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Good to hear from you, Freddy. I’ll always appreciate your referral to Ben over in Sharpstown. He saved two of my V72 projects Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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that’s incredible. Does it still run? Or did you swap movements ? i never bought one of the MM, but I built 2 of the V72s. David was still answering emails up until a few years ago. He was always good to me. Here was my first .... spared no expense. Sad to say I let it go..... my god, his endlinks took magic to mount properly

Old school MBW/MBK 5711 Jumbo solid back. I think it’s circa 2010 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Good to hear about Maria.... who was the other expat that took the amazing pics? The one the got in the ugly pissing contest with Maria? I remember laughing at their manhood-questioning-insults. The gent I’m thinking about passed I believe RBJ is another that I think may have passed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Agreed. Cheers to Ubi Here’s some nostalgia. Pictured below is the first 7750 discussed on any of our forums. Received in the first week Honpo made avail & before he would send to US. This is the one Rob used to do his famous “WTF is this? ... tear down evaluation” post (TRC maybe?) he did a second post alongside my PP 5070 with what we used to call the Lemanina (sp on purpose) .... That was Rob’s posting where he elevated the risk in the power transfer on the 7750, the lack of jewels in some pivots, and the poor engineering on the top-hold on the clickspring... this moment was a least a year prior to the shift of the seconds on subsequent 7750 mfg .... so the dial seconds doesn’t match the movement’s sub registers. That’s the post we here Rob either proclaimed or confirmed that the 5070 was actually a Venus.... and he made the analogy that “the 7750 is like a workhorse Ford and the Venus is finicky like a Ferrari” The second is one of Trusty’s prototypes from when he was just a poster like us.... he offered this one up and another prototype from his personal collection to raise funds to start his commercial operations. 2007 maybe??? I didnt need the watch but I figured I would help him out Neither of these guys have much value other than sentimental, since reps have long since passed them by.... but I wear them often and in fact I get a LOT of compliments on the Pam still Enjoy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don’t even remember when I got here. Long ago such that I remember translating the German forums when it was all we had, dealing with Maria directly, and buying round 1 of the David mystery movement. 17 years? Every now and then I find some nostalgic part still in an envelope that I never mounted. Like Randy’s sub dots... or a handwritten from The Zigmeister. A lello something or another, and even some of Enzo’s and Torbys things before they went honest I stopped posting around 2010 other than a sale or so. But doing well. Still have about a dozen reps. Went homage for awhile, then Gen. Still in Texas, still in healthcare, and I still browse the forum once a week or so My last purchase, and me & my last grandkid Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Here is a piece of history I proudly own. This is sample watch, made by a pre-cartel high quality builder. It was the personal watch, sold to me in 2005 by a young entrepreneur who had dreams of opening a rep business and becoming a Trusted Seller. He sold this plus a second watch to fund the start of his shop. It’s such a nice watch! My dear friend Rob(The Zigmeister) did a few tweaks. Elazarus sourced a custom Choco MP strap. It has a patina that only comes from 15 years of real wrist age. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here is a piece of history I proudly own. This is sample watch, made by a pre-cartel high quality builder. It was the personal watch, sold to me in 2005 by a young entrepreneur who had dreams of opening a rep business and becoming a Trusted Seller. He sold this plus a second watch to fund the start of his shop. It’s such a nice watch! My dear friend Rob(The Zigmeister) did a few tweaks. Elazarus sourced a custom Choco MP strap. It has a patina that only comes from 15 years of real wrist age. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here is a piece of history I proudly own. This is sample watch, made by a pre-cartel high quality builder. It was the personal watch, sold to me in 2005 by a young entrepreneur who had dreams of opening a rep business and becoming a Trusted Seller. He sold this plus a second watch to fund the start of his shop. It’s such a nice watch! My dear friend Rob(The Zigmeister) did a few tweaks. Elazarus sourced a custom Choco MP strap. It has a patina that only comes from 15 years of real wrist age. Cheers! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here is a piece of history I proudly own. This is sample watch, made by a pre-cartel high quality builder. It was the personal watch, sold to me in 2005 by a young entrepreneur who had dreams of opening a rep business and becoming a Trusted Seller. He sold this plus a second watch to fund the start of his shop. It’s such a nice watch! My dear friend Rob(The Zigmeister) did a few tweaks. Elazarus sourced a custom Choco MP strap. It has a patina that only comes from 15 years of real wrist age. Cheers! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here is a piece of history I proudly own. This is sample watch, made by a pre-cartel high quality builder. It was the personal watch, sold to me in 2005 by a young entrepreneur who had dreams of opening a rep business and becoming a Trusted Seller. He sold this plus a second watch to fund the start of his shop. It’s such a nice watch! My dear friend Rob(The Zigmeister) did a few tweaks. Elazarus sourced a custom Choco MP strap. It has a patina that only comes from 15 years of real wrist age. Cheers! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here is a piece of history I proudly own. This is sample watch, made by a pre-cartel high quality builder. It was the personal watch, sold to me in 2005 by a young entrepreneur who had dreams of opening a rep business and becoming a Trusted Seller. He sold this plus a second watch to fund the start of his shop. It’s such a nice watch! My dear friend Rob(The Zigmeister) did a few tweaks. Elazarus sourced a custom Choco MP strap. It has a patina that only comes from 15 years of real wrist age. Cheers! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk