Victoria

cool pics vbarrett.

Thanks cableguy!

My order showed up today but I wasnt home to get the package, so I'll be able to look at it when I get home from work. I will post pics of MY pen I got from paul. its the black rubberized? version of your MOP one.

I seriously doubt it, but then, I only have these two to go on. The "MOP" Boh

It's a very long story, and I have a habit of making stories even longer. So, quick question:

Which of these two would you as an Omega aficionado keep? Which is closest to the gen, and why?

And don't look now, but I think this was totally a *bay scam auction:

http://cgi.ebay.com/OMEGA-Seamaster-James-...5QQcmdZViewItem

No, because it's in Japanese

AY! I feel like the White Lady in the Wayans Bros. "In Living Colour"!

They're gens:

Pensite translated

Thanks, Cornerstone!

Gotta love Babelfished anything. Here's their Mont Blanc intro:

"Presently, the most prominent writing tool. 149 is not restricted to mere writing tool. Making agreeing or the hand where the elegant material is splendid it is proud it is and so on, in order to transcribe thought, or just the person who is used in order to record signature to be able take in, recognize the real value, the tasting which 149 is hard to forget."

Very hard to forget.

I'm partial to the SNX427. I prefer it due to military dial and the shape of the case.

It vaguely looks like a poor man's 3717, which you adore.

Yeah, I'd like to find reps of those too, but I guess gens will have to suffice in the meantime!

I'm a ballpoint heathen though

Tsk! And you a lover of the classic IWC, too!

By the way, did I answer my own question about Caran D'Ache reps, in this site?? My Mandarin is a bit rusty.

http://www.pensite.net/fountain/caran/carantop.htm

(No offence to any Far East Asian member, but sometimes your websites are god-awful. WAAY too busy and colourful)

And this is the Caran D'Ache rep pen I'd give up my left boob for (very Scheherazade).

http://www.joonpens.com/Caran%20d'Ache...ition_pens.html

Actually I think they start them "Dear Sir" because women should be bare foot and pregnant in the kitchen

I think so too! Well, if they're my maid.

Ok I was just leaving anyway

ken

:velho:

Very interesting - cheers!

Yay! A quick reply, and a nice one too. Thanks, Cornerstone!

I don't think the rep makers have cracked the black resin properly yet, most of the reps are poor.

On the gen front I find MB very podgy and fat, probably something to do with bigger ink reservoirs.

The Waterman is my personal favourite, in gens. The nibs are pure magic, and can improve even a doctor's chicken scratch writing. Yes, the Mont Blancs do tend to write "large" but I personally like that. I'm not into fine nibs, at all.

Your point about the black resin is very true, as well. I recently saw a woman at an upscale bookshop here in Miami called Books-and-Books. She handed an author her obviously rep Mont Blanc Greta Garbo pen, with which to autograph the copy of his book. 10 people back from her, and even I could see that was no real Mont Blanc.

I like the Caran D'Ache though, I might get one of those (seem to be mostly mechanical pencils though).

If you let me know where I could find a Caran D'Ache rep, I'd hug you!

The love of timepieces and writing instruments, or watches and pens as they are known to "just folks", seem often to go hand-in-hand, don't you find?

Well, I am no different. Since childhood, I have loved the look and feel, and especially the collecting of both items.

Maybe it's the mix of the modern and the old-fashioned in them that I love. Both represent a taste for labour intensive artisan handiwork (that painstaking crafting of often tiny pieces one unto the other), but with modernity knocking on the door, with its screws, and wheels a-turning, and stark metallic lines.

So, without further ado, my very small pen collection.

MONT BLANC MEISTERST

Since joining the four main rep watch forums, RWG.COM, RWG.CC, RWI, and Repgeeks, I've noticed an unusual rise in spam -- fortunately going to an email addy I use for such registrations.

Is it me, or have you guys been receiving a higher-than-usual amount of spam lately, too? Especially from so-called Nigerian 419 scammers.

(I love how they start their emails, "Dear Sir", as if we women were too stupid to be scammed, same as men. We totally are. )

I drive a Smart car- and I made a 6 figure salary some time ago, end of story!

I recently drove my first Smart car when I was in St. Barths (a perfect island for such a small, economical automobile). Unfortunately, here in America I would NEVER drive a little car, and this is one of the biggest sticking points that foreigners do not understand.

Yes, perhaps there is a cultural bias that plays a role, but the primary reason Americans like big cars is their safety. This is an enormous country, and when you're driving on the interstate next to a 16-wheeler, or bigger, and there's an accident, you inside your Mini-Morris will die. You stand a fairer chance of surviving in your SUV or big-[censored] car. It's as simple as that, people.

