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Victoria

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  1. RWG needs your help!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    My Confirmation Number: Not a good idea. ;)

    (Please delete if this is not allowed...)

    You go girl :thumbsupsmileyanim:

    Ken

    Thanks, Ken! Just wanted to motivate people, but my gut instinct was right. :)

    I am guessing when our overworked Admin gets around to it, I shall have VIP powers, and then RWG will see! EDIT POWERS!

  3. Mmm! Purty Purdey

    in The Panerai Area

    Posted

    Is it ever possible that I miss the forum just a few hours and when I come back I find all this turned into Italian singer-composers, allusions of hand jobs, and Italian cheers and hugs?!? :lol:

    In a watch forum, we're never that far away from handjobs. :)

    Well, I have to see I am a little proud about it... Even if I recognize it's all because of the Girl Power. ;)

    Just don't mistake the TIT (True Italian Touch).

    Spice up your world! Every boy and every girl! Panerai, hi-gh see you all right!

    Back on the topic: nice catch on the Luminox, Victoria!

    An ugly-pretty watch, the Luminox.

    I can see it coming handy for underwater ops, but you'd stand out like a beacon in Afghanistan...

  7. Start of Week Wristcheck

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Might be gone most of Monday, and this is my favourite RWG thread series. Don't want to miss out!

    MONDAY:

    Since it's raining kittens in SoFla, the never-worn before silicone Panerai strap from Andrew on the PAM 111h.

    286242-8407.jpg

    TUESDAY:

    At the spa last week, waiting for my manicure, reading W's feature on Posh & Becks. PAM 118/PAV 91. Fetch!

    286242-8408.jpg

    ...thinking of getting a Greg Stevens Crazy Horse with black stitch for my new Lion Purdey PAM. Thoughts? Too butch for me?

    He's advertising them on Paneristi, before apparently raising prices this September...........thanks to Laz for the heads up.

  8. Mmm! Purty Purdey

    in The Panerai Area

    Posted

    I think I'm getting to really like this Place...

    Yikes now I know that was aimed at you VB ... for all i know it could have been directions to the Mall ... remind me never to reply to somehting that i have no clue over .. that could have been a Kodak moment.. :black_eye:

    The lyrics were great! Americans are so uptight about sex. Come on, live a little! ;)

    P.S.: I'm just kidding, of course. Especially towards you, you bon vivant, lanikai! Lots of people here would be surprised at how much the rest of the world thinks Americans are sex-mad, based on their movies. Couldn't be farther from the truth, but also, it's a different relaxed sensibility to the French or Italians, too. Takes all kinds, and I happen to love variety.

    This is why I have 5, no! 6 PAMs...mama mia, questo

  10. Mmm! Purty Purdey

    in The Panerai Area

    Posted

    VB ... aha.... you are a Brit... anyway ..i wanted to get the Purdy to match my Lions Head Meerchaum Pipe.. but was told it was not too close to Genuine... but it looks good so i may get it anyway ... I'm WAY to easy

    Someone recently PMed me (in the middle of another conversation, so don't think he was being rude or creepy), that aha! now I know you are really a woman, because you like this watch.

    I was thinking, Okkkkkkkkay.

    Why, because it's "cute" -- engraved, with a "picture of a fluffy animal" or something? That's a ferocious lion, people! Ain't no cute fluffy animal, as the Marquess of Bath can attest to when one bit him at Longleat. ;)

    P.S.: I believe we oopsed, or this website oopsed. Is the Lion Purdey the PAM 152 or 154?

    http://www.lacotedesmontres.com/Galerie-No_4092.htm

  11. Mmm! Purty Purdey

    in The Panerai Area

    Posted

    WELL SAID..... i have no idea WHAT you said ... :whistling: but it sounds good :blink: can you add sub titles the next time B)

    He closed his eyes, his hand wandered with sensual sweetness...you get the drift, Lanikai. If you don't, you should put on some Marvin Gaye and remember. ;)

  12. Mmm! Purty Purdey

    in The Panerai Area

    Posted

    Hmmm, sorry to break this romantic thread :whistling:

    Hope you have a great party.

    If not, well let's have some great music/lyrics from Lucio Dalla.

    LUCIO DALLA! Stefano, you have good taste. Like that's news. I offer you a lighter, younger interlude with 883's refrain from Hanno Ucciso L'uomo Ragno:

    http://www.lyricsdownload.com/883-hanno-uc...gno-lyrics.html

    "Hanno ucciso l'uomo ragno, chi sia stato non si sa

    Forse quelli della mala, forse la pubblicit

  13. Mmm! Purty Purdey

    in The Panerai Area

    Posted

    Uhm... I share with the Italian less than 1% of my way of thinking, but I doubt it is true... people politically oriented at extreme left, perhaps...

    LOL! That's precisely the type of person and his family which told me that. Later, when I started dating an Italian, I read this book for fun:

    La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind

    http://www.amazon.com/Bella-Figura-Field-G...ooks&sr=1-2

    As for the Germans, there yes, being half-German I can attest that men are uneasy with their Dienst, and for a nation which formerly wore and admired uniforms like we British carry umbrellas, they transformed themselves from uni-lovers, to uni-haters. But as I say, it's sensitive history, and getting further OT...

