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Corgi

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  1. Hello. Welcome to the forum, I love the picture! The airplane is a great prop - I always have trouble finding props for my watch photoshoots - and this gives me an idea... but I won't say what it is yet..

    I have to ask, what made you get a Bell and Ross for your first rep? No offense, but most nooblets go for a Rolex, or at the very least Omega. Your decision shows a lot of taste in fine exclusive horology.

  2. Offer to pay cash and haggle at the AD. Be merciless, and persistent. Print out the internet thing that states $2300, and show it to them - ask them to match it, if not, go a little higher. You have to fight for it and don't always accept the first offer. Most information I have read argue that ADs can be persuaded to reduce their prices by a good amount.

  3. Keep it in your cargo luggage, not your on-board luggage (or whatever its called)..

    They shouldn't care. I remember once brining back a replica Colt 1911 pistol (not a real gun, just looks like it) and nobody gave me any sort of trouble. Mind you, this was in Poland, pre 9/11... things might be different now. But I've always been wondering what the heck those security guards must have been thinking when they see a pistol sliding through X-RAY...... :-D

  4. Thanks for the review. I find the main problem with all of the current Breguet reps available is the lack of dual "secret signatures" which adorn almost all pieces from the brand. They are similar to the little crown Rolex etches into the crystal.

    I really like your Tourbillon; especially the engraving on the rear movement panel! Breathtaking!!

  5. I was wondering about that--I didn't look too closely since I was at work when I saw them. No one seems to be complaining in his feedback.

    I would think he mentions it to the buyer before shipping to confirm... but imagine the shock someone would get when he or she buys a watch from him, expecting an homage, and gets a full-fledged rep instead! If it was me, before I discovered this site, I would have been ecstatic!!

  6. I think these are actual reps, except the brand logo has been photoshopped out of the pictures. He has some Patek Philippe where the brand name is still visible except on other places on the watch. It's not hard to do using the patch tool - takes 3 secs.

    Those who know, know; those who don't, get a surprise.

  7. Are you prepared to go to the ultimate extreme and take another person's life?

    If I can say with certitude that me or my family is risking possible death from an impending assault, then yes I will not stop to bash some skulls open good sir.

  8. I haven't had a relationship with josh for about a year or so, ever since the whole "cartel" thread but - in moving around, i have learned that king and silix definatly don't mind selling "lesser" models- and often the prices might reflect that - sometimes they don't -

    Same. I always shop with Narikaa now because it's such a no brainer. A long wait in exchange for guaranteed quality and peace of mind. You would have to be insane to shop anywhere else.

  9. What I'm saying is that only fools carry knives and 9 out of 10 times those that carry them don't have the stones to use them. Does it make you feel like a tough guy carrying a blade?

    I don't think he carries a "blade" to feel like a "tough guy," I think it is a self-defense tool to be used as a last-resort during a time of emergency. Furthermore, brandishing a weapon and slicing up a crook are two very different variations of the term "use". It is unlikely that most people would need to resort to doing the latter, but when it does happen, it could mean the difference between life and death. I have similar security "systems" strewn discreetly throughout my home for this very purpose. Life in London is very different than life in North America, and while you might not see a need to carry a weapon, somebody living in a heavy crime zone region of the United States surely does.

  10. ok,, maybe.. just maybe... someone has not really thought this one through completely...

    Try this,,

    Hold the dial side of your watch to your ear.. and then drive or walk around...

    I promise.... I PROMISE!!

    People will begin to wonder if you had forgotten to put on your helmet today and missed the short bus because you have the back side of your hand firmly pressed against your cheek and you are trying to hear the voices coming out of your watch!

    As usual.... if you buy it... WE MUST HAVE PICTURES OF YOU WALKING AROUND WITH YOUR WRIST UP TO YOU EAR AND DROOLING FOR EFFECTS PURPOSES.

    Ha ha

    I remember when they first came out with those ear-piece cell phone attachments. One day, I was down-town and watching this well-to-do business man shout "businessy" things seemingly to himself while standing outside and flailing his arms. Just as I was beginning to feel bad for the poor man whose brains were probably fried from stress, he turned around and I saw the little gadget on the other side of his head - this, sadly, was not an isolated incident.

  11. I really like the Breguet Trans-Atlantique but only in rose gold. Also, it's hella expensive. I suppose once the bracelet starts a-peelin' I could swap it for a strap, but then I need a pin removal tool, and a strap with matching buckle which will be impossible to find - it's just too much effort for a timepiece with such huge flaws.

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