Nanuq

I know there are aftermarket 6542 GMT inserts available with the printing on the back of the clear acrylic... Absolutely required for this vintage piece. This can be DONE if someone would just step up to the plate.

are you sure that wasn't the inimitable Scotty?

*snorts coffee out his nose* Now THAT was good. @Bertieng, sometimes it's nearly impossible to find a genuine Tropic crystal. Here's a tale of how I first came across my, um, stash of them. (I can hear Doc laughing right now). The Elusive Tropic Crystal

Sign me up for a vintage Fifty too! I've been saving a spot on the shelf for yeaaaars.

@Doc They have a name for me here in the Great White North. Loosely translated, it means "far-seeing funny man, keeper of the ever-open eye". There are Inuit and Yup'iq all over Siberia and Alaska just waiting for me to release some of this vintage horde. Oh, you didn't know about the Yup'iq and vintage Rolex? And people think Tenzing Norgay was a coincidence...

Did someone say "T16"? I feel my kid's college tuition fund growing in value.

Here's a shot of some of my favorites

The real question is, are camera phones BEERPROOF?

Camera phones are waterproof?

Note: bears swim MUCH faster than humans.

Bwahahahahahaaaaaa If that WAS me, this little friend would have been in the background

An Explorer I would honor the memory of our dear Hillary. I'm leaning toward one for the ever-delectable Ms. Nanuq.

Excellent! Enjoy the riding!

Heck, *I* don't even watch it!

Who else has been racking up the miles commuting by bike? It feels SO GOOD to get around that way, but 30-degree temperatures in the morning can get a bit nippy when you're wearing shorts. Anyone else? How many miles have you put on this year? Let's see who's first to hit 1,000 in 2008!

Didn't you tell him the ghosts live "down the hole" in the john? The poor kid would never sit down on a toilet again..............

Did someone say... Chocolate ??

Wow!!! Let's see this puppy! Here's one to hold people off in the meantime....

IMHO it's franken. The case is wrong, the crown is wrong, the insert and bezel are wrong, and it should have a folded oyster for that vintage. And the caseback is wrong too. The dial is nice but... Is that supposed to be a MkII? If so where's the thin crown? Thin 6 and 9 indices... Nice, but... not "gen". Just my $.02

So when will Paul release his copy?

Can I put this one up as a classic? It did have pretty good crown guards, and the pearl was to die for!

Oh, this is gonna be good. :jerry:

That's a fine compliment coming from an honorable gent such as yourself!

I wonder which candidate will adhere closest to the Constitution? And which will appoint Supreme Court justices who most neutrally interpret what the Constitution actually says? That's the one who gets my vote. In the long run, what else matters? It's already all spelled out... we just got to DO what the document SAYS.

The aspect of CONUS service is important too... I once sent a vintage piece to Zig and waited ... and waited ... and waited for it to arrive. You guys think it's stressful waiting for TTK to send a rep? That's nothing. This was a vintage Sub and it had disappeared into the morasse of the postal service. Anyway, WEEKS later the package came back from Customs, opened, with a note describing how they're unable to pass replica watches. I was out the money I had spent for maximum insurance, expedited delivery, special handling, warm towels, a cabin on the weather deck, roadside assistance, OnStar coverage, and Geico's miserable little lizard's retirement package. Plus I'd lost my slot in Zig's schedule. That's what really hurt. So long story short, CONUS watch repairmen would be great... if they have the mad skillz.