Victoria

Interestingly enough, neither the 1665 nor the 6536 nor the 1675 are in the top 100.

I knew a man like you would notice that, Nanuq!

BTW:

88

Chopard

Mille Miglia - 16/8331

90

Chanel

J12 - Blanche H1008

91

Panerai

Historic Collection - Luminor Marina 44mm PAM 00005

These in the rep world would be MUCH higher.

Although the J12 doesn't get any write-ups on RWG, I am positive a lot of you chaps have bought this for your wives and girlfriends, as well as a HUGE section of ladies themselves have bought them from our collectors.

Not I, nor my mother, but we're very much the exception.

And the PAM 005 would possibly be Top 20.

TV households = homes with TVs. So your home = 1 TV household. Entire Brady Bunch = 1 TV household.

Yes, indeed. That's why I said "relatedly" so as not to suggest that we should be counted as 6 households, just because we have 6 TVs (7 including a tiny handheld Casio for hurricane season...).

It must be kind of cool being Ken Burns now that he has his own trademark 'effect' built into just about every bit of video software. I mean, imagine his diary "went into work, loaded photos, pressed Ken Burns button."

I want a Cornerstone button. Just a big keyboard with one button marked 'do my [censored] for the day'

Come again? What's this effect thingie?

I saw this posted on RWI, and found it very interesting indeed. As voted by the readers of the gen watch site, The Watch Quote ("Luxury Portal Site"):

100 MOST POPULAR WATCHES

1

Rolex

Submariner - Sea-Dweller 4000 16600

21207

2

Rolex

Submariner - Submariner Date 16610

17684

3

Rolex

Daytona - Cosmograph Daytona 116519

15922

4

Omega

Speedmaster - 3570.50.00

15251

5

Rolex

Submariner - Submariner Date 16610LV

13961

6

Rolex

Daytona - Cosmograph Daytona 116520

13733

7

Omega

Seamaster - 2503.80.00

11931

8

Rolex

GMT - GMT-Master II 16710

11034

9

Panerai

Contemporary Collection - Marina 44mm PAM 00104

9633

10

IWC

Aquatimer - IW354806 Aquatimer Cousteau Divers S

A quick primer for those who don't know what Nielsen Ratings are or their numbers above mean (like me, until a moment ago). From Wiki:

"Nielsen Television Ratings are reported by ranking the percentage for each show of all viewers watching television at a given time. As of September 2006, there are an estimated 115.2 million television households in the USA. A single national ratings point represents 1%, or 1,152,000 households for the 2006-07 season. Share is the percentage of television sets in use tuned to a specific program. These numbers are usually reported as (ratings points/share). For example, Nielsen may report a show as receiving a 9.2/15 during its broadcast, meaning 9.2%, or 10,598,400 households on average were tuned in at any given moment. Additionally, 15% of all televisions in use at the time were tuned into this program. Nielsen re-estimates the number of households each August for the upcoming television season."

Wow, the numbers for this PBS (!) documentary were higher than I thought...

EDIT: I'm shocked to find out there are "only" 115.2 million TV households in the US, in a population of 300 million people. That's less than half of all US households having a TV set?? No way. Relatedly, in my home alone we have (counts) 6 TV sets!!

I know that Brazil has the highest ratio of population to TV-set owning in the world, at almost 93% of all homes in Brazil having one, even if it's B&W. I read that in Veja, a "Time" or "Newsweek" magazine which quoted IBOPE, the Gallup of their country.

No, it's not, but it would be stupid to pretend that we're not knee-deep in it. Just as we're ankle-deep in my own idea of how things should be, or yours, or that of a number of other Comrade Replica Watch Collector Persons who regularly post what they think.

I THINK I understood.

Yes, agreed, we all have our visions of what RWG is, or is inching along to be in the near future, based on observable patterns.

Now did THAT make sense?

I wouldn't be comfortable here either if the forum was just one flavor, whatever that flavor was, including mine.

Right, definitely.

Anyway, forums are too fluid, with people coming and going, to have any one stamp on it. I was reading RWG of February 2007 and man, has it changed.

And I'm sure when RWG is around in October of 2008, some smart aleck is going to say the same thing.

