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Someone suggested taking a Josh Daytona bracelet's clasp and endlinks, and attaching them to the links of a DW to make a good, rep solid-linker. Unfortunately, Josh doesn't sell the bracelet, or endlinks, separately anymore. Yukiwatch's 7205 has been coming soon for some time, and I imagine it will be priced like their 7206 i.e. ~$150. If the quality is similar, it'll be worth it, especially if it comes with good 71 endlinks. (It wouldn't make sense for Yuki to sell it with any other type of endlinks.) Otherwise, trim/bend DW's endlinks or buy genuine.

That rascally pencil sucked all the yellow out of your lume!

I love the contrast between the beautifully weathered dial and the pristine movement. Bigger than I could ever manage, though. Maybe you should wear it over your jacket?

Offshore, could you take a picture of this next to a regular watch? I look at your photo and all I can think is, "Wow! The money's really small in Australia!"

I'm a huge motorsports fan. Of course I know Le Mans!!! Just kidding, and welcome!

Still trying to get a good night shot of my LLD. The Longines lume is pretty weak, but the pattern is 80s arcade retro!

My Speedy and Longines Diver get the most wrist time. I love my reps, but I love those gens just that little bit more. That, and I want to get my money's worth! But these are the top 3 among my reps. The 6263's had a strong showing in 1Q10, I'm not wearing the Blancpain as much as I did last year, while the 1016's a constant companion:

Crown guards! Who needs 'em?! Great job by pbdad, and nice pickup by you! I can't wait to see your vintage DSSD.

One of the local eBay sellers (Philippines) sold a 1030 with DW for ~$2600 last month. I've spoken to people who vouch for the seller, but I've seen a couple of items that have left me uncertain.

freddy: Check out VDB's work-in-progress thread from earlier in the year.

You've outdone yourself, VDB. I can't wait to see more pictures of your Special.

Inspired by toomuchgear, here's my Fifty Fathoms on my weirdest Tropic strap:

Fantastic, jmb... That's really "something else"! Can't wait to see the finished article.

Lovely diver, and an exquisite choice of strap, avitt!

Hmm... If I can take advantage of their promo, I could get a return ticket to GZ on Cebu Pacific for ~USD90. Let's go pressure-tester shopping!

Going gen with the Longines:

Likewise, I've been wearing my Oyster Cosmograph far too often this past week!

Looks excellent! Hope you didn't have too much trouble resizing the bracelet.

I've never read about Speedmasters in relation to the X-15 program. The watches most associated with the X-15 are the Bulova Accutron Astronaut and Pete Knight's Rolex GMT Master. The GMT Master, incidentally, was one of several "unauthorized" watches worn in space by NASA astronauts, along with a Waltham chronograph and John Glenn's Heuer stopwatch. The last is why we have TAG-Heuer's carefully worded claim of "First Swiss Watchmaker in Space" (which gives me a mental image of some old guy with a loupe trying to service a movement in microgravity).

I think that was the lineup of watches in a later NASA test. The list I often see for the mid-60s tests is as follows: Elgin, Benrus, Hamilton, Mido, Lucien Piccard, Bulova, Rolex, Longines, Gruen, and Omega. However, I'm not sure about the source or accuracy of this information. What I do see mentioned often is that the finalists for the original test were the Speedmaster, and chronographs from Longines and Rolex. Apparently, the crystal popped out of the former, while the hands melted on the latter.

Thanks,red. It felt weird, at first, pairing a 50s-style diver with 70s mesh, but I got over it!

I'm not an expert, but that dial looks terrific. I hope you're thinking about engraving the caseback with the Pan Am meatball!

Blancpain meets Omega:

WOW!

Judging by how long it takes me to smooth out the sharp edges from my Rolex cases, I'd say that reshaping CGs would take a lot of time and a pile of emery boards.