A member's history and a" family", through the years.

[Fiddo]

Very engrossing read/look into your histrory with watches. I enjoyed it very much. Thanks for taking the time to put it together. My first watch was a Mickey Mouse watch as well...I still have it somewhere in a box packed away. I think I will spend some time looking for it, now.

 

[phillycheez]

off topic i know (sorry gio), but how many of you watched the movie Angels and Demons????

was tom hanks wearing this mickey mouse watch?!?

 

[gioarmani7428]

What a fantastic post. I enjoyed it on soooo many levels. I am also envious of "many of your nice things" :twisted: j/k

What camera did you use for these shorts? In addition to the subject matter they are very well done!

Thanks again

Except for the DSSD and silver Ladies DJ, all the pics were shot with just a Canon Powershot S400. They have some of the best color processors in the industry. Now I shoot with a Canon G9.

 

[gioarmani7428]

off topic i know (sorry gio), but how many of you watched the movie Angels and Demons????

was tom hanks wearing this mickey mouse watch?!?

Seriously?

 

[phillycheez]

off topic i know (sorry gio), but how many of you watched the movie Angels and Demons????

was tom hanks wearing this mickey mouse watch?!?

Seriously?

dead serious.

somebody please watch this movie for the reference. considering the seriousness of the story, i started cracking up when tom hanks looked down at his mickey mouse watch for the time!

 

[Exploder]

Great post Gio! As always, outstanding writing and fantastic pics! Thanks for sharing.

Xplodr

 

[caravaggio]

yes, i too enjoyed the write-up...

you have great taste in watches ...

all of us veterans from 2006 (early days of this forum) remember your contributions to this great place....

 

[BlueRod37]

dead serious.

somebody please watch this movie for the reference. considering the seriousness of the story, i started cracking up when tom hanks looked down at his mickey mouse watch for the time!

i confirm, i saw this movie 2 weeks ago and i also noticed it.
i'll do a screen shot tonight if i can

i had great pleasure reading this !!! thanks so much !!!!!

Gio : where can i get a girlfriend like yours ? Hont ? trevor ? PT ?

 

[madcatlancelot]

Great read, gio! Wish you best of luck and glad that you're back. That's quite a history you got there, it's like reading a member interview, but more detailed and passionate. Love the picts!

I guess there's lots of warm-hearted, sentimental, members here in RWI more than we know of.

 

[midasmook]

I would like to add my appreciation for this post, it must have took a lot of time, hard work and some soul searching to do it. well done Gio.

 

[pcsam]

What a wonderful story you shared with us thanks for that .
one of the best reads I have had in this place ...keep up the fantastic work mate .

 

[seanf]

You know, every so often, a post like this comes along and it reminds me exactly why I love this hobby and, more specifically, why I love RWI. Gio and I came around on the boards at about the same time, and I remember looking forward to his wrist shots and camera work. Gio's pics are some of the best on the boards, for my money. In fact, I actually bought a few watches based on some of Gio's pics and writeups. And I am sorry you had such a crappy 2008, man. For what it's worth, you were missed here on RWI. And I'm glad you're back. Looking forward to see even more from you in the future. And seriously, thanks for taking the (not insignificant) amount of time to write and post this. It's a great encapsulation of your time on RWI.

 

[gioarmani7428]

It makes my day to hear things like that. Thank you.

 

[hk45ca]

this is the coolest thread i have read in a long time. i remember seeing these pictures posted for the first time, i enjoyed looking at them and reading the threads then. this has brought back a lot of great memories.

thanks for taking the time to do this, it's great!!!!!

 

[pilworx]

spectacular write up and history.
excellent contribution and great to see a little slice of life from a comrade in arms in this fantastic hobby.
cheers mate.

 

[Dreadnought]

Thanks for that write up...after seeing the Zenith, I was hooked. After reading the rest, this post is probably one of the best I've seen all year.

Not to get too off topic...but do you have a link to how you modded your DSSD V5?

 

[gioarmani7428]

Thanks for that write up...after seeing the Zenith, I was hooked. After reading the rest, this post is probably one of the best I've seen all year.

Not to get too off topic...but do you have a link to how you modded your DSSD V5?

Yes--all my tutorials are in my signature.

 

[sconehead]

Regulated my first watch, an ETA SMP using your tuto Gio, good to see you active again, classy post from a classy guy... :wink:

 

[gioarmani7428]

Cool. Thanks!

 

[iphreak]

I am a noob, I am sure anyone can tell by my terminology and eagerness when it comes to getting my first piece. Being a noobie, I would like to put my 2 copper pieces out there.

Gio- I have read a few of your tutorials on various things and have enjoyed all of them. They are very informative and I hope to be able to use them on some upcomming pieces I am sure to purchase. I would also like to say that this piece was a pure joy to read. I hope that I am like you in a couple of years... able to look back on all my purchases (and maybe sells) and hopefully still owning a couple of my favorites.

It is folks like you that make this site so enjoyable to us new guys looking to get into the rep modding fun. You did a good job of thinking the Mods and Admin folks... but I want to make sure that you and other members that contribute are making this place great as well.