Nanuq

You want foreboding ... I give you ANGRY merlion! Rahrrrr!

Hey let's not get the cart before the horses, when are you coming to Alaska for a beer with me?! I have half a dozen gen carbon diver dials right here. Honest!

Sorry mate, this has been happening sporadically for awhile. Log back out, clear browser cache, PP $100 to Nanuq, click your heels twice and try again. Oh, wait... you're not supposed to see that middle part.

Sorry about that, but not all is sunshine and lollipops in my collection. Some are *cough* well loved. I give you... The Nastymariner

Is this REALLY a picture of nikki6 at the Isle of Man???

You know, if we could only make stupidity painful it would solve a lot of problems. I guess that's what our dads were (are) for. Oh, and our best mates too. I'd not want to get crosswise of nikki6 after a couple weeks with him in the Isle of Man! He'll sort you for sure. Now how about that C&I band? Who'll have it?

Daaaannnnnngggggggg what an auction this will be! I need an alter ego split personality that can bid in for me (and avoid any conflict of interest)! ARGH that tropical Sub is gorgeous.

Yep

I'll nominate nikki6 for the baddest of the badass members. Wait... is that a category?

Well said Legend. My finger is poised over the TIMEOUT button.

Here's the first time I put a Michael Young T127 on the Nastymariner Here's the second time I replaced it... they apparently live short, dramatic lives.

Make sure it's "RWG.cc" as there are several imposters out there...

Welcome aboard, it's good to have you here. As for your last question, "normal use" takes on many forms. Some will wear a watch twice/month and keep it meticulously clean; others will wear it while working on the car and rock climbing. Your mileage may vary. I built a few really nice reps over the last 10 years and each one works perfectly every time, and I'm far from gentle with them. But I don't abuse them either. I bet if you get a nice quality piece and keep the movement on a maintenance schedule (5 years-ish) it will outlast your affection for it. Also: I'm sorry to say it but the search function here stinks. Google is much easier. Good luck!

I have lots of experience with 1680 crystals, gen and aftermarket. The last couple I bought were MIchael Young and they were VERY nice. Fit my gen perfectly and glittered like God's own bling. I'd avoid the really inexpensive ones, they look "dead" in comparison, like a piece of plastic. Gen and MY have tons of colorful internal light refraction so they look "alive".

I approached this a little different. But my solution is the expen$ive way to do it!

Going commando today. [emoji79] [emoji85]

You can also going off that little bump that makes the date detent, but it makes the action feel weird when you pull the stem.

You always knew when your in-box sounded funny before you clicked on it. Hysterical-like, and everything was in CAPS and spelled wrong. One of his $138 Sea Dwellers was the piece I chucked out into the ocean on that day cruise with my brother. CARZY!

What a blast from the past... Hack-R are you seeing this? And he showed up again same time as you?? Carzy!

Your Dudeness! Welcome back! Wow what a treat to have you walking these halls again.

Anyone want to take on this project? I started at archive.org and looked for snapshots of the original page circa Feb 2010 when it was created. That produced a list of snapshots, none of which have the pictures embedded. But they did provide additional text. I googled that text and it led to several sites. The one in Italy seems most promising. If anyone wants to retrieve the pictures that seem to go with these lists, send them to me and I'll put them back in.