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Sir Hamfist chiming in. I'm not too gifted in these fields but it seems to me there is need for some more research beforebuying one of those fancy mini beach machines. Question: Are you certain that those wonderfully aged bezel inserts were regularly in Salt water? I ask because I believe that 95 percent of Rolex Diving watches are never taken diving. Kind regards Val.

You're very welcome, sumon. Val.

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Nice watch but posted in the wrong section. And you must either be RWG supporter (see upgrade link) or donate at least 10 percent of price. Price must be stated as well. You might want to read the forum rules. Val.

Guys, very sorry to say so but you're very much mistaken to think importing a croc or gator watch strap is not problematic at all. Many European countries enforce CITES rules very rigidly. Germany (and, alas, my little perfectionist homecountry) is among the most severe ones. I ordered a gen gator strap with TWB half a year ago. Although I could obtain a CITES certificate for import into my country it was seized and destroyed because TWB's Kurt didn't have a permit for exporting out of Canada. I have asked him how to proceed twice and not heard back from him ever since but this is a different story. 100 $ down the drain. So be careful when ordering exotic leather goods into Europe! Val.

That's quite cool, I think. Could be italian as well, couldn't it? Val.

@Reg:

You got me there, Lani. It's snowing like crazy here and I felt like a sunny pic. BTW, that's not my wrist there. Val.

Flieger Day today. Have a good day all! Val.

Very good ideas here! Very much looking forward to the product! Val.

Hi It's a great watch design though I cannot judge the quality of the rep from this pic. But shouldn't the numbers of the hours at 12 on the white faced version be blue? Val.

This is so cool. The knowledge around knows no boundaries! Val.

Hi there Precious Time is absolutely trustworthy. No reason to worry there. Val.

Hi No modern automatic movement has a completely smooth sweep. I have a Gen IWC with 7750 and the Chrono sec makes visible steps as well, although only visible if you take a very close look. A 28800 bph movement will make 8 steps a second, I think. Kind regards Val.

Great review, very useful. Thanks for all the work. I hate this: Everytime I read something like this I get more anal about the differences tween gen and rep. Val.

POrikaa today! I'm really starting to feel ashamed for the quality of my wristies. But have all money on watches and watch tools, camera buying not on ATM. Val.

Aw man, Lani. This is an absolute stunner! And with that band! So beautiful... Val.

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I know everybody can do it but do we need to pull it out in the open here? If you read on from the obvious dummy name you will find more information. But let's not quarrel over this. I made my point. Val.

Guys, this is the second time the domain owner's name is being posted here. I know everybody can look it up, but I still wonder why this is necessary. It would surprise me if any of the concerned would be happy about it. Remember, everyone can come in here and read. Just me two cents. Val.

Justin, a Fiddy is always extremely "domed". Taken from Toad's links above and originally written by old time member "Victoria": "Fiddy -- Panerai 127 which has "1950" displayed on the dial. Derived from a street-slang corruption of "Fifty"" See here: Davidsen's Fiddy Val.

Telephone.

It's a rare phenomenon called "movement hibernation" and occurs when a sensitive watch faces the turn-of-the-year-depression. Sorry, no idea really. Hope your watch stays alive now. Val.

Thanks for stating the source. Strange: If this were really ETz' doing, it would be quite a hamfisted approach in taking over WM's customers. Not exactly what you'd call a "cunning plan". I'm not taking any sides here, just reflecting. Val.