Ronin

if there are no trademark (brand names, patented items, etc.) you really can't prevent it.

+1

If there is no branding / trademark, it is fair game. Also, on certain items, when the patent expires like on a bezel insert, etc, it is fair game as long as there are no brand name/logo's involved.

Someday?

That horse has left the stable already. Anyone who thinks they have any resemblence of privacy now is seriously deluded. The only way possible would be if you never hit the grid at all. Never had a job, bank account, credit card, loan, cell phone, internet access, utility or address in your name ... never gone anywhere ... the list goes on. If people truly knew what was stored in databases worldwide about themselves and their activity it would shock them.

Yes and No. From government and three letter agency's, to big corporations and Casino's SURE.

The issue is when ANYONE with a Smartphone can gain access to personal/private information. (Prediction: Private Detectives are probably next to go the way of Newspapers)

I guess I care less about the government getting a court order (by law) to pull my credit card data, tap my phone, or obtain my internet history from my ISP. -or- Even corporations I CHOOSE to do business with.

I care more about some sick bastard in a bar stalking my wife, daughter, etc with EASE. -or- Nosy Voyeurs in my Condo building keeping tabs on me.

Just being on the internet gives you all the risks of Facebook, it's not new.

FALSE! 100% FALSE...

What a stupid reason to quit Facebook. <snip>... The biggest concept that people need to grasp is that NOTHING that you do on the internet is anonymous. If you use the internet with the mindset that everyone can see what you do, you have nothing to worry about.

I feel like the same people that complain about Facebook being an invasion of privacy are the same ones that post negative status updates about work or their boss being an a-hole and in turn get fired. Obviously there are exceptions to that, but in general I think that is fair to say.

As an X-Hacker (started in the 80's with a Commodore 64), I can assure you-- you CAN be anonymous on the internet, or at least leave a cold trail / dead end.

People like you and me, and a handful of others here know how to use the internet safely and with a level of protection. However, the majority of people really have no clue about addins, plugins, and TAKE THE DEFAULTS. Most Windows PC users use Internet Explorer because it comes with their computer. Most Mac users user Safari because it comes on their computer.

It all boils down to education. Unfortunately, most people don't deep dive and educate themselves on what they are really doing, using, etc.

As mentioned, if left unchecked, the day will come when you walk into a room, party, bar, and some smartphone/security camera is going to know who you are, how much money you make, your sexual orientation and deviations, medical conditions, etc. In fact, the person who takes privacy seriously and comes up with NO HISTORY / NO ONLINE IDENTITY will probably become the scourge or looked at suspiciously.

I still like to "get to know someone" via real life interaction. I don't want my smartphone to spit out all their info which may make me act differently towards that person.

I find it funny that the watch chosen to show off is a Fortis. Not a brand that jumps to mind of wanting so bad, and not being able to afford that a replica is a "hot" item.

Me thinks this is actually clever marketing (for Fortis). No such thing as bad publicity?

@jubog well said. Unfortunatly, intelligent users like yourself are rare. Tell Grandma to stop using IE and switch to Chrome she will probably look at you funny. LOL

On another note:

Shunning Facebook, and Living to Tell About It

By JENNA WORTHAM | New York Times

Tyson Balcomb quit Facebook after a chance encounter on an elevator. He found himself standing next to a woman he had never met — yet through Facebook he knew what her older brother looked like, that she was from a tiny island off the coast of Washington and that she had recently visited the Space Needle in Seattle.

“I knew all these things about her, but I’d never even talked to her,” said Mr. Balcomb, a pre-med student in Oregon who had some real-life friends in common with the woman. “At that point I thought, maybe this is a little unhealthy.”

As Facebook prepares for a much-anticipated public offering, the company is eager to show off its momentum by building on its huge membership: more than 800 million active users around the world, Facebook says, and roughly 200 million in the United States, or two-thirds of the population.

But the company is running into a roadblock in this country. Some people, even on the younger end of the age spectrum, just refuse to participate, including people who have given it a try.

One of Facebook’s main selling points is that it builds closer ties among friends and colleagues. But some who steer clear of the site say it can have the opposite effect of making them feel more, not less, alienated.

“I wasn’t calling my friends anymore,” said Ashleigh Elser, 24, who is in graduate school in Charlottesville, Va. “I was just seeing their pictures and updates and felt like that was really connecting to them.”

To be sure, the Facebook-free life has its disadvantages in an era when people announce all kinds of major life milestones on the Web. Ms. Elser has missed engagements and pictures of new-born babies. But none of that hurt as much as the gap she said her Facebook account had created between her and her closest friends. So she shut it down.

