slay

oh my god, lol... of course this is not a see-through caseback roflmao jesus lol are you all blind or what? :lol:

josh just uses some standart template so he doesnt have to write all the specifications again and again, b/c almost all watches have asian 21j and so on

Volkswagen has made a + of about 100% last year. I expect that they will grow even more, especially in the asian market and with the new investor (Porsche).

Apple is also good and will be worth a lot more in the future IMO. Apple has gone up about 3000% within the last 10 years. [censored] google, buy apple!

btw. we always seem to have the same ideas, I was also thinkin about investing some money, nut 100% sure how I'm gonna spread it though. same goes with your management university thingee!

20 beers... wow - now you gotta have a serious hang over... man I am drunk after five beers... but am proud to say that I only consumed a glass of champagne with my wife. So no hang over for me...

Well, I might have to add, that I ate 3 large Pizzas that evening. I usually dont drink that much.

And the hangover was taken care with two 600mg ibuprofen before I went to bed at 5 or 6am

edit: plus, consider I'm german, we drink a lot of beer (see Beerfest)

I had about 20 bottles of beer, half bottle of grey goose vodka (due to various members' recommendation it was this particular one), some jägermeister and tons of fun w/ fireworks and a flare guns.

I left the party when some dumb ass thought it was funny to throw a bunch of hardcore fireworks into the (huge bowl of) sour-cream dip!

your review is very very nice, and the pictures are very well taken. I might reconsider my opinion about 450$ replicas...

yes, it says, Lacoste and shirts of ANOTHER cheaper brand have the same design.

Since when does ANOTHER cheaper brand mean Ralph Lauren?

Or what were you trying to imply with your post?!

well said omni!

i think we all should just stop all this accusing thing ...if you want to buy any watch from any dealer..its up to you..its your money ..and its your choice..like everybody here too...the same with dealers ...if they want to buy 10 gen watches too..its up to them..whoe ever get it first or wat....

just go and buy the big bang if you like it..otherwise..just buy any other watches sswiss movement at that price tag ..or seiko

agreed

River and Silix are also in China, same as Angus!

No Slay, my [censored] is bigger!

really? mine is like 50 inches+, so yours must be humongous!

I have about ~20 of the real ones; I do think they are cut a little slimmer. If you want when I leave NYC for New Year's I can photo a Lacoste on top of a RL slim fit on top of a RL classic fit - all are cut differently. I have plenty of "better" shirts in my closet (you seem to equate quality with price), but I always reach for the lacostes because they are comfortable and breathe well for just bumming around when I'm not going to work or something else where I have to look "proper".

I never said RL and Lacoste have the exact same design, I said there are shirts that have the exact same design as lacoste shirts which are sold for a lot less

When I'm "bumming" around at home or working in the shed, I wear shirts that cost 5$ or 10$ and not the expensive ones; right now I'm wearing a 15$ pajama, got it at a cofe store lol... very comfortable!! Though different ppl, different opinions. My sparring buddy always wears his 120$ Ralph Lauren polos when we fight for practise, and I always feel bad kicking him in the stomach, because I've already runined 2 of his shirts with my toe nails My old wrestling coach would have probably kicked us off the team if we came to practise with 120$ shirts... I wasnt even allowed to make my hair properly for the team photo

apparently the ones sold in the US are made of lesser quality. same with Ralph Lauren polos.

Guess that explains why you can buy RL polos for 50$ in the US (which is almost 1/3 of our price, 90Euros (120$))

An update: I contacted the seller, and he quickly responded. I know him, and have given him permission to use my pictures for this one auction. He's not a thief (in fact, if you're shopping for a 6263 case set, he'd be a good source).

the best source would probably be DW himself at least then you dont have to pay close to 1 grand for a 6263 case. but even DWs prices increased a lot.

I find Lacoste polos that are made in Peru to be of poor quality and inconvenient because you must dry them flat. The ones made in France are well made, but they are not available in the US. My favorite Polos are made by Brooks Brothers.

My expertise, you ask? I grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut- the Preppy capitol of the world.

The US ones are made in Peru and the European ones Made in France? really? I didnt know that!

I paid 49Euros for a lacoste shirt (on sale though at a lacoste store), which is less than the 72$ you pay in the US

I'm quite sure the sellers of all the casesets on eBay are members here on this forum.

this does not have to be a fake.

can simply be a genuine daytona with a redial or an aftermarket dial or whatsoever.

rolex parts dont always look the same, especialy not when you send and old watch in for service. you get the watch back with a new dial that has different characteristics. simple as that!

I'm no Zenith movement expert, so I cant comment on the movement. What I can tell is that its a real zenith movement and that the rotor appears to be a real one. plus the watch comes with certificate and everything

I dont know if I should laugh or cry. Anways, welcome onboard Corgi!

