Pugwash

Whereas smuggling counterfeit goods is perfectly decent behaviour. Wtf. Clive, can you tell me in what way breach of contract is all of a sudden a criminal, as opposed to civil, offense?

Get it before it's too late.

I got my first rep in March 2006. There are a few watches I have in there for shits and giggles as opposed to because I want to wear them. The rest, however, is a very select collection. Before I spend any money on a decent watch, I have to be certain I want it and that it'll get wrist time. It means I get accused of having good taste sometimes. Here it is just before the addition of the Navitimer and Portuguese: http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=10043

Here's my small collection: Crappy photo, I know

We all were ...

3497 now ...

Welcome to the loser alumni.

Anonimity on replica forums is preferred, so I'll not be posting my family tree, but anyone reading back through my posts may see some mentions of small concerts and the like.

... and discussing how to smuggle on a public forum is such a good idea.

Mrs Pugwash's brother does rock star for a living. He went to rock star college and everything.

My first job was as an Electronic Engineer, repairing and calibrating AVO Multimeters. Then I did loads of crappy jobs including bar work, kitchen work, etc., including assistant coach in Women's Self Defence for a very brief period. After this, I worked as a "Mail Order Troll" (real job title) and had some freelance illustration jobs on the side. Then, I did some database design, accounting and typesetting/graphic design. This then led to a job I kept for about 8 years as a writer/graphic designer/sysadmin for a role-playing games company (pen and paper, not computer games) that was then bought by a huge American company (famous for a card game) that kept me on in the same role but added tournament judge and convention rep to my roster. After this, I moved into systems management/administration (IT stuff) full time and have pretty much kept that up for eight years. Looks like it's about time for another abrupt career change to me.

And people like us don't go back there. It smells of old man's wee.

A Masterpiece in waiting.

Are you honestly suggesting that ETA 2836 movements never arrive dirty? Or, the natural conclusion of this, are you suggesting that ETA movements in replicas are QCed and pre-serviced?

You have no idea how tempting this is.

Not at all. It's like buying a print instead of a Bob Ross painting. I wear my Sub from time to time and like it very much. However, I don't wave it in people's faces saying "LOOKIT ME, GOT ME A ROLEX, MAW!" so if I don't show it to people and at that point they can't tell the difference between it and an Invictim, why do I bother? Oh yeah, because I'm fooling myself, not them. ps. I'm talking for myself, not others. I believe several people do intend to fool people, and that's their prerogative. I called Bovine Scatology on Ron's post for me, not for everyone.

It's better than IE6, for what that's worth. Safe enough to install, too. Sure, at work (Windows for work, Mac for home) I run Firefox most of the time, but on the few sites that require IE, IE7 seems better than IE6.

Just like all those people with a framed Monet or Picasso print on their walls want their guests to think it's real? I call "nearly, but not quite" as most of the time, I wear replicas to fool myself; to play a game of "if only this were real, cos it looks good". I know that in any given day, no-one will ever spot my watch for a replica because most people would assume it cost the same as a Timex, never having heard of Panerai or IWC. Recently, some blokes I was working with had my IWC GST in their hands and were marvelling over it, as I'd said it was exotic, Titanium and Sapphire, and an automatic mechanical watch. They were impressed, more than I thought they would be, but didn't have a clue who IWC were. One of them said "Nice, but I want a Breitling" meaning he'd heard of non-rolex brands. For all I know, they assumed it was merely a very nice $500 watch, which it nearly is, costing in the gen dial and cost of Ziggification. I digress. I like to think I have. It's a Rolex print or a reproduction Panerai to me. I'm fooling myself, not others.

Your first watch was a Titanium Chav? Interesting choice.

Hot damn, your wife is a Bond girl!

I'll be in the cinema for this one too.

Once my replacement Navi finally arrives, yes, I'd be glad to. For now, this is the best I can do: If you want a decent black strap for cheap, get the Bob For Breitling.

Mine (group buy) runs fine but the second hand was a little jerky. Odd, because now it's smooth.

I agree. I predict we'll see a Sea-Gull 28k movement appearing in the future to take up the slack.

It's on my list and I hope to get one off Precious Time soon. Once I do, I'll be reviewing it.