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Wearing my standard AP Royal Oak 15300 today, and it may the only watch I'll see for some time after tomorrow.

Well, we heard closing arguments today, and tomorrow, the big day comes after 2 months of waiting. Today, we heard from the defense that we should acquit them on all charges, as they called the scientific evidence flawed, and a large series of conincidences, we were also told to remind ourselves that if we convict both of them, we would be ruining 2 young lives, by jailing them forever, and that they would be better off in society. Also the defense mentioned that the 2 men faced constant racial harassment from polic officers. The prosecutors then reminded us that we recieved testimony from experts in the field, not some random person on the street, and we should let our common sense accept the scientific evidence and convict both of them, and that these 2 men commit a cold, callous murder and should be locked away. Tomorrow- we begin our decision after hearing the judges instruction on the law, and what we need to consider.

Watches that I've owned that come to mind: JLC Master Compressor Dualmatic JLC Master Control Hometime Omega GMTs And to an extent, the Ulysse Nardin GMT+/-, which has a window display for hometime

A refreshing, lighthearted way to view it, LOL.

Probably my worst experience was the time I was coming back to Toronto from Hong Kong through LAX on my British passport early in 2005, and was detained for over 12 hours on the basis my British passport was counterfeit, and the immigration officers kept asking me which part of China I came from, how much I paid for the passport, and how I much I paid to get to the US, since they said that it was impossible that I was a British citizen, which infuriated me. After 12 hours of harassment, and my constant protests that I was not an illegal immgirant, they finally let me through, after the British consulate in LAX verified the passport for them, but not before stamping a "Cancelled" stamp on every page and cutting the corners off on the passport, rendering my British passport absolutely useless. Thank god I had my Canadian passport on me as well, or I would have been screwed.

Last time I was in Melbourne, I was there only for a day, sadly I may be moving sometime later this year, as my boss has hinted to me that I will part of 5 people who will be laid off soon, I'm seriously considering moving to Vancouver or London, England again.

Flipping through an old British passport I found today I left these out : Vietnam- Spring 1997 Burma/Myanmar- Spring 1997 Brunei- Winter 1997 Japan- Multiple Times (4 or 5 times in the last 10 years) Oman- Summer 1995 Egypt- Summer 1995 Jordan- Summer 1995 Morocco- Summer 1995 Guam- Summer 1996 Philippines- Winter 1996 Turkey- Summer 1994 Greece- Summer 1994 Also left these out: Finland- Summer 2002 Sweden- Summer 2002 Norway- Summer 2002 Denmark- Summer 2002

The letter series in Panerais pretty much pertain to the year or years of manufacture of the watch, H would be around 2005, E would be around 2002 I would assume, but don't quote me on that. The difference is, that the H series watches movements have Cote de Geneve finish on the bridges, while earlier series al have the engraved "Panerai Panerai Panerai" bridges. The blue screws for the cog wheels is indeed a mistake, and should not be there. There is also a difference in some H models, some H model PAMs now have sandwich dials, as opposed to earlier models, models like 176, 177, 111 come to mind. There is no H series Fiddy, btw, since it was a limited edition of the E series.

Thank you for explaining this clearly to other people, there just seems to be too much of a common misconception that GMT watches have a 24 hour adjustable hand, which would be a totally useless feature for adjusting timezones. True GMT watches should be able to have the hour hand move backwards and forwards, without affecting the other hand, which is used as the hometime, and the date should also move forward or backward when the hour hand is moved, since some timezones require this, such as Toronto-Hong Kong where you move 12 hours ahead.

What countries have you been to? Me: Australia- Winter 2003 New Zealand- Winter 2003 England- 2000-2001 (Lived in London for one year) Ireland- Early 2001 Scotland- Early 2001 France- Late 2005 and Summer 2002 Germany- Summer 2002 Netherlands- Summer 2002 Belgium- Summer 2002 Italy- Summer 2002 Spain- Summer 2002 Portugal- Summer 2002 Switzerland- Summer 2002 United States- Countless times China- Multiple Times Macau- Multiple Times Hong Kong- Lived for many years of my life, until the late 90s, returned for many visits Singapore- Born here, lived for a short time, but return for visits frequently too Malaysia- Multiple Times Taiwan- Winter 2004 Indonesia- Summer 1997 Thailand- Summer 2005 South Africa- Summer 1999 South Korea- Summer 2005 Brazil- Spring 2004 Argentina- Spring 2004 United Arab Emirates- Spring 2005 India- Spring 1998 Russia- Summer 1997 (Stayed for 3 months) That's about it, maybe left 1 or 2 out.

What the hell is going on here?????????

