Desuetude

Guys, For those of you who have removed your AP clasps, how did you go about it? I tried the screw located near where the bar connecting the clasp with the strap is, but both of them only unscrew a limited amount, and I still can't remove the little bar. I even tried soaking one of them in WD40 (since I just pulled it out of the rubber; doing this on my new one on leather will be a little bit tough). I need to be able to swap clasps. Any help or insight you guys can offer in helping me change this thing would be highly appreciated!

Sweet combo, what's done to the 1655?

Actually, if you think of what investment yield is over the years, it's not terribly great. Not trying to be a killjoy, just saying.

Words cannot express the contempt I have for that high school dropout. I will be happy when he chokes on his food, he'll stop hogging our air.

I should mention that the divorce rate statistics are often skewed. Actually, the divorce rate is DOWN. The over 50% statistic is one employed by sensationalist news programs. They simply divide the number of marriages by the number of divorces for a given year. Sociologists universally scoff at this blatant manipulation of facts. The number of divorces across the board have dropped nationwide. However, the number of marriages have dropped even more so. Since most people aren't divorced in the first year of marriage, the over 50% statistic is totally flawed, and the number of divorces reflects a pool of couples married in times where marriage was more commonplace, versus today. If you divide the number of divorces in a given year by the total number of married couples, the percentage is tiny, and it is dropping. Not to mention the fact that the number isn't that different from what it was in the '70s. I should also mention that the divorce rate among female college graduates has plummeted to less than half of what it was in the '70s. Then, people love to lament the dropping marriage rate in this country as a sign that our society is going down the tubes. Meanwhile, the increase in cohabitation is inversely proportional to the drop in marriage rates. Therefore, there is no decrease in the number of couples in this country, it is merely a decrease in the number of people who make the decision to get married. Not to mention the fact that the separation rate of cohabitation is lower than the divorce rate among married couples. Sure, marriage is an institution, but for children, and for all intensive purposes of society, the basic family unit still exists, and in regards to cohabitation, is arguably more stable than it has been since the cultural revolution of the '60s. Ah, but see, she must be pretty too. And down to earth, laid back, dynamic, and rational. Alas, my standards are rather high.

I do not, but I'm going to the safe on Friday, so I'll pull it out for some quick pics.

Agree completely, but I'll add one more bit to that. Only straps. Metal bands simply do not belong with any sort of formal wear. Nothing remotely sporty...sorry V, a RO, even on a strap, simply does not belong, IMO. I know that nowadays it has become acceptable to wear Subs with suits. In fact, I'm often an offender in regards to that, especially given my recent vintage military diver and vintage sport watch binge. However, traditionally, the accepted "rule" was that one should wear a black faced, time only watch with roman numerals or stick markers when wearing a tux. The metal should match that of the cufflinks and studs you're wearing. However, a gilt or enamel dial were never considered faux pas. Personally, I stick to tradition in regards to tux attire, and wear the Chopard my grandfather gave me, which, of course, is 18K WG, time only, black face, with WG stick markers, on a shiny black croc strap.

Well...the GMT, IIRC, is 42mm, it's the GTXL that's the bigger one, and that's only 45mm. I have a B4B 6.75, and having had a GTXL, let me tell you, not only is the B4B actually bigger...it looks significantly larger than other watches that are technically the same size as it. Mine is even more exaggerated, since it has a white face, which really accentuates the overall size of the beast, although I do wear mine on a gen blue croc (what a combo, btw!). Needless to say, a GTXL would not be too big for your wrists, miss fiddy and B4B wearer! And yes, it's the 21J version that has the loud rotor noise, but it didn't really bother me that much. PS...I'd take GCS on Thanksgiving over GCS on the days leading up to christmas and new year's...I do have to go there pretty much every day. I'm pretty sure that's when the highest incidence of lost children occurs. Helmut Sinn didn't just use Breitling's parts inventory...he bought the rights to the original 806/809/cosmo designs. That's why they say that if someone wants a modern watch whose aesthetics and heritage are authentic to the original 809, you go and buy yourself a Sinn 903, not a Breitling. As currently sold by Watchbuys: Totally with you on that one...man do I miss her. *sigh* She would be really lovely, too bad she's tatooed up like the woman on Miami Ink.

During the week, this is what my fuel costs. Well that, and Nanuq's form of food. And let's not forget the cost of wear and tear on footwear!

It means that one is a competent, interesting, engaging and fun girl. God forbid there are more of those in this world! If only, if only.

If I'm buying gas in town, at least at a place that isn't TOTALLY out of the way...yeah, i'm pretty much limited to about 3.78-3.83, at least based on what I've seen in the past 3 weeks. That said, I'm in NJ once every week and a half-2 weeks. I will take whatever car of mine is most empty (or whichever one needs the largest amount of fuel to be full) when I go there; I save about 60-70 cents/gallon there! Fortunately, everyone drives to my area for thanksgiving...I have a whopping 10 minute drive to my thanksgiving destination!

Busy enough for you? I like it, but no two ways around the fact that it is about as busy as it gets!

Highest price for gas today in Miami: 3.66/gallon (premium) Highest price in my area for gas today: 3.83/gallon. You lose! Oh wait, hold on...I lose .

I'd kill to get 93 for $3.30 a gallon...I paid $3.75 the other day while filling up the Z8...and the way I drive that car, I can watch the needle drop . The 750 cost almost 80 bucks to fill up the other day. When I get my M6 back, I'm going to go back to my original plan of buying Methanol in 55 gallon drums and running full time Meth injection on a race map, instead of mixing race gas for race map days.

Shot an hour ago...needed some air.