freddy333

Looks good, but the steel bezel makes it a '39.

The lume looks a bit white for an old dial, but, otherwise, it looks ok to me.

Nice, but some of this has been reviewed before.

IWC's reply contains no surprises. They are just sticking to the game plan that every high-end Swiss watch company must follow to remain profitable. That is, follow the money.

Sapphire is a fingerprint magnet. Nothing you can do about it (other than opting for a vintage watch with an acrylic crystal, which hides all but the worst muck). Most of the time, just huffing on it and wiping off on your shirt or a soft cloth is all you need. Or use a non-Ammonia glass cleaner (if the crystal has an anti-glare coating, ammonia will smear or remove it).

Working on it.

I could not have said it better myself. Well done.

Somehow, I missed this until today. Kudos. Well done.

This topic has been covered on RWG many times over the years & there are no definitive answers. Until/unless Homeland Security (HS) publicly posts an official answer, I would assume that once contacted by HS like this, you are on a list & should act accordingly. To act otherwise is to tempt fate. I would also NOT respond unless through an attorney or mandated by law to do so, or make any attempt to acquire the confiscated goods.

Still wearing the same Sub

Reason - Because Asian markets prefer that. And, for the past several years, the Swiss watch industry has been turning their marketing sights towards Asia & away from the West. But now that the economic state in the east is beginning to slump, I expect sanity will return to the Swiss watch industry & we will begin to see more small, understated watches.

The author's premise that 'seemingly massive, distant watch companies' do not listen to us mere mortals is incorrect. At least, that has been my experience. I have had direct communication with the CEOs of both Rolex and Patek (Thierry Stern once sent me a very nice, hand-written apology letter for their delay in getting an item shipped to me in the time frame promised). Me thinks Meyer's letter is more self-marketing rather than an actual complaint. Either that, or he lacks the basic business/marketing skills and marketing acumen of a knowledgeable, long-time collector. I did like some of the pics though.

Still wearing a Sub

Legend - You should simply refer these people to item 5 under Posting of The Rules (located atop the Introduction forum), which goes equally for PMs as it does for Posting.

Alot of nice metal today, gentlemen. Wore 1 of my Subs today

I was unable to get your suggestions to work as needed (or, maybe, I did not understand how to use them?), but I think I was able to work out a tail command that outputted the IP's server log entries to a .txt file. Thank you just the same.

Yes, a strap can make a huge difference

I just heard back from Yandex security & they are asking for evidence from our server logs showing the activities of their IP. I know there is a way to export the activities of a single IP into a .txt file, but I cannot remember how to do it?

I posted my beater because that is what I wore today. Which triplets?

Traditionally, with a few notable exceptions (Arab sheiks, rap artistes, etc), Rolex & Patek tended to be worn by those whose habiliment was more stylishly conservative. Old money, if you will. While those who wore larger, more modern watches tended to be more fashionable. The nouveau riche. Today, with Rolex chasing (& often designing for) the Asian market, which tends to overcompensate for decades of communist-imposed anti-displays of wealth, the demarcations are no longer so clear.

Ditto. Sunbeam pic please.

This morning, there appears to be 0 activity from that 100.43.... (Yandex) IP. And our bandwidth has returned to normal. Looking at the log &/or (live) screenshots, it is pretty obvious that Yandex (or someone within Yandex) was using our proxy to access other sites--mostly US .gov & major commercial organizations. And this is not a type of activity that is in any way normal for a legitimate search engine spider or indexer. Because of the way the proxy works, it is also not activity that can occur 'by accident'. The questions remain - why & what were they doing it for? How can I route all the activity for that IP in our server logs for the past week into a .txt file?