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Appx how many turns should a 7750 be getting on a watch winder to reach full charge (or by me sitting there and spinning the thing in a circle)? Sounds like the tootsie roll owl maybe? Any way to tell when it's fully wound?

Hi All, I'm looking to get an 063 modded and was wondering if anyone has a source for a correct datewheel and cyclops. I've tried lello and DSN and struck out on both. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I am thinking of replacing the entire bezel on my 2535.80 (Bond SM GMT) and was wondering if anyone had tried this before. Does anyone know which of the 2 SMP bezels fit the 2535.80? The pearl on my bezel is off center and it seems better to replace the whole bezel than try and mess with the pearl. Thanks in advance!

Let's not go overboard. Anyone who uses birth control of any form is a sinner in Palin's mind so the term kind of loses all meaning. America, if you don't believe in evolution, global warming or the constitution and think that God gives you babies whenever he wants and you shouldn't mess with that you finally have your candidate.

Indeed. In my opinion being a governor of a state is nothing like being the president of a country. Being a senator you are at least part of the government that runs the extremely complex issues of the federal government. As a governor you're not even exposed to these issues in any way. Obama's experience in foreign affairs and national politics is obviously greater than any of the governors you mention. There is a reason that countless governors become senators but few senators return to governorships. A Senator is a much more important (and difficult) job in this country, whether or not you agree it should be. What you're saying is similar to taking a CEO that worked at Anchor Steam Brewing company and making him the CEO of Budweiser. I think I'd rather have one of the VPs of Budweiser take the head job. I really am not very interested in his ability to be an administrator, as his only job in this regard is to appoint the right people for the administrative roles in the executive branch. People that he trusts and that will give him good advice. People like Chuck Hagel, Warren Buffett, Alan Greenspan, Richard Posner, Robert Lucas and Joe Biden. Again, the McCain of 2000 would have been a legitimate contender for my vote. The McCain of 2000, of course, would never dream of voting for the McCain of 2008. Total sellout panderer that has degraded the (already sorry) level of political discourse in this country because he knows this is his last shot. It's one thing to change your mind on an issue, but quite another to completely 180 on issues that you had been fighting for your whole 30-year career. It's all about priorities to me. Obama's 2 top priorities, energy and economy, are my 2 top priorities and his plans on both make great sense to me and have even been lauded by countless conservative economists- guys like Ben Stein, Posner, Lucas and Alan Greenspan. PS: Making the statement that you voted for Bush in 2004 and Dole in 1996 while trying to claim a lack of partisanship is the biggest head scratcher though.

What a load of bla bla bla. I'll attempt to bring it back up to an analysis level but it's going to be difficult from here. As a student of American History, this blows my mind. The only presidents of the past 25 years with considerably more experience going into office than Obama will have is George Bush I, perhaps the worst president of the last 25 years (most would argue his son is worse but Bush I was similarly ineffectual). So you won't vote for Obama because he's unexperienced and you didn't vote for Gore or Kerry because they are 'unelectable'. Your standards for what you need to vote for has certainly changed as both Gore and Kerry had far better resumes to lead the country than George Bush. If George Bush was more 'electable' than Gore or Kerry I'm going to go out on a limb and say you're a simply a partisan that wouldn't ever vote for a Democrat. It seems you're just the type of voter that many on this thread cannot understand. Also, I think you're way off on your Clinton analysis. Clinton knows full well that if Obama looses she'll be blamed and will never have a chance to run for president again. After 8 years of Obama she'll still be plenty young to run and will probably be seen as the heir apparent.

It's a very nice rep actually. It has the proper second ticks (coming out from the center instead of in from the bezel). It seems a bit overpriced for a 7750 with mineral glass. I got lucky and got one with a sapphire way back in the day but some claim those 'explode' more than the mineral glass.

Very cool photo. I too have met Biden and, regardless of politics, the guy is one helluva room commander. He takes over the room regardless of who else is in there (and one time 2 ex-presidents were in the room). I've never understood American politics and how this guy hasn't been president yet. Pho already said he has impressive foreign policy knowledge but he has encyclopedic knowledge of pretty much everything he opens his mouth about. It will be interesting to see if McCain is now forced into picking Romney because the other Republican VP candidates would get decimated in a debate with Joe. A guy smarter than me (that works for one of the other candidates) claims that Romney would kill McCain's already meager support among the religious right and end any chance he has at electability so that would make Obama's play for Biden all the more brilliant. Sorry if that is politically offensive to some, I admit to not understanding the American polarization when it comes to politics. It's not a football game fellas.

Looks great! Is that a DSN case? Any idea if V's crownguard fits on a DSN case?

I like the bracelet too, but I do have a brown pilot's strap from Jurgens available in the trade section

I'm wondering the same thing with regards to a DSN 005. Are these pretty easy to replace? I did a quick search and couldn't find anything. Any help mucho appreciated. These really look great.

Jeebus. No offense mate, but those are the smallest wrists I've ever seen a Panerai on (and I have embarrassingly dainty wrists). Nice piece though!

Not sterile, but the Steinhart Ocean 1s are pretty phenominal quality and look 99.9% identical to the Rollies. Homer sells the completely generic ones on the bay.

Totally agree. Putting the 007 on the watch makes it look like a toy.

OK, I can't get my crystal loose from my case. Do I push it towards the back of the watch or front (from the inside)? Movement and face is sitting there naked staring wondering what I'm doing to her.

t Yeah, .37. It's one of the known issues now. Looks like .42 (which fixes the UMA and memory leak issues) will be the earliest release candidate.

I installed this on my curve and it had trouble with my UMA connection so I had to revert back to 4.2.

I've searched a bit for this and couldn't find anything, but do gen SMP crystals have the bottlenecking distortion when viewed from the side that some reps do? Considering a crystal switch and probably will do so, but wanted to know if I'd notice any difference.

How is the noise on that one?

Unfortunately for those of us whose income is in dollars (and live in an economy powered by gasoline), this statement is no longer true and is becoming less true every day. The Chinese middle class is rapidly expanding. I believe the last number I saw was $100 a day. Still not what those of us in Europe and the US make, but much more than it was 10 years ago (and getting better all the time)

Now Debaufre, they changed their name. $442 direct, you can find for cheaper on ebay and pmwf, timezone, etc.

So is this just the top gun with a more accurate caseback? I likey.

There was one ('ultimate' SMP GMT) very briefly ( ) for sale on RG. What's wrong with the crown?

I'm looking to pick up a Cali and found this. Seems like a pretty good one. What do you experts think? Seems the proper coloring at least. HERE Thanks!