TeeJay

The person who created the cello is not just turning in their grave, but spinning!!!!!!

I thought it might be, and yeah, totally unreasonable guy. Totally burned his bridges on this forum, I can't imagine anyone who read the previous thread giving him any credence over anything now. His loss really, because this place is the best

If this is the person I think it is, who was mentioned in another thread, the guy was being totally unreasonable. Ken is The Man, and that's all their is to say

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Looking gooooood

Looks promising [Edit to add] Lets hope this one proves reliable, and doesn't get swamped by unreasonable requests

It does indeed

Ahhh, I had visions of the customs officer taking it off your wrist at the scanner, which was pretty scary, thanks for the clarification As you said before though, I'm sure her husband enjoys wearing it

This is my thinking, it's legal, but I'm concerned that if they might still take a dim view of it not being a branded gen watch, I'm wondering if that would attract the same attention/consequences as a rep... I've visited France a couple of times on coach trips, so never really gone through customs as anything more than a guy making sure everyone on the coach had their passports. Never had any issues with customs in Spain, and equally, no issue wearing a GMT through Japanese customs either, despite there being a wall of counterfeit goods right by the customs department, and the fact that I 'drew attention to myself' when leaving, as I forgot to remove my belt and its camera case when going though the scanner (with said GMT sitting in the tray with my phone ) I think I just got lucky on that occasion I'm wondering if maybe the 'issue' was because Donerix was wearing a PAM, which is a pretty noticeable watch, where a DateJust or Seamaster might have slipped under the radar...

I wonder what they would make of a sterile homage? I'm thinking I might need to add one to my collection for if I ever wind up visiting France again, but wouldn't want to wind up getting fined or that confiscated instead of the same thing happening with a rep... Maybe I should just get one of those Casio watches the suicide bombers like for such trips

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Still no change

Given it happened when Katrina hit, I'm expecting no different this time... Just hoping folks stay safe

That'd be it

Death from above!!! (If only I could remember where that motto came from )

I guess this is where the issue of form over function becomes blurred... If you go for the 50's movement, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that it is what it is, even though no one else would be able to see said movement, where if you just pull the rotor from a regular auto, you wind up with a manual wind movement, and less issues with regards hands and caseback, but the knowledge that it's not 'quite right under the hood'... Best of luck with the project though, I'll be following its progress with interest

As used by all good suicide bombers

Any time, bro And that goes for all you East Coast Cats, batten down the hatches, stay safe, and if you must go looting, I rather fancy an iPadII, thankyou very much

Stay safe, amigo

Yeah, I knew they were pretty hot on the issue of counterfeiting, I just didn't realize they were so hot on it as to take stuff off people at customs which were obviously personal property, rather than stuff for resale in bulk (which I would totally understand...)

I think that's my favorite one too

I didn't realize they were so strict on things that they'd actually confiscate a watch someone was wearing Sure, a suitcase full, fair enough, but off someone's wrist is going a bit far Then again, this is a country which won't allow bluetooth to be active in public, so I guess I shouldn't be so surprised... And probably gets asked "Is that a real Rolex?!" every time he goes out. I remember reading about someone who's boss sold his gen Rolexes because he was sick of keep getting asked, despite the fact he collected vintage cars Damn, that's scary. I'll be sure never to wear a rep through French customs

Given how she'd clearly decided that she was going to live with us regardless, that's all we could do really

Gotta get me one of those to keep with my Qur'an and suicide bomber vest