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Make a statement, if you are in the art industry. Nothing speaks of the arts like this watch!

You gotta start somewhere dont ya? I think it is great to say, not tonight, not tomorrow night. I think it is good to say i do not want to drink anymore. And guess what, i am calling AA tomorrow mate and seeing when they have meetings in my area.

Talk about sacrificies, now you must have been really putting a lot away! Q: Where you a daily drinker, or a bing drinker? They both are wrong, just curious. I drink heavily when i get depressed which happens at least once a month. I have been on almost every anti depressants and have not found one that has worked. In my heart and soul I know if my depression could be kicked then drinking would be an after thought. After your post today I called a friend of mine whom is a physicians and knows one of the most prominant psychologist in the area. My friend called him today after we got off the phone and called me an hour ago. I have an appointment next week. So we will see what this fellow has to say. In my original post i am not sure but i wanted to clarify that all outstanding orders will be taken care of swiftly. Otherwise, i am going to wait awhile before stepping back into this arena. Lastly, I would like to think everyone for their support. I have received many emails today, pms, and have not had a drink since last night. Oddly before i wrote this post my original plan was to put my sons to bed, work on a couple of watches and then sit down and whittle down a fifth of A.H. Hirsch. Not tonight. Not tomorrow. Hopefully never again.

@Lanikai I really wish that this where an excuse, a cop out. I remember three years ago. My wife was pregnant and I was alone at our house. I stood in front of our bathroom vanity and looked at myself for two hours. I was disgusted with myself, tired of hearing the constant voices. I drove to walgreens and picked up my scripts, five different medications. One medication per diagnosis, no joke. I heard something deep inside my soul, and went to the aisle that had mens grooming supplies and bought some clippers, you know the electric kind. When I arrived back home, i went back to our bedroom, looked in the vanity again, then shaved off all my hair. Then i filled up our jacuzzi, went into the bedroom and put on The End by The Doors. Never once did i think about writing a letter, because at the time the act i was considering was so selfish that my thoughts were that no one needed one. When the jacuzzi was full, i dropped a bath ball in, lavender to be exact, lit some frakencinse, went down to the basement and got out a vial of local anesthetic, lidocaine, a 5 cc syringe, 25 gauge needle, and an eleven blade scapel. I proceed back up stairs, went back into the master bath and proceeded to end it. I injected both my wrist with the lidocaine, got back up, and poured a glass of red wine, my thinking was the blood of christ. As they do in mass, i blessed the wine, drank it, grabbed the scapel, and then the phone rang. I had left the damn thing right next to the tub, by mistake. It was my father. I had not spoken to him for several years. Honestly, I am not quite sure why i picked up the phone, but he who helped bring me into this world prevented me from leaving it. He told me, and I quote, "Son, soon you will understand the joy and disappointment of a father's love. I am sorry" I cried for the first time in five years. A remarkable feat considering the 600mg of Wellbutrin I had been taken daily for years. I dropped the scapel in the bubble water and the damn thing went straight into my thigh. I was so ashamed that I had even considered to end my life at my own accord. I am not sure why I have shared this story with you, but your post somehow made me think about that very instance. Every week I see people that are really f*&Jed up, and often I remind myself how lucky i am, married with two beautiful children. There are times when my pedestal is high, and I reign over the people that are my patients, tell myself in my head how much better i am. Reality is I am no better, rather if anything worse. You see I have it all and knowingly piece by piece throw it away. For five years i have changed counselors and doctors like underwear in search of answers. They listen, preach, and medicate. Has the problem been fixed, no, and is that their desire. Really i am not for sure, but I can tell you that according to one i am bipolar, according to another i am ocd, the third adhd you get the point. Fact is, whatever the diagnosis or condition, the only thing that can change is me. You see drugs cannot fix or solve the problems, this i am sure that you know. Only I can do that! Last week I was down at my cabin in Arkansas. Over a bowl of pipe I thought about all my options. What could I do. Guess it would have just been easier to say eff it, ya know. Ah, but that is not in my character (this coming from a pill popper) the easy way out. Thought I would post something truthful, something with substance. Let everyone know that I am not a quitter nor plan to quit. If your hand is out there, I'd like to shake it, and tell you lets begin!

While true i doubt that if i leave i will ever return. The only part i enjoy anymore is modding to be honest. There was a time i enjoyed playing the violin, too.

