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...well...well....lets talk about the weather instead...its cold and we have a hint of snow on the ground up here

Yes! find another time and date when a larger number of members can join a GTG we need to make the biggest GTG ever ......maybe you should anounce this on the old RWG and TRC and the dark side too?

good one

Hvor bor du i norge?

dont use the L word......

your wife knows too much and she talks too much ....but on the good side she will give you a genuine one on on your 10th anniversary so its not all bad

Its sure looks fantastic ....but what do you really know about genes neil?

I am not scared If he removes my counts again I will tell everyone what his favorite soccer team is

I could certainly see one of these in the big IWC pilot but could ETA A07.211 Valgranges be so modified to fit the Iwc Portuguese Watch?

Group: Crasy Wiking Administrator Posts: 8,388,607 Friends: 13 Joined: 6-March 06 Country: None And they say moderators abuse their power....... it seems Wiking Gods rule RWG I am "Member No.: 1,519"

Group: Administrator Posts: 8,388,607 Friends: 13 Joined: 6-March 06 Country: None And they say moderators abuse their power....... it seems Wiking Gods rule RWG I am "Member No.: 1,519"

Based on the legendary Valjoux calibre, the new Valgranges calibre meets the growing demand for watches in large diameters and maybe more important they have the power to run lots of complications better than an old "7750" ever could There are at least three versions of Valgranges movements made by ETA: ETA A07.111 - hour, minute, second, date ETA A07.161 - hour, minute, second, date, power reserve indication ETA A07.211 - hour, minute, small second, date, chronograph (the standard ETA 7750 is smaller, 13 1/4 lines diameter) A further version will be launched: ETA A07.171 - hour, minute, second, date, 24 hour indication. From Valjoux to Valgranges The reason for offering the new "Valgranges" is the size. It's much bigger than 2824 and 2892 and so it will fit well to big watch cases. The size is 16 1/2 lines / 37,22 mm diameter; the heigth is 7,9 mm. The name is based on the town 'Granges' (in Swiss German: Grenchen) were the former manufacturer Valjoux had it's residence. The size of a Valgranges is 16.5 lignes , while the an ETA-2834) is only 13 Linge. A pretty big difference One French ligne=2.25583 or roughly 2¼ mm.

But dont forget its an historic piece of horology Santos-Dumont and the wristwatch The wristwatch had already been invented by Patek Philippe, decades earlier, but Santos-Dumont played an important role popularizing its use by men in the early 1900s. Before him they were generally worn only by women, as men favoured pocket watches. As a result, Brazilians consider Santos-Dumont the inventor of the wristwatch for men. The story goes that in 1904, while celebrating his winning of the Deutsch Prize at Maxim's Restaurant, Santos-Dumont complained to his friend Louis Cartier about the difficulty of checking his pocket watch to time his performance during flight. Santos-Dumont then asked Cartier to come up with an alternative that would allow him to keep both hands on the controls. Cartier went to work on the problem and the result was a watch with a leather band and a small buckle, to be worn on the wrist. Santos-Dumont never took off again without his personal Cartier wristwatch, and he used it to check his personal record for a 220 m (722 ft) flight, achieved in twenty-one seconds, on November 12, 1906. The Santos-Dumont watch was officially displayed on October 20, 1979 at the Paris Air Museum next to the 1908 Demoiselle, the last aircraft that he built. Cartier today has a collection of wristwatches honouring Santos-Dumont called Santos . Publicity involved photographs of Santos-Dumont and his achievements.

Dont listen to my silly homophobia comments jnkay There is in fact a number of CARTIER watches that are popular on this forum

Calibre Valgranges A07.161 The A07.161 version with date features a noble and useful complication, the power-reserve indicator; the ballbearing disconnecting-gear system relieves tension on the buffer indicator when the spring is fully wound. Mechanical movement with lever escapement, automatic winding 28’800 vibrations per hour (4 Hz) 16 1/2’’’ 24 jewels Diameter: 36,60 mm Thickness: 7,90 mm Functions: • hours, minutes, seconds • power-reserve indicator • date window Index assembly: ETACHRON with fine rating adjustment Power reserve: 48 hours Jorge at timezone said At Baselworld 2005, ETA introduced the Valgranges family of calibers to meet the growing demand for movements for larger cased watches. The Valgranges is based on the legendary Valjoux 7750 chronograph movement. Here's the A07-161, which has 24 jewels, beating at 28,800 bph and measures 37mm X 8mm. It has a power reserve of 48 hours. Functions include hour, minutes, seconds, power reserve and date window.

I have never tried Cocaine but if its anything like this forum I better be careful

Love that Granmaster

Left field?

vestfold is right around the corner......

That kon-tiki must be worth quite some money. 2000 dollars or so?

Exams are important but You can make it if you really want to Insane...it will take 2-3 hours of your time at most and we promise no drinking pressure I really badly want to look at and feel one or two of your watches Gunnar The Norwegian GTG Friday the 3. November in Bærum!!!

You are a true replica collector chrgod and I love your genuines even more Hilsen Gunnar

I think this Cartier is too feminine but then the first wristwatch cartiers ever made was made by a homosexual for a homosexual friend that was also hapened to be a wildly popular pioneer aviator...guess who..yes it was our friend Mr. Santos g.

So Friday the 3. November its is Have you arranged that Chinese place for us Dani? Its ok with no drinks as I have a 1 hour drive getting there with my watches Alcoholoc drinks and handeling watches is not always such a good combination