"Know any Rolex watches that sell for 125 bucks?" Slates asked, adding that's what Simpson told him he paid for the timepiece. The lawyer acknowledged that if it is fake, however, "it's a pretty good copy." [ed. vbarrett: HOW DOES HE KNOW??]

Rosenberg's order specifies a "Submariner Rolex Watch" that was identified in a photograph.

Cook, who said he saw Simpson wearing the watch in a photo posted on the celebrity web site TMZ.com, estimated its value at $5,000 to $22,000 if it's real."

From: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gwXXBU9...TkDe_gD8S1EQ380

...I bet you he's not even a VIP, I mean, RWG Collector. No wait, is it RWG Honoured Member? RWG Grand Poobah?

Ahhh, I forget. Anyway, hope you weren't the one who sold the Juice his rep.

It sounds like Burns has Battle Fatigue: how many times can a film-maker jump through the same thematic hoop?

Well, endless suspense films never hurt Hitchcock.

Obviously, Ken Burns is a masterful documentarist who deals in historical themes, unlike hacks like Michael Moore with their schlocky MTV-editting techniques, the better to get young'uns' attentions.

In this, and he is to be congratulated for that, Burns is the anti-Michael Moore. Slow, deliberate retelling of interesting topics covered through the prism of painstaking research -- that's some good stuff.

But not every documentary of his is going to be a homerun, just like not every Hitchcock film was amazing (Trouble with Harry, anyone?).

As for WWII not being 'the good fight' - What Burns does do is dispell the notion that WW II was the "Good" war; a necessary war, for sure - I'll just pretend I've misunderstood what I've just read here. Either that, or accept a level of nihilism that will allow me to blow my brains out (or even better, yours) without the slightest thought or remorseq: idiot's delight.

Easy, Ryy, easy. I'm sure that's not what was meant.

World War II is often seen with rosy-spectacles by many folk, especially Americans. What I'm sure the member meant is that we got to see that Americans killed, and fought with ferocious will, and were not knights in shining armour who never put a foot wrong during it all.

Case in point:

Do you know that the Hesse-Kassel princely family jewels were stolen by a lady US Army captain and her accomplice Colonel fianc

What if the admin was to start selling watches through the site, himself? Basically source a distributor in china, buy them wholesale, and sell them through the site for profit to be used to pay for the maintenance of the servers/hosts?

Instinctively I feel the Admin team are wincing when they read our replies. I think they've pretty much settled what they feel comfortable in doing, which is what is in place now.

Doesn't mean we can't air our views, of course, but just to say this above doesn't seem like a feasible idea...it's just uncomfortable on many levels. Let's not forget what happened over at RWI, either.

Anyway, I honestly don't think we should charge just to join or after a certain number of views. This will only drive people away from RWG.

We'll just have to dig harder into our pocketbooks, or I'm sorry if this sounds callous, shame those who haven't upgraded, to do so by appealing to their better angels.

@By-Tor: Lovely shot, of a beautiful watch.

@TT: ...is the bottom photo, so glamourous, of you and Mrs. TT?

WEDNESDAY

More stock photos as my rash clears up. Maybe by Monday they'll be live shots. PAM 113 on PawMarker's Naturale strap.

Good-looking strap for a decent price.

THURSDAY

I'm going back to Fiddy, to Fiddy, to Fiddy, stylin, profilin, growlin, and smilin! On Greg Steven's Crazy Horse.

Can't wait to get behind the wheel again! Yeah, even during rush hour traffic.

I've watched all the episodes and, yeah, I tend to agree with you. While it is riveting and disturbing televsion, I'm not responding to it in the same way I did his epic Civil War series. I'm watching them all, but almost more with a sense of resignation than the eagerness with which I looked forward to the CW. I'm not sure what the problem is, but I think it may have something to do with being constantly bludgeoned with the brutality of the war, which has far more immediacy and impact because of the video footage vs. the photograph visuals in the CW.

Thanks for taking the time to reply, Doug.

I think you hit the nail on the head. It was a very un-Burns-like documentary because the moving images we got, replaced the almost comically-stereotypical "slow pan shot from bottom to top of old sepia-coloured photograph" which made him famous.

It's almost like I'm watching the same footage over and over, the only change being the setting: here Tarawa, there Normandy; here Pelileu, there the Bulge.

