GenTLe

Velkommen :-) Why it happened in Italy? (just curiosity as I'm from Milano) ;-)

Welcome on board :-) Nice hobbies!! And nice work too

Not mine!!! I'm not that wealthy (actually I'm not wealthy at all!), it was just to say that only when you get in contact with a tray like that you can get greedy of having few watches ;-))

True! May I sponsor also something coming from Italy and specifically from this WONDERFUL and wilde island? Sardinia: Look at the original Pattada blades: ;-) Mike, and specifically for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td6l_HMgfhk

Don't remember now, but Italian ones that I purchased in a shop where car body repairers get their products, suggested by a friend who taught me how to paint with compressor and airbrush

Not a fan of divers, but man, those damask blades... SO amazing!!!!

Or you're just a troll... In both cases simply hoping not to read you again.

Certain things just can't be read. A couple of these lovely guys just broke 2 months ago into my mother's house, destroying a window, and provoking her, who's 67, not to sleep for 4 nights (and I wasn't even around because abroad for work). That just because the house is a bit big, not considering she lost her primary support, my father, when she was 37 (and me 9), and she's hard working (and I'm too) since then to be able to keep that house. But yes, the house is big so "we must be rich", isn't so? Doesn't matter if I drive 12yo car and I pass EVERY fu_king weekend working like a dog to keep it in shape, uh? Bloody etc, there must be some reason if whole Europeans simply hate these people, starting from Romanians an Bulgarians (with whom I work practically every day) :-X :-E

They also have online shop (both En and Pl languages). In Poland shop=sklep and the URL is something like sklep.gerlach.pl

2 days ago, just after the PayPal has processed the payment, I sent them a mail asking if it was possible to have a shipping tracking nr. Today I got a mail from one of G. Gerlach guys telling me "...Your watch is being assembled right now. Then it will be tested and, on Monday, shipped" So special to known that it's not just a stock piece but that some fellow is building it for you :)

Guys, please, share how you are able to recognize the factory when not clearly stated in the TD sites. So far I've seen only few Noob and BP ones with the factory indication... Thanks, Alex

Also to me it would be a wise idea to have QC pictures after confirming the order but BEFORE paying. Don't know if this is feasible, but in normal life I'm used to evaluate the goods before paying for them... Once the dealers have my money in their hands there's not much we can do...

Nice choices indeed Mike! PS: looks like we have more than one thing in common

Even better results with professional car polish (or ultrafine grinding paste for painted surfaces) and a Dremel with compressed cotton tool :-)

I've got requested 110€ for a non chrono like 2836 and 150€ for a chrono like 7750 (full service + water proof test). Tomorrow I'll also ask to a friend that has a brand new jewelry shop around here and long experience in branded watches and then I'll see what to do. The price for servicing an Asian or a gen ETA are the same. Different story if they're broken... Ciao, GenTLe

Guys, how is possible to avoid a factory if it's extremely rare to get which factory is producing a watch? Except some Noob and BP, I've seen No factory indication AT ALL in the dealer sites... Which is the secret??? Tnx, GenTLe

Hi Gents, I really have fallen for this sweet one: http://www.audemarspiguet.com/en/watch-collection/royal-oak/royal-oak-selfwinding/15400OR.OO.D088CR.01 Do you know which TD has a good rep of it? I noticed that the gen has a 21.6kbph movement, so I'd go for a rep with a 23J (sparing some € too). PureTime has one, but the full-gold movement is really ugly, and I can't get if the dial is silver like the gen or pure white... Thanks! GenTLe

Good for you :-)

Eccomi qui :-) (here I am)

Welcome cousin ;-) (Italians call French "cugini d'oltralpe" = "cousins from the other side of the Alps")

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WOW!!! Congrats man!!

I'd give a try to my stock of unused sink mastic:

My wife is Polish. She loves history, she is really proud of her nationality (more or less like all the Polish friends I have), and she's pretty sharp in her tastes. Don't ask me how, as she's not in the watches hobby at all, but she discovered something and started to push me to get it. I have to say that when she firstly told me about a "Polish watch" I was a bit doubtful... Then I searched a bit about this brand and what I've discovered was damn awesome. From this incredible thread "http://forums.watchuseek.com/f71/g-gerlach-made-poland-642051.html", written by one of the guy that founded the brand: "This is a story of an idea. The idea was, to have a watch that suits all of my needs and concepts. To let it be perfect, in any part and step of its life – from a drawing to the product. To be worth mentioning, as it shows something special and unusual. The only way to own this kind of timepiece – is to make it. I have found friends that share the same views. Now we can help each other, encouraging ourselves to make something worth doing. We have established a foundation, that can, and will, help the others to make their dreams come true. To develop precision mechanics, design school. To clear the paths for many others enthusiasts that will follow. To encourage them, to help them. Keeping them solving the challenges, and to challenge the reality that „it can not be done”. It can be done, it is done, and it will be done even better in a future." Another bit of G. Gerlach watches is made by the historical references. They too are very proud to be Polish. They look back in their history. And the watch they do are all linked to some part of Poland history (Navy, aviation, car industry etc) Even the name itself comes from history: "We chose our patron to be a Polish industrialist, who has produced measuring equipment and manometers of highest quality in his factory." You can read more about him here: http://gerlach.org.pl/our_patron.html As all their first models were in limited series and numbered, the one that firstly caught my wife's attention was already gone: 100 pieces all already sold. It was this one: It was a tribute to the No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron (within Royal Air Force fighting against Nazis in the 2nd WW) -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._303_Polish_Fighter_Squadron Therefore her attention was forced into a tribute to the M/S Batory, that was a large (14,287 BRT) ocean liner of the Polish merchant fleet, built in Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Monfalcone Shipyard in Trieste, Italy (so I'm also getting involved as I'm Italian) and launched in 1935. It also took wide part in 2nd world war. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Batory Not to add that she's from the "three cities" of the Pomerania region (Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia), and the M/S Batory was going from Gdynia port... So I'm writing about a Marine watch, 40mm (diameter) by 47mm (lug-to-lug) and 14mm thick. Powered by a SeaGull ST2526, Class AAA, with grained plates and stained in blue screws. Sapphire glass with AR coating, 316L SS case, porcelain dial and ion plated hands (no lume anywhere). Ah, and big date complication :-) So here we are (picture from G. Gerlach web site as the watch has been purchased today on the web, so it will arrive in at least a week): And finally the price. Guys, it comes for 1199Zl (Polish Zloty), which means 292€ or 395US$ I'm happy :-) And, if you wanna see something else from them (they have amazing models), give a look here: http://gerlach.org.pl/list_of_gerlach_watches.html