Pugwash

Yup, apart from the fact I still rate the moderns as pucks.

I'll get back to you in 2 months, then.

My only vintage ...

I have one, and I don't think I'll ever get a fourth. Sure, a second and a third are possible, I suppose, but that's it. See, I have a 111h and I hate the moderns, so I've got a limited pool to drool over. Mrs Pugwash wants one though ...

Looks like a one-time pad. If this is the case, it's uncrackable.

Difficult to say with those pics, I'm afraid... Here is a pic of what the movement should look like with everything in place. This is from my GMT-Master II.

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Ask him how he knew.

Time Zone ...

Here we go. Would you buy a new Sub off eBay without a safety net? When you buy anything from a shop, you're paying for that shop to be there. You're paying for those shopkeepers to stand around ready for that unknown time you'll walk through the door. You're paying for that store's Authorised Dealer sticker that they pay and train for so they have the watch in stock that you want. You're paying ground rent, taxes, rates, sick days, social security, insurance and security (for a jewelers, imagine) to ensure they can afford to stay in business to hold enough stock for you to um and ah over a wide range of watches. Imagine walking into a shop and having to pay a month in advance to pre-order something you saw a picture of in a catalogue, because that's the easy way to get the overheads down. If selling luxury watches is such a cash-cow, why are you not doing it? No-one's getting stupidly rich owning a jewellers.

Because I don't have 4-6 hours to spare on a joke. See here for more photoshops.

Well, I am now ... Anyway, I had just PMed you before you replied.

You said he had a good rep. Now you know why.

I use a proxy to get in. Some ISPs just can't connect.

Has to be 111h

Credit to Enzo for doing it first ... Honest, I'll get off this modding kick and back on to the photo tutorials soon, don't worry. Just let me burn through the PAM fever.

He's not getting rich off that. Besides, it's closer to 40%; the same your book shop, grocers and shoe shop make.

Back view of the fixed Shitty Strap: This is the Bleachinated Toscana Oreo:

This is what happened to the basic crappy strap that came with the watch.

Nowhere was it stated that this would be against the rules. Besides, can you imagine member 1950 not being called Fiddy? In fact, I think I will auction off the login. Any PAM fans want to change their name to Fiddy? RWG$ only ...

Gotcha. Welcome, Fiddy

And here it is. I'll get some studio pics soon ...

I got a really nice strap from Elliot's Big Balls #4, but it was not as nice as the Il Mupetto I got before it and Hari has graciously chosen me as his second for the black shark, so I will be getting a pure black strap. The Oreo black/white was nice, but while photographing it, I had so much flat light on it it turned grey in one photo and that made me sit up and want a grey and white strap. So, arming myself with Enzo's excellent distressing article, I decided to lighten my strap and age it a little as well. Off came the black t-shirt and on went a skanky white one, as Mrs Pugwash told me no matter how careful one is with bleach, you will get it on your shirt. You'll have to excuse the picture quality as my kitchen isn't set up for photography. Colour check. Both black. In it goes, pure bleach and a strap. The spoon is to keep the strap submerged. Only the finest straps used here, which proved quite annoying as the waterproofing meant it took a considerable amount of time to get to the leather. Good work from Toscana, though. Hats off. See? It's getting lighter. Nowhere near light enough, says he not realising that being damp makes it hugely dark. I took it out and washed off the slime every 5-10 minutes. Ooh, brown. No! I wanted black/grey! Note the shitty strap that comes with the watch being added as we were already an hour in and nothing was happening, or so I thought. The shitty strap turned brown and paintless in minutes. That'll do. Lets compare it, dry it and go to bed. Leave the Oreo to dry and soak the shitty strap in salt water just to see what happens. Next morning, this is what they looked like. Holy crap, that's almost white! What have I done! Look at how light it is! That's the original keeper, as I remove the seconds on my straps. Ok, let's be honest, it's not looking bad. Some people say Mink Oil is excellent, but Macadamia is apparently what the experts say ... um, I have in my fridge. Seriously, Macadamia is like Mink Plus, and Mrs Pugwash, who is well on her way to being a professional aromatherapy masseuse, has a huge variety of exotic oils. She had a large bottle of Minkadamia, thankfully. Both straps being oiled. They'll lighten up after this, but that oil really does do the job. The final Toscana Oreo Plus on The Legend. I hate to say it, but this could have gone wrong so many times, but just didn't. I'm very happy with my result. I'll show you what happens to the shitty strap, which is looking good, oiled and sanded ... Thanks to Enzo for inspiring me, and thanks to Big E for selling me a decent bit of leather cheap.

Cheese. Most orientals are lactose intolerant, believe it or not.

ETA makes the movements in China. They are shipped to Switzerland and usually one cog (50% of the value due to the cost of Swiss labour vs Chinese labour) is changed. In doing this, they can call it "Swiss Made". Don't kid yourself that ETA movements are made by hand by old yodelling men in lederhosen chomping on chocolate and holey cheese while their nazi-gold-powered cuckoo-clock chimes the hour ... Now, when people like IWC get them, they rip them apart and tweak them to buggery, just to add value, but the ebauches are shipped from China directly to their mountainside fondu-smelling cottages.