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Somehow I remembered it, doh! It was the "21st Amendment". Good beer and good food! http://www.21st-amendment.com/

I would be down for it on a Sat in January? A bunch of the Seiko guys and the knife forum guys got together last summer at a brew pub in the 3rd Street and Harrison area?? Don't remember the name but it was something baseballish I think? They had a large private loft area in the back that managed to hold everyone with much less worry about leaving dozens of watch boxes and knife rolls out in the open

Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love dual register chronos and I am so jonesing for one of those. Wish it came with rubber sine I already ahev a new Ingy on the bracelet Wear it in good health!

joe i've had probably a dozen watches beadblasted most by jack alexyon and industrial watch works. there are significant differences in beadblasting. the use of a coarser or finer medium and the pressure can create totally different finishes. jack uses a fine medium (it's his trade secret) to produce a very smooth satin finish that i personally like a lot. a lot of the guys on the tactical forums like the work done by randall from the seiko forum that's a much rougher coarser finish as it does not show small scratches as easily. ti is a bit darker and more gray than steel but steel blasted by jack would be much closer. the watches i've had done by him also develop a nice patina over time. here's a few pics...

Wasn't the Cartier Tank the first real commonly available wristwatch? I would think it would have to be on the list. As much as i love Subs (and dive watches in general) I think most people think Datejust when they think Rolex and would guess (just a guess) that far more have been sold than Subs...

i would venture to bet that the total of all the watches purchased by members of the rep forums MAYBE equals one half of one percent of the reps sold. maybe

i suppose it would be ironic if the guy who ripped me off on craigslist with counterfeit $100 bills bought watches from this guy and paid him the same way...

this guy claimed these are 100% guarenteed authentic at $2999 for the Sub and $9495 for the Daytona. do these look a little iffy to anyone else??

I'm in

does anyone know the lug width on the small one and on the big one? i'm thinking this is a watch that cries out for a NATO, or even better, a Martac Zulu

Here's some great Seahawk detail! The more I look at it the more I like it http://www.p178host.com/gpgallery/seahawk_waffle/index.html

Since the IWC's are already in the works, I have one word... SEAHAWK!!!!

If there is an ETA non-chrono Costeau in the works I am all over it!

Funny... Seiko makes more automatc movement watches with sweeping second hands than anyone on Earth every year... My Seiko 600m titanium professional diver uses an in house movement that beats at 36,600 beats an hour. It don't tick

My .02... The reality is that for most folks here 90% or more of our collections are; divers watches or sports watches or chronograph versions of the same If somehow a gold $20,000+ dress watch got repped I know I'm not buying one Some great suggestions so far and the Doxa diver (orange dial please) could have easily been on my list! I realize some members feel that tool/sport/dive watches get more attention here. They do. Because that's what it sees like the majority is into. BTW, I had a Dreadnaught. Pre ordered from Eddie. Made $$ on it but it was just not that cool. How about a real out of the box suggestion. I already have a gen but would buy a rep of the Seiko Marine Master 300m diver as a beater anytime: http://www.higuchi-inc.com/sbdx001.html

1. Sinn 656 2. Vintage Omega SM300 3. Sinn U1 4. Neil's Seahawk All will take a standard ETA and I would buy any of these in a second, or pay to pre-order...

davidsen 5218-201a i'm biased because i have one on the way. but it seems to me that it pretty much has it all: a sandwich dial with great lume, very good crown and crown guard, sapphire with AR coating, solid caseback so the movement is not a giveaway and can be had with a swiss 6497 with the longer canon pinion already installed!

neil: could you pm or email me please? thanks

$4700.00 for a fugly quartz watch that supposedly protects you from harmful electronic emmissions Wouldn't a tinfoil hat just be cheaper? But I guess Oprah does not want to wear her tinfoil hat in public

You guys must not live in California If your car is stolen or broken into the police do not even come out. They take a report over the phone or on line. If your house is broken into they usually will not come out either. If a firearm or firearms are stolen it's possible a public safety officer might come out, they are not sworn and do not carry guns but will take the report. I called them and they told me I could come down during business hours and file a report, but that the chances of anything being done with it were slim and none. I called the local Secret Service office and they were not interested either. They said that if a large number of counterfeit bills with the same serial numbers started being turned in by the banks they will normally start an investigation Honestly about the only identifying thing I know about bills is the stripe and the watermark. These had both those items. I probably have not seen two one hundred dollar bills in the last year. I also thought the pens were reliable, I guess not! I almost never carry cash and use a debit card for everything so I don't really pay attention to currency. I will pay attention from now on and it was kind of an expensive lesson. The only reason I really posted was as a friendly warning to others. Not to have my judgement questioned...

the difference is; he knew the watch was counterfeit and got more than fair value for his money he's a thief, i'm not...

Just a heads up to be extra careful out there Last week I sold a rep on Craigslist here in town. My ex is finally getting most of her stuff out and I’ve been wasting perfectly good watch $$ on fixing up my place and needed a little extra cash without waiting for shipping or PayPal etc. So a buyer contacted me and we made arrangements to meet at a local Starbucks and then he had to cancel. So we finally met the next day. He did not really know much about reps and was wearing the worst display back 42mm Yachtmaster with brass showing thru on the crown and lugs I have ever seen. That he paid over $200 for. He was suitably impressed with a 4th gen Planet Ocean for almost the same money. I sized it for him using my tool and took extra time to get it 'right'. We had coffee and talked for a long time about watches and he paid me with three hundred dollar bills and I gave him change in $20’s. I had bought one of those special pens and looked at the hundreds carefully and put a long mark across each one and it came up yellow, as it should. I thought it was a nice interaction and figured I would turn him on to the forums. So I deposited the money in my banks ATM that morning. Monday night the bank reversed my deposit and claims the bills were counterfeit!!! I don’t get to see them or dispute it. I have zero recourse. So I’m out the watch and the ‘change’ I gave him. And the time. And the local police will do nothing. Happy Holidays... I’ve done literally hundreds of knife and watch and flashlight deals over the years. I’ve sent watches to Asia and Europe with the promise of a check in the mail. I’ve had custom knifemakers send me a $1000+ knife with the understanding that I would send a check if it was what I had ordered and I was happy. I have only ever been scammed once before by a ‘dealer’ in Taiwan who ripped off lots of knife collectors and dealers then listed all the knives that he claimed to Paypal were never delivered, on his web site for sale... Now I suppose I will never do an in person deal again without watching the $$ come out of an ATM. Basically it sucks

Better sites for Seiko's ") http://www.network54.com/Forum/170229/ http://www.pmwf.com/Watches/Watch%20Sales%20Table.htm http://www.chronograph.com/store/index.asp and a few of mine:

Wow! $1225US for what looks awfully like a rep to me? At least the shipping was free

WOW! Your pics are great and The Zigmeister's work looks fantastic as usual I was not interested in a B&R but now...