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Thanks for the reply. Yeah I looked, but my situation is a little hairy. I suppose I'm just looking to see whether anyone knows someone who works in immigration in the UK. Possibly an immigration lawyer or consultant whom I could hire...

This is a longshot, but I know there are a few UK members that may be able to help me out. Basically I am a US citizen and I am trying to get a job in the UK. I have interviewed with and I am somewhat close to being offered a position with a company in London. The issue is that the company is new, small and will not go through the process of getting me a work permit. I have to supply my own. The UK has a program called the HSMP or Highly Skilled Migrant Program. Now I may, or may not be eligible for this program. My situation is a bit complicated because I was working already working in the EU (Czech Republic) for the last three years. Does anyone happen to know about any of these immigration laws or perhaps know someone I could speak to? Thanks!

By the way, here is a still of the Daytona in Lost. So is it a fake?

Ok, not to hijack the thread but can you tell me what is so obviously fake about this Daytona? I'd like to learn the tell-tale signs (or was it a quartz movement ?)

King now has listed on her site a Carrera Chrono with aftermaket AR at a competitive price - with her free holiday shipping it's a good deal. Now I know that the Gen Carrera does not have AR but I think that this watch would like fantastic with AR (especially the blackface). My concern before ordering is the quality of the AR. Does anyone have any experience on what kind of aftermarket AR I can expect? Will it scratch easily? How can I be sure it just isn't blue-tinted clear lacquer? I have heard good things from King, so I am looking forward to pulling the trigger on this one. Please let me know what you think. Thanks!

As promised an update: Unfortunately it was a bit anti-climatic and it turns out I was overreacting/thinking the entire issue. She never showed up on Wednesday. I was pretty upset about it but went out and had a good time anyways. Yesterday I dropped her one last email. I had a good excuse since her flat-mate is American and I wanted her to find out if any of the local Americans were getting together for Thanksgiving. A few hours later I got a response. She apologized for not getting back to me earlier, she said she was unable to check her email for the last few days. She also asked what my plans were for the weekend and said that it would be good to get together! I wrote back to her inviting her to another group trip for the weekend. So we'll see. I decided I'll let her drive this one for a bit. So it turns out I was beating myself up over nothing. Lessons Learned: I'm going to just relax and take it easy with this one. In the end although I thought I had made a mistake by not sleeping with her it turns out I did the right think. I didn't do something because I didn't want to do it, so I don't need to apologize for that. I'm not going to talk to her about my feelings or any of that. I think she likes me because I'm usually pretty relaxed and don't take things too serious, so I'll continue being myself. To be honest I hesitated posting this at all because I'm feeling a little ridiculous about getting so worked up over the situation and posting my drama on a website. So yeah, thats it! Guess we will see where it goes. But I wanted to thank all of you for the wonderful advice. I got a lot of good information from here, but I suppose thats to be expected when I post on forum populated by people who obsess over details! -R

I'm being completely serious. No I don't mean bad-girl like beating up a biker-gang and arson bad-girl. I mean she's dresses with a little more style and edge than the typical girl, asserts herself, and stays out a bit later than most. She's a city-girl, born and grew up in Central London, she's traveled the world , is well-read and has fantastic somewhat tom-boyish taste (not in watches but in everything else). I guess "bad-girl" is the wrong word...It's more that I like girls that have strong opinions, listen to mine, can talk about abstract subjects, are fun to debate with and don't just want a successful "husband in a box" whom they don't even get to know so that they can quit their job and start raising babies. So yes "bad-girl" is the wrong word, and I already know I can anticipate some trouble for even using it to mean something "good". Anyways, yeah we'll see how it goes. Not much I can do, and in either case I will probably be better off not thinking about it anymore. Since more analysis at this point isn't going to help.

Alright.. Well thanks for everyones thoughts and advice. I'll be sure to let you know how it goes on Wednesday. I'm not sure how exactly I will approach this, but I'll feel it out with her (if she's even there) and see what happens. If I end up making this work out it will be a miracle. I didn't mention it but I already screwed up once with this girl the first time I met her. I said "Oh England, hmm..thats one of the countries in the world where the men tend to be more attractive than the women". She didn't take that one very well, yelled at me and stormed off. She was able to laugh that one off later, so hopefully she can forgive this one.. As you can tell I'm Mr. Smooth hahah...

I completely agree with you. I'm of the old-fashioned type myself but I really have learned that I have to be more aggressive and sexual in order for girls to take me seriously. If not, it seems I instantly fall into the "nice guy" or "must be gay' category with the women I'm dating. As a result I have had many more partners than I ever wanted and I've been put in extremely uncomfortable situations such as this one. It just seems that with the "blurring" of the line of genders in todays society most young women aren't growing up learning what truly makes a man a man. Instead I have to do things that I'm not completely comfortable with in order to prove that I'm not part of the "gray" area which has become so large.

