lanikai

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Congrats V !!!!! how's it "feel" ? Live Strong and Wear it Well V !! I wish you well !!.. after your first rep,.. now .... what's next ?????

Had the 5517 on Sunday The Roo for Monday

That is brave !!.. everyone will be cheering for ya R ...... Tango baby!! .. that would be sooo coool .. ok maybe start with the basic fox trot... I'm sure you'll be as .. Smoooth as Glass in no time.. Good Luck !!! .. have fun !!!

@iceberg..I really believe it was a lack of knowledge about the facts .. and was not done maliciously ... fyi .. "disabled" ... a few friends have been paralyzed .. through sports injuries .... they tell me .. they do not feel "hanicapped" if any term is to be used .. parking stalls etc. .. they would like it to be "disabled" and they are working through this "disability" .. they are adamant about this .. I cannot quote them verbatum, so I will not try and explain.. so that is jus why I alway's use that term .. out of respect for those that are.. Seal Hunters.. maybe we can ask Nanuq to organize the Polar Bears to go on a "Seal Hunter Hunt" .. that would be poetic justice... Now you will find a host of members that are dog lovers here.. anytime that we start talking "best friend" .. the pics alway's pour in ... I go through a huge bag of biscuts a week ... I have furry friends all over my business district that wait for me every morning ... I look forward to seeing each and everyone of them each day.. and get stressed when the real old ones aren't around for a few day's.. and relieved when I do see them again.. I'm a whoose .. when it comes to four legged friends..

Fo sure Ry .. discussion good to see ya ma man !!

OK.. not fat... "Fluffy"

shut the FU Hippie ... ooohhhmmmm Hey Ry ... that's "Vertically Challenged" peeps... Not bald but rather... Folically Challenged... not Fat... ok .. fat is fat..

That is correct E !!.. friendships are not to be broken over different opinions.. that goes for all on this thread... we can voice our passions and likes and dislikes .. such is life .. time for me to let this go.. I mainly posted the thread cause it was really haunting me in some way's .. I still feel the same about the poster and caption.. but it'll be easier to let it go now .. since I got out, how I feel about the issue.. Malama Pono.. R

Sorry E .. I still consider you a friend but was totally shocked at your attitude concerning this "issue".. I'm no boy Scout believe me.. not close to Gandhi's non-violent protest by any measure.. but I do draw the line at "humor" .. when using someones disability to make a joke is where I draw the line! If you feel justified with your "joke excuse" then that's your kuliana .. you ever think about how many people are affected in a "family" when your child is the brunt of a "joke" .. "but it was jus for fun" you might say.. you think his family would laugh and be grateful ? you ever think of their siblings who constantly hear growing up .. about their brother who is "different" .. I think if you had what others may call a burden you may feel diferently.. ever seen a "group" of boy's making a "joke" about your relative and not being able to do a thing about it ? .. and the "case mentioned by our friend lanikai".. has everything to do with common decency and not self righteous behaviour. @Pug.. jus because something is done over and over does not make it right .. there are force in numbers ... that also .. dosen't make it right .. and to all.. NO.. not jus because I have dealings with and have friends in which their gene chain was misspelled by one link making them "different" from others.. that's not it at all !!! One of them teaches me more about loving life than I can teach myself.. I guess for some it jus goes right OVER THE HEAD .... Jus cannot grasp the relavance of the issue at hand.. @iceberg.. no man.. I'm no angel ! .. if you only knew ... I hope one day you can experience what it is like to have someone with a disability "teach" you to respect yourself .. so you in turn can respect others .. cause respect is earned (imo) ... and until you give YOURSELF the respect that only you can "earn" .. then you may not understand what my issue with the poster is about.. and no.. not time for a group hug ... like I say .. I'm no boy Scout.. you'd probably get "false cracked" before you get a hug from me right now.. Sorry .. SOME JUS DON'T GET IT AND I GUESS NEVER WILL..(Hopefully someday you will)

