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this were designed by 'conservative engineers'? actually pretty much every single seiko diver from the first 62MAS and 6105's to the marine master 300m was designed primarily by one man. tokunaga-san. one man who was kind enough to actually post and answer questions on the seiko forum until recently. he was involved in the design of the 600m springdrive diver (and said that it actually easily surpasses 800 meters in pressure testing) and i believe the new sumo was the first seiko diver he was not heavily involved in the design of. here is a link to the seiko dive watch museum web page his son maintains: http://www.tokunaga.ne.jp/en/museum/index.html

i have a gen MM300 that i sold an SMP to buy and have never regretted it i did get a chance to try on the 600M springdrive diver at a seiko meet up once and it's an awesome watch! yes, there are rep seiko's. there are a few ebay dealers who are known to sell fake 007 divers and fake black/orange monsters. i even have a link to a web page somewhere that shows how to tell if your 007 is a fake. weird that they rep a watch that sells for $150US or so but they do...

dude, it's just opinion. here is the big heritage rep on my 7" wrist. and i tried it on pam straps also. i also own a gen seawolf with the gen rubber strap, and you know what? the gen blue breitling rubber strap is too long and not comfortable on me either

i bought the rep in brown/bronze and even with a much nicer softer leather strap it was too big for my 7" wrist. part of the problem was that the deployment is so long that there was almost no curve to the strap. it sat very square on my wrist

i've raced at laguna a half dozen times or so. all back in the 70's - 80's before the track layout changed. there was an AMA national there most every year and when roberts and spencer were in europe riding the GP circuit they would come back during the mid season break and spank everyone at the AMA national even on a 250 yamaha the corkscrew is... awesome scary. as you come over the hill it looks more like a 3000 foot drop than a 300 foot drop! i have not been to see the moto-gp bikes there even though it's only a few hours away. i guess i want to keep the memories of the two stroke 500's with no traction control and skinny tires fresh

shame about that canon pinion. you would think that panerai hong kong might have fixed that for him

americans are generally spoiled, and lazy when i was young and seriously racing motorcycles my family owned smallish dodge vans, with 6 cylinder engines and a three speed manual trans. we covered all of the west coast and every year made trips to daytona, talledega in alabama and loudon new hampshire, all from northern california. it was not totally comfortable but was an adventure and part of the fun! now i race some vintage motocross (in the +50 class) and when i go out to the OHV park about 35 miles away i see families with a 30' 'toy hauler' towed behind a double cab 1 ton four wheel drive truck, or a giant suburban or expedition. hauling two bikes and gear? and everyone is complaining about races they can't afford to go to because of gas cost? i haul my CZ and husky on a lightweight open 2 rail trailer behind my... saab not as comfortable as carrying your whole house with you. and i eat sandwiches and fruit instead of cooking a meal. and have to change into and out of my riding gear outside(!!!!!). and i get 30mgp wherever i go these people have better gear and more 'stuff' than the world and national champions did in the 70's, just to go playride... dumb

i picked up an 'ultimate 104' this week from another member, and i love this watch. as good a pam rep as i have ever owned i got it at a great price because it had been partially brushed, then partially re-polished. it is wearable as is, but i've been thinking of doing something a little different than just having it re-finished. i'm fairly good friends with a well known watch restorer/modder (who does NOT work on reps) who is best known for his lume work and his satin beadblast finish. it's different than a lot of the beadbllast you see, more of a smooth satin finish without much 'texture'. i talked to him yesterday and he is willing to do the pam as a favor for me. i'm thinking of just having the case blasted and leaving the crown/crown guard and bezel polished. what do you guys think? here are a couple pics of other watches he has done for me to give you an idea of the finish

cause that is the coolest one

for you information, my only nephew, who was a gifted athlete and a climber and a cyclist, lost almost the entire use of one leg and one arm when his bradley burned on the drive to baghdad. i see that and deal with that 3-4 times a week for 5 years now. so the opinion of a 15 year old sitting in his parents basement in canada jacking off to john wayne and die hard movies really does not mean [censored] to me... you can shove your little "god bless our troops" sig line up your not an american citizen, never served this country ass. tool.

coming from someone who: is NOT an american citizen does NOT live in america i really hope that is an attempt at sarcasm? if not it's among most moronic and jingoistic statements i've ever read. and that's coming from someone who is an american citizen. who has carried arms in the service of his country. and who believes the current american president is a liar and an idiot and possibly a war criminal. the idea of labeling anyone who does not agree with your political point of view a "terrorist" is so against the principles that america was founded on as to be absurd. anyone who paid attention is 3rd grade civics knows that is not what america is supposed to be about.

done. and as much as a dislike automatic renewals, if that's what it takes to keep the forum going i'm in.

i met him a few weeks ago at the 'yuri's night' event at nasa ames. he was always one of my hero's better watch out joe, he's likely to knock you on your ass like he did that moon landing conspiracy theorist in LA a few years ago