The Dive Watch Connection

Hell are people still slowly gettting the Oliver watches or did he just run off with the cash? Believe it or not he is starting round 2 and still asking for a down payment!!! http://olivierwatches.com/product-tag/swiss-eta/ $250 down is listed as a non-refundable deposit. http://olivierwatches.com/...

It looks nice. If I owned a PO I would buy the orange bezel setup from ofrei and figure out how to switch them. I have had an orange bezel 2500 as my daily wearer for the past year. Always thought about picking up a black bezel from Ofrei to change out but love the orange too damn much. A friend of...

I wouldn't pay $600 after the whole pre-order fiasco. A name on a watch means something to me. Halios Tropic B is a better watch from a solid company.

Can't believe the Olivier has another pre order on their site. Asking for money up front again!

His two year old son got hold of the watch and was banging it merrily against a metal chair leg. :doh: Service may indeed be required. :raised: My 8 month old daughter has to be physically restrained when she sees one of my watches. She loves them so much I gave her an old Tag Heuer to play with an...

cpd c63 wrote:Think he could take better pictures for such an expensive watch....every damn pic is dark and blurry...

My first thought as well.

polaco23 wrote:I now have one incoming!!!

Really like that mm300 strap, Nick. I thought they were 22mm though. 20mm is good, I have more strap options now. Haha

Pics to come.

Nope, 20mm. This is the actual MM300 strap. WJean sells a 22mm reproduction though.

There are two "liquidmetal" versions of the 42mm PO. The first had a liquidmetal bezel, but everything else is nearly the same as the 2500 PO (SS case, 2500 dimensions, slightly different dial). The second one is a Ti version of the 8500 PO. Thanks for the correction. Didn't know about the second v...

I believe the 42mm liquidmetal PO is based on and dimensionaly similar to the 2500 PO, which is thinner and easier to slip under a sleeve than the later 8500 PO. I prefer the size of the 2500 series, but otherwise the 8500 has many tangible upgrades.

Like this of course.

Read the torture thread a couple days back. Wow. Watch looks no worse for wear, I need one of these now! Thanks for the photos! If you have any more, please post them up I bought a new version at the end of that thread which I later flipped as I liked the old one better. Here it was on MM300 rubber...

Here it is today.



Damn, just noticed an imperfection on the crystal. I'm calling my AD.

What's his handle on WUS? Thanks I'll check it out Here it is.... http://forums.watchuseek.com/f21/bfk-durability-testing-more-updates-655265.html Photos in the first post are gone but the rest are there. Put it through hell. The watch is still going strong. Since then I bead blasted it, then rebru...

$13k retail for quartz and mineral crystal. Fantastic.

Canadian screwdriver jokes never get old here.

Love.

Sidheguitarist wrote:Wait... any time you actually write the word "stealth" on something, isn't that an oxymoron?

My thoughts exactly. Cheeses it up in my opinion.

Great photos Hoppy. Love that dial.

I've been happily wearing this one to work every day for close to 1 year. Not the classic black bezel, but it is interesting and a classic/comfortable shape.

JBZ wrote:

River Rat wrote:How come some one can do that to a Rolex Sub and all hell brakes loose that it not right and ugly but this is hot

'Cause no one gives a crap about what happens to an Omega?

And there are still lots of options for servicing and replacing parts on a 2254. Even with DLC.

Expected it too look bad, but not too shabby. Bracelet is worthless though as it doesn't match.

BBK357 wrote:Is that omega? The symbol on the dial looks different

French have happy feat?

Joeprez wrote:I've always thought that bikes with those tires would feel extremely heavy... but it doesn't appear to be as per your write up. I could welcome the added grip here... it rains a lot and the trails are always wet.

Suppose there is a trade off for the inherent wait savings of a fully rigid setup?

I studied in Italy for several months in college and went back for 10 days with the wife years later. Rome is amazing, but the scale is huge and it is a bustling big city. Architecture in Rome is unparalleled but Florence is a more romantic location to bum around and eat/drink IMHO. If you go to Ita...

4pfrench wrote:F Ben

if you want a big Rolex, DSSD is your only option

Even it is only 44mm. Rolex likes to stay in the "tasteful" range.

With this exception:

An oral statement that defames someone is slander; a written defamation is LIBEL. If the statements are true, then its not slander or libel. Frankly, I think he's libeled Toxic twice, since his published comments imply Toxic lied when in fact it seems quite likely that he has not. By this definitio...