Stephane

Thanks again guys.

Cheers

Stephane

If you ask this way... Buy a new one - there's so much to fix at your watch, it would be cheaper and better to buy a new, actual one.

Ok, thanks for your opinion. Very much appreciated.

Cheers

Stephane

Hi All,

Last saturday we organised a dinner at home.

What a surprise when one of the guest, a true connoisseur of fine wines, arrived with some Chinese Cabernet Sauvignon.

He stated: it's just for fun, don't think I brought you an "underground Premier Cru Classé".

So here is the picture of that bottle I received in Belgium and some other pics from wines I had the chance to drink lately.

If you guys like wine, prepare youself to be chocked byt these etiquettes.

Cheers

Stephane

I will open the bottle soon...

TropLong Mondot 1996, followed by the allways best wine of Medoc in my opinion: Léoville Las Case, here in 1997 (the S in Las must be pronouced) and a Cheval Balnc 1996 which was simply unbelievable !!

OK, for those of you who like incredible "etiquettes", have a look at the millésime of the siècle (ze millésime of ze siècle), 1961...

La Mission Haut Brion 1961...one occasion in a life time, I mean it.

Vieux Chateau Certan 1970 a wonderfull experience

Mouton Rotschild : I am very lucky to have tasted almost all modern millésime, and this one was great, as usual.

So now, what else ? I'm waiting...

Ok stay cool, what about a Chateau L'Evangile 1997, my favourite Pichon Comtesse (a 1997) or an another incredibly rare occasion: Ausone 1988 ?

again, thanks to all of you who make this a great place to be and especially to all of the VIP members and donators. You keep this place alive!

T

Count on us, even newbies like me, we will try hard to keep it alive.

Thanks to you for keeping it alive in fact.

Cheers

Stephane

Mate, not trying to put you down or sometning really, but since you asked for opinions...

This must be one of those early Fiddy reps before the rep manufacturers agreed on gen Fiddy standards and dimensions.

The box looks gen, but hard to say for sure from photos.

cheers,

babola

Hey Babola,

I am more than happy to get opinions, including yours. Remember I got this watch 7 months before discovering RWG.

So, because I like this model, I really want to know what I should do: try to fix this one or buy another one ?

FYI: I'm not a mod freak. I'm only loving getting the as close as possible one rep without entering the crazyness of gen parts.

Bonsoir...

Stephane

Is the dollar that sucky?

FYI, hardware isn't the major expense running this site: bandwidth is, if I'm not mistaken, which is why we need to keep encouraging people to join up. If you have a cash drive and get a super server, people think it's all that's needed, but the reality is running costs are higher than server costs.

OK, I understand, but, at the end of the day, isn't it a question of money ?

So, I'm not that wrong saying that if each and everyone of us would "donate" one watch money (not even an MBW), it would help RWG to deal whith wathever issue arrises.

We call this "le trésor de guerre" in french.

And I would be more than delighted to know that Admin & his gang get their "war treasure", just in case...

Having said that, I recently upgraded one of my internet services: separate sql (on a Dell PowerEdge) and IIS (on a Rack mounted no name win server), got an upload and a resize quality tool, ask to rewrite some asp pages code on the IIS one, and...upgrated the bandwith to 2 megs. It's a completely different service now. One should wear a seat belt before connecting ;-)

Cheers

Stephane

(Pug, pls check my last lume shot in the Rolex area, My So Called Perfect Sub...I think it's getting better now)

this is why RWG is such a great place - thanks all to all the noobs and obviously the big donors, it is rare to find this sense of community in the virtual world

Yup you are probably right; it's rare but isn't it the minimum we can do, all of us, for the community that is giving us all so much informations, so much fun and so much exitment ?

Let's surf on this generous wave to upgrade RWG with extra capabilities.

Am I wrong saying there are thousands of members ?

Am I wrong saying there are hundreds of active members ?

Am I wrong saying that from these hundreds of members lots were giving to much money for the watch they got lately (1$, 5$, 10$ or even 100$) ?

Shouldn't we contribute to RWG for the amount of only one of our watches ?

So let's multiply like this:

500 members donating 10$ only (which is very very low compared to what we all spent on one of our reps) = 5.000 $

If some of these 500 are giving say 20 $....

If all others are giving 1$...

RWG could end with like 10.000 $ (This is the price of a Dell Power Edge from the last generation.)

