Kaneda

Thanks for the words of encouragement.. I think I'll be fine, Josh has a way of taking care of people.

So I wake up this morning and get ready to head out.. I open my watch box to retrieve my new PAM203 only to discover.... That's right.. the crystal was split in half.. I figure when it was manufactured the crystal was pressed into the watch case too hard and it has cracked under the pressure.. There's still a ring of sapphire in the bezel hole on the watch.. Has anyone else had this happen before? I have contacted my dealer to see what they can do for me.. It's a shame.. I was planning on wearing it today -Kaneda

Thanks to this forum and some digging I came across this page http://www.citizen.co.jp/miyota_mvt/downlo..._OS20_multi.pdf I have a PO Chronograph and the second hand wouldn't return to midnight when I reset it. It turns out with miyota movements apparently you just have to pull the crown out to the time set position and then push the chrono start pusher a few times to get the hand to line up. Bonus! -Kaneda

If you indeed have the 7750 movement in it, it's automatic. It should wind on your wrist as you wear it.. I've seen most of my auto reps have a power reserve somewhere around 40 hours.. so.. it should keep running through the weekend after wearing it on friday.. and it shouldn't stop at all during the week.. maybe something is wrong with your auto-winding-assemby... ? once it stops can you get it going just by moving it around a bunch? if not.. probably wanna have it looked at by a watchsmith.. -kaneda

Its the 21J. I wanted to jump in.. but not with both feet Next time it will be the handwind mov't. -Kaneda

I know it's the oversized version.. what I mean is I want an OVER Oversized version so then, anyone know of any watches that are greater than 47mm? I want custom freakshow pams that are 52mm.. -Kaneda

Hehe, that's how I went home from work today.. with both watches on.. and three in the bag.. (I received several more I just haven't photographed them yet..) I love the panerai... I just wish they made an 'oversized' version.. something like 52mm The 47 fits my wrist beautifully.. though..

My new watches just arrived in the post today one from Josh and one from Andrew. Both are beautiful.... Here's some photos -Kaneda

Where did you acquire the strap for your 177? I want one that is that thick I have a 203 on the way.. -Kaneda

Perhaps an oversized version of the Railmaster? 49mm across... -Kaneda

Read The Zigmeister's teardown of the new movement... http://www.replicawatchreport.com/articles...e-eta-7750.html It's better than the 7750 for reliability supposedly and it's beat is faster... -Kaneda

By the way Ubiquitous, I have some vintage timex watches as well Two Hand wind and Two automatic.. All are from the 60s/70s... -Kaneda

RE: the watch on the bottom left, It is indeed the timex perpetual day/date. RE: the mickey mouse watch, It was my grandfather's watch. It's an 18k gold case and the movement is swiss hand wind. Other than that I can tell you it ticks really loud and sounds very cool. RE: the box itself, I got it off of a guy named Andrew on ebay (his user ID is AceTimer). His store is at http://stores.ebay.ca/AceTimer Shipping was pretty darn fast, 7 days in total. Took more time clearing canada customs than it did in transit. The finish on the box is great, the interior is some kind of pleather.. It feels really nice, the pillows of course are removable.. I keep all my spare links in the little storage dealy on the lid. -Kaneda

I just got my watch box in the mail and filled it with what I had laying around It's a nice little piece.. I can't wait to see if my new pam from josh fits in it Here are some photos: -Kaneda