I agree with some of what Lord Rasta said but I'm trying to find the best way to handle this without showing any of my cards. If I start talking about "my feelings" for her etc, before we have even established any sort of relationship I fear I may set my "nice guy" status in stone. I think she is usually more into the tougher guys who don't exactly have talks about their "emotions and feelings". I'm trying to find an angle where I can save face and somehow turn it into a power move rather than showing weakness. I know this is very hard to do after what I did, but I really do think this will be my best shot. Our relationship was becoming interesting because we were able to share some witty banter and we both showed that we were willing to stand up to each other when one of us was being a smart-ass. I was thinking of going with the angle of "well I guess you didn't turn me on enough, maybe next time you'll do better" with a smile... Does anyone think this might backfire?

To be honest I would be more suspicious of a girl that excessively fawned over my possessions. I buy and wear my watches for myself. If other people like and appreciate them - great, but not what I'm aiming for.

Well the problem is that she was in my bed. If a girl goes through actually gets into your bed and you don't do anything that looks pretty bad. Not only am I embarrassed but she probably feels embarrassed now....Thats the main issue. But anyways, thanks all for the advice - I will try to do some repair work on this if I see her tomorrow (hope, hope).

Haha, yeah your right maybe my problem is that I mixed up the names...Actually her real name is Emily. And she is so HOT. (Never thought I would ever be attracted to a english girl).

It's so funny that you mentioned this! This is the exact problem! I unscrewed the crown a bit and it started up again! Basically the watch is actually ok now. Although it dies after less than one day of not wearing it. Better than sending it back to Jay. But yeah, I'll be buying ETA from now on. But for now it seems to be fixed and wearable.

Well I know this forum is made up mostly of guys, and probably guys that have been successful with woman so I'm posting this. I'm really, really, REALLY beating myself up over something that happened this weekend and I'm hoping some of you might be able to give me some advice. Like some guys I have always suffered from the "nice guy " syndrome, and not being aggressive enough with women. Over the years I have gotten better at this, but I made such a huge blunder this weekend I don't know if I can ever forgive myself. I really feel sick about it. Basically I met a girl a few months ago (lets call her Diana) who I was really attracted to. I noticed we had a lot in common and we hit it off but I didn't take it so serious because we are both studying/working abroad (her from UK me from USA) and I was going to be leaving soon. I didn't get her number and we didn't see each other until two weeks ago when she happened to be going on a group weekend trip. Although we went on this group trip with about 15 people, her and I spent a lot of time alone together - walking around seeing the sights, chatting etc. We had a really great time and I realized I was falling in love with her. Nothing physical happened but I really enjoyed her company more than I have enjoyed another girls company for a VERY long time. At the end of the weekend trip I invited her to a party that I was having at my flat(apartment) which was just this last weekend. She came and we chatted a bit at the party and danced a little but didn't really spend that much time together. (There were about 50 people and it was a CRAZY party). Later that night I went to go pass out in my room and I noticed that her friend was guarding my door. Her friend said that Diana was sleeping, I told her "well this is my room". Then this girl said "hang on" and went to go talk to Diana about who I was. Then she came back after a minute of talking to Diana and said "OK, you can come in". (I was laughing about this one). So I get into my bed and sure enough there she was - fully clothed but the girl of my dreams in my bed. I knew she was awake and we instantly started kissing, making-out etc. Nothing heavy. But again I was really drunk and I passed out after a few minutes. The next morning we both woke up (sober) and spent some time chatting, laughing about the party. She was looking at me, so I leaned over and kissed her but just small kisses and nothing heavy. She kept on laying there and I just laid there and didn't do anything more. I know she wanted more and was hinting but I just didn't have it in me that morning. Awhile later I just got out of my bed and left her there! She got up and left my place a few minutes later and just said "bye". Now I haven't spoken to her and I don't know how to handle this! I can't believe I was such a wussy!! She really is the girl of my dreams, but I don't want to tell her this because I know she wants a challenge. I am also quite a bit older than her (I'm 31 she is 23) so I know she expects me to take charge and I didn't'! She is definitely the "bad-girl" type and I am the opposite and now I am afraid she thinks I'm gay or a huge wimp. The truth was that I was a bit too hung-over to perform even if I wanted so I didn't try. Also I had a one-night stand the day before the party and didn't even have time to shower. Both of these things were on my mind... What should I do? I sent her an email inviting her to my place for dinner which she didn't even respond to. But I might see her at a birthday party of a common friend on Wednesday. Any advice from you guys? By the way, she never mentioned any of my watches expect when she moved my SFSO on my dresser to get a glass of water and commented - "This thing is massive!" in a very cute British accent.