Having said that, I'm all for hybrids so long as they make them in makes I like. I hate Toyotas, sorry. Bring on the Benz hybrid and make it half-way competitive, and I'm in like Flynn.

@Warbody: Good luck! $1000 is not too much, though maybe harder to get in the Dominican. My first car was a Mustang 5.0 as a present for my 18th birthday, for good grades on graduation from HS. I know Mustangs are the better Fords, but let's just say there is a reason that Ford is known as "Found On Road Dead" or "Fix Or Repair Daily"...

I've purchased 2 pams from the sales boards recently and have had one with stripped guard screw housing and one with stripped lug screw housing. Not a huge deal and certainly buyer beware, but just a suggestion for sellers:

I was about to pull the trigger on a PAM, but that seller was upfront about a similar problem, saying it had a 75% stripped screw housing, which with this or that thing to do to it, you would be able to fix it.

I demurred from buying it because I have no idea about epoxy or dremel tools yet, but thanked him for his honesty.

Sorry your transaction was less forthright.

@ Deltatahoe: THANKS! The Sony range of small digital cameras are amazing for macros. Not sure of the model, but this is one of the reviews that convinced me to get one:

http://www.416-1100.com/gallery/1074988#64958996

(Note, it's got a super amazing closeup of a bee, so all those with insectophobia, or apiphobia, stay away; had I had a chance to make aperture changes, and perhaps set up a tripod, I would've gotten as good a shot!)

@V: If I told you one of my worst fears as a child was seeing a cricket, based on the photo above, you wouldn't believe me. But it's true, and I feel your pain...apologies. P.S.: Still am very very scared of one creature, but I won't post it because I know men. They like to push your buttons by doing that exact thing to mess with you.

@AllergyDoc: I bet you By-Tor got the soccer reference! Gianluigi Buffon, the Azzuri goalkeeper, frequently wore a pink "maillot" and some men raised their eyebrows at him.

http://www.rainews24.rai.it/ran24/immagini/buffon_rosa.jpg

Nice to see you around, either way!

@V again: You're the only I've seen who can carry off that Ferrari PAM (I think it's the strap and your arm shape). That range of models is the ugliest I've yet seen. Sorry to all who own one...

@b12a2: Inventive composition too! Miniature airplanes next to a Breitling Aerospace. Perfect! Now let's see those Bentleys, guys.

@Pix: I love your tie, first and foremost! And Pix, would you believe me when I told you that your series on the VC was the one I showed my dad, and he said, oh yes, that's the kind of watch I wouldn't mind (he was always a very elegant man). So you see, you, Maciek, Ola, Rima, and others here are silently the reasons why people buy certain watches.

We motivate each other, by posting photos and series on certain watches we otherwise wouldn't have thought of buying.

Now you know!

@Pix about my phobia (yes, Sssurfer, the VIP edit would've lowered my post count LOL!): Nope, not mice! I have never feared mammals of any kind, although I have to say that seeing a rat the size of a chihuahua in Paris once, I almost fainted. This is why I saw and didn't like "Ratatouille", though it got good reviews from everyone else.

He can see them like everyone else I suspect. What he is talking about is the caption that says "Click to see full size image" which does not work on your images.

That happened to me at the Dark Side, trying to view a chap's Fidddy on Tootall's straps. Also, 3 photos of a strap for sale which didn't even have an imageholder (I switched from Firefox to IE for a second, and though I didn't see the photos either way, I did see that there were three Xs in red where the photos were supposed to be).

Everyone else said they could see the pics. Hmm, I thought. Next day, I saw the pics. Try first changing browsers, then rebooting a few times. Also, lighting a candle to St. Th

Very beautiful nails Ms. Barrett!!!

Two posts, and one is about my manicure! Aww. LOL. Hmm. Thanks! :cc_jockey:

(In all seriousness, I was aggrieved yesterday when I had to use Cape Cod cloth to buff anyway whatever gunk Paul's PAM 199 had on the CG. There was no way one could close the thing, if I hadn't. But guess what happened? Yep, ruined the mani. So here I come Saturday, nail spa...)

wait wha stop who wahaa?!

Hehe. No TR, it's not one of those massively expensive Hublots that people here are salivating over.

I decided to take a $119 plunge with a silly model first. If I liked what I saw, I'd MAYBE consider a higher-end HBB this Christmas. Guess what? Crappy as it is. Fakey gold as it looks -- I love it. I get the Big Bang hype.

(NEVER like the Panerai though. I'm a PAM girl now, forever!)

Wrist-check tomorrow, with the new HBB.

Corgi, that sucks. I'm sorry.

