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What's to discuss, shitstain? My evening involves the local pub (which is within walking distance) and a few pints, which are definitely called for after the week I've had. What could be simpler?

one giant leap for mankind...

Every time I show up, the only 'guest' is the google bot.....

Bugger off you festering excuse for a shitstained dickweed! Yeah!

lmao

Not yet - planning to get shitfaced this evening, however....

I'll go take a look at it. Edit: Shame - it's the black face version, I wanted white. You almost talked me into it, too

Couldn't get any worse....

rubber is for ....errrrr nevermind

One cheapie I'm on the lookout for is a Tag SLR. Lawrence does a 21J-powered one on a bracelet that looks the business for $80-90ish, and there are several quartz reps around too. Very tempted - might be my next buy after the PAM127 I have on order gets here...

uh-huh......

I bet A colleague used to own one - same colour. We all used to refer to it as the 'flying banana'. Great car.

The Tag Grand Carrera at the top of your post is indeed automatic - it looks identical to one a friend picked up for me in Shenzhen a few months back. Was wearing it yesterday - not the highest quality rep (the GMT function doesn't work - it just shows the same hour as the hands), but good-looking for a cheapie and on a surprisingly good strap. Mine keeps excellent time, but the power reserve isn't great. The BR02 will only take a BR strap. The rubber strap on mine is actually very good, but it was quite a bit more expensive than the one you've pictured (mine has a high-beat movement - another Shenzhen special), so I can't vouch for the quality there. Leather straps are available, but you'd have to buy gen or from somewhere like altstraps, so the strap is gonna cost more than the watch I seem to recall seeing 02s on leather somewhere - possibly Lawrence. Might be worth a look. From the watches I've bought and/or seen, the low end for something reasonably decent is $50, and only a fairly tiny percentage of those are actually worth having. Ironically, I'm often more careful with what I buy when spending $50 than I am when spending $300, as a lot of the really cheap stuff is just street junk. By the way - cheap autos with faux chronos can be unreliable as the extra complications to power the subdials (usually hour and day) are not terribly well made - I'd stick to non-chronos at that kinda price unless you're buying *cough* quartz *cough*.

Then we are in agreement! Beer?

I try to.... Being a bad influence is much more rewarding....

Amen to that. Yeah, I know - I used to spend quite a bit of time in Denmark (business) way back when... I dunno how you guys manage to afford decent machinery over there... Like I said - a tempting idea. I was planning to buy one good car (still tempted by the AMG E55 I was talking about in the other car thread), but two (one expensive for weekends, one cheap for a 'beater) sounds like fun

Ya know, that's a very tempting idea. An cheap old Jag (or even a Merc) as a 'daily beater' and something fancier for the weekends. Just like watches. You've got me thinking now, rkdk...