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This "semi oldie" is till alive! Been totally swamped with work and renovating our house.. But aiming to be back more frequently in the near future.. Nice to see there's still some familiar faces (and watches) around!

Just got these gut-wrenching news from Nanuq. Had the privilege to meet Bert in person and despite the fact that he had this fatal form of cancer lurking in the background during the last couple of years he remained positive and was so full of life that you totally forgot about his disease. R.I.P. my friend - you will be missed. My deepest condolences to Pim and the rest of his family.

The 005 is a real looker. My favourite is the JV strap combo.. http://www.rwgforum.net/topic/140539-strap-recommendation-for-pam005/#entry1044838

I would go with 005 and/ or 111. Classic manual winds that will work with any 24mm strap you might fancy. Plus they are replicated very well nowadays..

Whoa! Congrats to a lovely build there B!

Many late congrats! What a nice gesture from your wife - she must be a real cool cat!

Welcome back mate! Nice to hear things are getting better!

Brilliant!

Time flies here in the cuckoo's nest! Congrats mate!

Lovely! If you succeed and consider doing this for others I'd be very interested mate. Have a spare 7734 roulette DW with wrong font in my parts box just waiting for the right moment.. Have a close one installed in my 7032 right now but I do enjoy a nice cigar on special occasions!

+1 Close but no cigar. The 2's have a different curve as well. Gen Valjoux 7734 yes, but not gen Tudor 7032 (it would have been sold in a flash if it was). Nice DW nonetheless - the more 'common' 7734 examples are usually more off in terms of 'Tudor accuracy'.

Nice find there automatico! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks mates! It is a real pleasure being a post slut around here!

Wholly crap.. Back in 2009 when I signed up - just to leech a little bit of info - the thought of ever becoming this "active" on a forum did not even cross my mind. No way! Now, 1 648 days, endless hours, 7 extremely nice watches later (+ 1 for wifey and excluding all the ones flipped during the time), 2k posts and many good friends (some of which I have had the privilege to meet in person) later I am still here enjoying myself every chance I get. So huge thanks to everyone making this amazing place what it is to keep me coming back for more and more and more..

Whoa! You are my freakin' hero S!

Ouch! Not again.. This is not good at all.. Keeping my fingers crossed that another alternative payment option is out there. Both for the sake of this forum and your business T!

I am quite a big fan of lamb meat, yes.. Here is what was left after a little barbecue we had during a bachelor party a week ago.. Sorry Ezel, it has most probably already been used up as energy efter being recycled so no need to PM me an offer on the bucket..

Oooh la la! Very nice.. Enjoy it mate!

Ooohhh, that ol' thing is sooo nice! The tomatoes look yummy too! Edit to add: Welcome to the cuckoo's nest!

Well, to my knowledge he has never been a trusted modder officially here so I fail to see why a sticky action from the moderating team should be necessary. Unless we have a whole "warning section" where we list all problematic people with no "direct" relationship to the forum that is. Of course there are sunshine stories with Uwe as well - no doubt about that. But there is a reason why he has been banned and had his sections closed on the other forums. And what separates someone trusted from the other bunch in my book is what kind of actions they take when shit happens (which we all know can every once in a while during modding). And in Uwe's case he chose to stick his head in the sand when my dial and hands got screwed up and just wished it all to just go away. Was he too proud to admit or felt ashamed about what happened? Beats me - but I think he should at least have the courtesy to not leave me hanging without a word for 16 months and counting.. And my warning is that if it happened to me - it can most definitely happen to anyone else too. Simple as that. And everyone are free to do as they please with that advice.

Thanks for all the kind words everyone! Here's an update: Finally got my stuff back after involving a mutual friend of ours (a moderator here) and me asking Uwe to send all my stuff to him. Without his help I am sure I would still be ignored and would have to fly down to Dortmund to pick it up myself (which i would have - no way I will let myself get screwed over like this). In fact he did not even bother answering my last email asking him to send the stuff to the moderator. Not even a "OK, stuff sent, sorry about all this" - nothing.. Such class act after all this time - and never once have I been rude to him in any way during our communication and I did not send him hundreds of emails pressuring him - only like once every three months (maximum) kindly and patiently asking for a status update.. Unreal.. Anyways.. According to our mutual moderator friend (extremely trustworthy and horological skilled person) the dial and hands is now damaged and needs to be replaced. And the case back has been worked on - to cover up tool marks I guess. To sum it all up as a little "review"/ feedback on this modding/ luming experience of mine with Uwe/ caruwe/ finedd/ Sweetwatches/ Urentechnik Regelmann: Was the work satisfactory? Nope Was his communication satisfactory? Nope Was the work carried out in a timely fashion? Nope Will I use his "services" again? Nope Would I recommend his "services" to anyone else? Nope So my warning to you all still stands. There are far better and trustworthy modders out there..

Well, I really wish I could say the same. The worst thing in all this mess is that I have met Uwe in person and even considered him a friend. But his actions (or rather failure to act) has changed my perspective dramatically. A gentleman does not keep a friend's watch and then just disappear in my book. And believe me, I am the extremely patient kind of guy. The last thing I heard from him directly was that some problems had arised with the watch which would cause a couple of weeks extra delay and that he did not want any payment for his work because of it all. But knowing that shit can happen and being fully aware about his health situation I told him I had no problem waiting and insisted on paying him - as I am a firm advocate on putting health first no matter what. And that was the 2nd of April 2012..

Thanks for your support J. The answer is both yes and no. Not the 3717-04 franken which I have a strong feeling you are referring to. It's my 3717-02 (Spitfire) with Swiss 7750, a couple of gen parts and a custom made croc strap.

He has got stuff of mine worth about €750 since more than 1,5 years and has been avoiding me for the last 12 months. So my advice is to tread with extreme caution here gents..