Ronin

Apocalypse Not!:  http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/08/ff_apocalypsenot/

Please be more specific. Link?  Exp I, II, 40, 42 ???

Nice.  On your cyclopsless one did you use a Tropic 38? or something else?

On my barely 7" wrist.

P.S.  This watch is in the FS section. 

Dumb question:  Why even bother?  It is clear that it is easy to circumvent, and why the hell does the forum censor words like circumvent and circumstance?  Because it has c.u.m. in it?  (In case that last bit was actually censored the words were c i r c u m v e n t and c i r c u m s t a n c e).

Just turn the f u c k i n g thing it off.

I still feel minus.com is doing the best job in NOT fscking with your posted photos.

Nothing worse than a quartz watch's battery dieing on a business trip 2000 miles from home... 

"Obi-Wan Kenobi: You've taken your first step into a larger world."

-or grab the dead watch, set it to your cell phone's clock at next opportunity.

I see you are in Italy. 

Here you go:  http://www.google.it/#hl=it&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&q=Rolex+1016&oq=Rolex+1016&gs_l=hp.3..0l2j0i30l2.2354.4993.0.5367.10.9.0.1.1.0.238.690.8j0j1.9.0...0.0...1c.1.ZWI3ddZdeuE&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=f8356d6e955d7bfa&bpcl=39650382&biw=1201&bih=980

First, let me speak to quality.

I own GEN; Omega, Rolex, Ebel, Brietling*, Tag (quartz), Doxa*, Ball*, Frederique Constant* in the <$$$$ price range.  * = ETA Based.

Everyone of the GEN's from the Omega Co-Axial, Rolex 3135, Ebel house built - have needed warranty work.  They ALL had problems.  I also had problems with "elabore" ETA house modified movements in Breitling and Ball.  The brands using lesser ETA's, no issue.

SO the perception that GEN watches are superior time keeping/quality objects is false.  If you want quality by a G-Shock or Seiko.  Modern REPS from our TD's are generally rock solid, quality timepieces.

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To your point, and a similar issue I have and can relate to is--  REPS have trends too.  Trends = popular, and more likely to see "in the wild". If REP enthusiasts buy the latest super reps, and start wearing them in public, other REP enthusiasts will probably take notice of YOU.  (General public is oblivious). 

So this is back to getting called out / reputation perception.  Deep down, does it bother you that another REP enthusiast (the only person capable of knowing about your deception) will notice you wearing a REP?

I do think REP enthusiasts suffer from Medical Student Syndrome.  We think we see reps everywhere, and we always think someone is around the corner who "knows".  

For me, trends in REPS is starting to bother me.  When SINN started getting repped, and I started seeing them in the wild, I asked myself "Hmmmm, those just got popular in the REP world ~ I wonder if this guy is on the forum."    Same can be said about PAM 390's today.  This is even true in the Vintage Rolex REP world.  We had our round of 1665, 551x, 1675.

Another Ronin..... Welcome.

You CAN over-wind a manual wind like the 6497 found in most PAM's like yours.  You CANNOT over-wind automatics like the 21J/ETA28xx/7750.

So did you over-wind, you would know if wound it past the STOP.

IF you did not over-wind it, it is possible it is dirt, or a broken pallet jewel perhaps.

HTH,

"Wears" about the same, if not slightly smaller than a 44mm PAM.  I have NO issue rocking it with my barely 7" wrist.

The height to width is proportional, so it is balanced. 

Also, being black with black bezel makes it look smaller on the wrist. 

It wears MUCH better than an old Breitling Steelfish that was way too top heavy.  Similarly, the DSSD is not balanced and too top heavy (IMHO).

Since people come in all sizes.  Here are simple (functional) guidelines.

1.)  If the lugs and/or bezel extend past the width of your wrist, the watch is too big.

2.)  If the size of the watch causes the bracelet/strap to extend straight or near straight down the side of your wrist, the watch is too big.  The strap/bracelet should curve off the head of the watch, down and around your wrist *(note: some new leather straps need to break in first to obtain this curve)

Can I ask the average age at this party? 

In my experience, this sort of "Can I see", "How much $ you pay" talk doesn't happen when the average age of a room approaches 40....  Perhaps with increasing age of the wearer it is either assumed gen, or no one gives a fsck at that station in life.

I have never had a problem, nor do I ever really feel "resistance"  it is pretty consistent to the STOP.

Unless you are heavy handed it should be fine.

TIPS:

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1.)  649x's take about 40 thumb/forefinger forward pushes.  (roughly half a rotation of the crown per stroke or 20 full rotations)

2.)  You should never have a "grip" on the crown.  Just enough pressure to rotate it, and IF/WHEN it hits the STOP your fingers should slip.

+1. I can not use forum messenger right now as a result.  Too many messages, and too much work to clean them up.  One of my #1 reasons for being Platinum for the last 4 years was for the unlimited message box.  Halp! 

@Admin, make sure you have just taken a sip of your favorite beverage around the 2:40 mark. 

And if that is not good enough-- A bear in a tree + trampoline + tranqualizer =

<p>First, congrats on the deal.<br />

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However, I am failing to see the legal ramifications against the buyer. Perhaps the only backlash is knowing &quot;too much information&quot; about the situation. Otherwise, I can only imagine the amount of watches being sold on eBay and other forums that fall under similar circumstances. Only difference being lack of back story when purchased elsewhere. So the difference lies in plausible deny ability (eg. eBay purchase), and knowingly accepting/buying ~stolen~ merchandise. Also, stolen might be wrong here if the family/estate simply liquidated goods do to the circumstance. Given the fly by night character of the original owner, he would need to present paperwork or registration that shows him as the buyer which he probably does not have or didn't do-- or is now in the possession of the OP.<br />

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That said, unless there is a receipt or registration, or jewelry store who sold the watch, and remembers and is willing to testify, the buyer is in the clear. Honestly, under $5000 would be small claims court, unless the original owner/Dad wanted to press the felony (&gt;$1000) theft angle and spend 3x the value of the watch on Lawyers to prosecute.<br />

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I think the OP is in the clear. The son, may have hell to pay if it came full circle. I would fear a gun toting angry dad over the legal system...<br />

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edit to add why the fsck is cirC U Mstances &quot;Censored&quot;<br />

edit 2 ARGH, my Platinum status is gone, how do we fix that?</p>