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Demsey

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  2. Tudor 7032 Monte Carlo

    in The Two R's Watch Reviews - Lani & Ubi

    Posted

    When i was 14-15, i went to my dad's best friends house, and he took out his vintage (not as vintage back then, mind you) watch collection to show me...

    they were:

    1) Porche design IWC chrono,

    2) 5513 (5512?)

    3) A large 70's Heuer Chono

    and last but not least

    4)Tudor Montecarlo

    I will never forget seeing the Tudor and, having no idea what it(or any of the rest were for that matter) was until many years later when the bug hit me hard enough to start looking for something myself... As soon as I saw a Monte Carlo on ebay, i remembered my dad's friends watch watch immediately...

    I just remeber thinking it was the coolest watch i had ever seen!!!... (funnily enough, i also remember thinking the 5513/12 was pretty boring compared to all the rest... now i pretty much only wear subs... taste evolves with age I guess)

    To this day, every time i see a Montecarlo, it brings me back there to the day at my dad's friends place again..

    Thanks!!

    Wear it in good health !!

    Rgds

    ED

    I love these kinds of posts.

    Nice pics 'lanikai'! The 'macro' shot is an achievement in and of itself, but it sure do show up the flaws. That date window? Yuk. This is why Playboy perfected the 'soft focus' technique. :)

  8. I have to laugh

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Well, at least everyone stayed on topic, which was, which was uh, uh, well, at least there was no repeat of important infos from WIS. I think. I pretty much just skimmed through the responses tho', but made sure I read my own a few times for spelling, punctuation, content and composition. I'm that committed to RWG.

    Plus, no one played the race card. I just thought I would mention that, as it seems everyone else was reticent to bring it up. It's important. An important thing to mention. K.

    Unfortunately, I did receive a PM from a very old guard member who had been around these boards, as well as TZ, and VRF for about twelve years and was actually a fledgling supporter of RWCC (Replica Watch Collectors Club) that begat TRC and the rest. He included that he still reads, and collects, but no longer posts. On any watch forum. The OT here struck a chord in him and he felt compelled to send a PM with regard. I remember him and his TRC handle. It is our loss. He hadn't taken any umbrage with the membership at large, but from a feeling of ingratitude or unappreciation for his efforts. They were MANY, he sent me links, they are laborous, laborous works, mostly on genuine, that must have taken hours to compose and research. His frustration mainly came at the hands of the obstinate that would rather preach than confer or debate, and a few flat out trolls, but no acknowlegement at all is a slight in and of itself. It has to be wearing if you are that passionate. He fell away and it is as if no one cared. Twelve years.

    It seems in our zeal to absorb and contribute often times the real dedicated WIS' contributions are overshadowed by the 'quantity' of the static. Not so much their 'Topics' that are gold, and propers plenty, but also their lesser contributions. 'Ubiquitous' posted a topic not too long ago with regard to base 'manners' toward "Thanks". When the WIS takes the time to read a post, often times from the rote query of the novice, and replies, it would be good form to at least acknowledge it enough as to not repeat it. If WIS says "Tropic 19 is correct" on page one, suggesting "Tropic 21? Would a Tropic 21 work here?" three posts later is a type of 'slight'. If you don't have the time to read the thread because your boss or supervisor is hovering in the hallway, wait until you get home to read the thread. At night, after surfing soft porn. That's what I do. There is no member here that is so dedicated that they would not fall away if they thought it genuinely not worth the effort or if no one was listening. Not one. It happened on the old RWG when it was at it's apex. The premier watchsmith of these boards whom we've all turned to for the standard decided to pack it in. A falling out with an obstinate troll was the final straw, but it came after a long period of feeling largely taken for granted and his work seemingly as well. He returned, on his own terms, and it's good he had. The landscape here would be less, and the pursuit of the hobby that much more laborous, if not impossible in certain aspects, for the rest.