I am quite sure that Victoria could not have said it better. There are many of us that are one man shows, that have normal lives, families, and we do this as a hobby. My first rep experience was a bad one! Then i found the forums are then found luckky! There are so many more things that i would like to elaborate on, many deeper topics concerning highly respected members but I do not wish to create rifts in this community. I, too, have video, photographical, and email messages if you know what i mean. Out of discretion i choose the high road. Thank you for your words of encouragement. I suppose if you thought my modding sucked you wouldn't have sent your 127 to me, eh? I am surprised that you did not go with a certified modder though To this day I have never spoken one bad word, EVER, about my competition. Never have I said anything bad about any dealer or modder. There are many people whom could tell you that i have spoken praise about Andrew, Narikaa, Vaccum, and The Zigmeister. Never one single insult. Infact, when The Zigmeister had his going away party I contributed to his Patron! However, the best way to get rid of competition is to eliminate it. I am not saying anything nor implying anything. All one has to do is recruit a bunch of trolls, lackies, smucks, behind them and attack.

Corgi yes that is quite understandable. In a healthy marriage one would not expect to find offerings of sex reinforced with nude pictures in email. To be exact my response was Oh my god those pictures are HOT. When would you like to meet on Saturday. Can you imagine finding this on your wife's instant messenger?

Oh, I would also like to publically apologize to itailano177661. The racial slurs i made where completely wrong. At one time you were a good customer. I am sorry!

Actually, I have been on zolpidem for three years now 20MG. I often mix the three! Which is completely insane, like playing russian roulette. About the benzo's i have weened myself down from 3mg daily to .25 mg, but when sheeit hits the fan popping is just to easy. I have fought now to get of benzo's for three years now and it has proven to be most diffucult.I appreciate your words of encouragement!