Now, look at this: every active member gives only one watch money to RWG: 500*228 = 114.000 $

(This is the price of 10 Dell Power Edge from the last generation.)

As I confessed, my first rep bought on eBay costed me 150 € and was [censored]

I would prefer to have send that money to RWG (and I'm still ready to do so).

It looked like this:

I'm a newbie, but I say that it makes me sick too to see "new arrivals / apprentice" post, read, enjoy without even thinking suscribing to RWG.

If I remember well, I suscribed almost right away.

Come on new arrivals and apprentice, PayPal RWG now !

Cheers

Stephane

Sounds like it's ok.

Admin has enough for the ram !

Good to hear.

What about starting to get some cash for a mutli-processor server ?

Cheers

Stephane

Stephane,

TW Best is not TrustyWatchGuy (Andrew). It stands for Taiwan Best. People buy it to mod it to a near-perfect rep. It has deep and more correct rehaut, crystal, crystal seal, case, bezel. It has many flaws that need to be corrected. You're looking at US$500, 600 or more when done.

-bm

Hey Bm,

Thanks for this, I like the way you catched the fact I was talking about Andrew's perfect or even ulimate.

When I posted my reply about TW (Andrew) I was thinking about "oh this might be another MBW, CG, ARC, IMHO,...."

Meaning that you guys have so much shortcuts that it's allmost impossible to get them all in only one month of presence on the board.

And, I must say, we all post in english but are speaking very different mother tongues though. It took me at least 2 weeks to pick CG.

So, can I suggest that you post a detailled review of TW ? Are they any better than MBWs ?

I read that if rehaut is ok, it makes other things more sensitive like the crown i.e.

Another topic that would be helpfull is: explain what are CG, ARC, MBW, ...a tutorial of what I call "shotcuts" and would call "abréviations" in french, my mother tongue.

Cheers and thanks,

Stephane

Ok Guys,

I read all the suggestions about Lume shots and here is my best attempt so far !

Note : Instead of a mag light, I used the aquarium screen saver of a dell computer

Cheers

Stephane

Your 1950 text is bugging me. I recommend a new dial.

Hmmm you are scarring me

Maybe I'll have to send it to Ziggy for lume anyway so, a new dial, why not ?

But overal, do you like the case ?

By the way...I tried a lume shot

Lovely photos - and what a nice box to go w/ your 1950 - I'm envious!

The 1950 is one of the best to photograph, IMO.

ps thanks Ziggy!

Wow that is a very very nice photo Brad

I'll try to make one tonight ;-)

About the box: I was mad enough to pay 142€ / 186$

I wouldn't do that again and sincerely hope this one is gen

Hi All,

I got this Daylight chrono from the same german dealer as my 1950 during the summer of 2006.

It's one of the watches I wear the most as you'll see from the picture.

There are a lot of scratches... and I should dremel it one of these days.

I should also sent it to service as it's a 7750 old version and it's a nightmare to make it start.

I got a rubber band for it aswell as a box (which is not gen, I think)

Cheers

Stephane

Interesting Fiddy: That is the same as the one Brand9 is selling over on RWI. The serif typeface on the '1950' is intriguing.

ps. Good pics. Don't stop

Many thanks Pug...For sure I will...

Hi All,

In the topic My So Called Perfect Sub, Freeman wanted me to shoot some other watch than a Rolex.

So, here it is.

This watch was bought in june 2006 to a german dealer, long before I discovered RWG.

It was my third rep, and I really love it.

I got a BOB band for it and also got the box from eBay.

I'd love the experts opinion on the watch but also on the box: it was sold to me as a genuine (the box).

I'm not that proud of the photos. I still have to buy lights and create some shooting "area".

It is really hard to get rid of the reflects...

Cheers

Stephane

That's a hell of a dirty movement--needs to be cleaned, seriously.

Yes you are absolutely right.

An update about that movement though:

When I received it it was running 15 seconds too fast per 24 hours or so.

Fine tuned it this week-end and since the last 24 hours it didn't gain or loose a second.

I usually try to have my watches not gain or lose time for 48 hours as I never wear a watch more than 48 hours anyway.

Only one watch did it: my GMT II with ETA 2836-2.

It seems that this SoCalledPerfect could do it too.

All others are close except the 7750 which are around 10 secs faster.

