It's damn shame that people feel a need to mess with others livelyhood. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if I knew I was taking food of the table of another person's family for nefarious reasons.
Surprised ? No. There's a huge thread I posted some time ago on RWI where he screwed a guy on a guitar forum. I'll have to find it. George is a [censored] and I would gladly remind him of that. Maybe he has been running low on cash with all that shoe polish he puts on his head.
That's a whole different debate I guess. Considering the previous versions , I would call this decent. As long as you stay with a black datewheel model.
I've owned 2 Bentley and one Navitimer. All three had sub par lume. My cousin has an Emergency, two Avengers and a Colt. Good lume to me is what you see on Panerai's and Omega. Breitling is notorious for subpar lume
. Look at all the Franken Breitlings.
AP is worth every penny. I've ordered custom straps from them in the desired stitching colors. I've had pretty much every aftermarket strap. Most of these folks do not use inserts on the ends and the fitment isn't OEM. You get what you pay for. Even AP bands who makes a very nice hornback cannot touch the quality of OEM.