But you are missing what being a "preppy" is all about.

Wow calm down; as I said many, many times in my review I thought it was a good deal for $14. I was really just curious as to what they were like, no one else that I know of has tried them out and I wanted to learn to spot the fake ones by getting a close look and get some spares to tear up.

I do not think it is ridiculous to spend $72 for a shirt (at one point I bought every lacoste color, but I think they have come out with more since then so I don't have the full lineup possily and mine are always scattered); hell I have plenty of shirts that cost several times that. They have a fit and feel that is perfect for me; Polo RL simply does not fit me as well (although probably fits other people better than Lacoste).

I think it has been proven many times here that it is a little base to say it is ridiculous to spend X amount on Y item.

I was calm. No need to calm down.

I think its ridiculous to pay 72$ for those shirts, because most ppl only buy them (as Admin pointed out already) to show off on social events or at the golf club and not because they are such nice fabric. And you cant show off with a lacoste shirt that has an aligator as ridiculous as the one on your fake shirt (in fact it made me laugh out real loud, because it just looks so funny as if someone was trying to make a joke when he made that shirt).

If you want nice fabric, buy a Cashmere, Pashmina or Shahtoosh shirt. And not cheap, thin cotton lol; as a matter of fact, when I bought my dad a genuine lacoste shirt as a present (he has never had one of those) he asked me if it was fake, because the fabric felt so cheap and thin.

I have genuine Lacoste polos, too (I paid less than 72$ though), and RL and so on, and yes, maybe I sometimes wear them to show off. Dont get me wrong, but ff you are trying to tell anyone, that you wear a RL polo, because it "fits" you best, or because its made out of such nice fabric, you are only fooling yourself.

In fact, lacoste shirts, and shirts of another (much cheaper) brand have the same design and are cut from the same cloth. Though you couldnt wear this shirt at the local golf club or at social event,s because all your rich friends will whisper at each other 'ohh, look, there's mr. 10.000$-watch and look what he's wearing, he's earing a WalMart shirt.. oh my god, does he have no shame??'

I'd never try to argument "I wear RL because it's made of such nice fabric". Though I'd say that about my 300pounds sterling (which is like 600$) cashmere knit or my 150 pounds t-shirts that feel like a 2nd skin. Of course I paid for the design, too, but I mainly bought them because they feel so nicely.

Same goes for daily products such has shampoo or toothpaste. The same stuff that's in Wella is in cheaper products from a different brand. Price difference? A LOT!

something seems fishy the way angus shows up with a new model and calling it his own project when i remember josh and andrew talking about it amonths ago. i believe either josh or andrew were saying they even bought a gen for a sample. now angus shows up out of the blue, everyone who bought watches from him a year ago or whenever he dissapeared and recieved nothing somehow forgot that they recieved nothing. i remember the posts! and he starts taking pre-orders and selling these at a much higher price than josh and andrew who, if you remember a few months back, seemed to be the ones commissioning this project......

i don't mean to stir the bee's nest here but why not get it cheaper from josh and andrew and you will always recieve what you paid for. after all.....don't they deserve credit for this one? i imagine how exited josh and andrew were to give this to us and angus seemed to undercut them and sell it sooner for a way higher price too....

anyone feel the same way?

Angus' pre-order price was lower than Josh's & Andrew's Current prices as far as I know.

And I have never heared of Joshua buying the watch, he only showed the maker pictures and so on.

Angus is stealing nothing from noone, in fact me (& other members here) found it not very nice from Andrew&Josh to act like Angus has done nothing and deserves no credit.

Angus has done a great Job with this watch. period.

if you dont want it, I'll gladly take it for 700

No little Toy on in omni's package?

And those Tissot and Timexes and all the others have very good Quality Control, too. Some are even manufactured in siwtzerland and not in China.

there are in fact a LOT of GENUINE and SWISS (!!) 7750 powered watches which can be had for about 500$, thats why most of us think that 450$ is a lot.

Thanks for the info Omni.

See it is this exact kind of thing that kills me about fake watches. You are lucky that you have an easy fix and a trustworthy relationship to take care of the problem, but most of us do not. Getting a watch with the second hand floating around the inside of the case does not exactly inspire confidence about the quality of the watch does it. Especially when you factor in the extremely high premium being paid for this particular watch.

you are right, at 400$ for a replica, there should definietly be QC involved! its a rep, okay, its illega, okay, but 400$ is more expensive than most GENUINE watches (like timex, seiko etc.).

Doctorate in Chiropractic

so you are not a "real" doctor? (i hope you watch 'two and a half men' w/ charlie sheen, otherwise you might find this insulting )