Dear All First let me point out that i am not looking for any sympathy, rather to inform everybody what has happened in my life for the past several months that has effected all aspects of my life. Last year proved to be one of the worst years of my life, and this year has not started off any better. For those that do not already know it began with my eldest son, now almost three, being falsely diagnosed with autism. After taking him to several different respected medical institutions an accurate diagnosis was finally made. Needless to say, unless you have children it is unfathomable to comprehend how much anxiety, stress, and pressure this has put on my family and myself. Since his diagnosis he has come a long way due to his twice weekly therapy sessions. His vocabulary as went from five words eight months ago to over 300, and this has been a blessing. Second, the week before Thanksgiving my wife intercepted an email from a female colleague. The email was very damning, it contained nude pictures and very incriminating responses. I was kicked out of my house, rightfully. I lost the ability to work on watches, communicate with clients. It is very humbling to live in a hotel room for a week! After turning over both my computers, telephone records, and taking a polygraph test my wife decided that indeed I had no intentions of or was having an affair. As you can imagine this put a damper on our entire holiday situation. Third, in december my wife was diagnosed with Lupus and has started presenting the classic neurologic symptons. She is 25 years of age, and her chances of living a productive normal life are slim. To make matters worse a couple weeks ago she had a late second term miscarriage. To add insult to injury three days after her procedure she had to be taken back to surgery to have a suction curretage for retained placenta. She had lost a lot of blood, her hemogoblin was 3, and had to be transfused with 8 units of blood. Fourth, my best friend whom was expecting his first child lost their child in the second trimester. Their experience was much worse as her placenta actually had grown into her uterus which due to medical necessity resulted in an emergancy hysterectomy. In layman terms she lost her child and her uterus! Fifth, since Christmas day I have suffered from three bilateral eye infections. Quite abnormal considering that usually people just get pink eye only a couple times in their lives. I found out last week that the bacteria is resistant to Cipro, which has forced me to take more powerful antibiotics, abandon contacts, which not really a problem however my visual acuity is not as good with my glasses. Sixth, we all handle problems differently. I am an alcoholic. I LOVE bourbon, and when i do drink four doubles is just getting me warmed up. Also, I have a particular weakness for diazepam during crisis situations. I know that this is the wrong way to handle problems, but it keeps the crippling depression at bay. If anyone here has suffered from severe depression then you all know what i am talking about. Really you just do not give a f*&K about anything. I cannot tell you how many times I simply did not log onto the computer, because I could not force myself to. Seventh, Navigator ripped me off on 40 cannon pinion sets that put me a month behind on all my mod orders. He has now made good on this, so that is cool. Eight, I had a huge seizure in december, eta movements ran out of stock, new asian movements ran out of stock and this has delayed a lot of orders. While most people would just pack it up and run at this point, I have reordered every watch and continue to delivery to my customers. I was burned a couple years back by a dealer known as luckky for $2000 USD so i know how it feels to be scammed. This i will never do. Nine, on a good note we are in the process of moving. We have found an old 1877 Victorian House a couple hours out of town that we are completely restoring. This will be very rewarding once it is complete. The Facts I may not be the best dealer, but to this day I have not ever ripped anyone off or scammed anyone. Infact, i am probably the most giving collector on the boards. Typically when problems arise i do not ask any questions, i simply take care of the problems or give refunds! Period. That is the way i have always done business. I am honest. I was the first dealer to point out to the community that UPO, of late, was being built with the 2842 movement instead of the 2824-2 movement. I always price my watches according to what i would pay for them as a consumer, and this is in direct conflict with other dealers that want to drive prices up to unreasonable levels. For example, when Ruby started offering the Big Bang SS and SFSO Swiss version at cheaper prices the two big dealers went to the factory and told them specifically not to sell Ruby those watches. I am facing this same crisis now as I am trying to get the new graham chronofighter in. When my price was advertised at $340, which brought me a hefty profit, and was $60 USD cheaper than the other two main dealers, those dealers went to the factory and asked not to sell this version to me. My actions I believe have been in the best of the community. In the end I realize that a simple thread when all these problems arised would have sufficed, but again i do not deal with things like this. I get drunk, pop a few pills and withdraw. I can only hope to do things differently in the future. More importantly, for every bad review you read there are 30-40 good ones that you never hear about. I sold well over 1000 watches last year with just a couple bad reviews. In any other business i think that is an excellent track record. I try to do my best to take care off every client before, during, and after the sell. What we need to remember though is that these are replica watches, the quality control not as good as the $10 casios that you can find in any Wal-mart. Yet, we expect these watches to run perfectly, we expect the cases to last forever, we expect warranties, and service that you would find at AD's. We expect every panerai movement to have perfect CDG, perfect this, perfect that. Well if perfection is what you are in search for go buy a GEN. Well I am here to tell you that everyone has been LYING to themselves. These watches would not even be quality wise the rejects from brands such as Invicta, Casio, Seiko,etc! Why can my cheap $80 USD Invicta perform better than a $400 USD cousteau, which supposedly has a better movement, yeah right! Infact, the date/day wheels have always lined up perfectly, and the power reserve is much nicer. Then again it is the unrealistic expectations that the watches that we buy are SUPERIOR. What you are buying are cheap watches, built in a country with terrible labour conditions, but this is besides the point. My advice for those with unrealistic expectations, do yourself a favour, save your pennies and buy a gen. You will be much happier in the long run, more appreciative. Lastly, I grow tired of this hobby of mine and am considering retiring. I am tired of all the threating emails, blackmail, etc. Tired of all the unrealistic expectations. Tired of all the childish behaviour, back stabbing, and just plain sick of a few of the primadonnas that freqeunt these boards and others. I have not made a decision yet, but to further contribute to this forum in the event that I do stop collecting, I WILL SHARE MY THREE SUPPLIERS CONTACT INFORMATION. THEY TAKE MONEYGRAM AND WESTERN UNION AND YOU WILL GET WHOLESALE PRICE ON ALL THE WATCHES THAT YOU ORDER! I HAVE WORKED WITH THESE SUPPLIERS FOR OVER A YEAR AND THEY HAVE ALWAYS DELIVERED! WHY BUY FROM ANY OTHER DEALERS WHEN YOU CAN GET WATCHES UP TO 60% OFF RETAIL?

LOL I already stated that earlier my friend

LOL That is dust my friend. Nothing more nothing less. That is why it does not appear in the last pictures

Looks like there is some of the latex from the dial on the 10 marker. Going to have to break this one back open and get it out!

Tubes are 2.75mm thick and the lugs are 1.63 mm thick. Let me go measure the inner diameter of the tube if that would help

Victoria please scrutnize before i send this to you tomorrow. Any one else for that matter. Here is victoria's watch prior to modding. The lume on the dial and hands does not match, yet I was pleasantly surprised when the repl iume glowed like it did. HOwever no comparison Here is here watch after installing tall ETA cannon pinion and hour wheel. Dial and hands were redone with C9/C3/C1 superlumova