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My dad's GMT 1675 which is on a 78350 bracelet is wearing down the same way - he won't even where the watch anymore for fear of it dropping to the floor. The local Rolex service centers will replace the bracelet for a new Gen. for <$500...I don't know if they have the same deal with folded or riveted bracelets...

They usually go for about the same price or more...somebody is selling one right now with Gen hands (<$50 from ofrei) and re-lumed dial for $425. $318 for a new 4th Gen isn't bad....

But...if the beat of the movement is off, you'll still have trouble....and need to have it regulated with a timing maching

The watch is adjustable and there are some good guides out there. Many will say that is nearly impossible to do without a timing machine, but I have managed to get my reps within a couple of seconds per day (including my IWC 3717 that has the same movement as yours). Here is a great guide

Have fun with the Mac! Once you figure out the differences you'll really like it!

Wearing this: While awaiting parts for this:

Sweet!

THE BEST WILL IT BLEND EVER!

I can get it to drop a few bars which is kinda lame - but I am un-affected by it. I am an apple fan - but, they should have thought about that....

Is there anything else worthy of taking pictures???? Ok, there probably is, but, that's the first thing I thought of. It has released in the UK, same day as the US, Germany, France and Japan.

I have always like the crystal clanking noise of the SMS. But, my phone is on Vibrate 99% of the time...

I haven't noticed a compatibility issue with my devices yet (I have a car kit and a TomTom kit on it's way to me). Many times my 3G would give me an incompatibility warning when using my car kit, which I just told it to ignore, but I haven't seen it on the 4G yet. As for the signal issue - I did experiment with it and noticed that the bars did drop after holding it in the palm of my left hand, you have to have the bottom left corner of the device in the palm of your hand, with your palm making contact with two of the antennas to make the signal drop, but it definitely drops, which is a bad thing. Isn't an issue for me as I live in California and have to use a bluetooth anyways, and secondly because I am right handed and swear that I am going deaf in my left ear, so the device is always in my right hand while using it. There is another issue that has popped up, and I noticed it on mine when I got it. There are small spots of yellow on the screen, but they go away after using the phone for a day. It turns out that the adhesive Apple(Foxconn China) uses to adhere the panels of glass together didn't have enough time from manufacture to delivery to allow the adhesive the correct amount of time to evaporate. Once the phone warmed up and the evaporation completed the yellowing goes away completely.

Very cool feature. I've added mine

When I bought mine, I bought it from Andrew at TrustyTime. He may still be able to get them...

Jeesh!

Pre ordering was kinda of a pain. It took a several tries to finally get through, but I ended up with it a day earlier than release date so that makes me happy. The camera is going to be great!

My iPhone came in today and so far I am pretty happy. The camera is a big improvement. Here is my first pic

Welcome to the Club! There is a lot of information here!

Well said Red - I've played with Bracketing on my D60 - but it (like your D40) lacks AutoBracketing - so I had to set it at each shot - which gives a couple of seconds between each picture, which leaves time for objects to move and not align perfectly when putting the HDR together...

Hey OSRep - Exposure bracketing is a setting on your camera that shots a series of pictures with different exposures. So, you set your Camera up on a tripod pointed at some scenery, then with bracket turned on, compose your picture and shoot it - it will then take 3 (or more) pictures based on the exposure bracketing that you setup (Ex. -2ev 0ev +2ev, or underexposed (dark), correct exposure(just right), overexposed(too bright)) Then the HDR program Photomatix in this case with then combine the 3 images into one using the best features of each photo. As for manual mode (it can be very fun once you figure it out), I found a book called Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson. It does a great job of explaining how Aperture, Shutter Speed, and all the other variables come together to take a decent picture...

Red- Try shooting an image with real exposure bracketing on your D90 - you'll get even better results!

I've used Photomatix too and really like it's simplicity. I've done HDR with photoshop but found it too much work with lesser results than Photomatix. So to Photomatix

Thanks! I actually sourced one from somewhere else, so don't worry about spending too much time hunting it down! Thanks!

Just post in the WTB section or watch the sales thread. I was in the same predicament about a month or two ago, and that's the route I went. They do come up every so often...

The PO is a great choice! I built a franken 42mm, sold it when I won my Gen. Omega Speedmaster 3572.50, ended up missing it too much, and bought Ubi's franken. Now it's crystal is with Chief and I can't wait to get it back and on the wrist! Best of luck to all you waiting for the new model!