siesta181

You've got some sweet watches there mate...

I have small wrists as well probably smaller than yours. I bought a fiddy just to look at it...... Only wear it on weekends.

Tricompax Pams are nice as well.

Next.... Fiddy. A PAM collection is not complete without one...

It really does look nice... full relume using C3 will cost about he same as a cheap 2nd hand car. Come to think of it, is there enough lume powder in the world?

Thanks Lani.... Smooth operator.

The better half will nonetheless see through this and still fall for it. Sweeeet.... Gonna use this when my better half starts complaining again... She might be 4000 miles away but she knows.... she knows.

Cheers

siesta181

+1 for Omni

And honestly, this hobby is pretty harmless. The cost/happiness ratio is rather small compared to other vices. There are worse things that a guy can do in his free time.

The fact that I don't really care for the modern daytonas might have quite a bit to do with my answer.... If the watch in question is a PP, Lange or VC, the answer might be predictably different....

But then again.... what does a guy in his early 30s, unmarried, GF 4000 miles away know about marriage?

cheers

siesta181

Tuesday......Russian Aviator - Spin Limited Edition.

Almost sold this because of scratch problems of its original mineral crystal but swapped it with a fiddy sapphire and replaced the original crown with a diamond crown from debaufre.... the result.....one of a kind. Funny looking but one of a kind nonetheless.

cheers

siesta181

Nice.....

Open it !!!! Come on Laz, stop being so cruel and tell us already....

Monday.... 029B

Life's good.

Cheers

siesta181

I know of mates who have been anticipating this for years... Not too bad. I'd buy just to look at it. God knows I can't wear it.

Lucky guy....

Most of my reps will pass the 1 meter away test, some might even pass close inspection but if i am ever asked.... I'll say its a rep. The thing is nobody ever ever actually asks the golden question.

I know of someone who has poor reps and says they are real.... I'll let him be but come on.... a quartz AP Alinghi and a B&R with wrong date window location??? Feel sorry for him actually.

Cheers

siesta181

Not only the night sky shot but the pic above with the backdrop of the mountains is drop dead beautiful too.

One question.....where did you hide the sheep

Ken

Who do you think took the photo?

The 5004 ranks very high on my "to buy list".... With that strap, it has officially moved to the "will buy list".

Wear em well Lani.

No pictures, no count.... lol

When I first found this place 1 year ago.... everything I bought was on impluse, much to my detriment. I used to buy watches and straps on impulse knowing fulling well that I can cover the cost at the end of the month. When the bills piled up, I stepped back and reassessed the whole situation.

I am more disciplined now. I have set a maximum limit of 14 rep watches. I also set aside a small amount monthly to what I call the watch fund. Any sale of my current collection goes into the watch fund. This allows me to pounce on any special piece that appears in the Sales Section. If a particular piece is more than whats available in the watch fund, then I wait or sell a watch to raise funds.

Buy first sell later strategy is okay if you have loads of disposable income, of which I dont have right now....

For Gen purchases, I buy those with extraordinary discounts.... simple.

If he's highly regarded in that forum that you should address this issue in the other forum. Nothing much we can do here but give our 2 cents worth of advice.

And that's worth exactly 2 cents.

Am interested to find out who it is so that we can make better decisions when having our watches modded

Thanks guys... always something to learn here.

@RickHic - The 111 is using DSN dial.... V crown guard. No franken parts

Cheers

siesta181

Wow.... Its been a year since I stumbled onto this place and what a year it has been. Made some nice friends through several local GTGs and seriously added to my collection. Pocket a bit lighter though but hey....nowadays, most pockets are lighter anyway.

PAM 183 - Gone - Somewhere in Texas right now

Skyland Grey - Gone - Hope you are enjoying this baby Floyd

PAM111 - Recently upgraded with CT crystal. Fall in love all over again

PAM113 - Awaiting relume and crystal

PAM 127 - Classic. Dial just relumed. Will definitely get back into rotation soon.

IWC Slevin - Watchdog LE

IWC Ingy - Gone - Had this for just a month but had to make way for his bigger brother

Big Ingy - Picked this Gen in Dec during a firesale.

UPO - Franken project completed in Jan 09

PAM 029 - Spin and Watchdog Edition, successful colaboration by 3 members (you know who you are)

Hamilton Aviation Chrono - For sale at the moment, but you never know what will happen to this watch, especially in this hobby.

Its been a crazy year and never did i imagine that this hobby will be so consuming. The search for watches, parts and modders. Its an endless adventure.

Thanks for having me here.

Cheers

Siesta181

Welcome...

We meet up quite often but you will need to know the secret handshake or get a trusted member to teach you.

Cheers

siesta

You guys are PAM Crazy......

PAM 029... Monday and Tuesday

Old pics... watch has sinced been modded by WatchDog and Spin.

Cheers

Siesta181

Friday... PAM 111 on Honey Tan Croc

Cheers Guys

That my friend... is a million dollar question.