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  5. Need your thoughts and prayers ...

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Thank you to everyone. Your thoughts and prayers mean everything to me. If you haven't already done so, please give you parents a call to say hello. Go see them if you can and cherish the time you have with them.

    Marty

    +1 Marty

    Absolutey true!

    I wish i could do that... only my mother is still around.

    All Grandparents passed and father died in 2008.

    There are too many things left unsaid between me and my father.

    Somehow we buried the hatchet during time of his illness

    but as said too many things left unspoken and then its too late.

    I can only second the comment of Marty...

    so get your things straight while your parents are still

    around. Life leaves no second chance.

    B/R

    George

  7. one month for usa to germany!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Fine!

    So it was sent...

    Just saw someone saying that good average for US/EU delivery time

    with USPS (not overseas shipment) is about 2 weeks but

    can also take up to 4 weeks sometimes.

    Hmm :g:

    If it takes more than 6 weeks for your package to show

    up ill send you a bag of original turkish/greek coffee for FREE

    to make your wait more comfortable

    250px-Turkishcoffee.jpg

    George

  10. New AP Royal Oak Jumbo

    in The Audemars Piguet Area

    Posted

    Just a brief update concerning the "screw-down-crown":

    One thing they didnt rep better on this one seems

    to be the "screw down crown".

    Am not 100% sure but from the pictures on kings site

    showing the same rep as Josh (www.kingshowbox.com)

    you can see a small gap/hole above the crown that

    indicates that there is no screw down crown construction as

    on GEN 15300ST. On the gen 15300ST a metal tube comes out

    of the case right inside the crown where its attached.

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    The construction with the "hole" in the case where the crown is

    screwed "inside" the case rather than onto a tube (as for ex. on rlx)

    would be correct for the model 15202, 15002 14802 and other ref#

    2 hands Jumbos but NOT for the 15300ST!

    Cant figure out why they did this but it seems from the pictures

    that they reped a different crown construction.

    Curious to see first reviews on this one.

    George

  12. New AP Royal Oak Jumbo

    in The Audemars Piguet Area

    Posted

    Sorry @EXPERTS

    but you are wrong concerning case construction

    of the modern AP 15300ST jumbo!!

    (AP 15300ST = "jumbo" with second hand)

    I couldnt find an old post of mine where i described

    the case-construction of the 15300ST as 3 part

    - Bezel

    - Case

    - Caseback

    I couldnt find any official source on the net, but i once

    got a special reprint edition of a german watch-mag

    for Audemars Piguet where they describe the "sandwich" case

    construction in detail...

    nobody believed me, i have this booklet somewhere in a box

    in my cellar since i moved. Now you guys made me ring up german headquarters

    of AP in Wiesbaden right now:

    ---> 3 part case construction confirmed

    They will try and send me one of those special edition (not for sale)

    reprints of "Chronos Uhrenmagazin" Germany - a review of the 15300ST

    if they still have some. As far as i remember the article was with

    pictures of the watch, dont know if 1 picture clearly shows the

    screwed off caseback but in the text(german) the 3 parts "sandwich"

    case construction is explained in detail!

    If i got the reply from AP ill try to scan and post here

    you "doubting Thomas" ;)

    A hint for those who look/search on the net for pics:

    Look at a small dark shadow right underneath the casebacks

    of the gen 15300ST! Now you dont need to ask yourself

    any longer "where" this shadowy gap comes from because

    you now know that the shadow comes from the attached

    caseback on the watch-case on the genuine AP which means

    this is NOT a "1 part" construction embedding the caseback

    into the case.

    On the other (steel model only!) "true" jumbos with

    only 2 hands the case construction is indeed 1 part

    embedding the caseback into the case. Some of the smaller

    (36mm) ROs like 14790ST do have similar case construction too

    but i noticed that especially on solid gold models you can

    also find the construction with detachable caseback.

    Other thing that is GOOD on this rep is:

    Gen has something like a "plastic gasket" that holds the movement

    inside the watch. This gasket causes a small dark or black ring

    to appear right under the steel bezel from above.

    On the new Jumbo 15300ST from Joshs site you can also see

    a small dark ring under the bezel which appears to be the

    upper side of the plastic gasket holding the movement

    inside the case.

    Btw i wasnt able to find some pic of a gen 15300ST

    with caseback detached but here are some makros of the gen:

    (If you look careful enough you might also see a small

    silver line - case viewed from the side - just

    at the point where the caseback "hits" the case -

    this fine line is the reflection from the edge of the

    caseback! If it would be truly a 1 piece construction

    there shouldnt be any reflection or edge...)

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    Will post asap more infos - am curious how fast they will

    send me some infos via regular mail.

    It took the sales person of AP Wiesbaden 2 seconds

    to reply to my question on the phone and to tell me that

    assumption is indeed correct of 3 part construction of 15300ST

    no matter what you think - sorry ;)

    Cheers

    George

  21. London, UK GTG ?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I wish he would turn up, then I could punch him sqaure in the face for being the [censored] that he is... <_<

    :D

    Now that was exactly what i wanted to hear...

    May i borrow you a shoe of mine for your hand to give

    his head a good spin??

    I have one left, the left one was already thrown at

    George Bush a while ago :pardon:

    God shaved the Queen!

    George

  22. TGIF

    in The looney bin

    Posted

    :bicycle:

    I have that whole book of postcards, they are hysterical. This one is on my fridge, I was going to send it to a friend and haven't got around to it.

    matter-inside-anus-friendship-ecard-someecards.jpg

    Hmmm... i guess i got it :D

    i also care a lot for historical postcards,

    but wasnt that a quote from Alexander The Great "I will be your

    friend, no matter what you put inside your a_nus"??

    D, i really have to say your hidden historical knowledge brings

    a whole different light on your sig:

    --->How To: Lube and fix bracelet rattle

    Btw i like you anyway :p

    George

  23. $911 for garbage ?

    in The Rolex Area

    Posted

    and an other fine example : vrf :black_eye:

    WOW!!

    Now this is what i call "vintage"...

    the first Rlx id gladly wear without any mods if

    the movement runs fine!!

    Ok you might not get a genuine Omega "Moon-watch" here

    but at least a watch that looks as been on the Challenger Space Shuttle

    back in 1986 - a watch for "tough guys" like me 8)

    :victory:

    George

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