Charlie_B

I apologies. I didn't want to sound mean, I was just pointing out that to publicly humiliate the guy so aggressively because he mentioned your fake watch sounds rather harsh to me. The fact that you're his boss makes it even more demeaning for him. He might have been behaving like a tactless jerk but your retaliation revealed your own embarrassment as much as his shortcomings. Psychology lesson over. Sorry for winding you up. Have a nice day!

A great watch from one of the two best suppliers (currently waiting for Santa to arrive bearing my gift supplied by Trusty Andrew). Salivating already! Finding RWG at the end of 2009 was a real pleasure. I no longer feel like an embarrassed buyer doing shady deals in dark corners of the internet. I feel like I have a legitimate hobby shared by genuinely decent people who love fine watches but do not have the means to own a collect of 'gens'. Happy New Year!

It looks glorious! Except, and forgive me if this sound politically incorrect, it has a black face, not a white one! I like many black-faced watches but, to my eyes at least, they look best surrounded by black bezels (Sub-style).

Sorry for starting the chat in the wrong place - I'll know for next time! And thanks for your reply. Very helpful, I was reading your reviews earlier. The fact is, I really like the clean, elegant look of the Explorer II with the white dial. If I were to go for the a black dial, I might even be inclined to switch to the GMT II model instead. I also read a review on RWG which condemned the ETA 2834-2 (with GMT mechanism mod) as being very unreliable. Is this still the case? Is 'bklm1234' a distributor/supplier/watchmaker? I suppose that 'Executive Watches' (CQOut), 'Puretime' and 'Eurotimez' and not in the same league? Thanks again for your invaluable help! PS: what does 'Noob' and 'Franken-Explorer' refer to? ...sorry if I'm missing something basic here, the taxonomy is still a tad esoteric to me!

I am a TOTAL noob, but am keen to buy a top quality Explorer 2 (white dial) without making any hideous and naive mistakes. I have become fascinated, if a little bemused, by talk of CHS working better than WHS... ETA 2836-2 (with the GMT mod) being a disaster... Asian replica Rolex movements... the nuances of crown sizes and hour markets, etc, etc. What I really want to know is, where should I buy the best one? What should I look for and what should I expect? How much should it cost? (Oh, and is it likely to be reliable, or would I be better-off choosing something without a GMT hand?) FYI, until I found this site today, I was very close to ordering from 'Ken' at 'Executive Watches' on CQOut (http://www.cqout.com/item.asp?id=5975327). Any help would be gratefully received.