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To me this sounds more like a rationalisation of the situation from your point of view mainly for public sympathy.. I am still convinced that you definately don't believe that you did anything wrong.. so there is no need for an apology. I am personally ONLY apologising when I understand I did something wrong. (Well of course I say sometimes sorry to my wife because I don't like bed-grumbling )

You still dont understand right? Dont you understand its not about the bloody money.. It's about the time I spent to educate you, and the money I saved you from trial and error.. to come then and say our deal is off because there is no cannon pinion installed and I will need 30$ extra.. on an already closed deal (i have sent you my paypal account and i was waiting for your payment)

Still you believe that you are right heh? You want to talk maths? Yous PM was --- I will get a davidsen glass, a davidsen cg --- I have already saved you the money for a Davidsen's crystal and the crown guard that wouldn't fit and would have been useless.. 75$+50$= 125$ + plus the davidsen crown you wanted to use and probably won't fit either.. Then I told you I DON'T want to sell the parts.. but make me a good offer I can't refuse.. You said how would that offer could be and I said 250$ (including paypal and shipping fees) I never said it was a bargain.. But it was not a ripoff.. Do you think it is easy to find a simple NON - AR saphire crystal ? Think again.. Do you think is easy to remove the AR from a rep crystal if you find it? Think again... And .. you changed your mind although you GAVE YOUR WORD that you want the parts.. I have packed them and waiting for you to sell your 029 to gather some funds.. You sold it and you were delaying the transfer... For what? 30$ of the cannon pinion?? Or I was ripping you off? PLUS you said you will buy the palpatine crown for the 196.. And then you changed your mind AGAIN on this as well... When a man says he will get something his word means a lot.. And anyway I will say just this and I am finished.. IF I had 10$ for each Tip/ advise I gave you...that SAVED YOU MONEY AND TIME... You wanna know how many advises I gave you in my PMs the last two days? You know how much MONEY and TIME you might needed to find those things by Yourself? I have kept them all.. Start counting: 1. His crownguard will not fit your case so forget about him 2. His glass it will be bigger as well and it will have AR (you need to be non-AR) 3. The only thing you will need from him is the cannon pinon 4. The movement you can also get it from tourbillon but both won't have the panerai on the bridges (not that is is correct but at least when you open the caseback you see the movement as close as the gen) 5. I don't know about dsn's crown.. Never had one.. It is not accurate visualy but it MAY fit. 6. The jimmy cases are the ones you should use.. 7. THen you should find another glass (jimmys is mineral and AR coated) which should be saphire and NON-AR coated (good luck 8. The crown guard unfortunately should be a jimmy's 100% perfect cg.. Unfortunatlely he is sold out.. SO you should wait for a chance of a used one. 9. Then you should ask your favourite dealer (if you have a good relationship with one) to get you the caseback. 10. Keep in mind to get a believable serial number and not 1500-1600 which are the most commons (again good luck with this too) 11. If you have the movement you should only get a cannon pinion set to eliminate the recess problem. 12. Bezel I don't know but it MIGHT fit the rep case one...Give it a try.. but I think at the moment jimmy has some bezels for sale (or had) 13. Crown is another big problem you might face.. I have a nice Homers crown on mine but I think he is sold out.. 14. You can get a palpatine crown but you will have to grind down the lever and get a new longer stem as well 15. Keep in mind that putting a REP crown to a JIMMY case is not possible (case tube is larger) so you definately need a new crown.

Well I say do not buy or sell him anything..

How much are you willing to pay for the info? I am now establshing V's Consultancy on Pam's parts and upgrates company... I think I will earn a quite impressive sum of money at the end

Well.. thanks guys for the replies.. I guess yesterday I was [censored] off because it was very recent.. Now that I am thinking again it is not fair for one person (well not one but for some) to stop helping people.. BUT as Pug said.. I will reply only if they post their question on the public forum in the apropriate section.. They can send me a PM with the link and I will answer there.. At least if at the end they are ungrateful other people will benefit from MY time and MY money spend on parts with trial and error.

