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Glad to hear the news! 

UPDATE: Angus contacted me. Hope we can work things out.

Hey folks,

This is a sad day for me when everything came to write this post. Long story short: I bought from PureBags a bag on Dec. 2nd and still have yet to receive anything! No money, no bag and so far no response. But here's the complete deal:

On Dec. 2nd of last year, I ordered a nice Hermes bag for my wife's birthday just right before Christmas. I chose PureBags since I have bought many watches from Angus (Puretime) and my experience was always a good one. Also I was directed to the PureBags site directly from his webpage. So what could go wrong? For me it was a done deal.

However, they took like forever to send me a tracking number. When they finally sent it, the tracking site said the item was stuck in Hong Kong and never left. So when I insisted on this situation, Tony at PureBags told me the shippers site was having problems, but the item was already on it's way... so after many emails coming back and forth, Christmas passed and on Dec. 28th I receive an email from Tony telling me that the item was seized by customs in my country and that there is nothing they can do other than me paying for another bag for them to ship it. I was freaking mad! How fresh from them to ask me to pay again for an item I did not receive! It's not the first time I buy from Asia, and is not the first time to have trouble with customs.

But the most funny part is that the shipping company sent back the item to them! Knowing this, they agreed to resend the bag to me for a second time and this is the day I have yet to receive anything. When I asked again for a tracking number, they sent me one that is not working or to be found by any tracking site. And now they don't even answer my emails!

People, I sincerely don't know what happened to Angus, but this is not what I expected from a long trusted seller.

Any updates before CNY?

I appreciate the new push pieces for the chrono... certainly more modern and coherent with the whole watch case.

Cheers!

Great looking franken. Love blue colored watches.

Damn! 2 amazing MM just a few posts away are driving me nuts!

Cheers BC

Not only it's the best time of the year (for the same reasons: clear skys with that chilling wind, but obviously for celebrating Natividad) but your pictures take the best of an amazing watch.

Cheers Lani!

Nice! Enjoy it.

Could not agree more. Cheers!

I can't advise on prices, but if you really want a custom piece, I say go for it

My view on watches matches the Burger King motto

OMG what a great combo of hands and dial. Cudos to both! Can't wait to see the results Ross.

Cheers!

An absolute relic! Congrats on a greatly acomplished project Lex.

Cheers!

Your first pic is from a gen and it's correct. Same as the example shown by Lex's post. Anyhow, here's another gen pic to confirm it.

Cheers!

Great wristshot! The color of dial suits nicely to a femenine wrist.

Does anyone have any clue if a better movement could be fitted?

Cheers!

Mine has a palp crown fitted with the regular stem it came with.

Cheers!

For me at the end is with what I feel more confortable with. Personally I'm inclined towards the 232 for its heritage to the real vintage pieces (large case, gold hands, brown dial=faded black dial).

However the 322 has a great appeal with the Ti case and the gold inner bezel. Whatever your choice, I wouldn't hesitate to take any of them.

Cheers!

Happy birthday and good luck with the sale.

Cheers!

Gorgeous!

Nice Pam 192.

I wish it be mine.... Cheers!

How hard is to find someone for custom made? If someone is capable of helping out scoobs, then I'll be interested in a set for a PAM 192.

BUMP and cheers!

Great vintagizing team work. All you need now is an angelus motor and you'll have a GREAT BEAST!

Cheers!

Did anyone notice in wheaton26 pics that V1 has the outline in the same color as the number, and in V2 The outline has the color of the dial (making the numbers look a lot more thinner). Perhaps a possible mod is to paint the outline with silvery paint?

Here's a pic of the GEN with a clear caseback showing the real Lemania movement it comes with.

And the GEN caseback:

Cheers!

Regarding the comment of the darker kind of blue on the gen, the strap makes the rep to have a deeper tone of blue too. But I rather have this model on the bracelet than with the leather (makes more sense, hence the Navy name).

Either way, your photos are great. It captures the best of it.

Cheers!