I have one just like that, and we had to change the bracelet finally. But though I just used Cape Cod cloth on my new Hublot gold deployant, I would suggest to heed what others are saying: NEVER on gold-plate. It WILL strip the "gold" right off.

Wow, I totally need to get out more. I thought this was a sophomoric humour spin on Google using Ebonics...

"What dat is?" instead of "Search", etc.

I bought a few similar ones from a HK based seller on ebay (watchesu571). He has various colors and sizes. I found these a nice alternative to rubber straps in summer (that may be sweat proof but make you sweat even more underneath). They are also an alternative to the nato straps. I have a 7.9" wrist and they fit perfectly.

Gorgeous. Ordered 1, and a steal at 10 bucks even if I will probably receive it by Christmas...thanks!

Of course I know there was no offence intended but as fitmic said it just sound wrong in the same sentence Belgium with the Nato headquarters and commies

Don't worry! There are no Reds under my bed. Mind you, I check every night!

Btw it is a great movie and I am sure you will love it

YAY! I don't care if it sucks. Just want to see Homer on something bigger than my 41" TV. DOH.

and yes.. Belgium and 'commies'?

Hehe. That's just a throw-away line, V. No offence intended, especially to all my Belgian friends!

Many parts of Europe are getting staggered premieres, ahead of the US premiere. To anyone who has ever been to Scandinavia, with their Simpsons obsession, you will know why.

I'm taking the family to see it on Saturday

Ken

I'm so excited about this flick, it's not funny.

And here, as a sometime professional film critic and perpetual cinephile, let me just say that Summer 2007 has been a very good year for the traditional summer blockbuster.

I've turned down invites from two friends to see this on the weekend, because my parents said they want to watch with me on Sunday. Don't think I can wait...

And why did Europe get the premiere first?? World Premiere was on 21 July in Springfield, Vermont, but Belgium is getting it today. COMMIES!

Montblanc LeGrande, PP fantasy, gray suit, light pink shirt and tie.

CLASSY! Very classy, AllergyDoc. Gotta love a guy who can carry off a pink shirt, and not be called Buffon.

And why haven't you been as around in these here parts, as over at the other forums? I see you there all the time. Boo.

If it gets you off my case about 'contributing to the forum', it'll be money well spent

If anyone wonders where the picture of Patches went, I had to take it down because Retep thought it would be funny to re-host the picture without my permission on another forum for a cheap laugh. What kind of loser thinks they can use a picture of a family pet as a dig against the owner?

BRING PATCHES BACK! BASKETS!

(I'm having WAAAY too much fun with these VIP emoticons)

Well lookie there! Smack me with a 2x4 and call me a stud, I'm in the top 95% myself!!!

I didn't know I had it so good!

Considering a family of 4 in Rio can exist (subsist) on $100 per month, it's small wonder people brave oceans on rafts, and seal themselves in canisters to come to First World countries.

We got it so good, Nanuq. So much so, we're complaining about shoddy rep watches in the middle of the night when kids are going to bed starving. Ack, what's wrong with me. Reality check, Vic...

I only ordered twice from Paul.

Perhaps I was lucky, who recieved great watches which are still working.

I've ordered most of my watches from Andrew. You all know the great communication and given shipping info.

When it comes to faulty or broken watches he gives a return address and ships out another one.

BUT, what sickens me, is that you have to pay for registered return postage to him ($25), and his shipping fees to me ($30).

Perhaps that's part of the game, but in return you get customer service and communication.

I've been emailing with Andrew all night. Last week, to the day, I received my dad's Omega 2537.80 with an off-centre pearl and the wrong deployant bracelet. One email to Andrew solved it, and by next post, a new one was on the way. We received it Tuesday, yesterday.

He sent me shipping instructions in an email, asking me to send the old one back Airmail. He knows he runs the risk of it never reaching him, due to the vagaries of Chinese post, but he trusts me enough to send me a new one, no questions asked.

Man, considering that Paul hasn't responded YET to my emails to yet ANOTHER problematic watch of his, and I know that he'll play possum for dayyyyyyys, and send me BS emails asking for clarification again and again (I provide him with photographic evidence each time), I'll take that $25 hit with Andrew.

I know you weren't complaining much, Fitmic. It's not that.

But with Andrew, it's as close to an AD service as you're going to get half-way around the world.

And Armin, I emailed Andrew the link to your Dealer Review post. I'm sure he'll respond.

P.S.: I'm up at this ungodly hour on the off-off-chance Paul responds. He tends to respond to problems JUST before he goes home, so that yet another day passes by without an answer. Nice, real nice.

Anyone have a spare noose they can lend me?