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:D :D :D laughing so much greg i have tears in my eyes :D :D :D

you took your time but it was well worth it great revenge

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.

Time you where arrested was well spend

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

Aha, that should warn you, tell her I enjoyed it too.

lol. Dream on

I meant yours too, idiot

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

She allready knew

I meant mine, you fool

Cheeky sod.

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

I've just received one of these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BLACK-TRANSLUCENT-AC...1742.m153.l1262

They must be getting popular, because mine was a "buy it now" at

thats it i am calling the police

They can bugger off too...

outrageous admins step in please :o

cobblers

is bugger not a swear then ? admins we cant have greg using words like that unless he pays

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

same - I like seeing the workings of the movement and that 44mm is a good find greg - thanks

smooth crown?

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

i think if you have a skel watch it needs to be as big as poss

the whole point of them is to see the movement

i am not that struck on the de witt but i think it would look better in reality

so greg needs to buy it and post pics [censored]er has not bought a watch for days skinflint bastard

bugger off, Oscar....

I can choose Quartz or A7750. Ofcourse, I'll go for A7750. It's $330.

No, I'm not buying genuine... yet.

So, RG or SS?

RG + A7750 if it looks close to the gen

Atta the one!

Col.

Edit: It's growing on me. What's the gen worth? Just so I know how many zeros I can't afford it by.

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.

Nah....Darth Vader has better taste.

Half of mil. for THAT??? I'll wait a few months, and chinese will make a rep for $250.

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......

Honestly- I don't understand skeletonemania.

Maybe I'll grow up...and then...

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

as a side note, the 21J is not an actual movement but a general term given to all kinds of cheap asian movements - gregs VC in his avatar is a 21J and has a good load of retrograding complications - I use to think 21J's were non complicated movements as pugwash indicated - the term is being loosely used by dealers. Some 21Js will have better reliability than others

It would be nice if the industry would start naming the exact movement used such as a DG2813 or DG4813 (which are actually 22 jewel) or more elaborate movements such as DG3884B with a power reserve meter or an ML7101 with fake tourbillion

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 like their description:

TAG Heuer Men's Carrera Automatic Chronograph Watch #CV2015.BA0786 Details:Watches-Price Sales Rank: #17273 in Watches Brand: TAG Heuer Model: CV2015.BA0786 Dimensions: 3.00 pounds Band material: stainless-steel Bezel material: stainless-steel Case material: stainless-steel Clasp type: push-button-fold-over-clasp Dial color: blue Dial window material: scratch-resistant-sapphire Movement type: Automatic Water-resistant to 165 feet

3 pounds???

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

I definitely should open my YM, I have strong suspicion that some drunk chinese worker put swiss ETA in it, it works too good to be chinese mov't. Or they started to make it better than swiss?

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

Check out the 'Links' at the top of the page.

My two cents:

This PAM has 21j, and works perfectly. Just 2 days ago I gently shaked for 1 minute my A7750 Chopard MM, in one hand, and my new Yaht-Master with 21j in another hand. A7750 worked 25 hours, but YM still beating. OK? Now, tell me that 21j is sheeeet.

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...

Personally I don't give a damn, is it shaken or stirred... I mean what the people think.

I love it - I wear it.

Works for me

Automatic or hand wind?

quartz. They last longer.....