Legend

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 bitch 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.

Oh so he sells guitars too? Maybe those were air guitars.  

Gen on left? They are very close, and I am guessing based on dial font and crown.

He has my valjoux 72 modded movement for my Daytona..Unfortunately I don't know where did I put his address, b if anybody could send it to me, or any other info about him, I'll take care of it, and will keep you updated.

Thanks

Before it is deleted, because I am not supposed to.. so be quick. And remember you did not get it from me. 

Whats that? This is a public forum? Oh sorry my bad. 

the disappointment continues

Don't worry.. one day, this shall be repped.

Good taste, but no good rep of the Royal Oak Chrono exists for now.

Congrats A! You are an active member who has contributed to the forum growth meaningfully, and have always shared your knowledge humbly.

I remember that you are always polite and cordial, even to relatively newbies like me.

It has been my honor to make your acquaintance sir. You are a member who truly possess class and poise. 

I'm sure this has been posted here before, but I'll take a chance. I'm not a terribly big fan of deployant buckles. I've had them on a lot of different watches, and frankly some are better than others. in fact some are just about as comfortable as a tang buckle. Unfortunately, on my wrist, I don't find the AP deployant to be particularly comfortable. I don't like the way it's curved, as it doesn't follow the contour of my wrist. Convenient yes, nice looking again yes, comfortable with these big top heavy watches, no. I would like to try a tang buckle on one of my ROO's just to see if it makes any difference comfort wise.

 

My question is outside of APBands is their any other supplier of  tank buckles that will fit a ROO Hornback strap? The APBands buckle looks nice and it's available in Satin PVD and Yellow (I suppose this is yellow gold?) downside is the buckles are 69.00 USD each, and the PVD is 79.00 USD. Sort of steep for a stainless steel buckle. I could use a couple and I'm sure there are other members who would like to try a tang buckle in place of the deployant.

 

Anyone have any leads?

Yes mate, ebay has several 18mm buckles in all sorts of finishes. They would fit the ROO nicely. I know, because I ordered quite a few off the bay. 

Alternatively, you can try changing to a diver, GP or an aftermarket strap with a 24mm buckle end and fit a diver buckle.

SSteel I'm not a watchmaker but thanks for the heads up. I won't deal with him for any member sales either. What a jackass.

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Well, i hope the search will not be futile.

 

Really hope to find some kind soul to sell me the screws else the watch will be just a desk watch instead of a wrist watch.

Actually, can I know whether you are looking for the endlinks-case screws (set of 4) or the endlinks-strap bar and cap set? (set of 2)

I just ordered a complete set from Ryan so I know he has them. 

THANK YOU SIR. Am grateful for your advise and help.

 

 

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Have emailed Toro and Intime.co, still waiting for reply

Take it easy mate, we were just teasing. It was a reference between panerai153 and myself regarding a lot of ungrateful noobs who log on, ask, and disappear. 

Good luck with your search!

thanks A,

I'm always glad to help, but it really disturbs me when folks come on with 1-2 posts and ask for help when they could very easily find the info out by using the search function. Ditto on the thanks too. Lots of ungrateful noobs about!!

Yes sir big A. I was teasing him but you have a good understanding of the scenario. There's a severe lack of common politeness going around. Let's resolve not to fall into this group brother.

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putting mine up for sale as soon as i take some photos

I'm curious mate. Why're you doing a catch and release?

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Hmmm... ok that might do it. Which e-mail-address do you use?

hamiltonleather@gmail.com.

Also, may I kindly suggest you edit the post you made about his straps being x mm wide at the lugs and buckle?

I actually know what happened there.

He is a strapmaker here and if you have any problems with him, PM is the way to communicate, as a way of courtesy.

Don't make his craftsmanship and products look bad, especially if you are going to seek his help. Makes sense?

Hmmm... ok that might do it. Which e-mail-address do you use?

hamiltonleather@gmail.com.

Also, may I kindly suggest you edit the post you made about his straps being x mm wide at the lugs and buckle?

I actually know what happened there.

He is a strapmaker here and if you have any problems with him, PM is the way to communicate, as a way of courtesy.

Don't make his craftsmanship and products look bad, especially if you are going to seek his help. Makes sense?

Hi all,

 

I am in need of a LUGS SCREW.

 

Can i know where to get them and I am wiiling to pay for it.

 

Can any seniors help?

 

By the way, what do members here meant by "TD"

 

Please help

First post, no intro, and asking for help already?

Well you could PM ryanwayer and ask for what you need.

And if me and my pal who posted above do not get a thank you from you, you can be assured you get no further help from me.

Unfortunately Eric still did not answer to my PM as of yet, does anyone maybe know if he is well?

Try emailing him instead? I was just having a chat with him through email last Saturday. 

Man if you read the NYTimes, there are about a thousand different conspiracy theories out there, and they are growing by the minute. Legend, AFA the ringing phones, when your cell phone is out of range of a cell tower, or is turned off, it will still ring, the ring you hear is the cell tower attempting to contact the phone, it's not the actual phone ringing. Many people have said"why didn't people on the plane use their cell phones to contact someone. Simply because the range of a cell phone is about 10 miles from the last tower it was in contact with. People who live in urban populated areas think that cells have infinite range, they don't, the signal is being handed off seamlessly from tower to tower, but when you get to the end of the line, and are 10 or so miles past the last tower, your cell starts to show"out of Range" or "no Signal". Believe me, when you live out in the country in isolated areas, you get plenty of those signals!! When it gets out of range, it now becomes and IPod. 

 

There are a fair number of pilots on the forum, commercial as well as Military and ex-military, You guys have a lot better knowledge base about transponders, radar, and other methods that the aircraft uses to identify itself and to be tracked. If this was indeed a hijacking, it certainly would seem that it would take several people on the ground as well as the pilot or pilots working in concert, not only in the air, but when the plane landed. It would need to be concealed, passengers either taken care of or disposed of, and then what? Was their something in the cargo hold that was valuable enough to risk stealing the plane for? Certainly doesn't seem like a hostage situation, you would think that as soon as the plane was safely on the ground the hostage takers would have started making demands, but thus far nothing. 

 

This may be the mystery of the century!!

Thank you A. As far as I remember, when the phone of someone I was dialing was switched off, it would likely divert to a pre-recorded message telling me that the phone was switched off or out of range of coverage. I have no idea that it would continue to "ring".

I do believe that the plane was hijacked in some way, but as mentioned, this would really require an elaborate plan, taking into account the number of people involved, many of them Chinese. If you have seen how the Chinese behave at airports when there were delays or events displeasing to them in any way, you would know what a daunting task that would be.

We, as outsiders planted safely on the ground with our loved ones, have the luxury to speculate and guess and wonder. I just hope that the mystery gets solved soon, if nothing else, it would serve as a painful lesson for the aviation industry globally. If this incident is, or suspected to be a result of hijacking or an act of terrorism, security at airports and on flights might soon be at an unprecedented high level since 911. 

The latest theory of the crew possibly being involved in the disappearance is quite plausible? As you all know communications with a plane are constant however comms ceased rather rapidly and without explanation. The theory that the crew switched all comms off could be valid, however is it possible? The re-routing is now known, according to BBC with the possibility of the plane being landed without trace somewhere incredibly difficult but not impossible as the radar systems in the Indonesian area are fallible?

 

Either way I too hope that all the passengers and crew make it if they are still with us.

 

AJ

If plane was hijacked as per the latest theory, AJ, then it was planned very elaborately. But to what ends? Till now, no statements have been issued by any entity claiming to have hijacked the plane, nor have any demands been made in the same manner.

We can only hope that the crew and passengers are still safe, though a little hope is lost each day that there are no news..

From what I have been reading anyway, it seems most aviation experts believe the plane is at the bottom of the Indian ocean, due to their confidence that a plane that size would be unable to land anywhere in the world without being picked up by civilian/military radar, and instantly ID'd.

Yes I read about this too. I got my doubts about what the aviation experts said however.

It does not explain the purported "still ringing" phones of some of the passengers when contact was attempted, assuming it was true. 

Also, I think that if the plane hit the water, a lot of the debris would float and be discovered. Up till today, no debris from MH370 has been found despite the intensive scouring of the seas that it could have crashed into.

It has been more than a week since the aircraft mysteriously vanished, and the suspected reasons and circumstances surrounding the vanish has changed each day, from midair disintegration to sabotage to hijack to the more tabloid accounts of alien abduction. 

Till now, no official explanation has been given, even with the intervention and assistance rendered by experts from so many countries, including good ol' Uncle Sam. 

If this was a sabotage attempt, I would have to say that it was well-planned and meticulously executed, and leaves so many top minds in the field scratching their heads. And what is the intent of the people who did this?  I can simply hope that the passengers and crew are still alive and that they would somehow, somehow, get out of whatever situation they are in and be home one day.

Are any of you following the news, and what do you guys think?

Unless it was part of a David Copperfield magic show, it is next to impossible to have an aircraft vanish without a trace these days without the benefit of even a bread crumb trail.

No allegedly to it unfortunately, 100% no sight!

And thank you for that bud!!

and I am very proud of you, either way, my superstar-to-be friend

Yeah the 'Busa is a wee bit quicker! Lol. In saying that, I used my cbr600 to train for the first time out and 85mph was like going into hyper space!!

It would be like you closing your eyes in the jet!!

Here's to my friend, who is allegedly blind, but who sees more of the world than most of us ever have. If I had a hat, I'll take it off to you mate.

I do not remember the genuine offshore bracelet coming with the blue film  protective cover. I have viewed them at the service center before when I brought my watch for service. But I could be wrong about this detail.

That last picture in the series, showing the bracelet on the black themes, seems to me a to be highly dubious.

a. The watch picture is truncated. Background is just a uniform white. The picture looks lifted off the net. But if so, why pick a pic showing such bad fitting endlinks? Makes no sense

b. The number of links bracelet in the picture is not the same as the number of links on the other pics. Of cos, assuming that its the same bracelet, it could easily be resized to fit the wearer. Which means, that the blue film in the other pictures, which are put there to suggest that the bracelet is unworn, becomes a deliberate attempt to mislead the buyer.

c. Yes endlink fit is terrible. But I have seen imperfect fitting on a genuine bracelet/gen watch combination. Perhaps there is a batch difference?

I would not buy the bracelet as genuine. Seller has a few negative feedback arising from product misrepresentation. Offer $75 for it if you want to buy it (docthor, look here )

It is very highly unlikely that this is a genuine offshore bracelet. This bracelet is as real as Britney Spear's live singing talent.   

Hmm, there are several inaccuracies on this dial compared with the Noob ones (panda and DLC), which I covered in a separate thread and through PMs with some friends.

I have put off purchasing this watch because there would be an update to the dial.

Having said that, don't let it put you off. On the wrist this would be a beauty, and the mostly black dial would make the flaws inconspicuous unless you know what to look for, which the majority of John Q Public would not. 

Wear her well, and enjoy the watch.

haha! Pardon my grammar.

By the way, i would like to thanks everyone for your help.

I was just teasing you in a good natured way, and I do apologize sincerely if you take offense.

By the way, welcome to RWG my fellow Singaporean member!