donerix Posted July 23, 2011 Report Posted July 23, 2011 Inspired by recent works from Daevildog and pbdad I had an idea for a U-Boat project. I found a RG member that sold me his U-42: It arrived yesterday and today I had some time (after several trip to the post office...) to start playing around with it. For now I just did the small stuff: new dial, age the hands and exchange the mineral crytsal for a solid 6mm version. The hard part, the case work I will do next week when taking breaks from sipping rose wine and eating cheese and pate at my mom's place in the South of France Here is what it looks like for now - I like it a lot better already:
lhooq Posted July 24, 2011 Report Posted July 24, 2011 I never really cared for U-Boat's bogus history--the Stauer-worthy tales of unverifiable military orders, and of blueprints locked up in safes since the fall of Fascist Italy. But this... I really like!
StormTooper4 Posted July 24, 2011 Report Posted July 24, 2011 Anythings got to be better than that godforsaken U Boat nonsense , great idea , I reckon you should change the plack on the side though
TeeJay Posted July 24, 2011 Report Posted July 24, 2011 Looking good The combo reminds me of the fictional military 'Tudor prototypes' which were doing the rounds a while back
donerix Posted July 24, 2011 Author Report Posted July 24, 2011 I am planing on removing all the branding from the case and have it bronze-plated. M. I agree: that whole story sounds fishy
upland Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 I am planing on removing all the branding from the case and have it bronze-plated. M. I agree: that whole story sounds fishy http://touch.slate.com/slate/#!/entry/the-despicable-uboat-watch,22287
donerix Posted July 26, 2011 Author Report Posted July 26, 2011 And I am German on top of it BTW: U-Boat is the common German word for ANY submarine... Also seems nobody has a problem shelling out high 5-digits for a Kampfschwimmer Panerai
lhooq Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 http://touch.slate.com/slate/#!/entry/the-despicable-uboat-watch,22287 Ugh. I object to the U-boat back story, but not on those grounds. Cohen can be a real hack sometimes. E: Are you on the Cote d'Azur yet? Wish I were there!
TeeJay Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 http://touch.slate.com/slate/#!/entry/the-despicable-uboat-watch,22287 OH My God :shock: What a hypocritical, self-obsessed moron! He won't wear a U-Boat because it makes him think of the war, but admits to having owned VWs in the past?? And as for buying a KKK robe WTF?!?! I wouldn't buy one of those even if I needed it for toilet paper! I think this guy needs his moral compass re-aligning... For the record, I knew u-boat is the German word for submarine, yet seeing the brand name never once made me think of Nazism or Auschwitz...
donerix Posted July 26, 2011 Author Report Posted July 26, 2011 Ugh. I object to the U-boat back story, but not on those grounds. Cohen can be a real hack sometimes. E: Are you on the Cote d'Azur yet? Wish I were there! I know what you mean, the whole story with original drawings hidden in the basement sound too made up. Yes, landed in Nice yesterday and must have already consumed my first gallon of rose It's my mom's b-day on Thursday and I think I will take her to St.Tropez to some fancy place. Doing some work around the house and still hadn't had a chance for a on location wrist shot.
specialvat Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Its always sunny in your wrist shots E ! Any chance you can move to liverpool so I can get some sun Enjoy your time in France
donerix Posted July 26, 2011 Author Report Posted July 26, 2011 It's nice and sunny here too, but I know it's not me bringing the sunshine after I had a stop over in Munich yesterday at 12 degrees celsius
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