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OOH! I remember By-Tor being really angry on RWI, asking people never to do this. I didn't go to an AD, but I have been several times to various watchshops in SoFla. No one has ever called me out, out of kindness or just because they don't know Panerais. I mean, I'm not dumb though, Guanaco. I would go with a PO to a watchshop, but never that faux HBB in Yellow Gold or anything in bling. Too obvious. There have been some good ones before! How about plaifender going inside an AD in Madrid and being treated like a millionaire (that was such a sweet story; he seemed genuinely amazed at the treatment)? But I also remember a guy who went to a Barbecue, and some a-hole jewelry shop owner called out his Breitling for Bentley watch, first spreading rumours with the other guests that it was a rep. *shiver* @LordRasta: That was precisely By-Tor's argument. The watchsmith who worked on my DSN Fiddy crown fix flat out asked me where I had gotten it. That he really wanted one too. Wild horses wouldn't have dragged it out of me. I gave him a half-way true story that it's a professional who'd rather keep his clientele small, invitation-only. That pretty much describes TWP and his VIP-only forum here...

I had a Motorola flip too, as my first real mobile/cell phone. I don't even know what model Merc I drive, so don't ask me for which model. However, that first Motorola flip was awesome. I couldn't get over how light and tiny it was compared to the old brick we had. The '90s were surely the most revolutionary decade in personal technology history since the 1900-1910s when air flight and radio transformed the world. Did we really wait for the postman to bring a letter which took a fortnight from overseas? I used to have a pen pal in the island of R

One so rarely hears about him on RWG. I had thought he retired. 1665fan, try PMing your questions to members: Navigater (Belgium) RepAustria Tourby If they can't do it, and Palpatine is unavailable, they may know others who do. Good luck!

As Zero Mostel (from Longuyland too?) said in The Producers, "If you got it, flaunt it baby!!". I like discretion, restraint and a modicum of good taste, but I'm not beyond matching you lunette for lunette, JFreeman. We could definitely hang!

Beautiful! That almost looks like a gen, Vaca22.

Just in case you missed my recent Rubber thread. http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?s=&amp...st&p=337589 LOL, Sssurfer's comments about Italians. So true...

BOOM! POW!! I've never even seen a re-run, but I feel I have because of Harvey Birdman, Attorney-At-Law. Excellent deal...even for a quartz! Nice award too. Do companies still give out a solid gold watch, these days, as they used to for retiring workers? Well, white-collar workers anyway... Oh thank you! That's a lovely thing to say. Enjoy what is left of a (hopefully) peaceful Sunday, Emmzy!

Lucky dog! This was our first (well, in looks). Being a pack rat, I still have it somewhere in the storage room. As well as the first computer my dad ever bought me, the Mac SE II with two floppy-disk slots.

Wait for better advice, UB7, because I've only done it a few times on cheap rep Rolexes, not an expensive one like yours possibly is, but yes, I just took a springbar tool (you NEED to have watchmakers tools in this hobby) and the bracelet with lug insert just popped out. I wouldn't try it with a paper knife, or similar.

I like the Tag best. Where did you buy them, and how much did they cost at the time? Sorry if that's indiscrete. Nice pics, Emmzy! Awesome avatar, BTW.

Oh Gosh. Sorry! (I did wonder why Laura Linney's face wasn't as fat as before. Just thought she went on the Atkins)

Though we saw this film in 2000, and Deutsche Telekomm were finally losing their deathgrip in Germany, I do have to say you are partly right. However, we had a mobile in 1992, which is considered very late for medical doctors in the States (my entire life was ruled by a bleeper at my dad's side, going off at 3 AM every night), so I may have thought they were more ubiquitous than they were. BUT, taking your never give up the ghost debating theme to heart, I will also say that if the boyfriend were a wannabe drugs dealer, he certainly would've been furnished by one from his boss, and could've afforded one for the gf. So there.

Well, since I lack Tootall's frankness, I'll now out myself and say yeah, didn't like the strap either, Lonnie. It looked like someone put Fozzy Bear into the wash with Clorox. Still, the Fiddy IS an hommage to the XaMas watches, to answer kasigi, and that's why vintage WWII ammo straps look so good on it. I'm not a fan, but if money is a consideration, try to check out CharlyJakob on eBay. Cheap ($30-50) ammo straps.

Hehe. Since I lifted it from Risti, and they didn't have a link for it, I just posted it sans. Hope that's okay. You can check it out there, though. (Blimey, you take Monday off, and you disappear for the rest of the week!)

Oh cool. That's very close to where ex-President Bush and Mrs. Bush have their winter condo. If you go in February, and see a Secret Service detail near the Palm restaurant, you'll know to look out for the Silver Fox. Presidents Bush Sr. and President Clinton must be more pal-sy than advertised, because the former frequently invites the latter to play golf with him in the Indian Creek Country Club close to where your grandparents live (the CC where Sly Stallone applied for twice, and was turned down twice. He's not their kind). Wow! That never happened to me yet. Mind you, in the weekends the atmosphere changes...as does the Falls at night. These previously toney places then become seedy. Strange.

