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Pugwash

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  1. She is a scammer.
  2. Poor bastard!
  3. eBay, of course.
  4. Wow. Ubranded! Damn, that's nice. edit: On reflection, it's very nice, but I much prefer it when they keep the hands in the centre of the watch. They look trapped up at the top like that. It's not a strong design.
  5. I got mine from Precious Time, but any of the trusted dealers should be able to get it.
  6. If anyone was having issues with the video clip, I've fixed the mime-type on the webserver so it'll play. Sorry about the clickable link but I can't embed HTML on here.
  7. I thought I mentioned marketing. The rent isn't part of the cost to the manufacturer. That's a dealer cost and comes out of his mark-up.
  8. The bracelet is identical, from what I can tell, apart from whirls on the genuine clasp that you can't see when you're wearing it. Genuine: It's hard to see the non-Ti link, but this photo shows it.
  9. Two of which are visible at the beginning.
  10. The scammer from HongKong selling the 7750s is selling crappy old ones as ETA ones.
  11. I like this watch. What movement is in the genuine?
  12. As long as it makes Nanuq laugh ...
  13. You'll have read the hint on several photo topics that a polarising filter, or polariser, is the ideal solution to removing reflections. It isn't a magic bullet, as you'll see, but it certainly helps. Firstly, what is a polariser? It's a filter you screw on to the front of your camera (or your lens, for you SLR people) to polarise light. Yeah, that helps. Ok, light is a wave, which means it wobbles on an axis. Lots of light wobbles in lots of ways. When you're photographing a watch, what you want to do is eliminate all light wobbling on the same axis as the crystal to reduce the amount of glare it gives. For this, you need a grille that only lets light going in a certain direction through, which is what a polariser does. To demonstrate, here's a polarising filter. You can see that it's got a white mark that shows the direction of the grille. Rotating the filter changes the axis of the grille, blocking light from the wrong directions. To show it in action, we need a polarised light source ... and luckily for me, LCDs are polarised, as any kid wearing sunglasses (cheap polarisers in some cases) using a digital watch or calculator will tell you as rotating the watch made it go darker. Anyway, I have an LCD monitor, so that's perfect. I put some tape across my filter so you could see the axis and rotated it. link to quicktime movie - 0.4MB So, that's that. Now you understand what it's doing. Let's see it in action on a watch. Polariser removed: Polariser in wrong position: Polariser rotated to the right position: As you can see, it's not perfect, but it helps. It's not a magic bullet, but in conjunction with decent lighting practices, reflectors and patience (and just a little bit of Photoshop) you can achieve results that would not be as good without the filter. One important factor is that, as I said before, Sunglasses are a polariser and inversely, a polariser is going to remove light from your scene, meaning you need more time and stability to make up for the lack of light. See the second hand in the photos above? The polariser sapped enough light to force the camera to stay open longer, causing the blur on the second hand. The shot without the polariser has no blur. Also, for fun, look at the highlights on the strap. See how they move when you change the polarity? For more science, try Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polariser
  14. The numbers are 'flatter' on the gen. They're too rounded on the rep, but as you say, you'd need them side-by-side to tell unless you knew.
  15. http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=10633 This isn't the first time it's been brought up, and I hope it's the last, but I doubt it.
  16. Once more, with feeling. ROLEXCENTER.NET IS A SCAM!
  17. He turned it through 90-degrees?
  18. Look how the bracelet connects to the watch:
  19. You need a genuine dial and movement to make an accurate MoonWatch.
  20. Look below my signature: How to post pictures
  21. In principle, sure. I don't call it being ripped off though, but yes, the principle is the same. However, your maths are way off. You've not included research, design, marketing, tax, duty, service, packaging ... none of which applies to the rep.
  22. This will be the most fettled and tuned GST on the planet! Ziggified GST, here we come!!!
  23. No, it's a modded 7750. You can clearly see it's not a 7753 here:
  24. Is that a modified 7750? It's in 7753 configuration without the date pusher.
  25. This is why it's off to Canada where Master The Zigmeister will do the work for me.
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