Watchmeister

I say use what you got. And call it whatever you want. And wear wherever you want. Congrats.

Freddy- Am I looking at the Beatles in that picture? I think the night picture concept is a good one except that I don't know how to take a night picture. Hey, we might get some exciting night club pictures out of this though.

Jitai- Great looking watch. Wear it well. And it goes without saying a fully loaded FGD is as good as it gets.

Bonjour! Glad to see you spending time here. if you haven't already, once you have bought your first watch (rep or franken) you must post pics.

I will second or third that opinion. The faux power reserve models with the nomenclature of fixed datewheel are better. I know Josh and Andrew were offering them. I don't know about Puretime.

Thanks. I didn't know that all mac touchpads do that. I love that feature. The usefulness to me, all thinge being equal, is the long battery life and instant turn on relative to a normal Mac. I know nothing about MAC other than my kids would rather die than use anything else. To me it looks like the 11.6" is the world's most expensive net book but it may just be the ticket for me to avoid carrying two larger devices. You had made some mention of Safari (??) occupying a tremendous amount of space on the hard drive. I looked at my little IBM x60 and it has only a 60 gig hard drive. With all the microsoft stuff on it I have plenty of room so I am wondering if the Air will have enough room left over.

Great to hear.

Has anyone tried the touch pad. One of the things I like about the IPAD is that you can blow up images with your fingers so easily. It is great for RWG pics. The Airbook claims you can do the same with the touch pad. Is that true for Macbooks? So I have a different question. Is the power and memory sufficient for typical traveling working folks - email, MS Office type apps and playing movies? I see folks who need extra for games, massive video editing, etc. saying it doesn't do the trick. I know little about Apple products but have been enjoying an IPAD for reading newspapers and books, watching movies and staying away from longer emails and Office work. So everyone put on your old man hat and let me know whether this is a good answer. At a minimum I love the fact that it starts up quickly, has decent battery life and can do Office. I have been lugging around one of the IBM x's and although it has been a great workhorse for me I end up taking along an IPAD. I would like to get this down to one device. Or put differently my interest comes as a traveler - not as a sophisticated technocrat or couch potato.

Try Davidsen. Remember that even if you find one the tricky part is matching up the PVD. Of course if the CG needs any work you most likely will have to coat or re-coat the PVD.

It is now working fine on my end. They do have limited down times but are improving site reliability. For future reference there is a long running thread in the Geeks Playpen where folks post when it does go down. http://www.rwgforum.com/topic/119870-rg-down-again/

Welcome from the other side of the globe. Enjoy the ride. You can see all kinds of Portuguese here from stock rep to all gen frankens.

I say B&R as well unless you are going to spend more money and have it done on a Panerai. No Panerai rep in PVD is very good out of the box.

What a wonderful gesture on Red's part.

Great to hear he is on the mend.

Much thanks for the review. Everyone else has said it all. There are better and worse case backs. That one isn't one of the better ones.

True but some of those babies have 4-5 years of invested time.

I never regret letting one go. I make sure they have good homes.

Go for it.This is a selfish request but I am dying to know if it is as good as it looks.

I was wondering about that. I initially thought the original rounded date change pusher on the V1 cases looks better - at least on the older models. That hexagonal piece appears to be less prevalent on the gen 162, 188 and 196. But of course I may be off the mark as all our pics are at 20x or whatever. The overall case looks great. The manufacturer has really stepped up their brushing. Here is a pic of a V1 rep case and gen one. What do you think?

Great stuff. I love that lume mosaic.:thumbsupsmileyanim:And yes Ziggy has been doing a remarkable job on the Daylights since thy first came out.

And lest we not forget, scamming another member.

So sorry to hear of your son. But don't attribute it to Karma or angels. Kids are walking disaster areas - some worse than others. I am hopeful that all can be restored for your son. Those little boys are resilient. The one piece of advice I can give is to make sure you get the best specialists you or your insurance can afford - be it dental reconstruction or cosmetic surgeon. Unfortunately I suspect those two front teeth are adult teeth so that will be major dental work. In any case your son will have his day. I have one who at about that age severed his femur in half (literally). The poor kid spent 5 months laid up with a pair of halos wrapped around his leg with six long pins going from the halo through the skin and into the bone. Fast forward to today and he is a strapping 6'++ college age recruited athlete. And how did he get into his sport - working out to rehab that leg way back when. So I am sure good times will come to you and your son but for now I wish you and yours the best.

Let the experts chime in. I buy a fair amount from Shear Time (New York based).

E0491 or EO492 is another early Eddie Lee. But the movement will of course be the most obvious.

Old School franken 188 on my end. The new daylight reps are wonderful but this one ain't going anywhere.