Pugwash

Um, to service the movement, you need to strip it down to its component parts. For instance, here is my IWC GST on Master The Zigmeister's bench: As you can see, that's some fiddly stuff right there. When you reassemble it and oil it, using the 5 different required oils according to the oiling charts, you need to regulate it as well. Expect to pay 80 quid to have someone do an ETA 2824/2836 movement service in the UK. Chronographs are a little more, but don't expect anyone to touch the Chinese 7750 copies we use. Or, you can do the Timezone course and learn to do your own ETA 2836. It's what I'm doing.

Because there's only one real reason for wanting perfect papers and we don't like it.

Blu-Tack doesn't eat grease.

Like the Doc says, Rodico and a "Joe

Scots Whisky would be a rep. The genuine stuff is called Scotch, but the stuff you want is Single Malt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_whisky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_malt_whisky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_single_malt_whisky

The reason replica makers don't superlume dials is that they are scared of theft. Superlume is more expensive than gold and their workers will steal lume, apparently. See? There's a simple answer to everything.

... and people ask me why I don't get into modding for cash. The Zigmeister is the master of movements. I think it all comes down to knowing your limits. What trouble can you get yourself out of? Sure, I can remove hands, dials, keyless works etc., but if I make a mistake, no matter what it is, if it's outside my expertise, I've caused more damage than the cost of the work I've just charged. Little guys like me can help you out with the simple things, but we all know we're in way over our heads with the insides of movements. This is why we as a hobby should be grateful The Zigmeister is willing to share his vast knowledge and experience with us.

My first - Nokia 7110: My second - Sony Eriksson t68i: My third - Motorola RAZR v3i: My fourth ... I'll show you Nov 9th. As you can see, my first phone dates back to 1999/2000 (I forget exactly) meaning I don't change phones that often. Edit: This doesn't include phones work foisted upon me, like a pearl.

No chance, they'd have been on pagers. Pagers were untraceable whereas mobiles needed iron-clad credit ratings. Drug dealers only moved from pagers to mobiles when pay-as-you-go phones became available. 1998 was the end of the pager era. I didn't get a mobile phone until 1999/2000 and I was an IT Manager on call. To expect young couples like in Lola Rennt to both have mobiles is using 21st century thinking for 20th century problems: It's the easy way out. My first mobile was a Nokia 7110 "Matrix" phone. Probably the first mobile phone to be actively lusted after by name. I still have it and it still works.

That would cover the purchase plan but not the monthly charges. You really don't remember mobiles in 1998, do you.

Do you remember the price of cell phones in Europe in 1998?

No comment. I hear admitting to crime on the internet is as good as a confession. As for this year's movies, Die Hard 4 was astounding. Highly improbable plot with a complete lack of understanding about how the internet and computers work, it still kept me throwing virtual popcorn down my gullet as scene after scene of bequipped action unfolded on my screen. I was Gabe, the one on the left:

Whereas ... I'm the one with the invites to Mrs Pugwash's cousin's wedding that sounds like a porn title: Lesbian Nurse Wedding. No, I don't have any spare tickets.

... and the name for that person is The Loser. sorry, you did say it's a funday.

It's a Graham Chronofighter.

Asterix was one of my favourites when growing up. I was shocked when I found out it wasn't originally an English comic. The translation from French to English is one of the best translations I've come across. When the jokes don't work in English, the translators use completely different jokes that fit in seamlessly. I still read them today, in both languages.

Look under the 6.

Being bald doesn't make you a Skinhead. :-) ps. The man on the left owns six mansions, or so. Very rich and not at all cheap.

Here's a pic of one of the richest guys (left) I know: As you can see, our rich friends move in different circles.

The rich you know are cheap? That may say more about you than about the rich in general. Most of the rich people I know would be considered cheap only if you count what they spend as a percentage of their wealth. Cheap to me is spending considerably less than me when you have considerably more to spend, like avoiding paying for a round or their share of a bill. If you're hanging out with people like that, they'd better be your date and very, very hot.

They buy Yachts? Old money doesn't actually have any money. The landed gentry send their kids out in hand-me-downs because it's either that or release some of their equity.

The richest people on earth are far from cheap. Take a look at the top five richest people on earth and find me someone who is cheap. Find me one person in the top ten that doesn't own a nice car or nice painting. Show me one person in the top twenty without an anecdote about them spending money. Just because the rich you know are cheap doesn't mean they all are. All of my rich friends are generous and I know self-made millionaires. Saying rich people are cheap is just myth perpetuation. If the rich are cheap, who buys luxury goods?

Great review and highly anticipated. I'll just agree with By-Tor and leave it at that. Cheers, Watcher! I'll be looking forward to this becoming widely available.

Right up to the point you look at the TAG reps, the uPO, the SFSO, the 3717, the HBB ...

If there's one thing this hobby should teach you, it's patience. We'll know who has it when they get it. Not a lot more than that to say, really. :-)