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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.

I soooo hope that this kid is indeed her daughters and that she tried to cover it up and they will go DOWN.

People like her who call homos sinners make me sick. Its people like her who were responsible for the killing of the jews, its people like her who were repsonsible for all the bad and evil that happened to humanity in the past 1000s of years.

The wise man is powerless against the stupid. Thats a real shame. I'm thankful I'm not so narrow minded and not so intollerant like some others.

And reading this thread really makes me built up some kind of cordial dislike a gainst certain people here, so I better get the hell out.

As I said in my post GWB, Clinton, Regan and Carter all were Governors before becoming President. I repeat for clarity, they all had experience running governments before they became President. If you don't believe that having done that gives them an edge in experience over Senator Obama then I don't know what to say. We simply disagree, whether you think I am capable of being analytical or not.

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.

The people who complain the most are the ones who keep re-electing Ted Kennedy. Until people have to pass a test to vote then it will never change. So there's no point in getting in a fight about it.

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No bla bla political banter intended. My high minded analysis is that Obama does not have enough experience to be President. Feel free to disagree ... that's why we have elections.

Obama is a 2 1/2 term State Senator, who got elected to the US Senate by running against a guy who got brought in at the last minute (from Maryland) to replace his opponent who dropped out of the race. After a whopping 3 years in the Senate, he started running for President. Even his running mate said he wasn't experienced enough to be President when he was running against him, so don't blame me for bringing it up.

Pug is correct, no one has actually been President before they get elected for the first time. I had never been the President of a company until after I started my second business, but I had been a General Manager and a department head for others prior to doing it. I failed miserably in starting my first business, but have succeeded quite nicely now because I was much better prepared the second time around. If you look back at recent history, GWB, Clinton, Regan and Carter all ran State governments before becoming President. George H.W. Bush was a V.P. While neither candidate has done that in this case, you have one candidate with 25 years in the US Congress/Senate, runing against one with three.

In this, or any other election (at least in the US 2 party system) there are three types of voters. Those that will vote for their preferred party's candidate no matter who they are, those that totally support and believe in their favorite candidate, and those who don't make up their minds until shortly before they walk into the voting booth. The latter group is a lot bigger than people think. People can talk all they want about candidates, and answer all the polling questions they get thrown at them during a campaign. When they walk into that booth and actually have to pull the lever, they are going to ask themselves who they think will do the better job of running the country. IMO, experience is going to be a big factor in that decision.

Just in case you couldn't tell ... I am one of those people.

I am not sold on McCain as my candidate, nor was I sold on GWB in either of his elections. I voted for GWB only because I thought he was the best of a bad lot, and believe me, that's not saying much. I would have loved to have seen another candidate besides the two that ran against him come forward on the Democratic side that was not a total bust. Gore and Kerry were perhaps popular guys among Democrats, but they were unelectable. Both came off poorly in their campaigns, but should have won easily. And they were both experienced too.

If the ticket were reversed, Biden as President and Obama as V.P. then I would be more inclined to vote for the ticket, but we elect Presidents, not Vice Presidents.

Also, don't underestimate the power of the Clinton machine. She and her supporters all know that the best thing that can happen for her is for McCain to get elected. If Obama wins and serves two terms, she will never be President and that is her end game. If McCain gets elected, he will likely be a one-term President due to his age, unless something phenominal happens during his term. This makes her the clear favorite in 2012. Don't get me wrong, she will say and do all the right things in public, but don't be surprised if the difference in this election is the Clinton machine.

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'd like one for my DSN 177h

will it fit?

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!

I would buy one of these generics if I could find one with reasonably comparable quality to the Rolex Sub or GMT it copies. I'm curious; where did you find these generic homage watches? I've seen many from name brands that closely copy Rolex, but never a total generic. I'm especially curious about the GMT. Do you know what kind of movement it has?

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.

Omega is stupid to put out all those "special edition" models. They created a classic with the original Bond Seamaster, so why fix something that ain't broken?

I don't like it, either. It's not a bad looking watch, but just an useless "duplicate" model, which doesn't look as good as the original. So the big question here is "why"?

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.

Did you use the .37 version or one of the earlier 4.5 releases? I have updated 4 blackberrys in the last two days and all work flawlessly.

Also, just an FYI... If you need to unlock your phone and have ATnT service, do not call the 611 number and ask for the unlock code. Call the International customer service number (916-843-4685) I had my unlock code and specific instructions of how to unlock the phone sent to me in about 20 minutes. I dont see how some services charge as much as $50 for the unlock code...

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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.

i have this winder. cant complain!

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How is the noise on that one?

a seller from china where average person makes 1$/day ?

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)

Check out Steinharts- they run in the $400-500 range, with a Swiss ETA movt. Also, there are some no-name copy subs- maybe Homer has them (or was it PT- Precious Time)- reasonably priced. And Invicta has the poor man's sub- the 8926 with the Miyota movt. A good deal for around $110, WR to 200 meters.

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.

Yup it sure is! thanks for the help from all you guys! Just for your information:

Chcked with WBk and he is out of them atm,

King, Angus and Ruby have them available i think its the Ultimate 2007 versions..might be getting one very soon

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.

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Thanks!