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Thanks missed that (hey YOU try keep track of Ubi's posts ). Impatience for that custom dial aside, EL's is a very nice base.

I spy with my little eye something beginning with..... Dark red bold YM text - is that the prototype Randy?

Interesting, U-shaped CGs are a nice touch but dial doesn't seem much improvement - let's hope Ubi's dial-maker can produce a lovely dark red bold font for the YM text Course then there's always the weight issue but they may be a fix of sorts on the way even for that

Typo FP? As your title says, Ken is Watchhonpo - NOT etaswiss (which I believe is Sean). Just to clarify for those who don't know either dealers.

Randy = Evil Genius

I remember rushing to my watchmaker (some years back now) with some water damage to my Tag Heuer 4000. He always let me watch him work, and took mischevious delight in showing me the quartz movement inside my watch and holding up an identical movt in a sealed little baggie, raising an eyebrow, winking and saying "just £18 my friend" . I appreciated the irony and we've since become good friends.

Thanks for the 'advice' CJ, but my watchmaker was initially up for the work before he took ill again. As for being 'useless' or only 'good for parts', actually it was better at generating almost a grand of your Canadian funny money

You have PM

Cool. Mine had 7 days 6 hours power reserve. Bought for such a project but had to be sacrificed to yet another project - still I got a very good price for it

What like THIS one you mean?

Ikea = outer ring of the seventh circle of hell Don't believe me? CLICK HERE mwahahahahaha.........

loving your work

Admin, firstly let me say I'm happy for you that you've had some good news finally. One thing I would say though, more out of concern, is why you feel it necessary to divulge such detailed personal information? Please be careful.... BTW, talking about salaries especially without being asked is seen as EXTREMELY bad form in England/London/even the City, whether you're a secretary or a director - take a tip Not so much that we're reserved, it's just considered terribly vulgar and talking like that will guarantee you being thought of as a [censored], even and especially amongst your colleagues (behind your back of course, the English way ) to whom it doesn't mean diddly squat. Remember Coutts is the Royal Family's bank and has been for generations due to their ethos of reserved and discreet dealings - maybe you should take a leaf etc. Paradoxically, in banking circles boasting about bonuses is pretty much de rigeur so I suggest you wait till next year then boast away Good luck!

Nice heads-up thanks... Aargghh! That datewheel would look better on my 187, and vice versa.......hmmmmm, I wonder

I feel your pain Brother Bob Ubi your sadism knows no bounds

Hmmm, this is obviously a franken..."aftermarket case" a redial (MY?) even that superdome doesn't look quite right somehow compared to mine (straight edges rising up). OK he's dropped a 1570 in, but my modded WM 1665 still looks better. I wonder though, one of us? Private auction, hmmm click here

"as a last resort" I sense a Darwin Award entry

@Robert - aha, I somehow knew there was more to be revealed I'm loving that black series III roadster, a valiant attempt to marry a big brute (if a little unrefined) of an American engine with gorgeous European styled bodywork If only I had the time, money, and garage space

OMFG a Vincent Black Shadow, the ultimate British bike. That's just pure class my friend. PM me some details pleeeeease As for little old me, well I'm all respectable and understated these days

Wise words Kruzer, yes we've seen it all before sadly.... In my experience, Datewheel Obsessive Behaviour Syndrome (DOBS) is a serious psychological condition and the prognosis is not good, not good at all.... ----> ---->

Nice spot Puggy Christ, this guy's gonna have a ball, what with attempting the most lethal curry known to man, a personal murder scene tour from a real Victorian ghost, a 400-mile round trip to take a 20-minute boat ride around some docks, and finally a spell in one of our lovely NHS hospitals when he looks left instead of right crossing the road Hell, why not go the whole hog and on your way back through Heathrow, tell the nice man from HM Customs that you have accidentally swallowed the swap package to the one you smuggled through on your outbound leg, oh and that you prefer KY to vaseline if he doesn't mind, and that he shouldn't worry about needing an epi-pen as you're not allergic to latex..... There, you don't get that from Lonely F*cking Planet do you???

You know, being the innocent decent type I'd have never even of thought to do that but I think you're right, a quick case swap, farm out the parts and suddenly he's looking at a nice fat profit - I guess some people will do anything for money

Exactly my point earlier... a mint condition case and missing movement, dial, bracelet should at least make for an 'interesting' story no?

Let me add to that by saying that after you've added a genuine dial (a CN rep dial will not fit if I'm not mistaken), and a 3035 movt, you're in the region of what a 10-year old used Sub would cost anyway.

As much as anyone's prepared to pay for it