HauteHippie

Whatever you say, Dave.

Functional He valve too.

Well now that was one hell of a first post. I think I need to read it all over again and digest it some more! Wow. And welcome aboard!!

Nice, T!

$500 bucks. PVD is/was $550.

I'll ask him what he paid. It's probably not too bad, the movement is Miyota.

So I don't know if these have been brought up before (search seems to crap out on me), but a guy I work with has one of these and I was just taking a closer look at it... Very nice! Too bad all are sold out. http://helson-watch.com/shk3.html Screen caps:

Wow, R. Very purty!

There should be some pics out there... I know I've done at least a few DSSD crystals. The end result does look good, even if not accurate to the gen.

Very nice. I've been planning on buying my birthyear 1680 for years now, too. You're 'lucky' you weren't born during the red sub years. I was.... thus no birthyear sub yet in my collection.

I rarely sell anything, but if I had to, then the one I'm working on right now would probably be the last to go.... Details at a future date and time, upon its return from the North Atlantic region.

I could think of a few where that'd be very fun...... as long as its someone else's Platinum card.

LOL a fake forum. This is all but a dream!

Simply amazing.

Excellent!! Don't forget to post the pics when it arrives.

JoJo, I'd be interested in your feedback also. Care to CC me in the PM thread?

RWG and RG both have their place and cater to different personalities. Both are fun and worthy of perusal. I stay ignorant to the politics - for the most part - and therefore see, or at least like to think, that both have more in common than not - people with a passion. TRC was the original, though. And I still remember fondly when it was the only game in town. It was a simpler time back then. Frankens were few and far between, for example. Oh how things have progressed. And they've progressed because of the knowledge base that has accumulated with the increased breadth of membership; not because of any vast quantity of posts here or there made by individuals with perhaps excessively high regard for their impact. No, reflecting back over the last decade+ since having originally joined TRC, to me, it was The Zigmeister coming on to the scene that changed everything about the hobby and really opened up the door to the types of watches and modding services that are so common place now. There was the old Tommy before him, but The Zigmeister absolutely brought a whole new dimension to the hobby, and changed it for good. And so the eventual transition to RWGforum was a natural matter of progression for folks such as myself. This is where us old timers landed. This is where that tradition and nostalgia resides, and along with it, the old school knowledge base. So while I suppose I find it interesting that some consider post rate and membership totals a revealing metric, a victory of sorts, or whatever, I'm not much interested in either. They're just not what's important.

The bezel groove at 10:00 in that pic is as dirty as the rubber strap between the lugs. Compared to my gen bezel on a clean day, it's a non-issue.

What?

Yes. The person under me has a legit member ID of less than 27000 on RWG.

Why?

I think the problem, for me, is that I had the gen batons dial well before the rep version was released. And I wear the watch a lot. So when they released the rep version, I was already so used to looking at my gen dial that the rep just looked all wrong. I guess your mileage may vary.

Yea, the 1 piece batons really stand out and are a big flaw. As always, though, it's a matter of what you can live with. I prefer the gen dial myself.

OK, just so we're clear - you don't agree with me? With which part do you disagree?

You get more contrast enhancement with a black dial under an AR'd crystal. That's all. So maybe this makes it appear as though the AR is more effective on the black dial watches. In reality, of course, it's doing the same thing regardless of dial color. Anyhow, IMO, the rep baton dial isn't very good. It won't be confused as genuine by most people familiar with the watch...