Highflyingclive

You are right - it happened to me. For a while, it was quite frightening. Fortunately, we have an active - and internet savvy - police force in this country. Who are happy to engage in dialogue with overseas police forces. The miscreant involved has been removed from the community...

So, Cwai ... Lazurus ripped you off - and you are still sucking? It takes all sorts

I can lick my eyebrows and breath through my ears. Honest, luv...

The "Ignore button" also works well on E. Lazurus syncophants... Did he give you a nice strap, Cwai? He was not always so nice. Some people were told that he would rather not sell a strap than see it on a rep... then he sent out spurious "legal threat" hate mail to Pam rep collectors. The famous, (infamous) "VP Legal" messages. Then he discovered that he can sell more straps to the thousands of rep collectors on these boards than he can to the few hundred on Paneristi. $$$$ rule, eh, Elliot? I don't mind that he hated rep collectors,.. it's the hyprocracy that I cannot abide. His presence on this board makes me feel sick to my stomach.

Good, for sure... but perhaps you have distresed it a little too much. Personally, I'd apply a very gentle layer of coloured wax (shoe polish So that it looks as if it had rich colour, back in the dim and distant past. But now, you need to distress the watch so that it looks as old as the strap.... are you brave enough? I doubt that I would be.

True... but it has a soul. Duke reliability is much improved over the bad old "I have a Desmo... currently in bits" days.

Veni... don't let the bastards get you down. Stay- you can do some good, here. You know what I mean.

I bow to the master... and English isn't even his mother tongue. Hiding my head in shame...

Try this... "Will You" from Hazel O'Connor's 1980 "Breaking Glass" soundtrack. You get the lyrics and the full 4.49 here, when you click on "listen to a sample": http://www.breakingglass.net/music/will.htm If that evocative saxaphone solo doesn't touch your heart, you are probably dead. Inform the authorities immediately.

Nobody... NOBODY... has ever asked me. My friends know my watches are replicas... strangers would never ask. Not in England. Brits would never be so impertinent.

I don't know a lot about Rolex... I don't like them much. But a GMT Sub... wouldn't that be the GMTII? I look forward to being stood corrected... :-) Happy timekeeping! Clive

I have more than a dozen GMT watches. Most have basic Chinese movements - I have had no problems with any of the Chinese cheapies... except that the hands fell off my Alain Silberstein... and were fixed in a pub by Davy (Thanks, mate) Probably the most true to the original are the Vacheron Constantine Dual Time Regualtor and the Maurice Lacroix Pontos GMT. My Rolex GMTII won't satisfy a purist... but fooled a Rolex collector :-) As for better movements... I have an Asain 21J Pam 0GMT from Jos Nana - no problems to report. Lovely watch. I also have two GMTs powered by ETA 2836-2 movements, both bought at the Guangzhou watch market. One has developed a slight problem - the GMT hand will no longer move. But I am sure that there is a simple fix for this. As far as accuracy to the original is concerned, you won't go far wrong with the Pam 063 and 029. The new Seamaster Professional looks good, too... I'm hesitating over this because I really don't like metal bracelets. EDIT to add: Sorry... What is your definition of "a real GMT movement"? Happy timekeeping! Clive

Hmmm... go easy on the aspirations. Both are great bikes - I'd go for the Duke every time... but you are still wet behind the ears - get some more experience before you leap from a 125 to a 600. Best advice - book a days tuition at the Donington race track. You will learn so much ... and it will stand you in good stead. I know what I'm talking about. I've held a motorcycle licence for more than forty years, own five bikes and spent two years as a London motorcycle courier. Despite these credentials, I learned a great deal from Donington (it taught me that I'm a really crap rider :-) and had a marked improvement on the way I ride on the road. Another tip: Follow police patrol bikes through traffic... they don't hurry... but they get through very quickly. Do what they do... and so will you. When I was a courier, these guys taught me a lot about riding in thick traffic. Free lessons from police motorcyclists... that has to be a bargain :-) Next tip: Get out of the way of motorbike couriers. They know what they are doing - you don't. Don't try to race them - you'll just make a prat of yourself. Especially, don't get in their way when running between lanes of traffic 'cos it pisses them off to be delayed by a set of L-plates. Final tip: If you see a motorcycle courier with L-plates, really, really get out of his way - fast. These people are complete nutters anxious to demonstrate their riding skills to the rest of the two-wheeled community. Such people are dangerous! They have something to prove - you don't. Don't be part of their accident.

Yes... it is probably a purely philanthropic gesture because he loves replicas so much...

Thanks for that - I really laughed out loud! I just hope that I get the opportunity to use it someday

The Ship Tavern, 12 Gate St, Holborn http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?Gri...map=&scale=5000 Has a large, comfortable, private room upstairs. I have no idea what charge, if any, is made for its use. The Old Red Lion, in Red Lion St, just off High Holborn, also has a private upstairs room. Keep me posted... if health permits, I'll be there, wherever you decide to meet. Happy timekeeping! Clive

There is an old proverb which runs something like this: Never let the same snake bite you twice

In view of the "VP Legal" threats that were sent to members of RWG1, I am amazed - gobsmacked - that E Lazarus has been allowed anywhere near this forum. How times change... I'm actually disgusted.

This is a well-known problem. The threads on the insert that engages with the threads on the crown are made of soft metal - and those threads strip. The Zigmeister has a fix - which involves removing the insert and shortening the winding stem. This means, of course, that there is no water resistance around the crown. But would you really want to take a replica swimming? I take mine off when I wash my hands. Happy timekeeping! Clive

Get out more. Meet girls. Find a life. Seriously.

Nixon! My hero.

I have been suspended until 2033. I must have been really wicked!

Don't mess about. Go Panerai! Happy timekeeping! Clive

This is one Lazurus who should not be raised from the dead.