Pugwash

Nice stuff.

Your example is the exact opposite of 'pulling it off'. If you see a guy wearing a huge watch, if he's not in the least bit self-concious over it, it'll look natural. I used to dye my hair back in my youth and I had scarlet hair at one point. Once I got used to it, it stopped being that unusual and nobody really took much notice of it. However, one Christmas, some bloke in our office decided to dye his hair blue for charity and no matter how he tried, he could never carry it off. Also, imagine your mum wearing the same clothes as Britney Spears ... no, on second thoughts, stop imagining that. Some guy in a wet suit with a huge watch on isn't going to have his watch commented on. If he wears it afterwards, he won't think it's too big and therefore he'll pull it off. ps. Nobody back in the 1950s could wear a Fiddy to work, unless their work was underwater, so it has nothing to do with body size and everything to do with fashion.

Of even greater importance is physical comportment. If you carry yourself like someone who can wear a big watch, you can wear a big watch. However, there are minimum wrist sizes to be taken into consideration. No matter how large that linebacker is, if his strap goes inwards under the watch, it's going to look dumb. I refer once more to my diagram: If you don't pass this test, there's no point in even considering any others.

No subdials, 4 o'clock crown, lots of lumpy bits. It's not a chrono.

Erasers, not condoms. In the UK, a rubber is an eraser.

I thought to myself ... that looks hard. So, I did it on my 7753-powered 196. Yes, it's really, really scary when you do it for the first time on a $650 watch. Did it work? Did I make a fool of myself? (hint: I have no hand-removal tools)

Yes, they are hard and some need special tools. Some of them should only be done by a watchsmith.

If you're after the best, with all the mods already done, you could look at Davidsen's PAMs. I personally went for the cheapest Silix ones, but I keep being tempted by Davidsen's range, in particular his $350 111h. http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=15722

I was trying to work out how this would be possible. You're taking a photo of your left hand without a tripod. What do you focus with? You can't use your left hand, and if you use your nose, you can't see the back of the camera. You could ... no, that's rude.

As seen here on the left:

Hmm. When The Zigmeister fitted my gen IWC GST dial, he just removed the feet. Sounds much easier.

It's a ... um, something. A Toscana waterproof 120. Cheaper than yours, I presume.

I did it. It works but looked silly on my wrist. I didn't take photos.

I recently fitted a gen refill, so it's now a frankenpen.

Is it too late to say "can I have one?"

Click for 1440x900 version

Is that the HUB44 movement? If so, it says 7750 on the base. We are talking gen here, right?

Um, yes it does.

I have absolutely no idea. Send me the movement and a return envelope and I'll have a look. The bracelet is fine, but I replaced it with a leather strap.

Yeah, cancel the purchase. It's a fake.

Apparently so!

...and I've just done the dial and bezel to give you an idea.

Hmm ... tough one. Yes, it's doable, of course, but a lot of work.

That's as good as it gets because that's the highest res you posted.

Cheap Asian GMT from Andrew. The one below is even cheaper: it's my wee bro's SeaMaster.