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hey luke, i've got a rainer watch box that i'm very happy with. see picture below of most of my collection sitting pretty in a black six watch version ...

today i received my latest edition of watchtime magazine. in a small blurb on page 28 they mention the latest crackdown on replica watches. they listed the "federation of the swiss watch industry" (fh) website as an avenue to report the marketing of counterfeit watches. not only that, but they've also created a fake website to lure replica watch consumers. when you click on anything there, it forwards you to a scare tactic page highlighting the dangers of buying replicas. all of this led me back to the fh website where i found the complete acrticle below ... FH Internet Unit Convincing Results (January 26, 2011) In contrast with the world economy, the FH Internet Unit had an extremely good year in 2010, with results showing a marked upturn. The number of auctions of counterfeit watches withdrawn from the web by the FH Internet Unit for all platforms at a world level broke briskly through the 300,000 barrier for the first time last year. In view of the staggering number of fake Swiss watches on offer, Asian platforms in particular, headed by alibaba.com and DHGate.com, grabbed the attention of FH sleuths. And while initially it was not easy to establish cooperation with the legal services responsible for these sites, results are now promising. No significant improvement was noted however on the American platform iOffer.com, which takes no serious measures either to automatically eliminate auctions that ostensibly offer counterfeit products or to detect repeat offenders. This platform will therefore be the next priority target of the FH Internet Unit. Keeping pace with the growing number of auctions requires better methods for detecting and processing offers. The Internet Unit has therefore continued to develop and automate systems enabling it to extract information from relevant pages, achieving gains both in effectiveness and efficiency. A new strategy has also been developed for sites dedicated to the sale of counterfeit goods, with the emphasis on taking to task those most damaging for the Internet Unit’s member brands. The classification of these sites is established by launching requests on the three most widely used search engines, using several different combinations of key words. Duplicates and non-relevant sites are then eliminated to establish the final classification. In addition, priority is given to hosts that can be qualified as black sheep, which accommodate significantly more illegal sites than others. Another highlight of the Internet Unit’s activity was the launch last October of the “decoy” website www.replicaswisswatch.com, which by the end of the year had already been consulted by more than 2,000 Internet users. This site, which introduces itself as an ordinary counterfeit site, then delivers a surprise to web surfers with a prevention message and a warning, with links to information pages concerning counterfeiting in general. Another measure designed to [censored] the conscience of consumers is a form made available to Internet users (www.fhs.ch/en/reportabuse.php) through which we can be notified of any kind of watch counterfeiting. Many Swiss and foreign media have applauded this initiative. Several contacts have been forged with the anti-fraud services of credit cards issuers, who seem more inclined than in the past to help rights holders, particularly by blocking online payment methods used by counterfeiters. It will be noted lastly that scientific research has not been omitted from the equation, since the FH helps actively to improve processing and analysis systems by collaborating with the Institute of Police Science of the University of Lausanne and the Haute école spécialisée bernoise, particularly on development of the WebIntelligence project, which will be presented in 2011.

chanel and men should not be used in the same sentence. i feel the same way about cartier. my $0.02 for what it's worth.

wow, amazing.

tough decision, but one i made with both of my roo's and am very happy. see below my two cheif ar'd versions ...

i bet they're kicking themselves for ever offering quality control pictures. and if declining a watch after quality control pics is going to damage your relationship with josh, move on to a better dealer. trust me ... she's out there!

very nice. we look forward to seeing it full of roo's! fyi, there's a similar one on timezone right now.

one of my favorite roo's, congratulations. see below my modded version ...

drums here. maybe we could start the first ever rwg band. lol. here's a stock picture of my kit ...

like this ...

maybe to the trained eye, but not to the average person. here's mine that i very much enjoy ...

well the good news is that you only make these mistakes once. i learned very early on not to attempt even the simplest of jobs. oh, and the zigmeister has become my new best friend!

with permission, i'd like to share this chart that a well known risti took the time to put together ...

thanks for posting ... i had no idea.

congrats buddy, it looks great! i really miss mine ...

i didn't want to be the first to say something.

jetmid.

i've got a fully modded blacksteel on a genuine strap that i'm considering selling (see picture below). with your case, it would be a super rep. pm me if you're interested? i will warn you though ... it's expensive. good luck with whatever you decide.

i was in hong kong, macau and zhuhai in december. everything i saw was canal st. quality. in zhuhai, i even asked the sellers for their highest quality watches and they still showed me very cheap stuff. there was a cheap version of the 360 that i should have bought just for fun, but i didn't. unless you have one of our dealers show you around, you're better off buying here. all the best.

me too. welcome back!

congratulations ... it looks great!

right handed on the left ...

very nice! i love this strap and am considering getting one for my gen 312. it looks so good on this 1950 from the gunny site ...

a white submariner with white ceramic bezel would be a hot watch for women.