before sending them (some dealers are playing a bit deaf on this). A defective watch returned is a loose-loose situation for everybody. I am personally fed up of getting (1 out of 3 or 4) defective watches and by no means I will assume custom risks when I send back a defective watch. PS: very few dealers check their watches personally before they send them out.

Eh..... you got me now. I guess they should be coupled and then live separately.

The white panda is beautifull ..... but the subdial hands ..... do not reset properly. Seriously now ..... I love the white panda. sooner or later I will get one.

No , the pearl at least is OK. Btw , where did you see the pearl on my pics ????

Thanks Pug. ..... here is another pic , this time better. That's as far as it can go. Btw, watch goes back to dealer ...... f**k , I hate that

Mine and when fully screwed (......I played with diferrent angles to make sure that I properly position the crown before screwing down) it has that extra 1 mm to go. No way to get it tide (to touch) the case. @PUG: By looking on my pics , what do you think ???? Is not the way should be , isn'it ???

I just got the ultimate (6th vers ???) 45.5 mm PO with ETA 2824-2 Watch looks good , bezel rotates ( bit stiff)...... but the crown ???? When the crown is fully screwed down, should touch the case or should stay 1 mm apart ???? See pics attached with the crown fully screwed down. (sorry a re bit blurry but my macro is not that good). If you have a 45.5 mm with 2824-2 , how the crown sits on yours when fully screwed ???? (pls check fron and back view) Many thanks in advance for your help. AMK000

.... that's a serious addiction ......but again I guess is the same as with somebody owning 100+ watches .... euqualy addictive and equaly serious.

What world we are living in. Couples are split apart due to work, people are travelling every week end back home, we are working 10-12 hours a day and the weekend we work again trying to do all the

To me all these smells "Off topic" subforum .....

That's a repliCaT ???

@Deltah: Looks damn good. I was first thinking of the black dial but with your pics (quite good btw) ..... I am now start considering the white dial too. BTW: can you measure strap size at the lugs and buckle ??

Good one ..... but with blue dial ???

Theere are few sites here and there but mostly women stuff. Very limited men products.

http://Replica-Handbags-Guide.com/forum/ Does not longer exist. Do you know what happened to it and if it has been replaced by another one ??? PD: I think Andy was some how related to this forum.

I am a pen lover too. This a nice FP site. It has good prices on the low end firms but rather expensive on the high end brands. If you are really in to Fountain Pens , try this: http://www.pensinasia.com/ Tay (the owner of the shop) is a true pen lover and he has great quality of pens (all gen of course). He has the MOST AMAZING collection of FPs I have seen so far. He is 100% trustfull and accepts PP. He has some of the best prices around. Here are some prices (2 years ago- now some prices are up and some down) MONTBLANC MEISTERSTUCK (Black)TRAVELLER FOUNTAIN PEN WITH LEATHER TRAVEL CASE http://www.pensinasia.com/meisterstuck_tra...vel_case-mb.htm Final Price (excl shipping cost) ??? US$290 MONTBLANC BOHEME WITH BLACK STONE FOUNTAIN PEN http://www.pensinasia.com/boheme_with_blac...-_montblanc.htm Final Price (excl shipping cost) ??? US$298 MONTBLANC FRIEDRICH SCHILLER FOUNTAIN PEN http://www.pensinasia.com/schiller_fountainpen.htm Price ??? US$630 MONTBLANC MEISTERSTUCK SOLITAIRE DOUE 1441 FOUNTAIN PEN http://www.pensinasia.com/meisterstuck_sol...-_montblanc.htm Price ??? US$453 MONTBLANC75TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION 147 TRAVELERS' FOUNTAIN PEN http://www.pensinasia.com/147_special_edition_fp.htm Price ??? US$390 PARKER DUOFOLD BLACK MOSIAC FOUNTAIN PEN http://www.pensinasia.com/duofold_black_mo...fp_-_parker.htm Price ??? US$425 PARKER DUOFOLD BLACK RESIN FOUNTAIN PEN http://www.pensinasia.com/duofold_black_re...c_fp-parker.htm Price ??? US$380 SHEAFFER BALANCE 877 MARBLE COBALT FOUNTAIN PEN http://www.pensinasia.com/balance_877_marb..._-_sheaffer.htm Price ??? US$124 PELIKAN SOUVERAN M800 BLACK BLUE FOUNTAIN PEN http://www.pensinasia.com/souveran_m800_bl...p_-_pelikan.htm Price ??? US$224 PELIKAN CITIES - CHICAGO FOUNTAIN PEN http://www.pensinasia.com/chicago_fp_-_pelikan.htm Price ??? US$240 MONTBLANC CARBON FIBRE & STEEL 146 LEGRAND FOUNTAIN PEN http://www.pensinasia.com/carbon_fibre_146_fp.htm Price ??? US$541 I have thre FPs from him. A MB Boheme , a Parker Tristripe and a Pelican Cities series. All of them 40%to 50% cheaper than my local authorized dealer. The parker Duofold Centenial tristripe is the same as the red but mine is in black and with 3 stripes on the cup

It's a beauty !!!! Pitty that there are no decent UN reps around.