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Try to do this when you are relaxed in the evening and your body's at rest, after you've eaten so your skin & wrist aren't swollen from lack of hydration or too much salt, and make sure you're not exerted (from exercizing, etc.). Make sure you start with the spring-pin that attaches the divers extension to the clasp, positioned in the last available hole (the hole to the right of the red arrow in the last pic). Make sure you have the individual links on each side of the band spaced out, so that the watch case sits centered exactly on top of your wrist: (forgive the crappy pic quality) and that the clasp is exactly centered on the bottom of your wrist, at the same time: Try to have this done so that the watch is just a little bit loose. Now take the watch off, and move the diver extension's spring-pin over to the left one hole, where the arrow is pointing (you might need to move two holes, depending on wrist size). The band should now fit near perfect, but still have just a hair more room for temporary expansion of the wrist, but not so loose it doesn't fit properly--as this will wear the band out faster than is intended. Hope this helps.

I haven't shot stick in years...wonder if I'm still any good...

I think it's all been done here: http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=1414

Can't wait till it goes on sale.

Yeah, you need to go with the "Alpha" or "Invicta" brands. They're the closest looking "legal" rip-offs to the Sub & Seamaster you'll get. http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PA...mp;searchtype=k http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?s...o%3D2&fgtp=

In reference to the end link not fitting, I must say I bought another "relaunch" from Andrew for my brother's Xmas, and the end-links & bands keep getting better & better. On the relaunch (the first $188 sub on his sub page) they've made the SELs slightly thicker & wider, and started drilling the lugholes about 1/4 to 1/2 mm higher in the case to make them sit flush. It looks like there's practically no gap, and they feel flush to the touch (with the case) when you rub your finger over it. I'll snap some pics when I get home so you can see how fantastic the new ones are.

Yes, get finished already so we can drool over it.

Love the Poljot. I tried to get a 70's Poljot "Okeah" (Ocean) off the Bay, but it went up to $400.

My parents had the same baby grand--built in the 60's or 70's I think. Sounded gorgeous (after paying $6k to restring the damn thing).

Might want to polish off the fingerprints & shoot in natural light (with no flash)--just a friendly tip to make her shine. Speaking of making her shine, nice avatar. Your girl?

What an [censored]. What an absolute mouthbreather.

Nice. Love the Steinway! Grand or baby grand?

The sales section?... http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showforum=49

Lol--unless someone really screwed up at the factory, it's not a gen dial. Just the one that came with it.

Maybe those are older pics--not sure; you'd have to ask him. I know this one is also the same as I have: http://www.trustytime.com/index.php?main_p...products_id=254

It's an ETA--don't buy anything else; waste of money.

I can't believe they don't carry Panerai!

Is that you Borat?

Motion seconded.

(Quick disclaimer--there is nudity ahead. "Artistic", not pornographic.) Cooking: Dishes are a [censored] to shoot, so I won't even bother with that one. Having shot for a living at one point, you wouldn't even believe how much $$$ goes into cookbook shoots--unbelievably expensive--and everything on the table's fake (painted lard as ice-cream, glass as ice, airbrushing poultry so it looks cooked, painted "grill" lines on steaks, wax vegetables, etc). The cost of rental for sets, props, chinese knickknacks, Indian copper, Iranian brass, kitchen equipment, chefs, artists to arrange the place settings...it's as complicated as a movie shoot. I specialize in Ethnic dishes, so anything you name I've probably got a recipe for: Ethiopian Doro Wat, Hungarian Paprikash, Japanese Nabemono dishes, German Sauerbraten, Coq Au Vin...you name it, it's probably in this head somewhere. Photography: Since I sold all my 35mm, medium-format (God, how I miss my Mamiya...), digi SLR, & lighting equip, all I'm left with is a Canon Powershot 5 MP. Here's some old non-pro-this-n-that, personal stuff I've got scanned on the ol' iMac HD. Nothing special, just mainly stuff for girlfriends, friends, etc.: Painting: Here are a few of my last gallery pieces. Primarily combine-art, and found-object art in the style of Joseph Beuys, Robert Rauschenberg, Antoni Tapies, etc.: "Bubblegum" 34in x 36in Graphite illustration, photo-transfer, goldleaf, charcoal, epoxy glue, sand, and electrograph lettering on foam core "Is this love?" 40in x 40in Third Reich Deutchmarks (transfered to clear acetate paper), linen napkins, cardboard, gesso, and charcoal on canvas (I know the French isn't grammatically correct, as it's not supposed to be) " *48 " 36in x 72in Collage of newsprint articles & cross-word puzzles, photo-transfer (on to milky poly-acetate), Polaroid Land-camera transfers & negatives, paper scraps, latex lettering, electrograph lettering, metal rulers, oil pint, acrylic paint, colored pencil, and graphite on two pallet-racks Drawing: Too much time in life spent training on Chuck Close-ish photo-real graphite illustration (I love the conceptual pieces over the idea of simple beauty; primarily combine-painting much better ). Here are some graphite sketches on asphaltum (petrol based tar used to coat metal plates in intaglio & lithography) and mineral-spirit stained home-made paper: (now, these sketches are still attached to a sketch-book so I couldn't get them directly against the glass to close the lid & measure about 11 x 14, so I did have to crop the images in order to get them to scan the best I could, but they should give you a general idea. I've also tried to preserve the original color of the home-made paper & asphaltum stain as best I could in Photoshop) (sketches of Staci) (sketches of Arianne) Horticulture: Orchids, mainly. But they're not currently in bloom, so no pictures yet.

No purchase this time, thank God. Here's a few pics I managed to click before they got a tranquilizer round off & tackled me at the Zenith counter: Now seriously interested in the blue bezel Tag Carerra chrono on SS, (they don't concentrate on their movement & watch-making skills worth [censored], but...) the Mont Blanc Timewalker chrono is very nice--in a fashionable sense--and of course, the traditional white dail El Primero chrono on a black band.

The pictures don't really do it justice--maybe I'll shoot some more. The print's even perfect under a loupe.

The finest printed LV (maxi) dial I'v seen yet is EL's.

http://www.swisstgallery.com/12unitdisplay...00/Default.aspx http://www.swisstgallery.com/8pcwatchwinde...97/Default.aspx