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  1. 7 hours ago, MadBurgerMaker said:

    Eh, I don't think you can really say the ones posted here are fake or counterfeit.  Davosa, Squale, and Steinhart, which are the homage brands I've seen in this thread, aren't trying to say their watches are Rolexes, and they don't use Chinese...anything, I don't think...in them.  They brand them accurately and use ETAs, which are Swiss made (Swatch group owns ETA) movements used by A LOT of brands. 

    I'm not very familiar with Davosa, but Squale and Steinhart also have their own designs (you can see one of the original Squales from their 60 Atmos line up above, for example).  

    I've got a fake...I think it was a fake Patek....that I picked up on a whim while I was in Korea to see what was in it.  That shit was labeled up trying to pretend to be the real thing ($20 Patek lol).  I've still got it laying around here somewhere, although I took the movement out to mess with it.  Unmarked, but it has hacking and hand winding, which is interesting.

    I was not saying anything here was fake. As was mentioned - if you make a divers watch then you have to have some common elements with any other dive watch. The counterfeits are the ones that are made in China but still say Rolex on the dial which are totally different than a similar dive watch. A lot of the Subs for sale are these models and are used to cheat an unsuspecting buyer. And the manufacturer of these fakes are getting better and better at disguising from the real thing

  2. Probably a minority here but I call it a counterfeit and not a copy. And mostly because the bad guys are always trying to sell it as genuine when they know it's from a factory in China - not because my 25 year old sub is original.

  3. On 6/15/2018 at 2:27 PM, huge said:

    Yeah.  Someone comes up to you and says "oh you have the new Batman" or something similar and you say no.......just a copy.

     

    But its still a decorated ETA movement........errrrrrr

     

  4. 11 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

    High stakes golf. Even if you wind up in the middle of the pack you are doing well financially. Reboot. In life come back as a male golfer. Place doesn't matter as long as I make the cut. Cash in. Check. 

    You should google the retirement plan. It's outrageous. Depends on cuts made but a lot of the mid level pros are not going to have to worry

  5. 9 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:


    Uh no. He actually said the opposite.

    Jack Nicklaus told a story about how he used to assess his chances at tournaments by listening to what his fellow competitors were saying. If he heard a player complaining about the conditions or talking in a negative way about anything, then he'd think to himself, "There's a guy who won't be in contention", and mentally cross them off his list of competitors to watch out for that week.
     

     

    crap - was trying to type "was not" and somehow left out the second word...

  6. 10 minutes ago, sidis said:

    Huh?  Weather is precisely what drove the afternoon meltdown today.  They didn’t expect the afternoon wind to be so high.  And these guys have to adapt.  Shinmecock is essentially a British Open course!

    I guess I just like a different type of challenge than most of you. I agree that 13and 15 were poorly placed for the afternoon conditions but I like these guys having to respond mentally to the whole thing and seeing the guys who can adjust their approach to bogey being okay thrive. Justin Rose yesterday was exactly what I like to see. He was constantly in bad situations that everyone else melted down over but he kept his cool and approached each shot with an even keel and made great saves. And he was rewarded for it. The mental fragility of these millionaire golfers being highlighted...and I like it.  But to each their own. 

    Nicklaus once said that every time he heard a golfer complaining about the Open course he knew the guy was ready to contend

  7. 10 hours ago, 3adays said:

    Yeah, but DJ ain’t getting all 4. 

    Well you could make a case for 3 of the 4 at least. He already has the US Open and could have had the PGA except for the goofy local rule about hazards. His length is perfect for Augusta so the one that IMHO he has the least chance is the Open. Of course we said the same about Phil until 2013.

  8. Interesting topic on Golf Channel last night on the 7th in 2004. The previous USGA official (before Davis) was still defending the crap they rolled out. There was also one USGA offical who claimed without any supporting evidence that a "rogue" greenskeeper had rolled the green late the night before. They also claimed it was watered between groups and Phil has said it was only watered if the group had a double bogey or worse. Also they pointed out that several players had putted of the green on saturday

  9. 18 hours ago, bigup2dahorns said:

     


    Given the history of what happened at the par-3 7th hole, Phil has a valid argument. I think the USGA won’t let that happen again but let’s see how it plays out. I was at the 1995 Open at Shinnecock. We went every day but Sunday.

    The overhead camera shot of Pavin on 18 was just amazing. A few oddities from 1995 - Pavin only won one more PGA tournament after. I would have put him down for at least 5-10 more. Also he won with one a sets of irons - Cleveland VAS- that would not win any design contests but obviously worked for Pavin.

  10. 18 hours ago, bigup2dahorns said:

     


    Given the history of what happened at the par-3 7th hole, Phil has a valid argument. I think the USGA won’t let that happen again but let’s see how it plays out. I was at the 1995 Open at Shinnecock. We went every day but Sunday.

    I was reading something today and learned about what happened to Phil on 18 last time. He never mentioned it but he had a big rock right behind his ball in the bunker. Fred Funk was in his group and said it was obvious from the sound that he hit the equivalent of a knuckleball and took a 6 or 7 to lose. All Phil said about it was he shouldn't have hit in the bunker.

  11. On 5/30/2018 at 10:27 PM, Damor said:

    So as a bit of an interim follow-up, anybody ever travel with a gift watch?

    I have acquired via davidSW (thanks @cabowabo!) said desired watch for my special lady friend.  We're going to be at a (nice) resort in Mexico for her birthday, at which time I was planning to give it to her.  This entails bringing a (nicely wrapped) watch through TSA groping/screening (on my carry-on), then through customs in Mexico, and finally back (and most easily, I assume) on her wrist to the US.

    So what could possibly go wrong here?  My most likely concern is that TSA flags it on our exit and unwraps it, ruining the whole surprise (I am secretly filled with righteous rage at this point, since fuck the TSA).  Customs inspections in Mexico (CUN) is almost literally a coin flip (button press) for inspection -- and I'm assuming if I have some documentation of ownership, I should be OK?  I'm least worried about return to the US, because it'll be on her wrist, obviously with no surprise left to screw up, and her name's on the warranty card which is of US origin.

    Any experience?

    if it is a Rolex there are certain issues/conditions to be aware of when coming into US. I can't remember all of them and they may have changed but you need to do some quick research to avoid issues.

  12. Not sure whether this is lazy or something else. At work the small breakrooms have rolls of paper towels on a vertical bar mounted on a piece of wood. Multiple times I have found the roll on the bar empty but someone opened a new roll and just set it on the counter next to the empty one. Did they save 2 seconds by not throwing away the old one?

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