Cheers

Stephane

It's good value for $149. It fails to capture the essense of the sub like a TW Best or MBW. I have owned the noobmariner (which is the same watch as yours except for the Asian movement), Josh's, a couple subs bought from China, and a TW Best. When I put on my TW Best, I finally could say this one really feels like it. The noobmariner/so-called feels like a different watch, serious. Why? The short and thin rehaut, the thick crystal seal, the thin crystal (looks like you sanded down the bezel insert or you got lucky that the insert sits a little recessed in the bezel, making the crystal look quite high), and the shorter and angled-down bezel teeth. These things have to be adequately right to creates the submariner feel, more so than the dial, the crown, and the crown guard. TW Best can achieve these elements very well. Here's my unfinished TW Best. I need to work on the bezel insert to make it more recessed and smooth out the CG U better. The bracelet needs to sit lower between the lugs. TW Best is a lot of work but it's worth it. It's only $100 more but needs many parts to be near perfect but at least it can be.

before mod:

unfinished mod:

Thanks for all these informations.

I am a regular customer of TW so, I will probably continue my quest and get a TW too...

Cheers

Stephane

The list looks great, but you need a little bling bling!!! I'm in the same boat with the AP ROO. I want the HBB also but wainting for a full gold version.

Damn dollars ain't worth 2 nickels these days.

Ask G.W.Bush to stop to [censored] money in wars all over the planet and solar system...it may help the dollar, the world, you, me and everybody...

sent him a mail on ebay...[censored]. My first rep came from a stupid girl out of eBay and it was a Pam (see pic)...

I even went to a jeweler to hear me say (shout) : it's fake.

I hate this kind of persons.

I paid 150€ (not $).

That is how I discovered the wonderfull world of reps BTW. Maybe I should send her some Belgian chocolates ?

You are right guys we should report each and everyone doing this on the bay.

Cheers

Stephane

double post. sorry

I have a question about his TT Sub, he says it's Triple wrapped 18k, is this so? Joshua and others offer it I believe in 14k plated. Has anyone bought one of these from him? Also what about his "So called Perfect Subs", anyone purchase these?

Hi Micky,

I bought that So Called Perfect Sub.

Pls feel free to look at my topic:

http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showto...mp;#entry202816

Cheers

Stephane

Hi All,

Thanks for "compliments", I was sincerely afraid to post this topic .

It encourages me to improve...

Actually I posted the Sub SoCalledPerfect because it's a great deal, 149$ (I'm in the euro zone btw, and it makes it even cheaper in a way).

I have more watches though (Breitling, Officine Panerai, and Rolex only so far).

I thought it might be interresting for those who are paying 230, 300, 400 to see that, at the end of the day, they all have their own flaws, even MBW I guess (Not sure if I will join the group buy or not yet).

What I try to do is make pictures of all the watches I have so far, and from the next ones, and update my photobucket.

Then I'll put the link in my signature.

4 Freeman: the list is long and my bloody bank account it limited.

An Ultimate Pam (I love 88 and 164 specially but could expand the choice to a lot of others since I only have a 1950 and a Daylight), hopefully a 1680, IWC Spitfire Chrono, an AP ROO (but not yet sure because of minutes @9), an HBB (same), a JLC Réserve de Marche, Chronomat evolution white dial/brown leather band, and whatever I didn't discover so far....

I would be gratefull to have your opinion on the list

Cheers

Stephane

In the meantime, thank god I found this place, and here are some shots from 2 or 3 weeks ago. Sorry, another classic and not that exiting:

would it be too much to ask where you got it for $149?

Nice pictures as well BTW, lume shot looks nice which is always a hard shot to get.

Hi,

Paul-Wo-Mart...

Cheers

Stephane

one hell of a watch for 149 bucks - great pictures too

wow. Thanks for compliment LP...I hope to get better though...I'll try to have noce lume shots this week-end.

Cheers

Stephane

or you must wait longer for a letter... i am waiting now 5 weeks and no letter. I know that customs held my parcel... but no more info now.

the best is to call the courier...

In my case I called and I now know mine is stuck at customs too since jan 30 and no letter either...allthough EMS guy said it was not because of taxes for sure.

Bye Bye PO

Having said that, I also had NIF mentionned in GLS trackings 6 months ago: I don't know what that means but I got the watches finally delivered each time

Cheers

Stephane