Many of the holdouts mention concerns about privacy. Those who study social networking say this issue boils down to trust. Amanda Lenhart, who directs research on teenagers, children and families at the Pew Internet and American Life Project, said that people who use Facebook tend to have “a general sense of trust in others and trust in institutions.” She added: “Some people make the decision not to use it because they are afraid of what might happen.”

Ms. Lenhart noted that about 16 percent of Americans don’t have cellphones. “There will always be holdouts,” she said.

Facebook executives say they don’t expect everyone in the country to sign up. Instead they are working on ways to keep current users on the site longer, which gives the company more chances to show them ads. And the company’s biggest growth is now in places like Asia and Latin America, where there might actually be people who have not yet heard of Facebook.

“Our goal is to offer people a meaningful, fun and free way to connect with their friends, and we hope that’s appealing to a broad audience,” said Jonathan Thaw, a Facebook spokesman.

But the figures on growth in this country are stark. The number of Americans who visited Facebook grew 10 percent in the year that ended in October — down from 56 percent growth over the previous year, according to comScore, which tracks Internet traffic.

Ray Valdes, an analyst at Gartner, said this slowdown was not a make-or-break issue ahead of the company’s public offering, which could come in the spring. What does matter, he said, is Facebook’s ability to keep its millions of current users entertained and coming back.

“They’re likely more worried about the novelty factor wearing off,” Mr. Valdes said. “That’s a continual problem that they’re solving, and there are no permanent solutions.”

Erika Gable, 29, who lives in Brooklyn and does public relations for restaurants, never understood the appeal of Facebook in the first place. She says the daily chatter that flows through the site — updates about bad hair days and pictures from dinner — is virtual clutter she doesn’t need in her life.

“If I want to see my fifth cousin’s second baby, I’ll call them,” she said with a laugh.

Ms. Gable is not a Luddite. She has an iPhone and sometimes uses Twitter. But when it comes to creating a profile on the world’s biggest social network, her tolerance reaches its limits.

“I remember having MySpace for a bit and always feeling so weird about seeing other people’s stuff all the time,” she said. “I’m not into it.”

Will Brennan, a 26-year-old Brooklyn resident, said he had “heard too many horror stories” about the privacy pitfalls of Facebook. But he said friends are not always sympathetic to his anti-social-media stance.

“I get asked to sign up at least twice a month,” said Mr. Brennan. “I get harangued for ruining their plans by not being on Facebook.”

And whether there is haranguing involved or not, the rebels say their no-Facebook status tends to be a hot topic of conversation — much as a decision not to own a television might have been in an earlier media era.

“People always raise an eyebrow,” said Chris Munns, 29, who works as a systems administrator in New York. “But my life has gone on just fine without it. I’m not a shut-in. I have friends and quite an enjoyable life in Manhattan, so I can’t say it makes me feel like I’m missing out on life at all.”

But the peer pressure is only going to increase. Susan Etlinger, an analyst at the Altimeter Group, said society was adopting new behaviors and expectations in response to the near-ubiquity of Facebook and other social networks.

“People may start to ask the question that, if you aren’t on social channels, why not? Are you hiding something?” she said. “The norms are shifting.”

This kind of thinking cuts both ways for the Facebook holdouts. Mr. Munns said his dating life had benefited from his lack of an online dossier: “They haven’t had a chance to dig up your entire life on Facebook before you meet.”

But Ms. Gable said such background checks were the one thing she needed Facebook for.

“If I have a crush on a guy, I’ll make my friends look him up for me,” Ms. Gable said. “But that’s as far as it goes.”

Correction: December 13, 2011, Tuesday

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the percentage of Americans who do not have cellphones, as estimated by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. It is 16 percent, not 5 percent. Also, a caption incorrectly spelled Erika Gable’s name as Ericka.

Love it! That looks great.

BTW: Great looking 1665 Rail, the best I have seen....

+1 on the 3.0mm x .35 TAP.

The recommended tube sealer should be LOCTITE #290

Loctite 290 is great because unlike GS it will not unthread by mistake. It can be easily removed by applying about 1 minute of heat from a soldering iron to heat it up.

I use #290 on all my builds for securing:

Crown to Stem

Tube to Case

Ohhh, as far as countersinking the tube / chamfering. If you are using a GEN crown, the little bit of stand-off you get by NOT countersinking actually adds a look of authenticity to the crown by standing off the case a bit, and the illusion the CG's are smaller.

Good luck

The best jeans for me are the ones I can get Into....preferably on some hot little nasty.

