Edge

I think you will find that the correct spelling of tachmetre is with the -re not the -er as in the US with the bastardised english. All European Panerai's have the CORRECT spelling of tachymetre, how do I know, I'm looking at the catalogue. So please don't worry about that it is not an innaccuracy merely someone actually taking the time to spell correctly instead of translating into UMERICUN.

These special features that make the minolta so much better are avaiable on my Nikon. I usually shoot in raw but on occassion to save time and effort if it is just quick shot for the forum, I stick to JPEG. All in all the Nikon is a great camera which is portable and gives a great amount of choice to the user in it's settings and set up. I would recommend it to anyone, however, I have not use said minolta so aybe it's more appropriate, I don't now. At the end of the day I agree that the user is the most impotant contributory factor, and pretty much any of the cams mentioned will allow for excellent shots.

My vote is with many on this. The ENTIRE submersible thing is absolutley disgusting it looks like a fu**ed up attempt at a duplo watch, horrible. Also the contrasting dial/subdial thing is also disgusting whether they happen to be white or silver, I don't like it, Black subdials on a black watch for me. And the ferrari range is god awful.

For someone as serious as you about picture taking, I would personally highly recommend the Nikon D200 as I have had many cameras but none have been as immediately impressive as the D200. It is essentially as completely proffessional camera but with a semi-pro price tag, hence the reason Canon are absolutely bricking it as it is comfortably better than their offerings in that price range and is blowing them out the water. If you have any questions or that just ask, PM or Mail me and I will do my best for you, as I have my D200 sitting next to me on my desk. Fantastic Piece.

@All Thank you so much for all the kind words, and I truely hope to be back up and posting regularly as soon as I can but for the forseeable future I will be much reserved. I must add that my last major contribution before stepping right off will be a complete write up of the PoM watch, as a thank you to the mods/admin for setting this up and also as a thank you to Paul for very generously donating the watch as a prize. I will be writing a full review with lots of pics for y'all, before taking a back seat completely, my input will be reduced before then but I am just leting you know that a review is in the pipeline lol. Chris

Croen guards seen a little to big and the datemag looks a touch too weak, apart from that looks good, and these faults may just be due to lighting/pics. I say good rep.

Dear Members, I am not one to say big goodbyes but here goes. I am taking very much a back seat from the replica forums for the time being. I am having some serious legal issues that I need to attend to and it is with great sadness that I am forced to distance myself from the forums. I will not be gone completely, I will still check in maybe once and week/fortnight. However my participation will be greatly reduced. I will not be selling any more items for the forseeable future, please do not contact me looing for items. All requests should go to coda1210@aol.com as he is a VERY trustworthy and reliable source who I am very good friends with. All current orders will of course be honoured and any work I am doing completed. Please do not ask me to take on any new works/orders your requests will likely be ignored. It is with great sadness that I am taking this step but there is no other solution at this time, I must do my best to protect the community and the membership from any ill fortune. The good of the community comes first as it is much needed to protect the many innocent watch enthusiasts who may be burned. I hope that in my time here as a regular poster I have contributed some information of value to you and that you will continue to benefit from some of the topics I have written or been a part of. I am not taking my ball and going home, all of my informational pieces will remain here, as I am only stepping back to try and help the membership, so taking my info with me is rediculous and benefits noone. I am sorry for the long spiel but I a actually quite emotional whilst writing this as I have come to call a lot of you friends, I will be here for any chats that my friends want to have. As I say I'll be here internitantly just to check in and make sure y'al are doing well. I hope to be back to regular contributions reasonably soon, but I have major issues to deal with before this will be even remotely possible. I look forward to seeing you all again soon, and friends please do contact me if you need anything I will endeavour to help in any way I can, I will always be available via PM or email. Chris

She is SOOOOOOO HOT, glad that she is all mine, none of you can have her. @ALL Thanks again guys your kind words mean so much to me and I am glad to be a part of this fantastic community. Chris

Well what do you know, I go away for 5 days on International Duty and come back to find this. I cannot thank you guys enough for all of your support and for voting to make me the first PoM winner. I am lost for words to convey my gratitude for this accolade and I would like to hint that something is in the works to make this a truely special award. Thanks for all of the kind words I truely hope that you enjoyed the posts as they were meant as educational tools for our new members and if they serve their purpose then that is all the thanks I need. Thanks Again!! Chris

I knew my pizza money was bein misused.......

Personally I LIKE IT!! There are very few Omega's that I really like but the olympic range I really do like a lot, maybe it's the athlete in me, maybe it's the prestige of the Olympic rings, maybe I'm blind, I don't care they are lovely to me. Chris

Count me in mate. Chris

Randy, As you know I amn't a Daytona guy, but yours is definately growing on me. Thanks so much for your excellent write up and most of all I hope that you truely enjoy the watch, as you have put so much into it. I am humbled to have been a part of this journey and truely glad to call you a friend. Enjoy the piece, I know you love it, and say hi to the family for me. Chris

Very Very nice watch. Love it. Now you need a new pearl for that insert. Edge!

Yeh it is indeed. It's for the new movement type Daytona 116520 as you say, but just thought I'd stick it up for some eyecandy lol.

The bits really aren't the problem I don't think. But getting some bits from you would be fantastic. I am having trouble even getting it started with the Dremel it only goes as low as 10000 rpm and I think it's just too fast. I tried the smaller bit first technique that had been mentioned to me befor by yourself and a couple of others, but it just snapped clean off.

