Stephane

Here is the gen I once owned ...when I wasn't homeless :-(

Hey Guys, I've been browsing quite a while but cannot find anything very precise. I'm wondering when Rolex stopped their lug-holed Explorers II. I assume 2005 but couldn't find any confirmation of that. Any one can help finding out the precise date for this one? All the best, Stephane

Still wearing this beauty as my buyer seems to have disappeared Lovely rep...will miss it. All the best Stephane

An update after 48 hours wearing both (not on the same arm though!) The clone (Crone) is keeping cosc time. In fact it runs precisely, not even a second difference. The genuine ETA lost 10 seconds... Go figure ?!

What bothers me is in fact the edges of the wheels. They are not as smooth as some of my other Eta mvt... That is almost impossible for a genuine ETA isn't it?

Not in agreement with you my friend ;-) They are what they have in stock. In some of my Swatch Group genuine watches they vary !

Keep them coming guys....I love this. How a trained/certified ETA watchmaker cannot spot the difference. I mean, you can, right? So funny :-)

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Hi Everyone, I had a funny experience with my local watchmaker here in Malta Two of my watches, both with allegedly genuine ETA 2836-2 had issues. Apparently, he fixed them both. He congratulated me: "very good movements, not Chinese my friend!" So, I had some doubts on the guy in the end because from what I remember, the Deep Sea may not be a genuine ETA but a Clone. What do you think ? Genuine Eta 2836-2 or a clone? Cheers Stephane

Sunny Malta Mate

Ok, thread is locked. Move people!

I certainly second that

Some very nice watches and shots here guys My BK Noob Gmt II and the Maltese Sky today. Looks like some painting isn't it. What a sky!

That is a great post Chief! Nice to see you here again ;-) Welcome back

Great stay apparently! Wish you to find an opportunity to come back. I started to come here in 2012 and was thinking of relocating with my love but a year later we separated. So I jumped on a business opportunity back in october 2013 but that turned out to be so borderline that we had to stop it in august last year. Now I'm not yet a resident, more an illegal ;-) but yup I live here 95% of the time. Luckily I can run my good old business from abroad. I'm currently on a great education project with the Maltese authorities. If this become a reality I will get my EU Maltese resident ID. I don't see the point living in a rainy and cold country when such a lovely and cheap place exists :-)

Well, that is the thing. I hope to find a dealer of SkySports who's a little friendly. I even have a friend working at Sky News but of course he can't help tricking his employer ! Haha. You summarized what I would say about Malta. All the places you visit I know them of course. That said, next time you're here, the new place is Spinola Terrace. As good as Baracuda but the service is even better. http://www.spinolaterrace.com/ When I arrived here back in october 2013 I stayed in the Meridian, then in march moved to Swieqi (walking distance from St Julians) and now I rent a penthouse in San Pawl's bay where the bay is beautiful and my view too ;-) Recently it was Brad Pitt and Angelina that shot their movie here. Anyway, culture, food, sun, sea, nice people...what else?! Here is the view from my terrace

Interesting indeed ! Thanks for sharing

Yeah, these kind of sites are always a pain but thanks anyway ! I use this http://fr.vipleague.me/sportsand it's a nightmare.

Hi everybody, I'm living in Malta since a while. I investigated all ways to have Formula 1 Champions League Europa League ....by legal means. If I want to get all my favorite sports I need to subscribe to 2 different operators and still there is no chance to have Sky Sports. There is a way to do it but from what specialist tell me here, it's very low quality and totally illegal. Satellite is thus a no go too. The only way I could see Sky Sports is that a fellow friend let me use their Sky ID to use Sky GO. I would gladly subscribe to Sky but they do not allow access outside UK and Ireland. Anyone could help me with a Sky Id? Cheers Stephane http://www.sky.com/shop/tv/sky-go/

Got it ;-) Please check your PMs.

Hmmm, that is a weird one guys. Can you please PM your fav' mod with the login details so we can have a look at what is happening? Cheers Stephane

Well, what I meant was that it is entertaining. In several years here we've seen many Frogs...none survived

Interesting person

Very very good job indeed ! Now....we are a FrogFree Forum