    Honestly I am unable to identify it. I know that Carabinieri have their own watches (I have one too), so I suppose it might be one of those models.
    It's true. As people know, most military branches issue their personnel speciality watches such as Special Ops, the Commandos, NAVY SEALS, and the like. But I had seen this watch before, because oddly, I had wanted to purchase it. I think it's a Luminox 3905

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000V9IG...1&s=jewelry

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    Not under military law. In theory it would be possibly punishable under ordinary law (for a capitano di corvetta as for everyone), but as a matter of fact in Italy noone cares a rat ass about what watches people wear.

    Sad, but true. They do care about the total ensemble a person wears, but often I noticed they buy one immaculate wardrobe for the whole season, from head to foot, and that's all they wear for those 3 months. Even the women.

    Quality over quantity.

    Hope you had a good party.

    It was semi-cancelled because of the rain. :(

    But I did take photos of my PAM 111 in the rain for tomorrow's wrist check!

  14. Mmm! Purty Purdey

    in The Panerai Area

    Posted

    Girl of good taste!

    :1a:

    Even if I had my military service in the airforce, I have to admit I've always been jealous of the Marina uniforms...
    I've heard that Italians are not comfortable with uniformed personnel, in general. Must be their recent history, as the same is true of Germans...

    The Carabinieri's unis are tremendous, too, by the way. Elegant, menacing, and yet romantic like only the Italians can make them.

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    Check out his watch! ;)

    Yes, what a shame!

    Heh. Let me leave you with this thought until I check the forum, tomorrow. I'm off to a party.

    What if military personnel are caught wearing a rep watch like a Panerai, say, on the wrist of a capitano di corvetta? Would that be a punishable offence?

    "Unbecoming behaviour of an officer", etc.

    Not that I can see that happening, even with a sottocapo, but since we've been talking of legalities this weekend, in another thread...

  15. Which Member's Taste in Watches do you Admire?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    But if someone had told me that a maker would buy an HBB and dissect every part to recreate the aesthetics (QC issues and all) I would have said no way. :)

    Is it me, Kruzer00, but are Hublots the next big thing? Are they going to overtake the Panerai in terms of "must-haveness" for many rep collectors?

    You yourself intimated that Panerais were the jumping off point when the rep industry took on a new, improved character, and I wonder if the same will be true of Hublot. I only say this because in the three other forums I visited this weekend, all I heard were members hoping to buy an HBB, by selling this or that piece of theirs.

    @Ubi, hehe. Remember, some of his children are half-South Korean, so maybe. ;)

  16. Mmm! Purty Purdey

    in The Panerai Area

    Posted

    Oh my, just thinking of militar officers (or crew) wearing Purdeys on their wrist... 285985-8516.gif

    Heh, sssurfer. Coming from a military family, both sides, I can confirm that neither grandfather would've been amused at of these "military watches" by Purdey (I actually inherited a set of Purdeys from him, well, my father did, but I collect Militaria so they defaulted to me).

    As an aside, the Italian Marina Militare's uniforms are fantastic. Even the woman looks good.

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    Can't spot the PAM though. ;)

  20. Mmm! Purty Purdey

    in The Panerai Area

    Posted

    Well, guys, I finally got myself a PAM 152! The infamous engraved Lion's head on the lid of the limited edition Panerai. Here she is!

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    Ain't she a beaut!

    Hehe. Don't worry, I didn't get that one, although I notice this poor guy did from Jay:

    http://www.replica-watches-guide.com/forum...3&hl=Purdey

    That was in August of 2006, so not sure if that was all that was available to him at that time, or if he just didn't know where to look. Or is this genuinely a vintage rep of Marina Militare Panerai?? Seems unlikely.

    By the way, I'd like to thank Sql_pl for his gorgeous photographs of his girlfriend wearing this Lion on her wrist.

    http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showto...5&hl=purdey

    Those are the series of photographs that made me fall in love with the concept of the Panerai watch. From there, it was but a short leap into insanity. ;)

  23. Victoria Beckham

    in The looney bin

    Posted

    Did anyone notice she went to a lot of effort (bait & switch the paps with a sex doll!!!) to get David a very special Chopard, She may be a bimbo,but she shops in the right places :rolleyes:

    Anyone here catch Beckham's 15 minute 2H debut with the LA Galaxy, Saturday? My boyfriend alerted me, and as a curiosity piece we watched it "together" (over the phone...).

    You'd think it was the second coming of Pele, instead of the fifth reincarnation of David Beckham...but if this makes people in this country more likely to be interested in soccer, all power to him.

    P.S.: Tommy Smyth has aged enormously, and put on at least 2 stone since last I saw him. And Lalas has cleaned up well for a hippie.

  24. Which Member's Taste in Watches do you Admire?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    If I may interject briefly on some thoughts of my own as I continue to read along this thread...

    Why do I get a vision of an awkward Jewish kid raising his hands with impeccable comic timing? Woody Allen is that you? ;)

    Good stuff... And one of the reasons why I enjoy RWG so much. As my pal TwoTone might say... Where people gather, life happens.

    That's my observation too, Ubi.

    The one thing I have found since collecting rep watches is that I had VERY concrete opinions of what I liked, what my style was, and how much I wanted to spend.

    Since that time, due to the influence (conscious or unconscious) of many members' photos and posts, I have changed my style, I no longer have such definitive impressions of watches (like the PAM), and my Xmas budget is shot to pieces. I may have to eat catfood for a year.

    But that's the beauty of being here, and I wouldn't trade that for anything. Except maybe a nice Hublot Big Bang. :)

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