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Rolexaddict - If you were talking about Rolex Subs & working SCUBA divers, I would agree (no one in his right mind would wear an expensive piece of Rolex bling to work under the sea these days). But there are a couple of working airline pilots on TZ who occasionally post (flight deck) wristies of their GMTs. If I can locate 1 of those pics, I will repost it here for you. Found a few

Thanks.

If it is the exact same model, that would be great. But it absolutely has to be the same 1 because similar chargers I tried turned out not to be compatible with these older 3Gs (even when they say they are). Actually, I need to buy a few of them since supplies for these old models are dwindling & I do not want to end up without a charger again. So if you know the brand name or remember where you got yours, that would be even more helpful.

I need to replace my iPod 3G's car charger (the wires going to the dock connector are intermittent) But none of the chargers (home or auto) I can find either online or in Best Buy, Radio Shack or Apple stores work with my 2003-era iPod (Apple said they no longer make a charger for old iPods & recommended I buy a new 1, which, in Apple-speak, is insanely ridiculous). So I am trying to locate another car charger like this 1 that I bought last year. Unfortunately, I cannot remember who makes it or where I got it from? Can anyone recognize the charger or, at least, the brand icon on the connector so I can contact the company

You can replace the bezel & dial with gens or more accurate aftermarket parts, but I think you have optimized what you have.

During that time (early 60s), Pan Am & trans-Atlantic flight were pretty synonymous & I think most boys wanted to be a Pan Am pilot at 1 time or another. Toss in the inimitable Rolex name along with the GMT's cool factor & you have a pretty powerful boy magnet. But my interest in Pan Am comes, in part, from my ownership of it 1 of the more blatant examples of the tv show's inaccuracy is its use of 20- or early-30-something actors for pilots (most airline pilots at that time were chosen from the ranks of WWII pilots, which, by the 1960s, put them in their mid-40s+).

Look for the S in the laser etched crown @ 6, which is in every gen service crystal If it is not there, then it is not a gen service crystal. Remember, always buy the seller before you buy the watch.

Inaccurate is putting it lightly.

I saw a bit of last week's episode, which included the Rolex Sub that looked like it has a sapphire xtal.

Either the mainspring is not fully-charged (try manually winding it (slowly) for 40 turns, set it down on a table, face-up, & check it in 36 hours) or it needs cleaning/service. Remember, rep watches generally contain used &/or unserviced movements, so they often require service the day you receive them. After that, most mechanical watches should be cleaned/serviced every 5-7 years.

All kidding aside, that is about as nasty a weather check as I can imagine. What do you do when it gets that bad? Other than keep your head down?

I do not see any obvious issues (the iffy pics do not help much), but with an Asian (Taiwanese) seller having only a 98.9% average after 256 sales, definitely a case of buyer beware. On 2nd look, the caseback may be a later vintage than the rest of the case (new).

You are just never happy are you?

If you are using Firefox or another browser that contains an ad-blocking or script-blocking utility, try disabling it. However, if this was the cause, you would most likely be unable to see any pics. So I do not think this is the problem here, but certainly worth checking.

Wore another Sub today

Obviously, the child was wronged, but there is something askew there. For 1 thing, dad keeps referring to the 'family', but where is mom? Is there a mom & why is she not in the picture? I am not sure what (other than being so emotional over a year after the event, which, by itself, raises questions as to dad's emotional state), but there is something unnatural & off about dad. I have a feeling the teachers had some type of issue with the family & were, wrongly, taking it out on the child? It seems to me that there is a big chunk of the story that is missing (as is usually the case with these types of shows). And I hate the way the hosts on these idiot shows aim to ratchet-up viewers' emotions by lowering their heads, talking ever-so-gently & getting all touchy-feely like they are petting small dogs or talking to the bereaved at a funeral. The only 1 who appears to have emotional issues is dad.

If a thread is there, but pics are missing, the problem is with the pics &/or the pic hosting service. Your only option is to contact the pic hosting service to see if they are down. However, in most cases, either the pics got deleted or the user's account was deleted. So I am not sure there is much you can do about it. If the post comes up in a search, but you get an error in place of the thread (you cannot see any messages within the thread), then the thread was likely lost during 1 of the system upgrades. And, again, if it is lost, it is lost. While we feel your pain, we are all in the same boat.

It could be the pic, but the date is not centered in the window, ROLEX does not appear to be centered relative to the coronet (which looks odd), the bracelet looks aftermarket, etc. And, although I am no expert, the diamonds lack the sparkle of the real thing.

All Rolexes with 'jewels' look fake to me. Because Rolex only uses quality stones, a gemologist could tell you for sure.

There is no such thing as overkill when fitting gen parts to a franken. Assuming you plan to keep the watch, the only real downside is that the more gen parts you fit, the more obvious the remaining non-gen parts become.

Polishing removes the surface layer of the metal. Depending how deep that layer is & how much you remove, you may or may not reveal the underlying base metal. Unfortunately, with rep watches, there is no way to tell, before hand, whether polishing will damage the watch. This is 1 of the reasons it is best to avoid gold & two-toned reps.

Wore a Sub today

Ditto TeeJay (noting that a 40+ year old tritium dial that glows is a give-away of fakery), but are you aware of the missing paint at 7 o'clock?

Congratulations &