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davethecat

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  1. Calling all the olde timers(get it) :-).........check in

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    Aw, shucks. When I pop in, there is little to do & none of the old faces. It looks like I missed the big reunion on the 14th.
     
    Picking up on By-Tor's comments (good to cross paths again!), I think most of the old-timers have been in the game long enough to have gotten most, if not all, of what they wanted. I think most are now enjoying the spoils of long-time searching, learning & collecting.
     
    With a couple of notable exceptions, that goes for me, too. Because my collection is more or less complete, I am more often left with confusion (about which to wear) rather than simple, daily style coordinating. But, one day, I may finally pull the trigger on a Grand Seiko Soko Special Edition or an original Doxa Black Lung (I wish I had grabbed the one Nanuq alerted me to all those many years ago now -- it is true what they say: you snooze & you lose).
     
    Actually, I do have 1 remaining unfinished project -- I am still trying to locate a suitable simple steel case (with display caseback) for my gen Patek 23-300 caliber, hands, crown & dial --
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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


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  5. Calling all the olde timers(get it) :-).........check in

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    Are you talking about Neil aka TTK....master photog and wordsmith?...still have a pic of him and some tigers prolly at Sriracha Tiger Zoo from back in the day.
     
    Came aboard here about 14 years ago.  Reps from MBW....to MBK...Eddie Lee's photobucket, River's Reps and DSN...wow have times changed.  Miss The Zigmeister, his work and writeups the most.
     
    Mostly lurk and flip reps here and there on the boards now
     
     



    Yes! Neil/ TTK/TimeToKill.


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  6. Calling all the olde timers(get it) :-).........check in

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    7 hours ago, Nanuq said:

     

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    Welcome back you old codger!   :clap2:

     

    You want nostalgia?  Late one night in 2003 or 2004 I was checking the forum and Halley popped up on PM.  Remember him?  He had just got a teaser from some guy named David that just created a new account, and wondered if we'd be interested in some 19mm Daytona reps.  Halley said sure, send me some pics.  David did, and Halley sent these to me right away... the very first "DW Daytonas" to appear on a forum anywhere.  Me and Halley ordered the first 5 watches DW sold.

     

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    Boy, were we jazzed.  The rep world hadn't seen anything like this before.  And the rest, as they say, is history.

     


     

    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 

     

     

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  9. Calling all the olde timers(get it) :-).........check in

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    DtC, thanks for checking in and thank you for your work in healthcare.....stay safe.  What a beautiful baby and wonderful watch..Ubi would be proud Those parts and names you mentioned absolutely sparked my old brain. Man what a wonderful emerging hobby we enjoyed. I really don't think some of the newbies really appreciated the research, talent and know how it took to create some of the most accurate reps ever. Now it seems out of the box reps are pretty damn good and the movements have improved as well.

     

    Blessings to you and your family and don't be a stranger,

     

    Kurt JAG

     

     

     

    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

     

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  10. Calling all the olde timers(get it) :-).........check in

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    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

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  20. Wristies - thread consolidation?

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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.

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  21. Wristies - thread consolidation?

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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.

    2dbd81236e1c8baf660dc608f7569130.jpg


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  22. Wristies - thread consolidation?

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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.

    Cheers!

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  23. Wristies - thread consolidation?

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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.

    Cheers!

    c3aa742aeb3b78c23671a3a3a679338b.jpg


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  24. Wristies - thread consolidation?

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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.

    Cheers!

    c591203f499fc8506c9320f1d6e3aa74.jpg


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  25. Wristies - thread consolidation?

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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.

    Cheers!

    c591203f499fc8506c9320f1d6e3aa74.jpg


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