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I'll join you with a beer ubi

Great shots! I see you are managing quite nicely with your new Nikon!!! Oh....and the gen bezel looks primo!!!

You shoot many photos of 50 caliber bullets Toad?

That's what I was thinking. I have a very large diffuser tent at home, but for quick shots at work, this would be great! Nice a portable and the lights should be adequate for work. At least I won't have some mega-bright 500 watt bulbs emanating from underneath my office door!

Wow guys, this was a great read! Something fun and light hearted for my lunch break. Thanks!

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Congratulations R! Only 245 more for me!

So with the ST19 would it be beneficial to do the same mod as the moon watch? Freeze the hand at 6 o'clock?

Still wearing the FF21 today:

Wow.....yet another one to add to the list! I've always liked the Omega blue hands on the silver dial!

For those photo folks out there. The web site 1 Sale A Day has a lighting studio kit with two lights and a photo tent for $10.00 deal is only good for 24 hours.

Thanks B! Placed my order already! A nice rubber dive strap should be a perfect compliment for this one.

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I found this on TZ for testing what type of crystal you have. Based on the two tests, I have a sapphire crystal. I will try the acetone trick and I have an 800 degree F soldering iron if the acetone doesn't work. Hopefully the cyclops is not part of crystal as you mentioned! There are two fool-proof tests to differentiate a sapphire crystal from a mineral crystal: 1) the colour test - look at the edge of the crystal. A sapphire crystal will have a pinkish hue, a mineral crystal will have a greenish hue. 2) the water test - place large drops of water on the crystal, then tilt the watch and watch the water slide off. On the sapphire crystal, water will easily slide off - leaving small well-formed round globules of water on the surface. On the mineral crystal - most of the water will "stick" to the crystal and the drops of water will spread across the surface of the crystal to form a non-uniform "puddle" instead of sliding off. Try both tests on watches you know have sapphire crystals or mineral crystals and the results will become immediately apparent to you. Test number 1 doesn't always work if the edge of the crystal is not a clear polished finish (instead an opaque powder finish) - and can be confusing before a comparison test is performed.

Oh yeah, and the other issue is, I cannot for the life of me get the crystal off of the case. i have asked before about this, and everyone keeps saying I just need to push it out through the back. Movement is removed, bezel is removed (and bent in the process of removal - but that is all better now). Any other options for removal? Again this is a noob sub so there is no crystal retaining ring.

Thanks OS! Is there a quick and easy way to determine if the crystal is sapphire or not? I bought this used off of a member, so info is a little vague. Does the noobmariner traditionally come with a sapphire crystal?

+1 on the 14060. I think it is a nice classy piece and since there aren't many (if at all) reps of that one, it is less likely to be thought of as a fake. And it will be something different from your already impressive sub collection.

Intel only. You will have to research about the i7 processor. I am sure there is some brilliant hacker out there that has figured out a way to make it work!

Here's a quick lume shot. Picture taken at F 2.8 and 1 second:

I would like to do some mods to my submariner. I have a noob project watch that I want to try a couple of experiments on. (Details to come at a later date - I don't want to spoil it yet ) So I need to do two modifications to the watch before I can proceed. The first is to remove the cyclops from the crystal. Can someone give me some direction on the best way to do this without killing the crystal? Second modification will involve removing the tube from the case. Since it is a noob case, it doesn't have the nice torx like key that the gen has. How do I remove the tube? Any suggestions?

Charge it outside in the sun and it is pretty good. Typical rep lume though. Doesn't last very long. I'll try and snap a quick pick now while the sun's still out

Wasn't sure which w/c thread we were posting in. Seems to be two. Anyways, wearing my newly acquired Blancpain FF21 from Ubi. Love it!

Let's try this again! Any other SoCal members interested in a GTG, so far we have two members plus myself. We had like 8 or 10 the last time! Where is everyone?

Wow TJ, I am surprised! I thought for sure this would be right up your alley! I do like the color aging is super cool though! I would agree that the damage is a little too much!

Hi folks, Just got this in today from Ubi and I must say, it is outstanding! Like Lani's review, although it is a little thick, it sits quite nicely on the wrist and is comparable to the sub in many ways. It is such a simple design that just stands out! I cannot say enough about this beauty! On to some pics: And of course, a wrist shot: Thanks again Ubi for the super fast shipment!