Hope it's not in the wrong section but I was searching the job sites and came across this. http://houston.backpage.com/employment/cla...d=oid%3A1089205 Lovely girl looking to swap IT services (+ more?) for a Submariner. Hope it doesn't come to this for any of you guys....

Hello, I'm not sure if this is a taboo post or not. If so please let me know. I will be moving to the NYC area in January. Of course I know about the (in)famous Canal St reps, but I am also aware that there are some dealers there that sell the High Quality stuff. Does anyone have any insight on how I may find some of the latter variety?

Yeah Jay has offered to repair the watch, but I need to ship it back to him. It's a good service, but for a low price watch it might not be worth it. I was thinking of buying another watch from him so that when he ships back my SFSO I'll get the second watch without having to pay shipping. In any case, does anyone happen to know a watch maker in the NYC area that will have the movement and do the repair? I'll be in NYC starting in Jan.

I just sent a mail to Jay @ Silix, telling him that the movement stopped working. I asked him if he would be willing to replace it, or possibly give me credit towards a Swiss - SFSO. We will see what happens. If you guys are interested I'll keep you updated. I am hopeful that he will do something since the watch is only one month old.

Well yesterday evening I opened her up and I didn't see anything loose. I tipped and shook it over a dark towel and nothing. The rotor screw was in-tact, tight and the rotor was moving freely. I hand wound the watch and the movement started again, so I closed it back up and it seemed to be working ok. I think that the "rattling"might have just been the rotor moving around, but still not sure. I wore the watch during the evening and it seemed to be working OK. This morning when I woke up the watch had stopped again. I again did a combination of shaking and winding. It started but stopped soon after. Now it is completely unresponsive - Second hand won't move after winding or shaking - dead Any idea what might have gone wrong with the movement? For my first rep I have to say I'm quite disappointed. I wasn't planning on passing this down to my children or anything, but I would have liked to get a year out of it. Some of recommended the miyota movement replacement. Where can I order this? Is it an easy enough repair to do myself? Is it worth it ? Is it a better quality movement than the Asian 21j?

Thanks a lot for all your help. What a fantastic community ! (I have to stop putting off sending in my support donation). I'll try winding it tonight and see if that works. If it does, am I correct in assuming it's a loose rotor? Anyways, we'll see and I'll let you guys know... Perhaps my real introduction to the rep hobby just started now - not when I received the watch

Well no, to be honest I didn't try the obvious...But the thing rattling around in there tells me there is something wrong...But when I go home I'll give it a shot..

I knew my happiness couldn't last. It seems that my first rep purchase, an asian SFSO, died on me. I was just thinking to myself how good the power reserve on the watch was (lasting a couple days) when I noticed this morning that the watch wasn't working. I gave it a little shake, and still nothing. Gave it a BIG and long shake (20 sec) and the second hand started moving again, but stopped about a minute or so later. Holding the watch up to my ear and shaking there is definitely something rattling around in there. Does anyone have any guesses about what this could be? I'd love to hear that it's something easy. What are my options? I was thinking of opening it up and having a look myself. But is this really advisable if I have no idea what I'm doing? I was thinking of sending it to one of the repair guys (The Zigmeister etc), but I'm located in EU and I'm not sure if it's worth all the expense for a $100 watch. By the time it's fixed I could have bought a Swiss movement. Last option is a local repair shop. But I don't know if this is a great idea. If I take it to a little local shop will they confiscate if they find out it's a rep? I'd appreciate advice with this. Thanks!

Well yes, of-course I will only buy watches I like. But my purpose for posting was to see if there were any other watches similar to the ones that I have listed - just to see if there was anything that I haven't thought about. And I wanted to hear any comments on the ones I have picked thus far. * Just wanted to make sure that my message doesn't come off as rude. I understand that it's annoying when people ask the forum what watch they should buy. My intent was to just hear ideas of watches similar to the ones I listed.

Has anyone ever had problems receiving watches from Silix in the states? I am an American temporarily living in E. Europe. I recently ordered a couple watches from Silix and they arrived no problem. I'd like to order a few more watches, but financially speaking I would rather wait till I am back in the States and gainfully employed than order now. But on the other hand, I'm quite confident that I could receive the watches here in Europe without encountering any shipping/customs problems. What would you recommend? Order now while I'm broke but confident about the watches arriving safely. Or wait till I'm home, have a job and risk having them shipped into the US (is there is big risk?). Thanks