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Ah! Now I realize! I always wondered why American women seemed so ossessively inclined to shave. Now I have my answer!

Nice story. Then, why looking for a rep? Wearing just a plastic quartz (or nothing at all) when you go in such risky areas would not be effective enough in protecting your precious pieces?

I have to say... I can't decide between my 090 and my 028 w/2892A2! About the 090, I simply seem unable to love its face... or maybe its yellowish lume color... but it gets almost no wrist time, actually. About the 028, apart from its cost, and all the crazy modding it needed (true PVD, relume, crown [which I am still waiting for], cyclops [which turned out too strong on this model because of the 2892A2 small 2nd date lens], etc.), I am quite [censored] with the very 2892A2. It needs a lot of wrist movement to keep a decent power reserve -- much more than, e.g., my $108-Asian-21J PAM 104. Thanks God there is the PR gauge to help -- but even it does not work so nicely as supposed on a 2892A2: when the watch stops, the PR hand is still pointing well over 0 (almost to 10, actually). With all those moddings I already spent more than 1000 USD on this watch (watch included), and it still is way way less than perfect. Oh well, maybe that with a new cyclops and the Palp's PVD crown (if ever) I'll became a little less critic on it... But then, there will always be that "OFFICNE PANERAI" mark bothering me inside. Bah!

Great post, V! I learnt a lot. Thanks!

Well, Narikaa is not so expensive, is he?

Really amazing! Can't wait for your tutorial.

No problem You are welcome

It is an easy and economic task with any brushing pen (properly used). You may find some on eBay, e.g. HERE.

Very clear and informative post, vaccum, thanks! Just one additional hint for the noob: clean well the crystal before testing.

You may want to have a look here. And here.

Great, chief!

Just stumbled upon this report about a Sotheby's Panerai auction taken on 6th Oct 2006 in Hong Kong. To anyone interested, there are some nice shots (of new models too) and some crazy prices. LINK

Sacred words

Yes.

Well, 1800 minutes are 30 hours! Personally I keep doubts about it. Possibly they are referring to a perfect eye after a 30 hours accustoming in complete darkness. And 'perceivable by the human eye' is a completely different matter from 'perceivable by the man'. Human photosensitive molecules in the retina may react to a single photon while the owner stays completely unaware about it. Please let us know what you will find, I am very interested.

That is a insult to poverty. At that price that strap should be made of pussy skin -- and of a rare one too.

Man! Thanks God, as the caseback was threaded I think it is just a defective, flawed case -- not a first exemplar of a new type of case & caseback.

Does "um" stand for microns? If so, an exceptionally fine powder! Main doubts on such a fine powder are obviously on how long its glow lasts. Let us know what you will find.

Thanks, jdkno!

Great watch! Congrats, wear it well! :thumbsupsmileyanim: Out of joke, not so bad after all for that price. The crown and caseback are major flaws, but the rest looks decent, CG included. Isn't the movement the ubiquitary Asian 21J, copy of the Miyota 8215?

Ladies and Gentlemen, Done. Jimmy agreed on 30 pieces @ 150+18 USD and I just paypalled him. As soon as I receive the crystals I'll post it here and I'll advice you individually via PM. It might be a good idea to give me your email address (via email or PM), just in case RWG will be offline at that time. Thanks all, I think we made a deal.

I too started with a marble mortar+pestal, and ended up with a glass bottle or jar rolling on a (thick ) glass plate.

Good work, olga! I used ReadySetGlo/GlowPaintPro powders, and they are way too coarse too. Crushing/milling them helped. Tom, you may easily find oilers on eBay.

Do you mean rep generation, kruzer? As for gen, according to my catalogues there has been only the 'I' generation (2006) so far...

In the gen, the bezel has polished edges (hard to tell from your pics but they seem brushed).