Demsey

Been a member of RWG, one incarnation or another, for eleven years. Sorting out some album files recently I caught a reflection of myself in a glass table top, in a pic, from my first review of a 1680 from '04. I was still changing my youngest daughters' nappies then. Oh dear. It's happened. I'm old.

Anyone remember this old homepage?  I pored over the site for weeks before the forum was added absorbing and following links having been scammed from email spam for a 16610. Which I got in the end, which I still have, and is only not the worst replica in the world because it does sweep instead of ticking the seconds. Oh, it is garbage, but not as bad as the Polex I bought in Pattaya that DID have a quartz movement. Wish I still had that one. It's sitting in 300 feet of water in the Gulf Stream off of Daytona. Placed there. On purpose.

Anyway, even after 'Blade' added the forum I was hesitant to join as I thought RWG could be one of those faux sites with the faux forum. Funny. The music is reversable, the time is not.

'G-Shock' When you absolutely, positively, need to know what time it is!

That is insane!

Hmmmm, and whoa and interesting............... the set was a replacement by the original owner who swapped it all out for the Tuxedo set, which I wear as a daily watch. I think the Panda set was in the watch for about a month or two. Any aging or patina happened in the tin sitting up on the original owners dresser since '73.

The watch was bought in St. Kitts in 1973 from the duty free shop. About $475.00 and has the British SS bracelet. One, now two owners.

If curious I could certainly take some macro shots of the dial. Thank you all for the input! 

Whatcha' recon these items would go for, say, on the Bay? 6263 circa 1973...........................I suppose I could suss it out by myself, but, after all, this is where I would consider expert knowledge! 

That's not going to be enough wood! Plenty more where that came from. Feliz Navidad! 

Whoa, talk about a necro-post...................! 

Huh. Well, that didn't last.

When in doubt, always look for the most simple and natural explanation. Native peoples living in time honored ways, their entire existence depends on them being natural scientists. Good natural scientists.

If a Washington politician told me the sun was going to rise in the East? I'd probably check the Farmer's Almanac to be sure. 

Cool!

I had posted this here previously (years ago), but as it's the only watch I'm down to, ergo I don't do 'wrist checks' too often, but 6263

Yikes! Lemme guess, this is a screen cap off your GoPro helmet cam, as you broke out of the blind curve from the seven mile downhill on your bike. Just before your six month stay in hospital?

or,

Timothy Treadwell. What a fair heart. My bears live with me. In town.

or,

Dear Mr. Bob ********,

The studio is greatly anticipating your treatment and adaptation for the big screen;  'Gentle Ben'.

The legal department however insists that there will no need, or more to the point, applicable legal coverage for you to 'bring your own' animal actor(s) and assure you that the studio has secured resources to procure the 'real deal', as you so colorfully referred, of said same.

Looking forward to working with you on the project as creative consultant, and yes there could be provision in the contract for your screen credit to be applied 'Nanuq'. The marketing department only wishes they had thought of it first!

Best regards,

Dorothy Gale

Public Liaison to the Casting Director, MGM Studios.

Errrrrr, Kenberg. Yup, it's been a while! 

Man, we haven't been up in AK for five years. Jonesin' ! The girls are in the equestrian pursuits pretty deep now. Their time off school is pretty much dominated by that. We haven't been anywhere we can't drive the horse trailer in all that time. I'm about three years away from being an empty nester tho', which will be strange. Alaska ho! Fer sher!

Stories? You? Nawwwwww!  

You too Kenburg! Hope you are well. 

Hey............................

Hello, folk!

Haven't logged on here in ages. I had just recently learned of Alan's passing and wanted to extend condolences to the many friends he had here.

I know many of you knew him personally, and many more, as I, in the 'virtual' sense. I know you all brought him so much happiness evidenced in how much he enjoyed RWG over years.

