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Whatever123

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  12. And Here She Is......Curves n all.......

    in Other Items

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    That's right, you can see the better quality instantly. I have a Olympus E-520 and I'm really satisfied with it - but I don't use it often enough... most of the time I'm lazy and use my small Panasonic Lumix instead. I don't even take the DSLR on holiday with me anymore, because I hate to carry it around all the time... :bangin:

  18. Review of Tag Heuer Carrera Day/Date 43mm

    in The Tag Heuer Area

    Posted

    Great review, thx!

    How are your bezel numbers aligned? Are the 60, 240, 120 and 80 perfectly aligned with the triangular markers at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock?

    The 240 is about 0,2mm off on my watch, the others are perfect. I looked around for gen pics and found several where the 120 marker seems to be a bit misaligned. Strangely, it's always the 120 on the gens.

    Cheers,

    W.

  21. I couldn't buy another canal rep

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    You're right, the problem is, they don't know the market. But it's common sense to get at least a bit informed before you buy something like a rep watch from a market dealer, or isn't it? It's a huge difference if you buy a rep for $40 or 150 euros, which is obviously totally overprized. But each to their own, doesn't mean you can't be happy with a buy, even if you paid way too much for it. Sure you can.

    I also had another experience on one of those markets: An old American lady approached one of the rep dealers and looked at a "bling bling" breitling rep. The dealer announced his 150 euros and the old lady answered "Look, I come here every year and I always buy a Breitling. For 10 years now. I never paid more than 40 euros." Everyone around had heard that of course and suddenly there was quite a lot of interest in the dealer's watches... He finally sold the Breitling for 40 euros - and I believe his show was over for the day. rofl.gif

    Cheers,

    Whatever.

    P.S.: I like your avatar...

  22. I couldn't buy another canal rep

    in General Discussion

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    The selling prices your dealer announced doesn't seem way too high for me. If that's his first offer, he will surely expect some haggling.

    In the mediterranen countries, the "beach ADs" (...) usually start with 120 to 150 euros for absolutely crappy reps that probably cost them about 10. I once offered 35 after his initial "150" and he looked at me like I was totally stupid... "It's automatic!"... oh, really? Gosh! rolleyes.gif Then he followed me around the market about half an hour, always reducing the price... 100... 80... 60... OK, come on, 50.... finally after half an hour: OK, OK, 35, you got it. Haha, so he's still making profit at 35, that's for sure. Dunno how many stupid tourists buy those crappy reps for 150 euros... black_eye.gif

  23. Getting tired of my reps... is it just me?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Whatever123

    OK, I've done a bit of consolidation... sold a couple, bought a new one (the sub), traded my UPO against a 42mm PO.

    I'm now left with the following reps:

    - WM9 V2 sub

    - GMT IIc

    - Little Hero PAM 111i

    - Tag Heuer Carrera

    - SMP 300 (Bond model)

    I'm pretty happy with those 5 and won't buy another one for some time. Instead I'm planning some upgrades for the existing ones (AR for the PO, new bezel and bracelet-endlinks for the SMP (maybe AR, too), the GMT IIc needs a date wheel fix, maybe the sub will need a cyclops fix...). So this will keep me occupied and I dont have to buy another watch! dirol.gif

    Cheers,

    Whatever

    Edit: Ups, I forgot the 42mm PO, because I haven't received it yet... so it's 6 reps than. So what... whistling.gif

  25. Cyclops slighly crooked

    in The Rolex Area

    Posted

    Adjusting the crystal is a piece of cake. It's just a matter of rotating the crystal either clockwise or counter-clockwise. But in order to do that, you need to remove the crystal ring:

    Thanks, ubi!

    I managed to rotate the crystal by about 1mm clockwise. I think it looks much better now, although it's still not perfect.

    Still a bit askew, but that last bit can only be changed by re-positioning the cyclops or getting a new crystal.

    I think I'll live with it for now... unsure.gif

    Cheers,

    Whatever

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