Her father was a banker, and she was used to extorting money from him all the time, Cuckoo's Egg and all! Come on now.

Gayness is also in the eyes of the beholder. Mind-altering info, I realise. My cousin Tarquin (yes, I know, what can I say) is now serving in Afghanistan after a young life of dissolution with wine, women, cocaine and Chelsea FC, but whenever he came to see me in Miami, people flat out asked me if he were gay. I said, no he's just British. Come on, you know that's true. We do androgynous-effete very well, even in the working-classes. I mean Jude Law looks like a prince, and was chosen because of his elegant air to play the role of Dickie Greenleaf in The Talented Mr. Ripley, but he's from Lewisham. Try that with someone from the Bronx. My ex-boyfriend (who gets a second mention today!) used to swear he was gay. Right, tell it to the nanny. Drat. I have the Doc Marten boots too. Ah well, always the bridesmaid, never the lesbian bride.

Favourite film of the summer, bar none. Die Hard 4 is everything a summer blockbuster should've been. Even the comical Batman-Robin flavour worked. Bruno's still got it!

Heh, Defacto, you sound like my old boyfriend who used to grab his head during "Run Lola Run" (Lola Rennt) and whisper during the film, "GIVE THEM A FRIGGIN CELL PHONE. END OF." He also used to scream, similar to your electronics-gone-amuk rant, during films where computers were taking over in 2001: A Space Odyssey-fashion, "UNPLUG THE FRIGGIN CORD. END OF." Oh God, he was so funny and yet made me cringe during movie dates. You know what always gets me? What email programmes do film characters use? I almost died when I saw Nicole Kidman use Yahoo in "The Translator". Every other time, it's some fancy-schmancy prog which doesn't exist, but I keep thinking, wow that would be SO cool if it did. Flying mailboxes, a HUGE text alert on your wallpaper when you receive incoming email "YOU HAVE MAIL", or the super-cool government email with CIA TOP SECRET written on it bold capitals so anyone can see. Come on Bill Gates, you know you can!

A cinema-thread kind of weekend for RWG, I see. UPDATE Have watched The Bourne Ultimatum The last of the summer blockbusters, in what was an exceptional summer of high-charged, heavy-action and FUN films like you remember as a kid, The Bourne Ultimatum rounded out the end of the genre nicely. Despite underwhelming acting by the supporting cast, even the always excellent Laura Linney (who I swear played the same role in "Breach", down to the hard stare look of the lady FBI agent trying to be taken seriously), its fast pace and action was spot on. Slightly preachy in the ideological department, and that's why it doesn't get a higher rating. B+ Superbad Even if you think this is one of those American Pie type of coming-of-age teen flicks, and stayed away because of the rauchy humour, it's PERFECT. Flawless characterisation by the two young leads, and the nerdiest side-kick in filmdom since Jerry Lewis put on a pair of glasses, alongside two rogue coppers who have a Blues Brothers cool. One of my favourite of the season. The Rogen-Apatow connection hits paydirt again in a film which never talks down to you. A- Haven't watched Rush Hour 3 - Intend to watch given the rave reviews on RWG. Hairspray - Don't intend to. John Travolta in drag? Not even if he wore a Breitling...

Wow. WTF. That's even WORSE than the one I received, which possibly Jawo received, in turn. Look at the pink screw near where the Officine Panerai Firenze is supposed to be in gold. It actually looks distressed -- like someone took a Swiss Army knife and rubbed it all around. Oh dear...sorry, Antonio...

God, that's so true! Like a George V H

As we all know, George Clooney is a Watch Queen extraordinaire. Anyone who saw him change timepieces in almost every other scene in Ocean's 13, knows that for a fact. But in his latest project, which opened in wide-release in cinemas all over the USA last weekend, he sticks to one watch. Here are two photos, and an extra one of the spaghetti watch (as I call those kinds, which I loathe) on that extra-terrestrial beauty, Tilda Swinton. Care to guess what they're wearing? I say Omega on George, but only because of the basketweave type bracelet (otherwise it looks like a VCO), and given the stodgy, neurasthenic character played by Tilda, a vintage Hamilton or Gruen on her. Other watches spied were a Franck Muller Conquistador on another lawyer, and an SS Tank Fran

Perhaps you'd like to take a look at my Fiero on my own PAM 111h and 177? Wear it well! Victoria @Raymond: Oh, oh. Hope this isn't what I think you're saying it is...

LordRasta, you may want to check Golfman's SWEET strap in the Weekend Wristies Ahoy thread. Love it. He still hasn't revealed the source, but I think that's a perfect colour for the RG St. Ex. Also, I just saw this on the Risti site. Is this our own J