Mike

Like this:

^^^^ I liked the hesitation when they got to "Bed Bath and Beyond"... LOL

Sorry to bump an old thread, but I have an odd question. I was always under the assumption the dg2813 1655 would not fit a 2836 mov't. Someone is telling me otherwise. Is this the case with the 1655 ->1675 conversion or not? I have a 1675 with a beautiful dial and eta 2836 mov't that I want to swap into a nicer case. If it matters, the 1655 donor will be from Josh.

They are generally interchangeable when used with the correct movement ring. The REP makers generally do NOT make separate cases for the ETA versions or 21J versions.

If the person selling a GEN high value item will not provide simple quality photo's or complete the transaction AFTER certifying authenticity, you have every right to run.

You can try the "Doxa" method.

It is very common on Doxa watches for the inlaid paint on the bezel to wear off. What some clever folks have figured out is:

You can use a Crayola Crayon to fill in the recess, rub it in, wipe off excess, apply a little heat very carefully (hairdrier or match) and hey presto.

http://forums.watchu...ion-497682.html

Finally, if you really want to 'paint' here is a good tutorial.

http://www.doxa300t....ezelrepaint.htm

Wow I can not believe the replies so far, everyone hate to smell good. I have always been told a nice cologne complete your look. I guess I'm the only person on this site that purchase the stuff

I am all for whatever makes a person comfortable/happy in their appearance. Go for it! However, smelling good is subjective, and most people tend to abuse/overuse cologne in my experience. I personally find the "muskier" colognes/perfumes absolutely revolting.

In a similar thread about replica colognes, I alluded to the fact that I have had to leave parties, change seats on airplanes and movie theaters because of allergic reactions to perfume/cologne.

The reality I have personally found is that by the time you combine: Soap from your shower, Anti-Perspirant/Deoderant, Hair Products, Shaving Lotions, Lotions, Make-up (ladies) and THEN add Perfume/Cologne. What do you really smell like? Now, enter a room of 10,20,50,100 people all with an average of 5 scents on their person it is just too much...

I simply love it when people are clean and don't assault my nostrils.

@Star69 - Nice "Cure" reference in the title of this post.

I don't care if Monday's blue

Tuesday's gray and Wednesday too

Thursday I don't care about you

It's Friday, I'm in love

dont send it, give the guy a refund, take the hit on your account

That would be my advice.

+1

-or-

-If PayPal, issue a refund (if Goods/Services).

-Request payment as (Money Owed/Personal/Gift) if he still wants it. -or- do a wire transfer

-Photo/Video document the packing/shipping and provide tracking.

-Be clear that once it leaves the USA he is on his own.

The key here is to remove Buyer Protection (you being disputed as the Seller) based on the corruption in the Italian postal system.

OP: How do you smell?

I don't...

For starters, most people can't tell the difference between Axe Body Spray (puke), Ball Sweat from a Bull, or some $400 and ounce cologne. I know MORE ladies/women who are revolted by a guy who smells more then them.

P.S.A.

I will plead, for myself and other allergy sufferers out there, that if you MUST wear cologne/perfume, please--

1.) Don't bathe in it, you should only be "smellable" from an "intimate" distance or 1". You should only need a "dab" on your pulse points (neck, wrists, etc.)

2.) NEVER wear cologne/perfume to a Wine Tasting, or other high caliber/gourmet restaurant or food tasting. (You ruin it for others who really care about the experience)

Thanks for listening, and please DO enjoy your scents if you are so inclined, but please be considerate.

I was a Star Wars fan before George Lucas destroyed my childhood heroes with his classless, embarrassing and totally LAME new trilogy... or should I say "computerized Muppet Show".

Amen! ...and HAN SHOT FIRST!!! (I am not a fan of the changes/additions to ANH IV (Original Star Wars)

You must watch this movie (The People vs George Lucas):

If you wear that armor on your bike, you get one of these. :-)

These ARE the Droids I am looking for.

@Ronin, you mentioned the inimitable SUB300 Beads of Rice.... do tell, aren't you the one that just bought the last Black Lung?

I'll add another vote for the Doxa Beads of Rice. After that, an oooooooooold worn out 9315. Very nice.

Ahhh, actually I think it was Paisano that snagged that one. I am holding out for a Conquistador now. (wishful thinking).

E x c e l l e n t !

1.) Rolex 62510 Jubilee

1a.) Doxa (Expandro) Beads of Rice from Sub 300

2.) Rolex 9315

3.) Rolex 78790

Awesome! You beat me, I had/have a similar build brewing for 2013!

That looks awesome!

Say, what Date Wheel did you use?

Nice review.

Bigger Pics Please!

Classic! Love it!