These are nice...managed to get 'hands on' with some of them last week
But being as unbiased as possible, close but no cigar!.
The fit and finish of the MBK is noticeably superior
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Yup.........
And the cynic in me tells me that if the general response had been 'Hey. wow, 500 Euros, gimmi, gimmi, gimmi'. then the OP and his philanthropic friend would (armed with these factory photos) have helped everyone out.
Still its certainly more interesting than the old 'Hi, I'm Won Long Pii from Guangzhou' approach.
:cc_chinese:
If your friend wants another for 500 euros I'll get him one. I can also tell him it was made on Mars by retired Swiss artisans in space suits (or whatever tosh he likes to hear before paying) if he so desires.
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Noobs, Shmoobs
Lets put all this twaddle to bed here and now
TTK & I get our supplies of these from the self same source
I call mine Nymphomariners (Its a semi private joke.....they come quicker than TTk's Noobmariners.......geddit?)
Applying the term 'Noob' 'Noobmariner' to anything else - does not & cannot infer being the same watch.
If you want the item reviewed and described as a Noobmariner there are only two places to source it TTK & myself
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What a lot of bally hoo
Its oh so simple
Do what I do
Examine the super rep,
If it doesnt come up to my perceived value of the asking price, I pass it by.
If a watch doesnt measure up to the price (and increasingly more dont) dont buy it.
Very simple
All the hissy fits & tantrums in the world wont get it you at your preordained desired price.
Bit like putting a max bid on FeeBay, if another bidder takes it beyond that, wave it goodbye & move on.
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Dont concern yourself as you are far from alone
Ordinarily when the Swordfish is mentioned on the forums it is along the lines of 'when oh when will it be repped'
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Grahams
Strangely in the flesh they are awesome
This one in particular:
Even the Swordfish maligned in the OP merits a second glance in the real world
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I hardly watch any movies due to a low BS tolerance level
One scene leaps to mind - Italian Job2... Helo inside a multi level car park, sandwedged by concrete top & bottom, threatening a car and occupants with it's tail rotor !!!!!! Oh how we laughed (reaching for the eject disc button).
Interesting post
Thanks to the advances in modern pharmaceuticals we now seem to have
Instant watchsmith tablets
as well as the more readily available (and endemically abused)
Instant strap maker ones
Human research has however also commenced recently trialling the instant dealer ones (with poor results thus far)
Solid Gold DateJusts are nowhere near $700 (If you can get them for that....stop everything and back the truck up)
Neither are they certifiable 18K (8k Maybe)
Ho Hum