Pugwash

Very much so. Here's my old rep. No longer in my possession, but still a great.

Sure, but these are Wikipedia questions, not real questions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolex - made up word http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_SA - named after a calibre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breitling - founded by Leon Breitling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Lacroix - Made up name http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panerai - founded by Giovanni Panerai http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Watch_Company - Swiss, but started by an American, hence an English name Seriously, look anything up before wondering why no-one answers. Sometimes something is too simple to explain.

I've read The Right Stuff, yes. Good film, too, surprisingly. And yes, it's a valid point of reference in this case, even if it deals with the Mercury 7 instead of the New Nine. I do believe NASA astronauts were very in control of most of the aspects of their life, but after Apollo 1, they all took safety even more seriously than before (see the return of Gunther Wendt as an example of increased safety) and I believe they would not risk the integrity of a space suit with something as silly as a watch they could not even use on the moon. Also, seeing as they had to remove clothing to put their suits on, I would be surprised if they didn't take a watch off. David Scott replaced his Omega with a Waltham, wearing it on the outside of his suit with the Omega's velcro strap on EVA 3. I would concede that a watch other than the Speedies and Scott's Waltham could well have been worn in the LEM, but almost certainly not on an EVA.

That doesn't look much like the moon to me. I don't doubt Astronauts wore GMTs in the CSM and LEM, but are you honestly telling me NASA would let their Astronauts wear watches under their space suits? Your Rolex fansite presents wishful thinking as fact whereas my opinion was formed by many articles, but mostly by Maddox's many articles on watches worn on and near the moon. http://www.chronomaddox.com/moonmovement.html

Only Jack Swigert wore a Rolex GMT. His mission? Apollo 13. I presume you all know what happened to Apollo 13. The only watch worn on the Moon, apart from the Speedmaster, was an unknown Waltham.

You might be right. I've been surprised in the past, though.

Yes, and as soon as she gets past that acne and hair, she'll turn into a babe. Mark my words, I've seen it happen. Get your name on the list early.

Superb comparison. So, a decent rep just needs ETA wheels and aftermarket AR.

Odd. I never knew Ferraris occurred in nature. I thought they were man-made.

A Letraset catalogue.

Looking ... Up? I'm trying to hide how much of a gushing Moon Landing fanboy I am, so I'll pretend I did have to look up all the info I posted in my post. ps. I presume everyone has seen "From The Earth To The Moon", one of the best dramatisations of the moon run.

They did not. Photographs and records don't show any watches and there was no official chronograph designated before the Gemeni space flights. The Mercury flights didn't have a designated watch. Deke Slayton, the boss (head of flight Crew Operations) for Gemini and Apollo missions, and one of the original Mercury 7, instituted a search for a chrono they could certify. (aside, Deke Slayton didn't go into space until after the Apollo missions. See the 'pedia link for more details) Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders wore the first Speedmasters to orbit the moon on Apollo 8. Ed White's fire damaged Speedmaster was sent to his family. His was the first worn in space when he took the first ever Spacewalk in 1965 and it's the watch he was wearing when he died in the plugs-out test of Apollo 1. More to come ...

Another view: Click, as always, to embiggen.

It'll fit on Windows fine, of course, but the blank space for the icons is on the wrong side. And yes, it's a coca-cola t-shirt. Well-spotted.

Put the case in a bag of coins and shake.

Nowhere near. Most are of an IWC. Buut yes, the 111h was photographed so much in the early days it earned the nickname The Legend.

The dial is fine. No ageing needed. Work done so far: 2842 (slow-beat) gen tropic gen crown gen tube CGs aged bezel insert with acrylic pearl Work still needed: dial needs shimming as datewheel drags I have gen springsbars to fit - drilling needed cleaning of stuff like hands and dial ... and I'm sure there's more. I'd prefer a less aged bezel insert, tbh.

Here's my still-unfinished MBW 1680 project. click to embiggen One day, I'll finish it, hopefully. Maybe one of you lot would like to finish it for me.

This wallpaper is for Macs (space on the right for icons) but I'll try and get a Windows one (icons on left) up soon. click to embiggen Comments, as always, are much appreciated.

You going to guarantee them? In that case, Joint05, you can get them from Kenberg!!!

I'd be careful with rep sunglasses. They can make you blind.

If you honestly think there's a fortune to be made, I suggest you start a business. I was considering organising a group AR with The Chief, but once you start doing the logistics, it turns out you have to really love this hobby as the chances of the middleman losing considerable sums of money are high. Unless you're a skilled and experienced watchmaker, it's impossible to manage it on the kind of scale people want. If I were to offer an EU AR service, I would get hundreds of people interested and it'd become a low-paying full time job in a week. No thanks, I already have a job and my skills aren't good enough to manage the scale of it. Lose one customer's watch and your entire profit margin is wiped out.

Yes, they are both reps. The one on the left is a 42mm PO 4th gen I bought from Ubi. The one on the right is an Ultimate Planet Ocean bought from Precious Time, with a stripped crown/tube and aftermarket K2222 AR. Where did I say they were not reps? Edit: Maybe you thought 4th Gen meant genuine and not fourth generation. Sorry about that.

The 42 does have AR, its just not as good as the aftermarket.

Click to embiggen See the watch on the left? That's a 4th Gen 42mm PO. On the right, that's an Ultimate Planet Ocean. Can you guess which one has the aftermarket AR? Yeah, it's worth it. ps. No photoshop trickery to make one look better than the other. They look like that in real life.