Jkay

Until the board revamp last month, there WAS a tool in the editor to quick-post photos to ImageShack during post editing. It's gone now, AFAIK. Let me add bayimg.com to the hosting site list .. free uncensored hosting.

Awesome .. now I understand why you are one of the top go-to modders in the Community

Well done! I will try this with some of my beaters.

Now see what you have done?! Don't post here!!

Yeah ... bring back topic bookmarking! Conversely, you could just bookmark a thread in your browser in a folder called Watches that you create in your bookmark bar.

Thanks! I see that just as I asked this, your polishing tutorial appeared.

BOGGLE

You mention polish .. what gear do you use to re-polish your watches to such perfection?

This is a beautiful watch ~ enjoy it, always

Ohhh!! I like that Congrats to you and to your Spa friend in Canada.

"the larger version" indeed. let me tell you something; I have been using the Internet since 1991. I have archived posts in Google Groups dating to 1994. I have seen everything. I am no longer easily impressed with photographs of beautiful women, and have not been for probably a decade. I am "naked lady jaded". The photos you have posted to this thread, however, interested me intensely and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. A thousand years of happiness upon you and your family <3

THAT's what got me looking .. Gio's photos of this model.

I checked with WM9 and I was wrong; he has the Roman numeral dial in black, not white .. and the presidential band model is crenelated not smooth bezel. Hm who was I thinking about in a silver face Roman dial DJ with white gold plated presidential band and smooth bezel ...

Enjoy it!

I love the Longines Master non-chrono .. it's simplicity and beautiful textured white dial ... Oooooooh ... Oooooooh

Sorry to hear this, but hopefully it's just a weak pin in the bracelet. I doubt those chunky Presidential band links broke

Enjoy! I have been thinking about this very watch, as well ... doesn't WM9 make these in white gold plate over SS?

About a week ago, I asked KB if there was access to Burberry women's trenchcoats. Today I see he's added a whole Burberry's trench SECTION to his Accessories area. This is the kind of positive interaction that speaks volumes about a merchant/person. Now to get my Wife to sit and choose ... Thank you, KB

thank you for sharing your aging secrets

Don't generalize my statements to indirectly support your case; Yes, I'd rather have a Super Rep at 1/10th the cost of the Gen, and send it off to a Community artisan for servicing, rather than a $900 "dip and swish" by apathetic minimum-wagers at a Rolex AD. This doesn't mean I am saying "gens are the same as reps". That would be an insane statement. There are brass monkey POS reps out there which stain your skin green and get freaky with your GF while you're at work. Gen watch companies want my business? Fine, then don't insult me with pricing that has a lot more to do with marketing than substance, and then hand me over to your dealership network which supplies substandard services for king's ransom prices. This is the reason I only bring my car to a trusted local mechanic. Audi/Porsche dealership burned the interior with a cigarette and refused to acknowledge it. By not replacing a $300 piece of trimwork, they screwed themselves out of $15k in service business. This is the mentality you get from luxury sales and service. This is what needs to end if they want my money.

I would certainly strike Patek right off your list of "well known brands" and replace it with Breitling here in the US. Also Omega is **very** iffy as far as recognizability as a luxury brand here. Omega has sold far too many quartz throw-away watches in the US in the past. I'd place Omega equal to Timex here .. LOL.

I wear my two reps in public and find that when I wear the Bell & Ross 01-94 I don't think about it as much, as no one knows what the hell B&R even is. My Grandparents asked me if my kids got it for me, and my co-workers actually asked the same. If people buy reps to "fool" others and "be who they aren't" then why are brands with little to no consumer recognition made and sold? I bought that watch because I thought it was beautiful, and couldn't reconcile paying a 50x mark-up for a Gen. It's a SQUARE made out of steel. It's not really worth anywhere near thousands of dollars. Yes I love it's form but why be robbed to get something I want? And yes, non-artisan Gen makers rob you. They bend you over a railing and fuck you while whispering sweet poetry into your ear, and then pass you along to their Dealership "roadies" for additional raping via shoddy servicing at astronomical prices. Is a true artisan-built watch like the Simplicity worth $600,000 USD? Perhaps. Perhaps not. You are paying for the lifetime of experience a true engraver/machinist/painter/jeweler brings to the table. That is NOT what you get from the maker of a stainless steel dive watch or aviator's watch like a Rolex tool model or a Breitling or a Graham. I love watches. I refuse to be the main character in an Emperor's New Clothes re-write. If I can buy something I love for 1/50 the price then hell yes, I will. It has nothing to do with pretending. This is a REAL watch. I wear it, it tells the time and it looks GREAT. The first thing I tell someone if they ask me about it is that it's a replica, and "can you believe it? it's solid and looks great" The next thing I tell them is how much the real one costs, and what a quality rep costs. The dawning light in their eyes is heart warming to me. I put it to YOU, danzeman, that as someone who only buys Gen that YOU are the one fooling yourself that you have anything better than I.

I thought Noobmariner meant it was from the Noobfactory, not that it was an entry-level bargain watch. But I am a noob, and am possibly quite mistaken. On the subject of the DSSDv5 ... I own one and it's amazing. I look at it every day and I've had it over a month. It's off to be serviced and modded soon with gen Luminova. Since you say you're new to the rep watch hobby, KNOW that Eurotimez' QC and photo operations ADD to the delivery time of your watch. Don't expect it until a month has passed from the order date. Be patient and don't freak out.

Thank you for your valuable input

This is an EASY one .. look at the Tag web site. The gen has the Tachymetre print on the CASE. Now look at any of the rep Collector web sites .. the rep has the Tachymetre on the DIAL. Look at the Tag part number on this picture. It exactly matches what the Seller on the Bay lists as his watch. This is a rep. The Tach is on the dial in the 'bay sale.