    OK let this thread die. I think everyone who posts hereafter just doesn't get it. Especially those long winded bandwidth stealers, that go on, and on, and on. Like Doc mentioned. They know who they are. Jesus, get a job on newspaper if you love the sound of your own typing so much. No one ever won a Pulitzer prize for journalism on a watch forum for christsakes. Get a life. Losers. I hate those guys. Those are the guys who should friggin' pack it in already. I'm here to tell ya'. Jeez.

  11. I have to laugh

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    some posters have diarrhea of the fingers--who wants to read all that?

    No doubt, I hate bombastic self imports. And the conceited. I will not abide by them. Look at me, I'm not conceited. And that is what makes me so great.

    Oh, and long signatures that wear out the scroll wheel on my mouse. A few watch related pictures are OK, but useless stuff like, I dunno, uh, ad hoc film quotes, yeah, ad hoc film quotes that are supposed to relate something about the members' personality. What's up with that? That's what avatars are for. They should express the members' inner most 'self' and should be enough.

    Oh. Crap. I need to go to the photobucket and 'My Controls'.

  12. I have to laugh

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hey Freddy, I'm supposed to regard your PM about a Best Sub.

    Do you have ANY idea what Dems is talking about? :unsure:

    Sigh, look, it's real simple. Just keep it fresh, moving the thread forward with new innovation and information.

    BestSub.jpg

    We can't jeopardize our Senior members' input.

    Capice`?

  18. I have to laugh

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    That's why I try to make all my comments and replies completely irrelevant, distracting, and BRILLIANTLY humorous (or nauseating...your choice...I'm easy).

    That way they fit in anywhere...first page, page 3...whatever.

    In that case I'd like to add; "It's not a 7750, the 7750 has 25 jewels and machined brass bridges ......I think it's a new movement from ETA, looks like a Lemania clone........you're all welcome." -_-

  19. I have to laugh

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Agreed Dems! Someone here has a great banner as their sig with Sam Jackson from Snakes on a Plane stating: "Read the Mutha [censored] Thread before you Mutha [censored] Post"! Love that sig whoever it belongs to!

    :whistling:

    R-

    Crap. Shot with my own gun. I will never live this down at the club. Archipeligo.

    @'Nanuq'

    Please PM member 'Freddy333' with regard.

  20. I have to laugh

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    A few months back the regulars were bemoaning the fact post traffic had come to a crawl. It opened up a good discussion regarding 'cycles' and 'quality over quantity' etc. etc., and now it seems the post count is gaining momentum. Which is fine, but there is a serious disease here and it 'aint N1H1.

    A two page thread will have so many redundancies of info, it's as if members don't bother to read an entire thread before they post. They read the OP and it's off to the 'reply button'. The enthusiasm is great, but, I dunno, it may backfire. I really don't know why some regulars bother chiming in on some topics that go four and five pages by week's end, the peanut gallery has echoed five fold what the WIS stated on page one, two replies down.

    That's my tough sh*t I know, because it's largely my pet peeve, but I see A LOT of WIS lurking on the bottom of the page of new topics, then not bothering to post. It's as if their expertise is, or will only be, discounted, so why should they bother at all? After a while I'm afraid they won't.

    No biggy, I just think it's 'funneh. For now.

  22. Swatch automatic: a true swiss7750 auto for 380$!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Word around it's more of the Lemania tri-compax lineage with auto-wind, but before anyone has designs of popping them into rep 6263's with DW dials, I think Ubi is onto the 'fail-safe' of the design with regard to 'replica'. The chrono pinions won't fit for correct subdial spacing, especially considering the totalisor @ 6.

    <edit> "6263's with DW dials", well duh, 12,9,3 layout, so latterday rep Speedmasters et al............then

    <post edit> However this Tissot Chronosport with similar ETA A08.231 looks a more traditional 12,9,6 layout?

    PRCC200AUTOCHRONOSPORT.jpg

    Hmmmmm..........

    <post post edit> Here is a full frontal of the Swatch piece;

    Swatch.jpg

    It may have been the parallax view in 'geo' 's photo that made the @6 pinion look closer to the main? Could be off fractionally to the 7750?

    Wouldn't surprise...................

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