I'm starting to get sick of all the problems with reps, almost 70% of my reps have problems with them, whether the movement is functioning weird, the watch doesn't work, or something else is broken. The quality is excellent for the price, but just not "there", it's missing that special touch IMO. But nonetheless, I still find it quite fun and satisfying modding the reps and so forth. I am at the same time, searching for what my true grail watch is, as even I am not sure. Having said that, I find it absolutely absurd that I had to spend in excess of $500 to refinish my AP Royal Oak Chronograph.

Put me down for 1- Confirmed. Will pp at any time.

This guy is awesome for genuine dials, I got the genuine dial for my T3 project from him. He has some dials of very rare editions, unfortunately, some are damaged. He even has a dial for the AP Jumbo Italia, a series of 50 pieces, pity it's damaged, or I would be all over it like stink on [censored]

Look, I said that we need to be completely sealed off from contact with the outside world. No social interactions with other people, other than the 11 other people on the jury, until we can come up with a verdict for all of the charges. It doesn't mean the hotel has no internet access, we just can't use it and the TVs are also barred from use too. The complexity of this case is because it involves 2 defendants. We must determine the guilt of each person, what their role was, and this is the part that will be very hard to decide.

Probably the most heart wrenching thing about this whole trial is wer had to review 2 hours ro so worth or the crime scene tapings, and more than 100 photos of the scene, the victim and such. It was so incredibly disturbing, many of us had to ask to be excused for 10 or 15 minutes to cope with what we all saw on the computer screens. What made matters worse was the defendants laughed as the photos were presented by the Crown attorney, and watching the victim's family, who I think include her husband, daughter, parents, siblings sitting in the spectators gallery crying as the photos were presented, the testimony by pathologists, EMS workers, police officers and investigators. What was even more heart wrenching was hearing the victim impact statement from her daughter, husband, mother and father. As for sentences, if we convict them, we don't have to make any recommendations for sentencing in first degree murder, as they recieve an automatic life sentence if we find them guilty.

Miraculously, the 1 year old survived with 1 wound to the leg and 1 wound to the arm, and it was a heartbreaker to watch her husband with the child, who I would assume is 7 years old, they have been sitting in the front row of the court, right beside the jury box, since the day jury selection began, all the way to the end. That is where the attempted murder charge stems from.

Here's some of the evidence that was presented at the trial over the past 2 months (Yes, I'm allowed to say what evidence, just cannot name the defendants): - Fingerprints of both of the accused on the doorway of the victim's house - Footprints in the snow on the lawn of the house - DNA, skin cells found on the fingernails of the victim, with a 1 in 180 million probability of error to one of the defendants - Blood drops of two of the defendants found over a bathroom sink, with a probability of error 1 in 6 billion for one defendant, 1 in 660 billion for the other defendant - Fingerprints of one of the defendants on the blood stained murder weapon, a carving knife, with all of the 42 wounds on the victim matching the knife. - Semen found on the underwear of the victim, matching both of the defendants - A knife cover found on one of the defendants, containing the victims DNA with a match of 1 in 5 million error. - Jewellery containing the victims DNA found in both of the defendant's home - Blood stained jeans containing victim's DNA found at one of the defendant's homes - Defense wounds discovered on both of the defendants arms at the time of arrest - Victims ATM card found on one of the defendants - Video Surveillance showing both of the defendants at a convenience store 1 street away at the approximate time of the murder - Stab wounds on the victim's 1 year old child match the knife

No, I think the other charges are far more disgusting, given what we have seen so far at the trial, the circumstances, the acts committed, the crime scene they left behind, all very mentally damaging.

Shhh....... Here are the charges we are deciding: First Degree Murder Attempted Murder Conspiracy to Commit Murder Committing Indignities to a Corpse Rape Break and Enter Armed Robbery Sexual Assault with a Weapon And there are 2 people charged with all of these offenses, and we must consider the guilt of each person on each charge, that's why it may take a very long time for us to reach a decision. I refuse to say anything until I return from the courthouse after the verdict.

I almost threw up when I saw it. Stay FAR, FAR away from this watch. Possibly one of the worst RO replicas out there.

Just a heads up, I won't be able to answer e-mails or PMs next week. The trial I am sitting on the jury for took a surprise twist today, as the defense suddenly declined to call witnesses, meaning the 2 accused will not take the stand, cutting 2 weeks from the trial. We are to hear closing arguments on Monday and Tuesday, hear our instructions on Wednesday and retire to consider our verdict. During this time, I will be sequestered, staying overnight in a hotel, so I will have no internet access. So if any of you have any PMs, e-mails for me, or other issues, please understand I may not be available for a day, maybe 10 days, depending on what happens.

Anyone here know where I can get a rubber strap for the Fiddy? I just need a strap that is more durable, as I have sweaty wrists that ruin straps very quickly. Can anyone also recommend normal Fiddy straps? Thanks.

Lucky..... At least you could get the screws out.