You mean if it's like mine....

Can anyone recommend a drill for doing this work that isn't too epensive?? Thanks for all the suggestions and help.

Guys I have been having some problems and am now seeking your advice. What do you use to drill your lugs. I have a dremel multipro and the drill bits recommended to me by Dave (Thanks Dave). However now to the problem, I keep fu**ing breaking drill bits. Get nowhere into the drilling and I break the bit clean off. I mean we are talking seconds, what the hell am I doing wrong?? ALL SUGGESTIONS WELCOME, including that I am just incompetant lol.

The dial I have is Black and comes complete with hands. It's beautifull but I just can't get over how nice your watch looks mate. I personally amn't a Daytona kinda guy bu yours is a very nice example in which you have invested a lot of time and effort, so Kudos.

There are many unwanted side effects as a result of Viagra administration, most of which are based upon the vasodilation that Sevo mentioned. It is a rection to the drug at Ach receptors and stimulation of such, there are many variances depending on your own body. Some people it just simply doesn't work for. There are many natural substances that stimulate receptors to give the desired result and Viagra is merely a pharmaceutical alternative to these. We once went to a Wedding Reception before which one of our party had been given Viagra, we were running a book on at what time he would get wood lol. It started off as just our little group however quickly turned into all of the party and then he had girls who had bet, trying to induce said wood lol. Very good night, and in the end nothing happened, probably due to the copious amounts of alcohol consumed, which can negate the effects of viagra by acting as a vasoconstrictor. He still ahd a great night, he got all the women coming up and writhing on him and trying to win the bet lol. The kitty was spent on more beverages lol. As for rep drugs they are not good at all. They in many cases do much more harm than good, having no pharmacological effect whatsoever, or worse still having detremental effects on the human body, posing even more health problems for the patient. As an aside it is technically NOT possible to overdose on Paracetamol. I keep seeing articles in which people have apparantly Overdosed on Pain Killers (paracetamol) this is NOT possible. Paracetamol if taken in excess is not toxic, however if injested with alcohol is extremely harfull to the liver. It is not an immediate problem as there is no toxic overdose and hence people do not die immediately as in many other toxicity related overdoses. They instead die a slow and extremely painfull death as their body simply shuts down bit by bit, after the liver fails. It is in fact this liver failure that kills you and not inherant toxicity related effects. Just an aside on something that I find a touch annoying as a misrepresention. Anyway that's the end of my pharmacological rant, sorry for the spiel.

All I wanna see is England play the best game they can, and still get beat, no controversy, no excuses, just that they are beaten by a better team. Maybe then the madia will shut the F**K up?? Can't wait to see Brasil, and it never seems like the WC starts until we get past the games in which there are still SH*TE teams playing. The WC has gone too PC for me, Angola, Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago make a mockery of the WC IMHO. I understand that we have to try and keep it fair but there should just be a qualifying tournament from which the top 32 teams in the world regardless of geographical location are represented in the WC, whether that be 25 teams from europe or not it shouldn't matter. The olympics is the competition in which the mantra is inclusion regardless of ability, NOT the WC, it's meant to be the top 32 in the world and it's not unfortunately. This is not sour grapes for Scotland not qualifying cos we could make it the top 45 and Scotland still wouldn't have qualified cos we are [censored]!! Perfect example, the 4th and 5th officials in the england game were from Benine and Rwanda respectiveley. What quality football is played in Rwanda, they polly still play on dry mud, and let's be honest they have never produced anything in the footballing world. And Benine.......well first off, where the FU*K is Benine??................nuff said

M&S tho, it'll last for Millenia, guaranteed!! Shame it's fugly.

Very very nice Randy. Shame you didn't hold out lol, I have a genuine dial now HAHAHAHA!!! and hands HAHAHAH!!! Beautifull watch mate, and I am glad that the movement went to someone who I know will love it and cherish it. Chris

Gerrard is a quality playe and no-one is denying that. Frank Lampard has won Fans Player of the Year and last years Sports Writers Player of the Year, and of course second only to ronaldinho in FIFA WORLD, yes WORLD not english Player of the year. Lampard is simply awesome, he can do everything, I think you'll find that he was 5th top goalscorer in the league last year, not bad for a midfielder, and in fact scored as many, and actually more than the England front line did last season, quality strikeforce. So this would be the same Lampard that can't lead from the front and make a game of it, who scored all these goals then. You watched the game against Paraguay, apart from that aborsionate goal that England scored the only decent attepmts at goal were the ones that Lampard fashioned for himself. Don't get me wrong Gerrard is quality and a real MUST in any side but there is NO WAY that you can justify dropping Lampard, which was your original point. So basically your rational is that Gerrard is a better tackler than Lampard. You want to see a defensive midfielder play INSTEAD of Lampard, and move Gerrard further forward. Now let's see, Lampard 16 goals last season in the premiership, and Gerrard is a better option at attacking midfield?? I think not. So maybe if you think that there is a need for a more out in out defensive midfielder, then they should drop one of Gerrard or Lampard...... OK so given the decision, would you : A - Want someone who can tackle or B - Want some one who scores GOALS!! To be your out in out attacking midfielder......NO BRAINER!!! If you HAD to drop either, and I am not advocating that whatsoever, cos for me they'd both play, then the OBVIOUS choice is to drop Gerrard not Lampard.