EXACTLY.

Considering how different were the theatres, you'd think they would stand out for their differentness.

Even if you say that "war is war" and war tends to be remarkably similar regardless of setting (anyone who has read Julius Caesar's own autobiographies of war knows what I am talking about), it was all alike...

What Burns does do is dispell the notion that WW II was the "Good" war; a necessary war, for sure, but as this series shows there wasn't much good about it. Nobility and sacrifice, definitely, but savagery on both sides, as you'd expect from something this prolonged and hideous. Tonight we get Okinawa and Hiroshima, so no reprieve here!

Well, I'm not so sure about that, not because I don't think it was the "Good War" (if ever there was a good war, this was it), but because my History background doesn't make me dewy-eyed about any war. Also, my grandfathers, serving on opposite ends of WWII..., never spoke about their EXACT war-time experiences, but I got enough from others to know the realities of war.

The bombing, the rationing, the horrible telegrammes announcing death, the relocation of civilians, war refugees, mutil

My theme is..

Peace, Love, and Understanding..

Awww.

Given my PAM collection...:

Mine is war, cojones, and sneak torpedoing whenever possible.

Whoa cuz....da buggah no like golden showah..

Or faeces, presumably...even for a small fee.

EDIT: Okay that was naughty even for my standards. But you guys started it!

Anyone here been watching this epic multi-part series on World War II on PBS? It lasted over 2 weeks in the telling.

Let me say, it was a great effort. I liked it a lot.

The key people who he portrayed, from Sacramento CA, Luverne MINNESOTA, Mobile ALABAMA, and others were fantastic. I think the Phillips family, brother and sister, were my favourites. They still had some of the bounce of their youth, though each must be nearing 85.

But it wasn't like his seminal Civil War, or even the one about baseball which I enjoyed the HECK out of. I wonder if this was just my opinion, or if anyone who caught it, feels the same?

In short, the series lacked something undefineable...not a sense of immediacy, or of suffering, it certainly didn't have bragadoccio because Burns isn't about that. Nor was it defeatist/pacifist, or did it inject any modern-day feelings about war.

I wish I could put my finger on what was missing, if it was. Let me just say, I "love" World War II, but I'd sooner buy Burns' Civil War epic, than this one. I dunno. Maybe it was missing Shelby Foote.

BTW, the ratings were off the chart for PBS:

"An estimated 15.5 million viewers tuned in to the 8:00 – 10:30 p.m. premiere of Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s World War II film, THE WAR, last night on PBS, according to John Boland, PBS Chief Content Officer. The Gross Audience for the first night, which includes repeat airing from 10:30 p.m. – 1:00 a.m., drew an estimated 18.7 million.

"In key markets, THE WAR garnered even higher ratings, reaching an 11.3/17 in Minneapolis/St. Paul, 10.6/17 in Seattle, 8.4/15 in San Francisco, 8.1/13 in Sacramento and 6.7/11 in New York City."

(6.7 in NYC...)

From: http://pressroom.pbs.org/documents/war_ratings

Info on the series: http://pressroom.pbs.org/programs/the_war

I remember well, actually when you get man o war sting, go make shi shi on da rash and make mo bettah.

LOL! In Portuguese it's also "xixi".

BTW, urine -- excellent for washing ones' clothes my naval uncles tell me. A natural detergent.

I met with them at the gym,.. I felt at ease there... they do have a sick sense of humor .. to send an empty box with the letter and the wrappers as rubbish

I remember the Gym visit, but you didn't mention the crumpled wrappers the first time!

Very interesting...reminds me of Swemoose's rock. I was certain that was Swedish Customs "at work".

I've never read a letter so full of gibberish in all my life. Bloody government agencies.

Why not just send a letter saying "we've got your stuff, and its being crushed. Don't do it again".

End of.

Because bureaucracies, any bureaucracy of any country in the history of this world, don't do it like this. This includes the military and academia. It's their nature to obfuscate.

I know you know, so does OMD -- but sometimes one has gotta hear it because it feels bad to feel targetted.