Many may not know the history of this board, it's first incarnation where many of us first met. Alan included. The situation of the old board's decay in the absence of a web master prompted the Admin. here to build this site. 

As a lark, and not for anything aside quirky 'gonzo' for the sake of quirky 'gonzo' a few of us held on to that thin raft that was the original RWG and tried to paddle it into an ocean current that would take the rudderless ship somewhere. For two years we drifted along as the bastard ghost ship of the rep forums and the brunt of many deserved jabs and jokes but enjoyed the experiment and had some good fun.

Throughout that time, as many here did, or tried to, Alan would make a point to stop by from time to time, to post in a watch thread, extend holiday greetings or make casual comment in 'Off Topic'. Those days he lent the tattered remains of that old bird much legitimacy, class and 'Offshore' style. I was always most grateful for his kind effort. He was a stern and focused and accomplished man but had a wide streak of charitable caring for people. He was a friend to the true definition of the word. The world is much less a place in his absence.

Peace Alan.

Dems

Oh, I've been about. I was pretty much out of touch and it wasn't until recently I learned about Alan's passing which hit me harder than I would have imagined. I never met the man, but he influenced me, as he did a lot of us, in good ways and I was compelled to come by.

The first thing I did was scan the main page and came across Bob's avatar and this thread. 

This is so; 'Nanuq'. I did a cut-and-paste for my daughters. They'll get a kick out f it!

Hope all are well here. Happy Holidays!

Just sayin'........................................

Well, that seems a good enough reason to stay away...

K'nell. Who let you out?

Don't tell me, let me guess. The Chinese governement set precedent and let you, and only you, out with 'time served'? I had heard through the Guildford grapevine that Her Majesty was in negotiation for your release.

"Get stuffed you waddling Peking ducks!". Were her final terms.

lol, I thought this was thread about a guy who came for one rep, but ended up spending 10k.

Wow, 10k. I think only 'johnnyboy' had more..................but they were mostly 'Loony Bin' posts............

Keep up the good work brudda!

has there ever been a version of the gen moonie that came with a clear caseback?

Hey 'spont,

The 'Moon Watch' is nothing more than the standard Speedmaster with two mods. One; the sapphire glass face crystal is replaced with a Hesalite (ostensibly plexi-glass) one. If shattered, the Hesalite will crack, but not splinter. Kind of like the safety glass in a car. Shards of glass floating around a space ship? Not too cool. The second, a solid caseback was fitted to accomodate an anti-magnetic (soft iron) shield to protect the movement. There are a lot of electronic systems with magnetic field in close proximity to the astronauts. When the Apollo missions were going on, going to the Moon was 'deep space'. There was little to no sure evidence of what the environment would be, or the true geological make up of the Moon.

So yes, there is a gen 'Speedy' with a see thru case back with First Watch Worn On The Moon engraving, but it could not be considered a true 'Moon Watch'.

Funnily enough, here is an article from a TZ member in Hawaii, who did a tutorial on how to change a true Moon Watch into the see thru version

It's a good effort on the watchsmith's part, but to me, it would like going to all the trouble to convert a Cobra into a GT. The Omega 321 calibre movement sure is purdy tho' and worth showing off!

Mineral Spirits. Outside the US it may be referred 'White Spirit'. After the spirit, use soap and water.

This is obviously going to be on ongoing concern. Perhaps source a white ceramic bracelet?

Good luck.

Wow D, I've lived in FL most of my adult life, with five years on your coast but never saw those before. The name is familiar tho'. Nice pics!

And largely self taught, at least in the beginning anyway. Rob's career was in aviation technology. Some people can just look at a machine and 'get it'. Those are rare brains. It's those kinds of people you need to get from simple orbit to the moon in less than ten years of trying. And fix a watch properly.

Black Panther? The actual panther, or the gang members?

When I used to live in Kendall, FL just off of Alligator Alley a neighbor of mine shot a Black Panther and got caught. By the other Black Panthers. It wasn't pretty.