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At the risk of upsetting Ubiquitous, I would add the AP Nick Faldo to the list. Gone, but not forgotten.

I enjoyed reading that, thanks for posting.

rkdk is right, the rep was available last year still looks terrible.

I read in the press this week that Tom Ford International is doing all the suits for Quantum of Solace.

The loose fitting watch doesn't look good at all, IMO.

I watched the pilot last year and was very disappointed. Maybe they've made some good changes in the actual series, but the pilot looked like a typical low budget, poorly written network show. I wish they had done something like the new Battlestar Galactica series (i.e. written for adults). The pilot felt more in the mould of the Knight Rider remake (i.e. written for kids/teenagers). BTW, I'm a fan of the first two films, but thought T3 was very poor.

They are US marines, so there's a good chance they'd take themselves out by "friendly fire" before Dani and his dog got to them.

I completely agree

If it breaks, the nanobots will fix it. Just like they do on the new Knight Rider car.

Lol, that is an awesome excuse you snuck in your post

Three O'Clock High (1987) Legend (1985) (Director's Cut)

Are you still using the Google though?

Are you really suggesting that they do their utmost to sock you with finance charges before the due date has occurred? That would indeed be a despicable business practice.

LOL at the above posts. So according to the above posts, in this picture either he's wearing 6-8 inch lifts or they are all around 5'4. Or perhaps confused69u is closest to the truth (which would mean Sly's wearing 2-3 inch lifts).

I think you're probably right, and the rep manufacturers have done this type of thing before (for example, some AP reps have a City of Sails case back, even though the rep isn't a CofS model). Still a great review though.

AP is now starting to use its in-house base movement (instead of the JLC), but it still uses the DD module on top. Therefore the subdial arrangement and placing on the gens is still the same.

Chronologie and Oxygene 7-13 had some good stuff, and I can see why people like those albums a lot. For me they were perhaps too contemporary (trance/techno) and don't have the longevity and timelessness that his earlier albums have. I would say it was around the time that Michel Geiss (who was arguably the single biggest factor in Jarre's success in the 1970s and 80s) stopped collaborating with Jarre in around 1997 that the wheels well and truly fell off the Jarre-wagon. His later years have seen Jarre disrespect his fans on many levels. For example, releasing deliberately under-par stuff like Sessions 2000, just so he could finish a contract he didn't like, is a slap in the face to all those fans who unwittingly bought that album (and who line Jarre's pockets). The Teo & Tea album marks a new low-point in his career, with him "creating" the album almost entirely using preset patches from the Roland MC808 (e.g. ) and without even having the decency to credit the creators of those patches (of which he wasn't one of them). A teenager could have put that album together in a weekend. (A far cry from the superb Zoolook, where he created entirely new sounds). Also his petty and single-minded behaviour in not properly crediting the extensive contribution of Michel Geiss has caused Jarre to be lowered in the estimation of many people in the music industry. And whilst I'm at it (), I don't like the fact that many of his concerts feature a ridiculously extensive amount of playback and he makes little attempt to even pretend he's playing the right notes most of the time. The list of disrespect goes on and on, and it's a real shame because his early stuff was awesome (in fact I've been listening to Rendez-Vous lately...).

The quality of output from Oxygene (1976) to Waiting for Cousteau (1990) was awesome. IMHO nearly everything he's done since then has been a huge let down, and in some cases it's been downright disgraceful.

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It's a good book title but I don't think it's a good movie title. Even "Bond 22" would have been a better title...

Very sad news. I read in the press this evening that he was recently complaining of being stressed from filming TDK, and was only getting 2 hours sleep a night.

As I already mentioned over on RWI, the text about the bezel on a dive watch being used to calculate remaining air time is wrong and should be changed. The only thing a dive bezel is useful for when diving is to track the duration of the dive (or another specific event that requires timing, such as a safety stop). That's not true as regards remaining air. The majority of pro and amateur divers still rely on submersible pressure guages to relay information about remaining air.

You raise some interesting points, certainly worth responding to. I don't think the left sided crown and pushers has anything to do with making the watch look unique. The EZM series are primarily designed for German elite law enforcement units. By having the crown/pushers on the left, they do not interfere with normal wrist action during operations, and there's less chance of anything snagging on them. Also, I think most people take their watches off when they set the time, so I don't think the inconvenience issue is a strong point. As for the rubber strap, rubber has been successfully used by higher end brands such as Audemars Piguet, so it's not as though the market is going to be up in arms about Sinn's decision to use it as well. Even so, the watch will probably be available with leather strap or SS bracelet at some stage.

Thanks - good review!