Watchmeister

That 243 looks great.

I am surprised it has taken this long for it to grow on VRF. When Rolex announced they would stop supporting the vintage watches I assumed even the VRF folks would have to give in.

In New York we have watched women go from old Rolexes to Chanel's and now cheesy large gold watches. I looked closely at one and the women's designers have figured out this opportunity. They are marketing them directly. Basically they are selling $50 reps with their name on it for a few hundred dollars and the women are being sucked in.......genius.

All the TD's have it built into their signature. I always suggest go to a friend who you know and trust privately first. If you don't have one of those than post it up on the forum and bear in mind you may get some silly responses so you need to apply some common sense.

Looks great. Enjoy it.

Looks good including the strap which is very close to gen in both finish and stitching. You'll love it!

+1

No way. No watch that has a different beat rate than the gen should even get mentioned as the "best rep of all time."

Didn't know that. What are the relative rates?

hmm so how long before the homeowner's insurance goes up ?

Good point but the folks in town will survive. The folks near the water may find it even more difficult to get it. Already folks in a number of places can only get insurance through the Federal flood insurance program. I suspect it will be more difficult to get ....at any price.

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Looks really good.

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Very nice. Now that is what I call elegant bling.

You have to try one on and play around with it to appreciate it. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and when you see the technology first hand it is a stunning piece. It is the only watch I would ever consider paying $50k + for (if I won Lotto of course).

To be fair, those younger folks aren't really at fault for most of the things. It's just their location that made them vulnerable, not their lack of preparation

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I am not faulting them for being in harms way. I am torturing them though for teasing me on my fuddy duddy neighborhood. With the bars closed for lack of power those youngsters can't even get a drink never mind trolling for ........

It is highly likely it paid off to be a prepper in the NY area... People laugh at them, but now they are in their bunkers with power & food.

So true. The boring upper East and West side never looked so good. I am fortunate to reside in one of those boring areas and all of my younger folks have bragged about their cool lifestyle .... meatpacking district, NOHO, East Village, etc. Now they are begging us boring people for a place to take a warm shower.

On a serious note - my sympathies to all who have been adversely impacted and may you have a speedy recovery.

Is the printing faint or just gray. Picture is too small to see.

and this is why frankens built on the sec@9 cases are closer to the ones built on the sec@12 cases isnt it, assuming the same parts are used.

It isn't that they are closer when you are done modding them. In fact the seconds at 9 can't take the gen tachy ring and of course the construction is very different. They are closer in dimensions out of the box and were the first ones out. The minute the seconds at 12 came out it was clearly a better place to start modding but it took a little more case work.

Won't the bead blasting done in prep for a new PVD achieve the same thing?

Good lord, WM - what do you mean much of the Jersey Shore is gone? I've been there on business trips a few times, and walked the long boardwalks in Atlantic City, the lighthouse at Barregut (or how ever it's spelt). Were those places hammered, or uprooted, or.....??

Sounds gnarly. Where's my kite?

Take a look on you tube and you will see virtually the entire board walk submerged and major portions of it gone. And the crazy thing is they evacuated a good number of the shore residents to Atlantic City and then it was completely flooded.

Very nice. Wear them well.

Actually this storm is probably more devastating than any in the Northeast in quite a long time - maybe ever. It isn't the wind or the rain from the hurrican specifically but the combination of a Nor-easter with a traditional hurricane - a "perfect storm" to quote a famous movie. Storm surge has been at it's highest ever - 3 feet higher than ever in the NY Harbor. Significant portions of lower Manhattan were competely flooded. All bridges and major roads are largely closed going in and out of NYC, NJ and Long Island. To give you some sense Con Ed purposely shut down all power to 39th Street and below in Manhattan for the first time ever. More than 2.4 million folks in NJ, 2 million folks in NY and 80% of Long Island which is larger than some states have lost power and in some places they won't be seeing it for quite a long time. The Jersey shore is largely gone. Now a few of us have been very lucky. Upper Manhattan where I currently am hasn't lost power yet but don't underestimate the damage. This one makes Hurricane Irene look like amateur hour. Of course, it doesn't compare with life in Alaska but you had to be crazy to be there in the first place.

I haven't seen all the versions but all the experts have said that you end up buying two different ones to make the ultimate version. And one of those experts owns the gen. Lucky boy.

Stunning watch and probably the only one I would save up my money for years to buy. One of the few innovative technologies with their "turbine" to come along in years. IMHO, Seiko and their Spring Drive is another one but I can't get myself to buy one. Who needs another qua-triple gyro tourbillon made out of carbon fiber with "get-ladium" parts. The Urwerk are new school horological technology.

And the answer to the question on replication is no. It may be replicable but unlike so many other watches virtually every part would have to be re-engineered (read as "copied") from scratch.

If your pride isn't worth the cost of one fake watch than you are not a man. You understand the real moral of the story is not to take your partner's car. Then again I doubt you would drive around with that dent on your car either.

More importantly enjoy the vacation.

Beautifully stunning . Would be great on my wrist

+1. Stunning piece and a real landmark piece.

Looks like just another flavor of the standard Big Pilot.