Chronus

But the dealers do... We know that Andrew (and Joshua too, I think) have kids... do you think they would stand for it? Such decent people? I think not ! Or do you think anyone selling chinese made goods, in this case reps, has to put a disclaimer on their website? "Please note: these goods may have been manufactured by Chinese child slave labour, buy at own risk". I guess we'll have to stick to reps made in Thailand

Are you so sure about that? Aren't they owned by a private trust that contributes a lot of money to charity ? How can you do that to charidee !

I just got back from the game.... 2 offside goals by the looks of things, and surprised a penalty was not given for the foul on Hyppia ! It was an up and down game.... gotta say, Chelsea's songs are pretty mediocre, everything has swear words and nothing original... apart from the "Blue is the Colour" (got that on video recording now). Looks like I'll be supporting Chelsea in the CL final and for the league now... good luck!

Yeah I have that watch... got a genuine dial to put in it too... I got it a while ago. Great watch

Most SS has nickel in it, genuine Rolex SS is even worse in terms of nickel content, I think!

Gio and Mickey... yes had this nickel allergy a while... can get pretty bad. I can tolerate steel watches over the colder months, but in the summer it's not a good idea, so out comes the PAM36, titanium SMPs, IWC AMGs etc... having said that, i have on the 036 today ! I tend to keep the plastic on the caseback of steel watches so it's not always so bad. Now if only there was a readily available titanium PAM194 and IWC Aquatimer

Nickel puts me right out on this one... i have a nickel allergy ! (and also why i prefer titanium, but it also looks cooler )

I'm guessing you're a toffee... or worse... manc sc*m ! anyway, don't repeat those views to docblackrock and others on this forum... !

well... my old next door neighbour is going with me... just got clearance from his wife

Any Liverpool fans here in London want to go to Stamford Bridge tonight and see the game? I may have an extra ticket... trying to find someone else who can go last minute.

Isn't that American law? I don't think they should have jurisdiction over the EU. Or anywhere outside their borders

You seem to have an argumentative style reminiscent of TeeJay... maybe even shades of a Pugwash

Don't forget to keep everyone updated on this

Link for the gif if it isn't showing up there

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKRJVBqvd04

Congratulations! You know I been waiting too And I have a feeling he will grow up to be a basketballer I think him and my 12 week old nephew will take on the world Anyway, you know I'm happy for you

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooou !

I'm a little confused with that. If they busted a factory and they showed them making the watches and it's stock room, how are they intermediaries? Unless you mean this is where they put the watches together after buying in different parts from different factories? In which case, most of those factories are probably producing legitimate goods (eg. unmarked watch cases, Asian 7750 movements, etc).

The BB King (!) loses some of the feeling of being an AP copy as the "screws" are only part of (what I assume is) a rotating bezel... good thing in my opinion!

Any watch with seconds at 9 (or 3, just invert the dial and the crown is on the other side) requires a movement that can do this, usually the ETA 7750 or 7753 or the Asian copy for automatics, and ETA 6497/8 (or Asian copy) for handwinds. For the automatics, when an ETA 775x (or copy) is used, the chrono functions are unused, and those parts can be removed from the movement, giving a more reliable Asian 7750 for one thing. Using the 7750 with seconds as standard (eg. ETA 2836) means having the chrono seconds counter running constantly. What is the point of this when the cheaper ETA 2824, or 2826 (or Asian copy) is designed to do this already? The date on this 48mm watch will be closer towards the centre in any case due to the watch diameter, so I don't think that's the reasoning behind it. I agree with the questions about the need for a decorated rotor, the movement specified and the "white gold".. and I can only come to the same conclusions as the original poster.

Is it just me or does the "officine panerai" etc not look very well engraved? It doesn't look quite distinct enough, and kinda blurry. And what's the brown stuff around the case back edges?

Typical US Special Forces... would never happen with Canadians, eh

It seems like perhaps a few see muscles and make the typical comments of "don't thump me"... it's a natural reaction in many, but not everyone who works out is like that... obviously everyone knows lanikai from his writings and can see he does not fit the stereotype (and apologies to taking the comment of the poster out of context, as it was obviously meant as a joke!)

That is too funny.... they are crazy... I saw some London casinos hosting Thai games now as well... guess lots of rich Thais around.

Thanks for the pics... great pics as usual !