vikkyrob

I have four Panerais (89, 250, 390 & 441 see pictures at the bottom if you can't remember Panerai numbering) and love them all but I want to buy an amazing strap in exotic materials for one of them. I was thinking of buying this outrageous strap in red crocodile with black stitching for the Panerai 441 but here is the short list so far!! What are the opinions out there?? These straps are not cheap (between $145 to $185) I also love the British Racing Green but think it might be too black looking in most lights. The blue is also awesome but not for the 441! The watches:

I have spoken to the moderators and they said to expose him like I have. I still think they should just ban him and ensure that his IP address is unable to register under a new name. Hence why I have put up his name and address so that he can't just register a new profile.

His address in case he reappears again under a different name: Name: Fahim Arian-Pour Adress: Pfarrer-Kenntemich-Platz 28 City: Troisdorf Zipcode: 53840

Cartier Dispute and Recorded Delivery Scam I have been having a long running dispute with Messi10 and I think the forum needs to be aware that this post office scam exsists. I bought a Cartier Santos Chronograph XL from Messi10 on 11 September 2013 that was supposed to be fully serviced . The watch arrived and it was not keeping good time and the chronos did not work. I sent the watch back to him in Germany. He was not in to receive the parcel and he says the post office did not leave a card saying that they had tried to deliver the watch. Two weeks later the watch is returned to me in the UK by the post office. I tell him I will send the watch again and so I send it to exactly the same address and the post office tracking details say the watch was signed for at 11:14am on 25 November 2013 by someone called Paul. He denies that anyone called Paul lives there but I asked the post office to look into the matter. They wrote to tell me it was signed for at his address and therefore the watch is classed as delivered. They have shown me the signature from someone inside his house that received the parcel. I paid €310 for the watch and €20 in postage and he refuses to accept that it is his responsibility in any way. In future this means that you can send a watch to someone and as long as they sign for it with a random name then they can claim that they never received it and you lose you money!! Be very careful with this man. He sells watches that are in no way the same as advertised and then keeps your money even once you have proven that it is delivered to his address!! Good luck to you all. Rob

I have bought hundreds of rep watch over the years and modded many but one of my favourite things to mod is the crystal. I have or have had crystals from Jakob, Chief, Taka and Uwe and they look amazing (on occasions even better than the genuine). However, I have a real issue with this new "Sapphire Crystal, 6mm Thick as per the Genuine Colourless Double Sided AR Coated... Swiss Genuine Standards as per the Genuine!!!" Is it me or is this the The Emperor's New Clothes (A link for those that don't know the story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor's_New_Clothes) I own two Panerai's and the new Breitling Seawolf V2 with this crystal and I think it looks terrible. I have compared it to the "out of the box Omega Planet Ocean V5 blue AR" and there is no comparison. The lights from the ceiling above me are very feint in the Omega and in the Breitling they look bright and glarring. Am I the only person who thinks it looks so much worse and is it the same with the genuine watches? Cheers Rob http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor's_New_Clothes

That is stunning. I bet you wish it was yours?

Thanks for all the advice but if (a big IF I know) a BK WM9 came up for sale for about $1,200 or £700 that is still a fraction of the price of the gen which would be at best £3,500. The bonus of buying a BK WM9 is that it would be worth that price whenever it was sold like the Gen holding its value. I know that my watch mood changes faster than my underwear and so holding £3,500 in one watch, especially one that I might not keep for life is more than I am willing to risk. Are there any good ones available from the dealers or are they hugely inaccurate compared to the BK WM9 versions? What are the biggest inaccuracies? Many thanks. Rob

I have owned close to 300 reps in the eight years since one of my best mates Andy (fxrandy a moderator on this awesome forum) introduced me to the most addictive hobby known to mankind! I have some amazing Frankens but there is one watch that seems to elude me and my mood for it ebbs and wanes like the moon. I am after a great Rolex Submariner Blue TT 16613. The ultimate is the elusive BK WM9 version which seems to be the unicorn for me as everything else I have wanted has been a matter of waiting for the modders to do their job and the post to deliver it! However, this rare beauty has been dead some time and never looks like being revived. If I can't own one of these delights then what is the next best thing? Please help as I seem to be at a dead end in terms of viable options. Kind regards. Rob

This is really quite amazing. Being in my 30s and well behind the computer power curve a good friend showed me the latest augmented reality demos. Follow this link and download the app if you have an iPhone and it turns boring pictures on A4 paper into live objects using the camera on the phone. Very weird but imagine if you could view watches in perfect Augmented Reality! http://poweredbystring.com/showcase Let me know if you enjoy the results. Cheers Rob

Stunning collection. I have always fancied a nice Franck Muller but there are always so many flaws. I love my ultimate Patek Philippe Nautlius because on the wirst it is an excellent rep (clearly when you take it off the clear back gives it away instantly) but are any of these close to the gen? Great collection.

There is the same model that is a 2006 version having just had a full service, with full box and papers, on a gen forum for £1,500. I hope this helps but Cartier watches drop value super quick. Rob

I have sent a message asking Uwe for a new crystal and then get him to double AR it. Unfortunately the crystal has got a deep scratch not just the AR. Cheers Rob

I have a beautifully modded IWC 5004 big pilot that has re-lumed dial and hands, serviced movement, gen strap and deployant etc etc but I have the standard glass and it has been scratched. I need to get a new sapphire crystal and then I will send it to Uwe for double AR treatment. Does anyone know where I can get a new crystal? Cheers Rob

This seems to be taking a while for the hottest rep of the year to be on the market!! I am really wanting to order this as soon as it lands but you know they will [censored] it up and require at least five versions before they get one that is almost acceptable (DSSD being the perfect case in point). Any news on when this will surface?

So can I just buy a MBK Nautilus bracelet and fit it to this Nautilus without issue? If so who sells these bracelets and for how much? Cheers Rob