Pugwash

Jesus, you could beat children to death with that!

Until the next one.

Today, I'm wearing a Portuguese Chrono. I know it's BLACKSEAL TUESDAY, but I needed a chrono. Just as well, as one of the girls in my office said "Ooh, is that a new watch? It's very nice! Big, but pretty." I don't think anyone else has ever noticed a new watch and commented on it before. No, she's not single and neither am I, but it was nice. One thing is clear: I need to take some new photos of everything.

By the time you get online, you should have it. Tell us about it!

I bet he will (there, that's another post) Damn, if I keep this up, I can manage it today.

You are, even if you don't realise it...

Imagine ... I'm about to catch Kenberg in total posts. Very soon, He'll have to settle for second place.

Yeah, I was wondering about that.

V just got the 2000-post Loser icon. Congratulations, V!

It's certainly lovely. It looks like the kind of watch bombers or navigators had strapped to their legs.

Because ETA calls them Swiss Made. They even stamp it on the movement before it even gets to Switzerland. Swiss Made is a very specific term. It's a legally binding term defined by the Swiss government and watch industry. No replica on the planet is Swiss Made, no matter what anyone ever tells you. What it boils down to is that if a dealer sells you a 'Swiss' Watch, he means it has an ETA movement in it. If that ETA is made in Switzerland or China, it's still an ETA movement.

This thread baffles me. You need a license, with written and practical exams? But if you played in England, you don't? WTFz0rz?

Indeed, but our ETAs powering replicas are not QCed as much as the ones in, say, Tissot watches as we don't have the final pass in Switzerland to give it that "Swiss Made" touch. You can tell this as so many of the ETA 2836 movements we get are lacking in a five-swiss-oils kinda service and the like. Or so I'm led to believe.

Yeah, but I don't believe that either.

Nice watch and a great pic.

Excuse my brain fart. It's a 2824, of course.

Your movement looks like an ETA 2836-2. It's not made in Switzerland, I'm afraid. The good news is, however, that none of the movements are made in Swizerland. All the rep movements are made in China, and so are the genuines. It's a very long and involved tale that can be found by reading back through the informative posts in the knowledge area here on this very forum.

You're on your own, pal.

Well, maybe gloss or satin.

Get the high-res picture and take it to your local photo shop and get them to output it on matt photo paper. Also, get several versions printed, all varied in size ever so slightly, just in case.

Does this high-res shot help? Click for larger version:

While I don't dispute what you're saying, I'd still rather get something a little higher quality.

Genuine what? There is no genuine non-gold 50th GMT.

That's the difference between American Made and Made In America. Me too!

I'd got over that recently and was carrying on blissfully, having forgotten. Now I need to wash my eyes out in soap.