Sprocket Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 Hello, dia duit, aloha, Gr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmStaFF Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 Welcome to RWG mate the best Place for Watches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlydog Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 Hello and welcome Sprocket. You are right about the feeling of community and the wealth of information available. If you are serious about this hobby then RWG is the place to be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronoluvvv Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 'sup neighbor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 Yowza! Which part of the tall trees are you from? Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 Welcome to RWG mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTone Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 Welcome Sprocket... I'm in the PNW myself... Where are you located? TT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprocket Posted July 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 Wow! Thanks for all the welcomes! When I'm home, I'm usually found meandering about the Portland/Vancouver area. Sounds like I have neighbors here. That's kinda fun! I have one of those jobs that sends me traveling about the country, which is sort of how I got into this hobby in the first place. Found myself in NY City early this year and wandered down Canal Street on the way to Little Italy. The reps found there were laughable but it started me thinking there MUST be something better. Purchased my first rep (a Breitling B01) in Times Square. It's not accurate... Two of the sub dials are not numbered even remotely correctly, but it looked cool, the AR is great, and I thought it would make a good beater watch. I started surfing the web looking for better and found you lot. What a wonderful community it is! Good people and great information. I've always had a passion for watches but once you own a gen... what then? It's beautiful and functions as it should but that's it. Through RWG I've discovered it doesn't stop at wearing it, staring at it, and rubbing it with a soft polishing cloth. Frankens and mods and getting to tweak the movements or swap them out entirely?! HAH! I purchased a Tag Heuer Carrera Calibre 16, a UPO, and I have a beautiful A Lange & Sohne on the way with three more sitting in the checkout bin with Joshua; decisions decisions... Thanks to lanikai, I now have the source for gen parts to mod my UPO. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing but my watch obsession just found fuel and a completely new direction. I would never touch a gen watch but being able to modify a rep and make it my own is fantastic! Just found a source for green bezel inserts for Omega Seamasters, including the UPO (source: omega bezel search on ebay. Black, orange, green, and blue). Okay, sure it's fantasy for a UPO but so what? I think it would look cool and I don't try to pass these off as gen anyway. So, I'm planning on a future UPO with green accents. So many watches... So little time. Thank you again for all of your welcomes! I am looking forward to becoming a part of your community here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheaton26 Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 great intro sprocket ... welcome to the madness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTone Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 Hey Sprocket, shoot me a PM sometime... I'm in your backyard TT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim38 Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 hello as well, from another neighbor I am relatively new to the board as well. I had a Daytona rep that died recently so I decided to look into the community to find out what's out there. My wife is already irritated at me for how much time I spend reading the board.... Hello from the Woodinville area... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Hello Woodinville! My ex boss lived there, played a mean fretless Fender bass and Ampeg combo. Small world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprocket Posted July 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Woodinville! It is a small world! Sounds like I have lots of neighbors on here. Any guitar players in the bunch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronoluvvv Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 hmm ok so who wants to go & steal the Bentley 6.75 from the Costco in Woodinville ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprocket Posted July 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 I'm game! We'll need a diversion... Perhaps a food fight at the hot dog stand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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