Watchmeister

I heard secondhand he is out and about on the Mainland hunting for treasures.

Breitling and 196. Live a little. I would wear the Breitling into the Panerai store though. Have a blast.

Beautiful watch. I wouldn't overdo the vintage effect on the dial or hands though. The gen is only 5-6 years old. I am at work and so I don't have anything in front of me but if the gen was actually T Swiss T that would imply that fabulous nuclear creamy color.

He's back.

Ziggy-

You are going to regret offering to take on another one of those "fabulous" 7750 Daytonas with running seconds at 6. Someone should tell all these Rolex fanatics (okay, I like Rolex's too) to focus on the pre-2000 Daytonas. There is a reason why Rolex did not move the running seconds until they produced their own in-house movement.

Following the Brokeback Mountain Theme -

How about this:

Given the underlying sentimental value of your screen name, apologies in advance. But I couldn't resist.

Randy,

Holy sh_t. Rolissimus Maximus.

Ziggy-

Nice to have you back. There is a rather large package on the way to you.

It certainly is plausible. At some point the wholesalers will gear up to make a large order which some of our dealers should get access to. I do caution folks that Aspire listed the "fourth generation" 1950 and still lists it with no price and no availability. But you never can tell. I would have expected Josh, Sean or Angus to have showed up with it first.

The comment on Rolexes I agree with. Most people who wear them are just wearing them as part of a uniform. It is interesting that when I wear an MBW vintage people who care actually notice. I find that no one is hunting for the Rolex rep. Nobody cares. The one other point I think is that in many circles watches are one of very few forms of male jewelry. It is nice to be able to change the jewelry. So there definitely is a peacock factor. But the getting laid or wanting to be attractive to the other sex still factors in fairly strongly.

I have noticed that an increasing number of folks are modding their better reps. I am an avid modder (with Ziggy's help) so I think it always helps to share information on what mods people are doing as it helps everyone (who cares) improve their watch. If you think this is a waste of time don't bother posting. I will go first:

Breitling Chrono Avenger - New movement and dial. Picked up pristeen Swiss 7750 movement from great guy on Ebay Germany for $200 and OEM dial for $10

7753 Daylight - Finepics datewheel and new crowns when available. Superlume as well. Cannibalizing one defunct Asian 7750 in older case to mount Panda innards into it.

2893 GMT - Improved cyclops being offered in general discussion. New crowns when available and hoping Finepics elects to move forward on new datewheels. Lume.

2893 Power Reserve - All the above plus PVD thru Palp from OEM supplier to PAM

MBW's (Ziggified Comex and Tribalized Red Sub) - Standard CG's, springbars, case rounding already done. Adding gen crown and tube. Doing a little lume work on the Comex.

Modding items I have heard talked about but am waiting to be available:

- Improved PAM crowns and crown guards (both chronos and non-chronos)

- 2893 Datewheels - I am still begging Finepics

- Cyclops for PAM's (those I know are coming)

Does anyone else know what is on the horizon or have interesting resources?

Cheers to all, and nice to see everyone coming over.

Ubiquitous-

Do we all have that strap? I got mine from Veni.

Hey guys, why don't you ask him. The seller is a member.

Finepics-

What are you doing hanging around iOffer? Are you waking up or going to bed?

The ones being offered here are sapphire.

I believe Luckyy is aware of what goes on in both places.

The best part of this whole project was watching RWG members (with and without skills (read me)) come together to source a critical upgrade to most automatic PAM reps. All of the participants above are personally in for multiples. That should say it all:thumbsupsmileyanim:

Start posting. Luckyy is a very reliable dealer with excellent pricing but you need creds to buy. MBW's are the only Rollies I own. Go vintage though.

Now that is commitment.

Drizznay-

Happy Birthday to you. Good to see you here and that you're fabulous "everything a newbie needs to know to ..." links are here too.

Mods-

Where did the Happy Birthday smiley go?

Archibald and Finepics-

I read it and am happy to discuss. Tally ho.

I find the betting pools more interesting than the tournament itself. I went to one of those schools where even the atheletes have to be literate (theoretically). I don't follow college basketball but responded to peer pressure and ponyed up the $25 per card this year for the first time in a few years. I have no idea who I picked but I am in second place after the first weekend.

But my better story was during my first year at work out of college. Once again, knowing nothing about basketball I was pressured to buy a card. I think it was $50. A guy from the mailroom saw me staring at the bracket trying to figure out who the heck to pick. He wanted to play but didn't have the dough. So I put up the money and he made the picks. We came in second and split a grand. People at that form are still wondering how I won. Lastly, one of my friends is a trader at one of the big investment banks. This year's bracket cost a thousand and the winner picks up something like $50,000. I suspect the P&L for that trading floor is going to be way off this month. They are all trading their positions among themselves.

Is Archibald or Sssurfer going to run a thread to gauge orders? And who is going to collect pre-payment if that is the route we are going?

Finepics-

I am happy to be fiscally helpful. Aren't we still waiting on the pricing and timing from Archibald's contact though?

On the issue of 50 versus 100. At 50 pieces, I am happy to step up for a few more to take up the slack and then resell at cost. I know Ziggy, Finepics, RBJ and other modders will be bombarded with requests. I would simply sell them at my cost plus the extra shipping cost. At 100, someone should be making a modest profit as that is a capital outlay in the $1,500 - $2,000 range in excess of what we are signed up for. My math may be off though. By the way, I am not volunteering to do this. But whoever does should make enough money to buy a high end rep.

No worries. The lavatory is complete. Good to see you here.

Not for long I suspect. Welcome (back)!