Highflyingclive

I believe that it has been done, But I have to wonder... why? The gen bracelet costs $300+. The price of another decent rep. C'mon... we have all had to make harder decisions than that

I have Russian watch with this "quick" set feature. Turn the time back from 12 to 8 and back again. It works - and it is a real pain. So if the date is more than a day or two short of the date displayed on the watch, I know what the time is. It's time to select a different watch

So... that's a "no", then?

Thank you, Sir! But I am here more often than you may suspect... I never went away.

Actually, now I'm not so sure. I'm going to think about it for a while

Then stay off the high street. Use your yellow pages to find a guy working from home. He's probably the guy who does the repairs for the local high street shops, anyway. Phone first... tell him that you collect high-end reps... reps with decent movements. He may be intrigued enough to want to see what you have. I found such a guy. At first he was scathing about my reps. Having worked on a couple, he changed his tune... and asked me to get one for him. No PMs, please. He is now retired.

Good advice.

Excellent work, my friend. Congratulations!

bumpity...

Great photos, V Now Interpol have your fingerprints on file Serves you right for wearing it the wrong wrist...

I assembles an Arktos from two that had bits missing... yes, the markers :-) Took a while doing it... and was pleased with my work. However, I almost never wear the watch... without any doubt, it is the ugliest Panerai in my collection. Maybe I'll warm to it, someday

I am rarely available on Friday evenings. Go, Group, go! Other than that, any date, any venue will be OK for me.

The screws on my SMP were really tight... I think that they had been fixed with thread-lock. I have rheumatism in my hands, so do not have enough strength to turn a tiny screwdriver against a really tight screw ... but I managed to adjust my SMP bracelet by fixing a clamp onto my screwdriver... This gave me something to grip, so that I could exert enough torque to remove the screws. This trick works for people without rheumatism, too Handy hint... it is really important that your screwdriver is a good fit in the screw-slot. If it isn't, grind the blade on a sharpening stone until it is a good fit. You will be glad that you did... an ill-fitting screwdriver is likely to slip... and scratch your watch. Don't say that I didn't warn you.

Bump... who's still in?

To turn really tough screws. I sometimes fix a small clamp onto the screwdriver, to give my hand something to grip. I have rheumatism, so find this helps a lot. It is important that your screwdriver is a good fit in the screw slot. If it isn't, re-shape it on a sharpening stone. If that doesn't work, try this... place a drawing pin (thumbtack) on your work-top. Lower the threaded lug hole over the drawing pin. Then whilst pressing down on the case, try turning the screw. This usually works... but I did once have to drill a lug screw. I used a drill smaller than the diameter of the screw, and drilled to a depth of a couple of millimetres, just enough to release the grip that the threads had in the lug. It came out easily... and was then, of course, consigned to the bin. River's springbars are now fitted! I'll be putting them in all my Panerai. In place, they are indistinguishable from traditional lug-screws, and are a 1:1 replacement for a screw-and-tube set. Here is a comparison pic, screw-and-tube on the left, River's spring-bar on the right.

No. Fitmic... you are not scared of flying. What worries you is crashing Seriously, my father would not fly. So when mum insisted on a foreign holiday, he drove to Spain. And fell in love with the place. In those days, (about forty years ago) driving to Spain from England was a major adventure... no motorway-class roads, no crash barriers on the mountain roads... no English spoken outside of major towns... So the following year, mum just booked air tickets. With dad in an aisle seat, so that he couldn't see out of the windows. He coped. And once he retired, he flew to Spain at least three times a year. I have heard of some airlines offering ... well, let's call it therapy... for nervous passengers. It might be worth your while enquiring... there is a big, wonderful world out there.

I have two Asians that have power reserve indicators. From empty, their indicators show a full wind after driving about 45 minutes - my daily commute to the office. No, I'm not a ferocious driver and half of my 20 mile commute is on motorway class roads. So it doesn't take a great deal of effort for an auto to achieve a full wind. This is why I never wind any automatic watch... I just give it a gentle side to side shake and strap it on.

That last one was good. And they say that Norwegians don't have a sense of humour...

I unwrapped this about fifteen minutes ago... so here are some hastily taken photos of the latest addition to Joshua's B&R range - the 46mm PVD! Wow! First impressions? Wow! Wow! OK, calm down, Clive. First... it is big, of course. But not too big. I have been waiting for the PVD version because, being a shy, retiring type, I thought it would be slightly less in your face than the SS model. Even so, and despite the PVD finish, this isn't a "stealth watch". I think that this one may get a lot of attention... It goes without saying that this is a highly readable watch ... those bold white hands and markers stand out from the PVD like nothing else. And in the dark, the Superlume glows like a torch. The strap is, without doubt, the best that I have ever received on a rep and the Swiss 2892-2 movement provides a very smooth sweep to the second hand. The printing on the dial, even viewed through a loupe, is crisp and opaque... even on the tiny "Swiss Made" below the 6 o'clock marker. That can't be easy to achieve on a black dial. If you get the impression that I am having difficulty finding fault with this watch... well, you'd be right. About the only thing that I would like to see changed is the finish on the buckle - It appears to be brushed, rather than bead-blasted giving it a slightly glossier appearance than the case. A minor, very minor point... nothing to lose sleep over. Even the much discussed dummy (engraved) caseback screws look less obvious now that the back of the watch is black. Detail touches abound. The crown is beautifully knurled and displays the B&R logo in gloss black against a matt background - I imagine that the logo was first polished, then masked during the bead-blasting process, prior to receiving the PVD treatment. The four casefront screws (the movement come out of the front of the watch) are gloss black, as are the four smaller dial screws, providing a point of interest and contrast against the otherwise unrelieved matt black. O.K. I have been wearing the watch for about half an hour, now... and despite its size, i'm not really aware of it on my wrist, despite it weighing in at nearly 140 grams. I think that the broad, tapering strap is spreading the load, making this a surprising comfortable watch to wear. For a comparison, my 44mm Pam 029 weighs 105 grams, whilst Chronozilla, the monstrous and very scary Pam 187, weighs 203 grams. If Hollywood ever gets around to making Men In Black 3 ... forget that silly little triangular Hamilton... this is the watch that Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith should be wearing!

Don't beat about the bush, Gunnar - tell us how you really feel

Smp 300m Pro GMT is my daily wear-to-work watch, but when I want to be a bit more upmarket, I'll wear one of these:

"Spigot bigot". And some people here have said that RWG1 is full of crazies... I draw your attention to a bling watch... and within moments, you guys have dragged the thread right down to gutter level. Pathetic.

You cannot overwind an automatic - it has a clutch to prevent this. And.. there is no need to wind your auto - just give it a gentle shake to start it... and strap it on. Your natural hand movements will fully wind the watch Some autos dislike being hand-wound... The Zigmeister mentioned low-end Chinese autos and some ETAs... but I can't remember which calibers. So I never hand wind any of my autos. You can overwind a manual-wind watch. But only if you really want to:lol: You will know when a manual is fully wound.. the crown gives resistance, then really doesn't want to turn. At this point, stop twisting it... and you'll be fine.

Fifty stitches? Wow... He must have been hung like a Hoover to have had the surface area for that many stitches. Unless his genitalia were seriously stretched during the fracas....