alt.watch.obsessive

Search for Saphir products from France. The reason shoe care with Kiwi or the other commonly available waxes/polishes never looks very good is the quality of the product. You want the renovator and a colored cream. Make sure it matches, because it has lots of dye. Even simple techniques (wipe with damp cloth, renovator, brush, cream, brush) produce fairly good results.

The midsize Ford (Focus I assume) is fairly good looking in the flesh.

I've been stuck at home with a new baby this winter...great in every way except for skiing. I floated the idea with the wife once and it did not go over well. On a watch related note, I also ski with a gen 5513. Not quite as nice.

I would love to approach life with the seller's level of optimism!

The problem is if your max is $475 and it goes for $476. You were essentially willing to pay the price but you didn't win. Sniping doesn't fix everything, but it prevents other bidders from stretching once they see you have outbid them. Highly recommended.

I feel like someone kicked me in the head hard enough to knock the acid tablet out of my eye and then I looked at a vintage Panerai.

I think I'm down for one of these as well. Bit nervous about the "caseback will be engraved as per gen" -- lots to potentially spell wrong ;-).

"I was shopping at Whole Foods and saw many backpfeifengesicht." I've been told that the Koreans have a word for a woman who lets herself go after having kids.

I think there is a significant chance that the Mayans merely made a slight error in their calculations: https://m.orderforeverlazy.com/ We may not be off the hook yet.

If you know how to remove and then reinsert the winding stem, it should be straightforward. Watch the paint on the hand when you pick it up with your tweezers since the rep hands can chip easily. Hopefully there is nothing wrong with the hand and it was just the fall.

Please put some effort into your posts.

I put basically this same thing together (although with a 201/A case back), sold it, and I want it back to!

Forum collectively thinking: How do I get those speckles when I age my insert? Lovely condition.

Damn, that was *ucking funny. Of course, the phone book on xtranormal is pretty funny. Is the transcript of the jetmid thread still available?

Can we vote for irate03 as poaster of the month. I'm enjoying all the old 1016 bumps (seriously)!

Unfortunately, this will get rid of the TRL as well.

Nice. But I think to really understand the brand one has to more or less fully separate vintage from contemporary. More than just coming to realize that a Rolex is a nice quality watch as the article describes, the appreciation that it was pretty far ahead of its peers in the 50s and 60s as a tool watch is important for reaching the third stage. Watches like the day-date that never held this sort of position are not on many collectors' wrists.

Lovely. Great pieces like this make projects worthwhile.

Andrew has pics of the JLC Navy Seals up. Thoughts? Edit:

Hi all, Any word on the current state of the art in vintage rolex datewheels? Thanks!

Jaeger 'cause it has that video that lets you know how to pronounce the friggin name

You've just committed yourself to a side-by-side comparison when the BK arrives

You're only supposed to use it once.

+1 on the crown. Excellent piece Lani!

The problem with the era argument is that the era started in 1997. On a serious note, the Porto was big to provide accuracy similar to a marine chronograph IIRC. I'm guessing the Pam was big to be more watertight and because the movement was cheaper (I'm basing this on the "submarine" that accompanied the watch ). Many modern day complicated wristwatches are necessarily quite large. The problem with most large watches is they are big for no reason other than fashion. Especially when watches like the SD suddenly "need" to be bigger. I'm feeling quite sharp wearing my small vintage pieces with suits these days. Disclosure: Wearing a gen 112 as I type.