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Well, this post puts me 19 short of the big 5k, so I'd best not post it.

How high? Sure, I have a couple, but if you need really high, I can shoot/shop you a dial.

Why not just use a dial bitmap?

I would have done it if I'd have saved my photoshop working files from my recent 45mm shoot. Otherwise it's a considerable amount of effort to do.

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Why? Poor people don't own Panerais. The strap is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it, and that's apparently a lot. Should a Jackson Pollock painting only be worth a few quid because he did it in an afternoon? It's like rare first print books, are they also an insult to poverty?

It's both, but thanks for playing. shoveler |ˈ sh əv(ə)lər| ( chiefly Brit. shoveller) noun 1 a person or thing that shovels something. 2 a dabbling duck with a long broad bill. • Genus Anas, family Anatidae: four species, in particular A. clypeata of Eurasia and North America. [ORIGIN: late Middle English (denoting a spoonbill): alteration of earlier shovelard, from shovel , perhaps influenced by mallard.] Being British, I use the British English spelling.

See, here's why I don't think it's true: If he won the lottery, why would he start a career as a [censored]-shoveller?

It's an old operatic saying. "It's not over until the fat lady sings."

Friendly monkeys, of course. ps. Nice watch... and not that badly photographed. I was just making a point.

A wise man once said "There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee -- that says, fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again. You've got to understand . . . ."

You mean he has an agenda that's outside of party politics? I approve.

That could be down to your photography. I don't like answering these 'tests' from newbies as it seems to me they think of us as performing monkeys.

http://www.wo-mart.com/product_info.php?cP...products_id=427 This was in FXRandy's post.

...and what about that 2892 on Wo-Mart? Are you quietly ignoring it in the hope that it'll go away?

Paraphrased by Kay in Men In Black: "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."

Well, obviously. However, I'm not the kind of person we're supposed to be warning of scams. And on the whole Swiss thing, that's another can of worms.

The emperor has no clothes.

In the real world, synthetic sapphire means sapphire. This isn't a cultural term open to interpretation. Do you check every bottle labelled "water" to make sure it actually is water? As for Asian vs Swiss ETA, check google. No dealers here use the term for the colour, however.

Not so. There is a common term Asian ETA vs Swiss ETA that's already in use. It's used for the nickel vs gold-coloured movements elsewhere. Once again, you're going against common use here. The scientific term, used by everyone on the planet apart from Joshua and Andrew, is Synthetic Sapphire meaning boule-grown Sapphire. It's as stupid as calling digital photos Scans. You're using a term that means something outside of this site to mean something different here. This is why I know when I get a Synthetic Sapphire off TTK, I'm getting boule-grown sapphire. If we're supposed to be able to compare beforehand what we're buying, we have to ensure everyone is using the right terms. I don't like being lied to, and I especially don't like being called naive for wanting it to stop.

Nice one. Welcome to the forum.

Yes, but it's still not an ETA2892, though. Does it take gen ETA parts in case of breakdown? You buy an ETA watch in the hope that the parts are out there.

I was saying the exact same thing on a mailing list. Bring on Arnie!

Yes, but I also have the blind ignorance to think I can make a difference. We let them do this and it is getting worse. Beginmariner? That's no ETA movement, yet the mail from Josh said "Due to the current serious shortage of swiss movt, I have called in 100pcs of Swiss Eta 2836-2 complete watches to salvage the swiss 2836-2 new movt to cope with my daily demands of my sales in daydate and datejust. The left behind swiss cases with sapphire crystal, i have install with Asian Eta 2813, 21600bph movt and is now offering these at special free shipping price of USD 108/-" ETA-2813? wtf? How many noobs bought these thinking they were getting a slow-beat ETA?

Really? Yet you've seen all my "It's not a Lemania" posts and my "That's no ETA" posts, right?