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I got it today, when I refreshed the page, it refreshed to the real RWG site... Somebody's playin'

I went through a search on this here in Australia late last year.... I beagan talking to optical shops here around Australia, with no luck, they just looked at me funny, sort of like how a dog looks at you when you do something they don't understand So... went on to a well known scientific research company here and tried to drill down into a department that specializes in optics... got a lot of good information and finally reached the company that does most of the optical coating for the country. Talked to the owner there, nice guy and all.... But got that "Never saw one of those before" feeling from him, but he said he would "Give it a go". Sent a 196 crystal to him, waited a few weeks, after a few phone calls, he informed me that they didn't have the right die to hold the crystal, so he sent it back... Now I'm not sure what kind of die they'd need to hold the crystal during the process, but I'd be willing to bet that it wouldn't have to be too high tech, probably just a hole in a piece of aluminum with a slightly larger hole in it to place the crystal. It would probably be pretty easy to make I didn't pursue it much further at the time due to time constraints, but I'm about to give it another try when I have some time. Hopefully this time it may work

Thank you Davidsen Just one more feature to set your product apart from the rest!!! This is a truly awesome enhancement!

Congratulations Andrew Babies are soo cool! All the best to you and yours

That's the rotor that winds the mainspring... All automatic watches have a rotor so they wind when you move. The ETA Valjoux 7750 is even louder... Beautiful sound, isn't it?

Good Luck and godspeed MVB Study hard and pop in from time to time

Wow ... And I thought I was bad... Quarks, those straps are just amazing and the photos are nice too!

It's not mine is it?

I like it Aaron I think it would go well on PVD!! Keep up the great work, but the spartacus is not for me either

Happy Birthday Ken and Chris!!

Happy Birthday Kenberg!!!

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Rub it really slow and gently... circular motions may help. As it becomes looser, pick up the pace a bit. Licking it may help Maybe this belongs in the Miss Understood section

I've had/have a LOT of straps... V and myself share the same passion/sickness for these wonderful adornments for our watches. There are many factors that can make or break a watchstrap, one of the main thing I've found is that there are very few bad straps from great strapmakers and there are great straps that cost a whole lot less, BUT, you usually (and I use the term loosely) get what you pay for... Here are some examples... A few great straps for my better half, both made by Aaron HKTan, and he's done a wonderful job... Nice straight stitch on very difficult crocodile and perfect stitching on Louis Vuitton Vernis leather: Here are a few exotics that I ordered for myself... Besides being too light in color for my liking, this stuff (monitor lizard) has scales as hard as rocks and is very difficult to puncture, and impossible to make a straight line of holes for the stitching: Here's a bony croc also done by Aaron... Perfect stitch and a beautiful job... Had to sell as it was too small for me.. Got lost in the mail and now my PayPal account has a dispute hanging over it Here's a Horween shell cordovan in violet from Bruce... Shell cordovan is very fine horse hide and the quality from the makers of these fine straps is superb... Best you can get. Stick with BigB Bruce and Drew at Europelli and you can't go wrong: Here are a couple of OEMs... First, the ever elusive Tantalium OEM, or butterscotch, the next is Black Calf with 'Ecrue' stitch... calling it ivory would've been fine by me The quality is excellent, and you pay for it I must say although, that they aren't really anything over some of the aftermarket straps out there, but are simple and just plain made well... The quality is very consistent and you won't get a 'bad' one. Here's a Mario Paci Decima... The latest creation from the man himself... Beautiful leather, thick as a brick, smelly as a fine cigar, and beautifully supple... Hand made and just exudes quality... Big bickies for these, but well worth it IMHO: Here's a baseball glove strap from Drew at Europelli.... I can not say enough good about this man, from the quality of all his products to the service he is tops in my book... His prices are midrange, everything else is way beyond that. The baseball straps are some of my favourites, got a natural and a black... I have never worn a strap so soft And HERE's the strap that got V all hot and horny after seeing mine... He likes black on black, I like the black on tan. Jose (Jetan) from the Big Watch Boutique makes these as you wish, long or short, wide, narrow or tapered, you get what you want, but be prepared to wait. Great straps at a great price. I think this is one of the classiest out there IMO... Black Prada!!: And last, but surely not least, there are some here with great original ideas that can offer us some very cool stuff... Ideas by V, manufacturing by Aaron, two guys I consider my friends... My hat is off to you both All in all, you typically get good quality from the manufacturers, but a strap is a very personal thing, one man's strap is another man's rubbish (or vice versa or something like that) Sometimes you get less than what you thought, but you will live and learn, eventually I haven't seen too many 'really bad' straps out there, but there are some borderline.... Pick your dealer, then your strap... hmmmm, sounds familiar.

You say 6 'girls' in 8 months, and then you ask if 'women' like silk sheets... I suppose girls would like silk anything being used to flanel and walmart kiddy sheets There's a big difference between girls and women shady... Girls are easy to impress, one day you'll see that

But do we want to spend another 250+ for a new crystal? I will take a 212 AR coated when available And a 196 crystal AR coated And a 029 cruystal with correct cyclops AR coated And a 127 crystal AR coated

Oh my That's lovely ubi

Panerai on shell cordovan

That's a beautiful strap V... Wear it well

I would have gone home with the girls and taken care of the car in the mornin... But that's just me Some things can just wait It sucks that happened, but it could have been worse... Then again, maybe it was God's way of saving you from a night of pure bliss with a pair of transexual hookers Get the car fixed up, cheer up, and get your [censored] back to that club

Now THAT is a watch from God... thanks guys, I'm in :-)