I'm not trying to beat a dead horse with this post .. but yesterday I requested that a very (imo) derogatory poster of a child running a race be deleted.. and today it still haunts me.. it was not the picture of a kid running a race but rather the caption that blew me away !! and left me speechless for a while.. "Arguing on the internet is like winning a race ... but in the end .. your still retarded" .. and the only reason I am posting the caption is to illustrate without the pic what was posted yesterday... I am not "blaming" the member who posted it .. nor the comments made after my request and after the poster was taken down..... as this is all "water under the bridge" What troubles me is the way "we are headed" are we becoming so insensitive as to others because this is thought of as a "Virtual Community?" and things can be said with no "face to face" repercussions..? jus look at what damaged a "joke" cause to some (the main point of yesterday's thread) I've alway's thought of RWG as more than "virtual".... Remember a year ago.. members were noting that they were being PM'd and asked questions without any manners from the sender .. no hello .. or "thank you" for your time.. jus give me.. give me.. give me... I truly hope we are not evolving into a "Me .. Myself and I " ... All I have to say about that "Kid" running his race.. is..... for a second use you imagination (of which we have plenty) .. and imagine that child to be "Your" Son .... Nephew..... Brother .... how would you feel if you saw a pic of "your Son" with that caption on the internet ASK YOURSELF.. "How would that FEEL .. and believe me ... if that were your son.. you would love him jus the same .. maybe be even more protetive of his feelings.. .. yeah it's a unfair and vicious world we live in.. but it doesn't have to be.. For me .. I jus don't know anymore .. I can only hope .. or jus chill for awhile ... but this place is so special to me .. as a lot of others.. I can only hope Aloha~Cheers R

Polishing Cloth with solvents .. peotrolium by-products.. mineral spirits they can take out light scratches.. and bring a high gloss to polished surfaces .. makes certain brushed surfaces brighter .. removes tarnish on silver.. ACE hardware stores.. online.. be careful not to get it on AR coating .. it will strip the AR.. wear gloves .. can cause bad rashes ... rinse area polished before wearing..

I know in my heart iceberg is not being cruel in his mind.. it's just a lack of knowing these special kids and how they really love life .. they are truly innocent and God's gifts .. maybe in the future all will understand what it means to say... "But for the Grace of God there go I" Peace ..

To keep it simple the only bezels I am concerned with for replication would be the lot 102 and 105..the others may have differences as these may be replacement bezels when the timepieces were serviced by Rolex.. as mentioned the 102 would be original bezel used in the early 70's when the stick sweep was used.. and the appearance of the 105 would mean it was serviced and that particular bezel was put on as a replacement for the worn or damaged 102 bezel.. ergo the confusing differences...

why would you want to sell .. it's stunning WG !!!!!!1

nothing to do with IQ ... it only took a year to untie what seemed like a very contardicting puzzle to the 1655 .. at times I had to lay it down and empty the brain again.. but things started to come together with all the notes and "timeline".. but what took forever to surface was the faded GMT .. that was what made everything make sense .. together with the newer bezel font and "replacement" for older models.. if the older model still has the original bezel.. well you can figure out it's worth..because many have been replaced at the rolex service center.. at least now I can shelve all the notes and rough draft of the time line I was going to print.. yes .. the "tangerine" may be another "fade" to the original colour and the missing ball sweep lume may be jus that.. "missing" as that one looks like it was really "used" as a working timepiece for what it was originally intended.. edit add: .. take a look at the genuine pics of dirrerent bezel fonts... it all comes down to "magnification" of the pics.. the larger magnification of course looks like the font is larger.. so 102 and 105 are the ones to look at the others are jus the same fonts with more or less magnification in the fonts.. Good edited add ons btw..

