Highflyingclive

Nice strap! Shame about the watch.

www.banda.com will make one, just the size you want, in the leather you want, at very reasonable cost.

@Jimbo - where did you find this? I have considered getting one of the street-market reps, polishing off the crappy engraving and doing it properly... but this one looks to be better than anything I could achieve. But shouldn't it say "Purdy"... or is this a later re-issue?

Not if you have a Dremel, or similar. Mine is a Black & Decker clone.. I just polished a formally brushed J le C Kompressor case and bezel. I removed the movement and the three crowns, masked the crystal with parcel tape (probably not necessary, but better safe that sorry) then set to with the Cape Cod. About 25 minutes later, the job was done. Easy! My method was to cut a half-inch strip of the CC cloth, fold it like a concertina, make a hole through the centre of the wad, then mount it on an arbour. Making a hole through the centre of the wad was probably the hardest part of the operation. CC is surprisingly tough stuff. Running the clone Dremel at low speed worked wonders. The result... quite quickly achieved, was a perfectly polished case and bezel. It has transformed the watch.

So if you can, suspend the parts from a window overlooking a busy road. H2S in exhaust gas is one of the joys that catalytic converters have brought to the world. A deadly poison, by the way. Makes me laugh, watching all those joggers, "getting healthy" as they pump down the pavements, breathing in deisel micoparticles, H2S and CO. Laced with small side order of HCN. I'll stay on the sofa, watch telly and outlive all them silly boogers.

I read your original post - and promptly threadlocked my He valve. Thank you for bringing this problem to our attention. I hope that Jos will be able to help you. The SMP is a wonderful watch...

Funny post!

Your secretary isn't into rubber and BDSM? Not even a little "gentle restraint"? You didn't choose very well. did you?

Chris - I couldn't reach the results of your last survey - my PC chose that moment to hang up. Could you repost the link, please?

Go wild. Pam 026 PVD Destro. here: http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e230/watchmmx/PVD%20026/ Go sane. Pam 069 GMT No. Get both. Ten watches? You have only just started your collection :-)

Replica planet. Made in China. Did you see the size of those lunar orbits? Dead give-away.

I have been looking forwrd to the release of the Arktos GMT - but have to say that I'm a little disappointed. Apart from the flaws mentiond above, of which surely the worst is that GMT hand, nobody has yet mentioned that, according to the Panerai website, the face should be blue. But I'll probably buy one when funds permit.

Joshua's Asian 212 is now being fitted with a sapphire crystal

Joshua's Asian 212 now has a sapphire crystal.

Is this an appropriate moment to remind you that those "Chooks" are British citizens and that the US invaded the British sovereign territory of Granada without permission? And. while we are about it, that Aussies are the descendants of criminals? Never trust a man who wears short trousers to the office...

There is a simple test of this - and of every rep watch forum. Just ask one simple question on every forum that you can find. "Who has the best sub?" The shysters will point you in the direction of one of their puppet sites. The honest forums will flame your [censored]... but it doesn't really hurt... and you find out who you really trust. Double-check: Search the archives here for "who has the best sub" and see what happens. Fun for all the family Oh yes... Jos is the best dealer on the planet. But don't take my word for it .... while you are waiting for your watch to arrive, use the search button, keywords: Jos Nana. I think that you will be impressed.

Did it work? No. Poured plastic was far too soft. Prove me wrong, Usil!

What about Kraut fartz? Their beer has a lot to answer for...

First buy your car... then buy your watch

It doesn't realy matter - as long as they are fitted with toe-holds.

Asshats!

Ikea? Love the prices... hate the queues at the checkouts. So I only go there under duress. And very infrequently. In high dudgeon.

All of them!

I just heard that Joshua's 212 is now fitted with a sapphire crystal. Unfortunately, he is not able to offer the crystal as a spare part, so please don't deluge him with requests for it.

He posted on RWI recently. Try sending him a PM from there.