Chronus

Lovely watch

And goes to show reps lead to gens !

You can get a used U1 for just under 700GBP on bracelet... they pop up from time to time, and the reps will never be able to properly replicate the U-boat steel.

Intel only. You will have to research about the i7 processor. I am sure there is some brilliant hacker out there that has figured out a way to make it work!

Pug?

You may also consider visiting the Hackintosh website. Here, they explain how to run os x perfectly on windows hardware. Now that Apple is Intel, a few lines of code, and you can have a Mac Pro at a Dell price. I have been running this exact machine for over a year, without hiccup. If you are serious about a Mac but don't have the dosh, you can build a cheapie, and have your Mac as well!!

iceclimber

Thanks for that, I may have to try it out

Can I triple boot (and triple partition) a Solid State Drive with Linux, Windows and OSX?

Edit: Will this work on an Intel i7, triple channel 12gb memory, nVidia 295 1.8gb graphics card?? Or on an old AMD Athlon 64 processor ?

I have a Blackberry Bold and a Nokia N82, the latter of which has come up for an upgrade from the phone company. My contract is done for the past couple of months and I'm pretty much waiting until October when the Nokia N900 internet tablet comes out as well as the Sony Ericsson Satio. If I don't go for a phone, I have the option of reducing my monthly bill by an amount as well.

The Blackberry takes care of multitasking: web browsing, messenger services, push email, divx/xvid viewing, mobi pocketbook reader, 16gb memory card etc. What it lacks is a good camera.

The Nokia N82 is my camera. I have no other, so I am a little wary of going to the excellent looking Nokia N900 (with an open source OS) as it is a slight downgrade in the camera department. It has the same 5MP camera but no xenon flash, only a dual LED flash. I am tempted as it just looks so good with it's multitasking capabilities, 256mb RAM, upto 1gb of application space, 32gb onboard storage, true desktop web-browsing with Flash and multiple pages open concurrently, big screen, touchscreen, but hardware keyboard if i need it, as I've never had a touchscreen before. I like the possibilities of doing computer geeky stuff if I want, installing things like Mame and DOS emulation etc. It has Skype and Messenger services integrated. If it has Push email it could even tempt me off the Blackberry (but that keyboard is great so I doubt it just yet!). I like that it has native Xvid and DivX support too. FLAC would be nice and I understand applications from the previous non-telephone tablet N800 and N810 are being ported over by the original makers, and most (if not all) applications will be free. The live updates of things like Twitter and Facebook (if you like that sort of thing) is pretty good but I'm sure other phones do that already. I found videos which show how it works and they look quite good:

3 videos of the N900

What do you think?

I went for the N82 as I liked the camera and the Sony Ericsson Satio sems to fit the bill. Sounds like a normal point and shoot Sony style camera with the latest version of Symbian touch (as seen on the N97) as well. The plus for me is that this has an active lens cover with both Xenon flash and LED (probably for video recording?). I'm a little wary of SE products at the moment as their quality seems to have dropped, but if this one proves to be as good as it sounds, it may well be the one to replace my N82. It does have obvious downsides like lower RAM than the N900, barely any onboard storage, and finally they're using microSD cards and not the M2s. I still don't like their proprietary port though. USB is much more convenient. I could use my spare Blackberry charger at work for both as it's USB and it also came with attachments for European and US power.

I await the reviews of the finalised phones ... who knows, I may not even bother upgrading!

What are everyone's thoughts on these phones coming out ? Anyone excited by any of them ?

(I've ignored most of the Samsung ones as they sadly have no lens cover on their cameras )

PS. please, no one tell me to get the iPhone, it's not quite right for me yet - no hardware keyboard, no mass storage mode, no hot swappable microSD card support, no native DivX/XviD support, I don't want iTunes on my computer ever again etc etc. As good as it is, it's just not for me

The bezel marker is a must if you want it closer to the genuine

Does it use the tegimented U-boat steel and a caseful of argon gas with the capsule to display that it's completely dry? Scratch that, the last 2 are on the U2. And this watch will need great AR too

This excellent post deserves to be sticky in the "my collection" forum.

It's, afterall, the best rep Rolex collection in the community.

Not quite, I think Tanfoglio takes that award in every category

But this is a great collection nonetheless

thanks for all my friends

Stephane has a GMT for sale I think, and is in EU.

gen caseback is 1200

nice

or check the trading zone. People like Concepta and River have movements every so often.

There is also the gen movement route... I have a 1570 and 3035 movement unused (so far!) but for the watches your replacing the movements in, it probably isn't worth going down that road.

That's very good news... as they say, all good things come to those who wait

1665

All of my vintage Daytonas are fitted with gen 7835s with 357 endlinks

Those hanging Daytonas have to go on my screensaver!

The way I think of it in my head is that 2 of the subdials look like targetting sights. As freddy said, it's all in the subdials.

Personally I like the Newman dials as they are just that little bit different and look great

There isn't a good option out there as they all have their faults.

The problem with the ND Trading dial is the font type, particularly the 'S' that they use; it's an instant 'tell'

The Yuki dials are pretty standard HK fare, and easy to spot due to the fonts and serifs.

The MBW dial is maybe the closest in appearance, but again, it has it's flaws (date alignment, etc).

Personally, I'd build a great white using a gen dial with matching hands and a 1570 in a Phong or NDT case.

Just my $0.02...

Can't wait to see what kruzer does with his phong case

Good to see the project is moving along... i hope the finished watch will be amazing

Many thanks I've been collecting reference material of aged 1655s, so I'll have an understanding of how they age, or rather, how well they age, which seems to be better than how Submariners age

There *are* tritium dials that are still white... just means they aren't exposed to the elements as much, so to say. Ie. the crown is screwed down properly! Much rarer to find them, but find them you can...

from wiki:

The Rolex Explorer II 2 Reference 1655, is also now so-called Rolex Steve McQueen in the horology collectors world, but the Rolex Submariner Reference 5512 he was often photographed wearing in private moments sold for $234,000 at auction on June 11, 2009, a world-record price for the reference.

Steve McQueen was also a sponsored ambassador for Heuer Watches. In the 1970 movie Lemans, McQueen famously wore a blue faced Monaco 1133B Caliber 11 Automatic which has lead to its cult status with watch collectors. This watch also sold for $87,600 at auction on June 11, 2009, a world-record for the reference. Tag Heuer continues to promote their Monaco range with McQueen

Here is Spin's 6239: Spinmaster 6239 I remember a thread where he had given a dial a vintage look with a cream dial. I think it was coolfire's watch but I am not sure.

Coolfire's is the first and last of his vintagized dials... it's too expensive a process to be worthwhile!

And I recommend spinmeister as well... go for his 7760 version and you'll get a very close one.

And ask for that particular dial, I've seen that on one of his other watches I think

but if you really wanna go crazy, i can get a gen case for around 10-11k

If anyone's feeling generous, I need about

(most older professional watchmakers have done this enough times that they are able to resize the bracelet without mangling the links too much).

thanks for the advice

Yukiwatch are likely the same souce as Vietnamese cases.

Yuki are based in Hong Kong. No idea if they get the Vietnamese cases or not. Only source I know for definite is jewelry & watch. Freddy333 would probably know.

I've been away. Consider me a noob.

Which DSSD is the best? Who stocks it? What prices are good?

It's ridiculously easy to take your eye off the ball for a month or two and become a noob again. Everyone should try it sometime to get a perspective on how tricky it can be for noobs.

Use the search button

Just kidding, others have already answered your question