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ah - well, from what i have read, the occassional 'seized' watch is built into the pricing very admirable of you, i will pm with a suggestion

all of the dealers i have worked with will cover the customs seizure. you should ask whta their policy is. i'm sure you can find one that will cover the loss

we have gone through tuffer times. WWII civil war - great depression- the dressing in the 70's but, we are at a critical time - big decision. Crucial times. this isn't like stock bubble bs - this is sustaining our fat lazy society. the chinese are nipping at our heals and were walking out the front door drunk, looking for a cab to take us to the next party and handing the keys to the kingdom over to china. the cost of this war is going to hurt - not today, not tommorow but someday soon, and if not stopped, for the rest of our life.

Essentially, each Quinting watch houses a patented sapphire movement that makes the watch transparent. If you study a complicated movement from a well- established brand, you will find that its movement is made from metal. The Quinting movement is made by superposing several thin-toothed discs of sapphire previously metallised and given an antireflection coating. This is a very complicated system of stationary and mobile sapphires. It must be immediately noted that such a watch could absolutely not be realized with an entirely “mechanical” movement, but it was certainly not easy to obtain it even by adopting an electronic solution that anyway has to use many sophisticated mechanical pieces. Therefore, summing up, this watch might be considered a mechanical one electronically driven. Inside the external rim of the case four motors are hidden from view. From these motors, the hands are driven by a system of mobile sapphire crystals. There are six transparent mobile sapphires – one each for the hours, minutes and seconds. Additionally, there are seven stationary sapphires which hold the assemblage together. The positioning of these glasses is extremely rigorous. The sapphire layers are placed at a distance of at least 0.08 to 0.1 millimetre. The Quinting manufacture is one of a small circle of watchmakers producing their own movements. All the parts of the Quinting movement are assembled by hand at the manufacture situated in St. Blaise, near Neuchatel in Switzerland. The extremely delicate operation is performed in a dust free room to ensure the perfect transparency. Working in sapphire is a very precise craft. It requires a delicate hand and 100 percent precision since, unlike metal, sapphire is a nonfusible and nonelastic material. This advanced technique requires a high degree of precision and knowledge, placing the Quinting watches among the most sophisticated and complex on the market.

quinting research official site http://www.quinting-watches.com/frameset_eng.htm i remember the cases being big - but that was before the panerai days so- memory probably skewed http://www.tourbillon-watches.com/tourbill...tm&house=95 company history http://www.pr.com/company-profile/overview/7023 http://www.timezone.com/library/news/news631848175696406250 click on more info here http://catalog.antiquorum.com/catalog_plan...rence=QGL52K00M large real photos http://www.timegalleria.com.hk/product.asp...ductid=FCQT0005 http://www.timegalleria.com.hk/product.asp...ductid=FCQT0003 - only 11,600 i think the 2500 version of the same model on ebay is better deal apparently the are still around in 06 http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200...1144838227.html neat article/ photos http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=e...6lr%3D%26sa%3DN

how did you make the light box and what type of lights are you using. Your color is off -you may be able to correct it using a manual white balance. i found when i used regular around the house bulbs i got this sort of color issue. I went to home depot and got some hallagens - giving off a pure white light and that made all the difference in the world. I think they have those bulbs too that are a pure clean white, sunlight type light. but focus and such are all good. Check your camera manual and try the white balance thing, alsmost all cameras have that feature nice strap by the way, where is it from?

Dude - gioarmani's signature get's my vote

mine loves her reps - but she is cool like that For reference checkout the Mrs Phoband Series in the sig

I saw one of these like 10 years ago. They are super cool looking, i had totally forgotten the brand until someone pointed out that odd watch website. anyway just thought i'd post here, looks to me like a good price on this one http://cgi.ebay.com/schoene-Quinting-QSS5K...1QQcmdZViewItem i am not even sure if they make them anymore, all the info i'm finding is old. I think parts of the movement are made of saphire so the watch is completely see through. When i saw them 10 yrs ago they started at 10k retail anyway - just thought i'd put it out there. - if i were in the financial position to be buying cool watches at this price, i'd grab it.

its true if your in Virg, Tenn or Missouri - the senate vote is neck and neck there are about 45 us house races that are competative. If your seeing commercials every thirty seconds on the evening news about how aweful one of the congressional candidates is? you most likley live in one fo those districts

THAT SITE ROCKS i saw these quinting watches on a cruise a long ass time ago. They were super freaking awesome but htat was before i was heavily into watches. i couldn't remember the damn brand and now i found them again They look really crazy cause you cant see any works. ITs almost completely transparent. Thanks http://www.quinting-watches.com/frameset_eng.htm

you know i hate to bring this up, but this post is in the wrong section and it should be moved

Bricktop - wow, haven't seen him in a while.

You are definatly going to like it here

by the way, on the subject of wearing, for those of you that live in hot climets you have to get into the wicking clothes it was started by under armor for sports people, but they make hats shirts underwear bras ect ect ect. It moves the sweat away from your body and causes it to evaporate very very quickly. If you go play golf in 90 degree heat In FL for 4 hrs, within 10 minutes of getting into the car you are dry - and more comfortable during the whole trip. They are AMAZING. i just replaced my whole polo shirt wardobe with wicking. Everybody has it now, they all have different branded "Duo dry" dri-fit Double dry,. ect ect ect

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Yeah, guess i missed it that time around DOH!!!

is that the wempe 42mm radiomir with a big pilot strap?

he has been nice enough to supply his address to the world should we all show up and ask to inspect it? ROADTRIP!!!!!

Now this is cool individually or boxed set http://www.wo-mart.com/product_info.php?products_id=1392 i must have titled this thread wrong or something, only 32 people looked at it? I think these are cool as [censored]. I want one in the office to use as a frisby

i can write music in different genre's but lyrics - i suck at. so if someone wants to start that boat, i'm happy to chime in

i swear by my Hamer archtop flametop - solid guitar, smooth, lots of sounds with the various pickup positions. i can go from jazz to hendrix to soundgarden thanks for the compliments 2005sub - i still say we should record a theme song for rwg

oh, that would be good. I was trying on gen's recently and noticed at least the rolex's all had the reflection issues. I don't think its an ar thing i think its a domed piece of glass thing.

my wife dressed up as her - "kate" for halloween last year She is a lost freak

who screwed you on your seamaster