thank you Toad for the great reference's.. If I did my homework correctly over the last year what I dug up was interesting .. the staight second hand had the orange GMT and the bezel font was jus a little thinner (or so it seemed), but it came down to weather it was a pic or drawing.. or it depended a lot on if the image was magnified and since I am trying to get the straight seconds custom made (no telling how long that will take) .. I decided to go with the correct details of the later model with the reddish-orange hand .. and the ball second hand .. I'm not using the rep ball sweep though I had one made that is more to the correct size ball. there was in fact a very small variance in the measurements.. 39-40 mm again, some believe it is from case @9 to crown.. while others say case to CG .. so assuming this is where the variance comes in ... 40mm seemed safe .. as it cannot get any bigger from case to crown.. what was interesting is that some genuine owners claim that their GMT hand was orange and faded to yellow with time.. this again made sense .. as I got "lost" in the variances in year and GMT colours.. so it was documented more than once that some of the yellow hands used to be orange as you can see the colour in your pics .. don't look pure yellow or pure orange.. the reddish-orange came in later models I believe.. so out of 4 bezels I sourced .. which all seemed correct depending on the hand sets and year .. the thicker font matches the reddish orange the best since this also is the correct second hand.. in accordance to the bezel and GMT colour.. Also, it seemed that the maker of the rep started out with the correct size GMT .. but for whatever reason used a bigger case and dial.. ergo the short GMT hand.. (jus my opinion btw) also a few of the genuine pics I found.. the smaller markers did not touch the case (rehaut).. I think this was in the earlier models.. some of the pics that DBR sent me last year .. looks exactly like the lume that Ziggy does.. actually Ziggy's is nicer as far as precision and detail .. but those dials weren't re-dialed so I am excited about that !!!! The genuine crystal (T-116) should fit the rep dial perfectly.. as the window is farther to the case .. more than the 1680 .. so the rep crystals .. not only the wrong magnification but to far off the edge.. there are some DW's that are silver and others that are white.. so both are correct.. the space between the CG's and the crown is very wide on the genuine.. so the case I have should work (hopefully) perfect.. the CG's jus need to come down to where the serations start on the crown.. A lot of the variances were not documented but after finding consistencies in genuine owners forums, jus different semantics .. it became clear that the reddish-orange GMT.. was the one to go with, (for me).. and until the reddish-orange ..gmt.. alot of the GMT hands that were confusing(orange or yellow) were jus faded colours.. that was verified in several forums.. that's why I got really confused with the yellow and orange GMT all around details.. so in time the reddish orange hand should fade to dark orange right ??? Edit to add: also the (lot 105) bezel font is the original.. the (lot 102) is also correct but is a newer bezel and also used to 'replace' damaged or older worn bezels when the 1655 is serviced by Rolex.. and also the consistency is with the thicker font in the bezel.. and since the reps were made with pics.. that would explain the ultra thin font on some of the rep models.. as lighting made a difference in what the font size "appeared" to be.. thanks again Toad !! R

Had this on for Friday ~

JG.. man.. don't be a Martyr without a cause... although all our views don't alway's agree .. dosen't mean ya gotta self destruct .. how did this issue become such a hot topic concerning RWG as a whole ? .. I for one thought of looking for facts.. but what for?? to drag someone through broken glass .. at the end of the day was anything corrupted in such a way that it is irreversible?? Now that everyone is aware of what may be happening .. why not let it go for now ?? It's fine to be a rebel .. but to be a rebel without a clue is a waste of energy ... Can we get back to watches or a resonable replication.. ehhh.. CB... Wad up .. how ya been...see things are still alive and well here.. Peace ~ L

I used to use my thumbs to unscrew the case back.. duc tape works .. now I have a rubber case back ball opener from ofrei.. there are tabs that hold the movement in place..and of course the crown stem removal.. there is a little button in line with the stem/crown .. with the stem in the winding position depress the button (really tiny) and gently pull out the crwon/stem.. after removing the screws and tabs (be careful these have a tendency to bounce into oblivion) .. now you are ready to drop the movement and clean the dia .. it woulod be nice to have some radico.. are you in Conus?? I could send you some if you like.. I ordered to much and have enough to spare.. let me know Vlad R

first off : CONGRATS BIG TIME Vlad !!!!!!!!!!!! nothing like recieving your first !! yeah I have a speck of lint on my dial I will have to remove also .. keep looking at it .. maybe you can "will it" gone.. regarding the rotor .. I lube the ball bearings in the rotor.. it really quiets it.. but in reatlity when you are wearing it you won't be shaking it to the point of hearing it.. and yes most Asian Auto Movements have some degree of "noise".. but it seems like the factories are servicing that on some models before they release it.. more now.. you are duty bound to post some pics.. even if it's with your camera phone.. Live Strong and Wear it Well .. my friend !!! Aloha~Cheers Lani

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there's a gilt GMT on the bay now.. I don't know it's authenticity though ...

No offense intended LS .. that is why when a post to another forum accusing them of whatever comes up.. and speaking for myself as a forum "member" I tell them to "take it where it belongs" I understand full well the ramifacations of false accusations and inuendoes .. conjecture etc. .. and when someone with "so called " information makes it their first post .. well, nuff said on that topic. Point being, I don't believe everything until validated by facts and those facts coroborated by the "powers that be" .. that is why it's important.. or rather "priority" to validate anything on the internet before things get out of hand.. when I posted it was not "my business" it ia a way of throwing water on someone "trying" to start a fire. ... the danger of someone not being who they claim to be is alway's huge .. (my paranoia) .. But thank you for bringing out the "point" .. this should be a lesson to all "members" to validate info before posts get out of control .. and brand someone or someplace as undesirable..been there myself