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Haven't had so much fun in a thread in ages

REUTERS 20:45 Oct 13 2008 Tattooed lunatic sought by Police following shirt-lifting incident. UK Police have announced a massive manhunt for known lunatic shirtlifter known simply as "Oscar the mad fish" following a shocking incident involving a sheep, three jars of low-fat mayonnaise and a rubber chicken. Suspect is a congenital liar and is believed to have attempted to blame the incident on a completely innocent individual known to be of unimpeachable character. The man can be identified by his extremely small winkie, but should not be approached as he is known to be completely barmy.

I must have missed that bit. haven't seen a policeman all day....

lol. Dream on

she's right here. She knows nothing...

I meant mine, you fool

Cheeky sod. Rather fetching photo of me, though. Don't tell the wife.

They can bugger off too...

cobblers

bog off, knickers, balls, pillock, tosspot, sheep-shagger. :D

Yes, I can see that being tough to wind..... lol bugger off, Oscar....

RG + A7750 if it looks close to the gen

Actually, that's pretty cool - I remember it from the thread on RWG1 now. Not sure I'd wear something like that myself, but it's definitely handsome. The Zenith, on the other hand, has been beaten repeatedly with the mother of all ugly sticks.

Unlikely, it's a tourby. Having said that, the phrase 'butt-ugly' comes to mind. I'm not fond of the look of any of the Zenith Defy range, but that one takes the biscuit. Looks like Darth Vader's watch......

To each his own It's the same reason why display casebacks are so popular (and, I suspect, why tourbillons are considered so special - they're fascinating to see when working). Watch movements are beautiful things, even more so when you can see them working. To be honest, my main interest in watches comes from seeing my grandfather work on watch and clock movements when I was a kid (it was a hobby of his), and I will often look through the display back of my VC, Breguet or, especially, my PAM111 just for the pleasure of seeing the movement running. I've wanted a skeleton watch for almost as long as I can remember - just never got around to buying one before. There's a long tradition of displaying watch movements for the sheer pleasure of looking at them. Pocket watches - from the early days - have traditionally had an opening back, to allow the user to enjoy the intricacy of the movement (and show his friends, I guess!). The only disadvantage with those was that the movement was not then protected with a crystal, so it was easy to damage the watch. With a skeleton watch, you have the advantage of not having to take the watch off or open it to see the movement working.

Just came across this at Andrew's site - a Dewitt Acadamia skeleton with an Asian Unitas 6498. Interesting looking watch. Better yet, it's 44mm. Relatively cheap, too ($188) I think it's gonna wind up on my list. Dammit He's also got another Dewitt at 43mm and a couple of IWCs at 42.5mm

Yep - we get so used to referring to them generically, it's easy to forget that there are several '21j' movements, many of which do not have 21 jewels. It has to be said, though, that all the versions I've come across so far have been good, solid reliable movements. Not tried the power reserve (yet) or fake tourby (never!) movements, though

I've heard of big watches, but that's ridiculous. :D

LOL! Now that's the kind of drunk Chinese worker I like!

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I think you've misunderstood the argument. I never said the 21J is sh*t - quite the contrary, the 21J is a damn good movement for very little money - I own quite a number of them and am more than happy with them. My point was that a 21J will not power a functioning chrono (any more than an ETA 28xx would), so if you want a cheap chrono watch, quartz is the movement that makes most sense. My comments about the PAM you posted weren't related to the movement at all - I've no problem with a 21J-powered cheapie PAM if it actually looks decent. Unfortunately, I've yet to see one that does...

Works for me

quartz. They last longer.....