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Well, I was going to answer that he sometimes wears a JLC Reverso and other times wears an Ebel that TTK has. ps. His roast potato method really does produce the finest roasties we've had.

That's what I do with domed crystals, but they're more robust than you'd think. Don't over-think it, just pop it in and push it on. You don't need super-force to get it in position. Pressure underwater pushes in, not out.

Give me a shout if you need a minister. I've been an ordained minister for about a decade now.

Did you see the list before he removed it? I agree that there is a lot we take for granted, like fresh clean water for example, and I believe stuff that makes us realise that can be educational as long as it's not preachy. If I saw any of that usefulness in Hambone's list, I would have been a lot kinder. Plus, he called me an idiot. All bets are off.

Am I therefore part of the global conspiracy of no good conscience? Or maybe my motives are more mundane and I merely find run-to-the-hills a selfish answer. Survival skills are not in themselves a bad thing, obviously. The problem I have is that they're mostly practised in the US by people calling themselves groups with the word militia in them, and at the expense of those around them. Is this a problem to me? No, because if they ever do flip the switch, there's an ocean between them and me, in both directions. ps. If you can't survive a simple ribbing on the internet, how are you going to survive the poklips?

Never say never. I'm glad you're no longer selling the inferior movements. Thanks for clearing that up. ps. You forgot "Dun be a Pug"

Nice work, mate. Your collection is very ... By-Tor. It's amazing you've pared it down to just eight watches, especially considering there's two GMTs there. However, I reckon you'll get a 42mm black-bezeled Planet Ocean. I'm nearly there myself.

http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=56614 I advise the GST Chrono, the 3717 Chrono or the 3719 Chrono. Avoid the 21k6 versions of the 3717 (bad ones from Trustytime, Perfect Clones, etc.). If you like Ingenieurs, don't go for the Chrono. In fact, avoid the Portuguese Chronos or anything with seconds at six. If you're in Europe, Precious Time would be a good choice.

Excellent point, but I disagree. As usual, your poise under fire and people skills shine through. It's been a pleasure discussing this with you, but as you have just landed the winning blow, I will have to bow out if this debate.

You need special tools to work on the 2894, and apparently the second hand needs replacing every time it's removed. But yes, something like a Chanel Superlegerra would be nice.

How to make a super omelette. First get some phoenix eggs and a dash of grail water ...

... and to show you how easy it is, here's one I made earlier using just Quicktime Pro, Adobe Photoshop and the downloaded DOA trailer: Cropped version: ps. If you plan on using either of these, please find your own hosting for these. Don't use my bandwidth.

Simple. Capture the scene you want from the movie, resize it and convert it to an animated GIF. There are a huge number of options out there to do this if you have the usual video editing suites and converters available.

I'm still waiting for someone to find one part of the lifecycle of a product that a marketing person wouldn't call marketing. And yes, if you want your watches to shine like the gens, polish them and do not wear them.

Or he uses the glue as filler and not glue.

If you have enough light, you can get away with anything you can throw at your camera. Light can be traded for both time and stability. The less light you have, the more time or stability you need.

Ok, for all those marketeers who insist that shop lighting comes under Marketing, I have this question to ask: What part of the lifecycle of a product isn't marketing by your definitions?

Marketing cop-out. Ask someone in marketing and they'll tell you the janitor cleaning their office is part of marketing.

... and it backs up what I was thinking. You need to broach the centre seconds. The subdial hands would just need pinching slightly. They don't have enough stress on them to be a problem if they were slightly looser. The Zigmeister, am I right?

Well, I stand corrected. Thanks for clarifying.

I thought it was the other way around. The holes are slightly smaller.

Ah yes, the cartel's version of the 3717 was a 21k6. People were happy to have it so they could swap out the A7750 for an ETA model.

I still don't consider the shop lighting Marketing. While my statement that it's advertising isn't accurate (That one I admit freely. ), you quoted Wikipedia best here: Marketing is a societal process. To be honest, I could be wrong about this and I don't care enough about my stance to stand and fight it, but I don't consider a butcher putting an apron on to be marketing, either, and that's the same thing. I reckon that people who really cared passionately about the subject could argue away for weeks and still not be any more convinced either way. I'll chalk this one down as ambiguous. ps. It's still not marketing.

Quartz or Auto?

Not in this batch, no. Next one, most likely. ps. Cousins delivered the datewheels this morning.