Fidestro

Steam just rolled out of a shitload of popped collars.

That was what I was going to say! I PMed him before he left and recommended some places, one of the ladies at Roman Times cost me a few grand last year.

George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Al Gore all wore Timex while in office or campaigning. George W. actually had a special Timex made for him by his former college roommate who ended up as Vice President of Timex.

Found it, Eisenhower in 56 outed himself at a press conference.

The Vulcain Cricket was a VERY popular watch in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Many presidents wore them. I read an article where LBJ visited Switzerland and had an assistant buy up all of the he could find that day while there, another story in the same article was about a president giving a speech about buying American and taxing imported goods and his Cricket went off during the speech, essentially outing him as a hypocrite. I believe they were the first watch of their kind, if not the first then they were the first to catch on.

That is Bush Senior, the less crappy of the two.

Not to rain on anyone's parade, but I still think we have more Hublot threads than UN threads. If I see a Hublot section I am going to abandon ship.

I agree to disagree. I don't judge people based on their watches in any position. There are people much more important than me that make much more money than me who think a $200 Seiko is an expensive watch whereas I don't have a problem dropping $3k on a Monaco. Different strokes for different folks.

There is a Chinese/Engrish/Mispronouncing joke there but I would offend a good chunk of the board if I posted the damn thing.

Seriously though, it is good to have people like RobbieG and Shundi on here to geek out on movements with. Lots of knowledge here. More so than many other watch places I have hung my hat.

RobbieG is the love child of UN and a Chinese sweatshop.

It is funny that RobbieG writes about the 2892 with the DD chrono module as a good thing as often people in the gen world bash the absolute hell out of it. I have never had a problem with any of mine in either of my Monacos or my Speedy reduced, so I don't disagree with the statement by R.G., but they don't get much love elsewhere. I believe the AP ROO uses a similar setup however, correct me if I am wrong. I was thinking it still had a DD chrono module with a different movement, maybe a JLC?

I am amazed that they can get the COSC cert before the other work is done and still be allowed to call it a Chronometer. You would almost expect a competitor to complain about that process. I know other manufacturers send in the base movement as well for certification before it is ever installed in a watch, but they don't usually add as many complications as what the ones here show.

I have not read this whole thread, but is anyone else [censored] off that Obama was at a BASKETBALL game the other night? I am not out watching the Bulls get the [censored] beat out of them and I have a lot less problems than Obama. Hey President, get your ass back in the office and fix [censored]! Is this the Change he talked about?

asim - Just saw you have ETA dw in yours also, please post some comparison photos.

I have never heard this from anyone posting on here, are you sure you are not comparing the rep datewheels to the genuine ones? I would also like some photos.

The ETA datewheel and IWC datewheel are one and the same, so yes they are similar. 100 percent similar! IWC does not use specialized datewheels in the 3717.

I personally would not care to get the gen movement as it is just a tarted up and adjusted 7750. You will never see it anyway, but that is just me.

Yes, By-Tor, it is the real McCoy.

He had a cheapie, but also a Patek. Proof that a good watch does not make a good president.

YOU ARE MISSING THE POINT: It is not Officially COSC certified unless it is sent to Switzerland and recertified. Any one of a vast number of watchmakers can service and have it correctly regulated, but that does not mean it is certified.

Huh, I spelled Gstaad right.

I think the Hublot RWG model needs released next. Why the hell not, the Gstaad (I don't care if I spelled it right) Polo Club has one. Really, all the variations of Hublot models getting repped needs to stop.

Clinton wore a Timex or a Casio in office. He went to Panerai after he got out. People don't like their president to flash bling, especially in these times. I don't give a [censored] if the president wore a sundial or a Flavor Flav clock as long as he can get the damn job done.