Yeah that was true unbelievable and make me think that this post haven't teached him anything at all... And after a discussion with The Zigmeister I decided to out him out.. He is: beano2004 Next time he will ask you something remember this post..

It is amazing that this guy now has found my email (when I send him my paypal information) and now he made me a lowerer offer and then he asked for another question... What can I say... just WHAT CAN I SAY??? Blocked from my email as well and very eager to post his name here because he will try to find now someone else to ask the his questions...

Well I haven't said that I will stop contribute... I will still post interesting stuff and reviews and whatever I did.. I will just stop helping with 2 bloody days PMs.. (2 days almost 20 Pms).. and of course this guy has used my name to a good friend to get something he wanted.. Anyways.. he will not spoil it for all of you.. Just don;t even consider sending Pms (like those I receive EVERY DAY) saying.. Hye V I have seen your post and what strap is this and were I can get it? Or Hey V you did a nice comparison of Jimmy fu and rep case.. Can i put a davidsen this to a rep that and have the super duper watch? I will simply ignore it if the member doesn not have more than 100-200 posts

Well I don't have much to say... Just that I was one of the few members always willing to help and disclose information to new members.. From my last experience this will change. I had 2-3 PMs from a member asking questions and I decided to help him wholeheartly and I have spent 2 days with PMs back and forth replying to questions.. I have already saved him around 200$ to parts that they wouldn't fit his project.. (200$ I PAID to find out they were worthless) Plus he said he will buy a movement and a glass from me (not easy to get parts - in an Ok price) and I had to wait for the payment.. Yesterday he decided that he didn't wanted them because it was not a cannon pinion ready installed on the movement and that would have been 30$ extra he didn't wanted to spent. He is beano2004... He is now Blocked and ignored so he will not be helped from me anymore. ..and I have to think if I should even try to put obstacles in his franken Pam project because the worst thing someone should do to me is being ungrateful. For example I know the answer to this question.. Sorry CISO1969 but the new V is just not gonna answer it because of this guy: http://www.rwg.cc/members/Homer-Crown-Guar...ase-t21645.html Unfortunately I have understood why the Angelus guys don't want to share with anyone.. Because of ungrateful people like the one I met..

Thanks for the replies guys.. It seems that there is no easy way to remove them... Btw where you can get replacements? Dealers?

Well what the topic title says.. How the hell I can remove the crown tube from the case???

Rolli I would dissapoint you in this.. It is an ugly genuine and you made a very good rep of it.. but to my eyes it is still ugly with this orange dial

The watch seems to be genuine... Don;t know though were he found the photos if he is a scammer.. Maybe from Paneristi?

Photos of the strap on my 112

THis was at a contemporary shop.. Although I acquired two vintage leather ones extremely nice.. Azmind will keep the matching stitching strap.. So the contrast one will be mounted on my 112 and if I don't like it will go for sale for 100$

COngrats Bill and of course you my friend.. Doing the good thing with a nice adventure is always a good idea

When azmind decides which one he wants I will put the other one in my watches to see how it looks and take some photos..

I got today those two new straps from Aaron... One is for azmindreader and the other one is mine.. Leather is from a wallet with antiwue leather very similar coloured like the MEtta.. The idea of the single floating keeper was azmind's but Aaron did a mistake and he made mine like this as well (Greg style) Personally I don't like the style that much but I love the leather (and the smell ) Let me know what you think.. Probably it will go for sale

He wants to change it to make it a 001... Good choice Send a PM to Angus as well after Chinese New Year.. He might be able to help.. Joshua as well..

I am also confused if we are talking about the colour of the lume on NUMBERS or the colour of the TEXT...

Thanks.. I think I might have found someone to help.. we'll see

Quoting myself.... i have to say that all this hype and no one is able to tell us what's so special about those watches.. Probably the exclusivity?

I wish that the French have taken their team out of the game..

When and IF I will get the kit and start working I will let you know of all the pros and cons of folded leather and filled strap... Now... anyone close to my locations ?