vandal.tbh

Wow, you don't see much of this on RWG...

I had an issue with my PO from Trusty (different issue altogether), but I sent it back to Andrew and he took care of it immediately. He replaced the watch with a new one rather than fix it, so from the time I sent it to the time I got it back was a little less than 3 weeks. Andrew's a good dealer and he will take care of you if you give him the chance. I paid $20USD to ship it back and that's way cheaper than any of the options you're talking about. You may have to wait a few weeks (and believe me I kow how much that sucks), but I think that is your best alternative.

Yes! The day has arrived!

Yea, that's what I meant by it..."Just Kidding" Which of course I was, just kidding around! But someday I envision a future where RWG members say to themselves: "Wow, that Vandal is awesome. I wouldn't even come to RWG forum if it weren't for him. I heard this one guy mention someone named 'Zigmeister', but I don't even know who he is. Maybe Vandal knows him.."

Glad you liked it. I try to write these to help the newbs like me!

A man saw an ad in the local paper that caught his eye: "Talking Dog For Sale". His curiosity got the best of him and he had to go check it out. He drove to the address in the listing and knocked on the door. The dog's owner answered the door and said " You must be here about the dog. He's around back. You can go around and meet him if you want, I'll be out in a few minutes". Skeptical, the man ventured into the back yard and found the dog lounging on the porch. Feeling silly, the man said "so you're a talking dog huh?". Much to his amazement, the dog looked at him and answered "yep". "Oh my God!" the man exclaimed, "you're amazing!". The dog replied "You think this is amazing, you should have seen the life I've lived. I started out as a circus dog. I did the standard stuff- jumping through flaming rings, walking the tightrope, swinging from the trapeze. Then they found out I could talk and all I did was tell people's fortunes." The man was dumbfounded. The dog continued "Then I got out of the circus gig and went to work for the government. The CIA brought me on board as a deep-cover, covert agent. They planted me in with the families of high level foreign dignitaries. Being a dog, they felt free to discuss many sensitive topics right in front of me, which of course I'd report to my handler." The man was speechless as the dog continued, "Now I'm basically retired, but I still do some freelance financial counseling for the Wall Street big wigs." He paused and then added, "I also enjoy photography." The two stared at each other for a moment, then the owner finally came through a back door and joined them. The man turned to the owner and said "this dog is amazing!". Annoyed, the owner scoffed and said "That dog is such a liar...he didn't do any of that $hit."

I have a G-Shock I use for swimming (and flying, jogging, surfing, skiing, mountain biking, digging, mowing the grass, building a deck, etc etc). Basically anything that there's a good chance of beating up my watch, I go with the G-Shock. It's indestructible. And if I do find a way to break one (I haven't yet) it's only about a hundred bucks. My nicer watches are for everything else. I think if I got pushed into a pool, the watch would be fine, but why deliberately chance it?

Didn't notice it was gone until you said something. Someone posted my photos on another forum. I wonder if that had something to do with it?

Ah yes...Kuvarsit. I think I started a post about that site a while back. Didn't know if they were legit or not. I'll go check it out. Nice looking strap!

UPDATE: Well, I've been wearing my Planet Ocean 42mm for a little while now and I have a few things to add to my original review. 1) First and foremost, the Crown. While it hasn't stripped yet, it is pretty difficult to screw back in. You have to put quite a bit of pressure on the crown while turning it to get it to start screwing. I'm thinking this is the reason that people have problems with the threads stripping out. I push it in pretty hard, then turn. Once the threads engage and it starts screwing back in, I kind of turn back and forth a little while I'm screwing to make sure it doesn't strip. This is a pain in the a$$. None of my other reps do this, and I think that for the money, the factories need to fix this problem. I am definitely going to replace the crown, tube and stem with a gen as soon as possible. 2) The Crystal. Well, it doesn't say it in the listing for this watch, but this crystal has double sided AR. How do I know? The top layer got scratched. Not sure how I did it, but I must have had the face of the watch pressed up against something metal, as there was an area around the 1 o'clock marker that got scratched off. You had to look at it at an angle against the light, but once you saw it...that's all you saw. It really irritated me more than I thought possible. But I actually fixed it quite easily. I just polished off the top layer of AR. I know that it's double sided AR because when I hold it up to a light source, you see two reflections (one bouncing off the top surface of the crystal, and one bouncing off the back surface). The one off the top (after polishing) is a normal reflection, but the one off the back still has the blueish tint. I polished it off by taping the entire watch and then cutting out the crystal with an exact-o knife. Then using a Dremel tool and some turtle wax rubbing compound, I buffed off the rest of the top coat of AR. I used "Never-dull" pads to finish it with a nice polished shine. To be honest, I think I like the looks of the crystal now more than before. It has a very nice, high polished look to it, while still keeping a slight blueish tint. 3) The Half-Link. There is a half link in the bracelet that sticks. I am the only person in the world who could possibly notice it, but the center link gets stuck out just slightly enough to look weird. I want to replace it with a full link, but then I think the bracelet would be too loose. No one but me would ever notice. But I am the only person in the world that matters... 4) The size. I do kinda wish i would have gotten the 45mm. Compared to my Tag AR 500M, Rolex DSSD and PAM 177, this watch seems a bit 'dainty' on my wrist. Not so much that you would think it looks bad. In fact I guess most people would say it looks just right. I just like a slightly bigger watch. I'm kind on the fence about this one. Maybe I'll go into the AD and try on the 45mm... Despite everything I've said, this watch is still beautiful. I mean it's absolutely a gorgeous watch and I love it. None of my other watches even have one single issue, but this one is still my favorite. I just wish it didn't have these issues. Polishing off the AR was an excellent choice. I considered getting some AR put on it, but it just looks too good the way it is IMO. Once the crown/stem/tube are replaced, I think I'll have pretty close to a perfect watch. Anyway, just wanted to give everyone the update!