THESE ARE MY KEEPEERS:

Panerai 111h (ARed, Mario Paci strap)

Panerai 113 (ARed, Ziggified, OEM tan calf)

Panerai 127 (ARed, Ziggified, OEM black calf)

Panerai 063 (ARed, Ziggified, 2892, Mario Paci black calf)

Panerai 187

Panerai 192

Panerai 183 (ARed, Ziggified, OEM brown gator)

Panerai 196 (ARed, Ziggified, 7753, genuine Crown, , OEM black gator, Lello datewheel next)

Panerai 212 (ARed, Ziggified, 7753, genuine Crown, Mario Paci black calf)

Panerai 231 (ARed, Ziggified, OEM brown gator)

Panerai 251 (ARed, Ziggified, 7753, Mario Paci dark brown calf)

IWC 3717 (Ziggified, eta day/date swap, eta 7750 swap)

IWC Ingy SS (Double Ared, Ziggified)

IWC Ingy Chrono SS (Double Ared, Ziggified)

IWC Portguese Chrono Panda (HK Tan Black alligator strap)

Omega Planet Ocean (Double ARed, Ziggified)

Cartier Santos 100 (HK Tan dark brown alligator strap)

Breitling Superocean White on OEM black rubber

Breitling GT White (Double Ared, Ziggified)

Breitling Evolution White face on OEM black calf strap

Hublot Big Bang SS Ceramic

Hubot Big Bang SS (Ziggified)

Frank Muller Eddie Lee GB 18k Gold Casablanca with 2892

:wub:

With your gens, perhaps the "perfect" male collection in my eyes.

Alongside any Rolex, especially a Sub, every rep watch man should have:

A Fiddy (...I'm flexible; really a PAM of any model)

IWC 3717

Breitling SFSO (white or blue)

Omega PO

Everything after that is gravy.

I guess my theme is smart casual on leather strap. But if someone has a more exciting name feel free

TH Link Chrono

PAM111h

PAM164

PAM089

Oris Big Crown

Lorenz Theatro

Playboy?

Too frivolous for what is truly an interesting, macho but elegant collection.

Vbarrett -- Sounds more like an allergic reaction to penicillin.

I am in fact allergic to penicillin (well, to the variety which was around when I was a kid. We're in the fifth generation of its incarnations, IIRC).

Stay away from the moldy stuff and you'll be photogenically wristing with the best of them in no time.

Now how did penicillin get inside me? Don't answer that! I sense a naughty reply involving members' "syringes".

(Thanks Freddy333! I'm getting better every day)

Troubling development. Sorry to hear that OMD.

Received 3 Rolexes via Frisco from Jay mid-September, so not sure if your original package was randomly opened, and then you got put on some kind of list, or if this is an omen of things to come for US Customs.

Thanks for posting it though (could you amplify the letter a bit?).

fo' shizzle

In the repizzle.

We are currently working on a classification-scheme in which all those who frequent RWG - members, non-members, scammers, lurkers, GAF, Customs, Homeland Security and FBI agents, serial watch-molesters [ed. vbarrett: clearly Vaccum's category] as well as those who've arrived here by accident after a particularly sloppy Google search - will be referred to by the all-inclusive term of 'Comrade Replica Watch Collector Person.'

RWG: a not-for-profit charitable institution serving replica watch collector persons worldwide.

:lol:

Hey all A friend of mine has a gen GMT and I love the watch, is there a rep out there that is spot on or with mods that I can make to call it my own? I also notice that his watch's Lume is super bright. Even in low ambient light the Lume is very strong. How can I achieve that? is there a dealer that hasd these mods already>? Let me know I am a sponge waiting for the knowledge for a spot on Panerai rep. I made my own Frankenjust all gen except the movement and hands. Came out sweet. I modded a BR01-92 with the proepr caseback screws and Now a Panerai is in my crosshairs.any and all advice w pictures would be helpful.Thanks All Cheers!Or PM me if any comments or answers.

The Watch Prince (TWP) or Davidsen (DSN)'s 111h or 112. You'll be blown away by either.

BTW, please hit "Search". You'll find any number of people (including yours truly) have asked this very question when newbies. We get at least 5 per week.

What! TeeJay, no...this looks AWESOME on you. Take it from the Strap Queen!!

(Especially since the SQ is in bed, and won't be able to send you Me So Horny until at least next week...)

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