Just finished a bottle of Red Zinfandel, and opened up a nice cold porter from Colorado. So delicious!

No smudge...definitely a sticker still on the case back. And since it still looks great with the sticker on it, i'd say take it.

Drunk posts are the best posts!

Ooooh, i like the way that looks. Where did you get it and for how much? Do they come in black?

I usually too drunk to have caught that period snuck in there! Nice catch Ade

Wow that's awesome!

Trusty Time is the best. I'm fairly new to this myself, but I've bought 4 watches from him and each one has been an outstanding experience. Here's his website : www.yourtrustytime.com The guy who runs it goes by the name of "Andrew" but I doubt that's his real name. Despite that his English is pretty good and he always responds to emails very quickly. When I find the model I want, I do a search by price (highest on top). Once I find the one I want, I'll do a search for posts on that watch. I find out whether it's a good replica and if there are any issues. All four of the ones I bought were highly reviewed. Instead of doing a search using the forum's search engine, I do a search using Google. If you type in "site:www.rwg.cc" then the search criteria, you get way better hits than if you use the forum. For example, type "site:www.rwg.cc Omega Planet Ocean" into Google, and you will get a ton of excellent results. Type the same search in the forum and it's pretty weak. Once you find the watch you want and decide to purchase, here's what you can expect (purchasing through Trusty time): ***************************************************************************************************************************** 1. Place an order through the website. It's a very simple process. I've used the PayPal option every time so I can't speak to the process for paying with CC. 2. I receive a confirmation email within a few hours informing me my order was received. 3. Using PayPal, I then receive another email with instructions on how to pay through PayPal. This email instructs me to send an email letting him know after I make payment, which I do. 4. Andrew responds to that email thanking me and letting me know I will receive the QC email with 24-48 hours. 5. The QC email arrives with photos of the watch from the front, back, sides, bracelet and clasp. There's also a shot of it hooked up to the timegraph and another with it sitting on your shipping form with your address on it. Take a good look at the pictures and make sure you like the way everything looks. He asks that you not post QC pics on the forum, but if you've done your homework on the watch you shouldn't need to. Every watch I've received so far from Andrew looked really nice in the photos, but I've heard other members ask for another watch based on something that didn't look right (pearl alignment, etc). Keep in mind that the photos are very close up so you will see every little fleck on dust or lint. The photos are also taken with a bright light and with a white background so everything looks a little washed out. Don't get wrapped around this. Try to keep your focus on the way everything on the watch itself looks. So far in my experience, every watch looks way better in person that they did in the QC pictures, and the QC pictures weren't bad! 6. Once you decide you are happy with the watch, reply to the QC email letting him know you accept the watch. If he doesn't hear from you within 24 hours he will send the watch without your approval. 7. He then replies to your QC acceptance email letting you know the watch has been shipped and you can get your tracking info off the website. To find it, log on at the Trusty website and go to 'My Account'. There will be a list of your orders with the most recent at the top. Select 'View' next to it and then look down the verbiage (which is usually a copy-paste of the text in your emails). At the end of the latest email, after his signature will be the tracking number. Every one I've gotten has been through EMS so my number always looks like this: EMS: EE123456789CN. This number is also at the top of the shipping form in the last QC pic. 8. I then go to the EMS website to track (http://www.ems.com.cn/english.html). However, it will usually take a day or two for any info to be posted here. There's a little trick with the verification on the tracking page though that took me a little bit to figure out. There's two boxes; the first is 'Shipment Number' which is obviously where you enter the tracking number Andrew provided. The next one says 'Verification' which would normally lead me to enter a CAPTCHA code from some kind of small photo of numbers or letters, but there's not one there. The trick is that you have to click the mouse in that box before the code will pop up! The EMS site has good tracking through China, but will post less detailed information once it leaves the country. If you are in the US, you can enter the same tracking number into the tracking page of the USPS website to get good tracking info once it reaches the US. 9. My experience so far has been really good with shipping times. Usually 7-10 days from the time I replied to the QC email. I once had the package stuck in customs for 5 full days, but even then it still got to me in 13 days total. It's hard, but this is the time to be patient. The watch will show up. ***************************************************************************************************************************** That's the process I went through on all 4 watches with Andrew at Trusty Time. There is another dealer who goes by "Joshua" from a website called "Perfect Clones" who is as highly reviewed as Andrew. However, once I found a reliable dealer who sends me good watches reliably, I don't see the need to go anywhere else. If you do decide to try Perfect Clones, check out his section here on RWG. I've heard that there are a few scam websites of his. They're called "Perfect Clones" and look identical to his, but are not the same URL and will get you ripped off (yes I see the irony in the fakes of the fake). But Andrew has been solid and reliable, so he's the one I recommend.

i know, i'd rather it not have the cyclopes as well. but that's how the gen is so i guess there's not much option unless you want a pricey mod...

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Beautiful watch! I also like your collection of small colorful plastic giraffes...

Hopy crap, that looks ridiculous. I've seen some U-Boats that look like that.

haha... prescriptions. No, the morangie is still intact, but probably not for too much longer. Macallan's my favorite though. No question..

I love scotch. Haven't had Ardbeg yet. I hear its yummy...

I think thats the best time!

Well I guess personal styles are just that, personal. If you like it - wear it. If you don't - well.. don't.