Hello RWI goers!
You've might have seen this over at RG, but for all those who dont frequent there, here's the whole spiel for you folks.
First thing's first: THIS thing was a bitch to get
Secondly, if you just want eyecandy, scroll down and skip my ranting bitching storytelling of how this watch came to be.
======My bitching and ranting starts here=======
OH so you've chosen to read this? Ahhhhhhhhh i dont know if you're bored, or just totally bored.
Anyways, long story short: I've been hunting around for a gift for myself - a "yay you're over 30 b-day present" and the Fiddy fit right into that "ooo gotta have it!"
So I put my searching cap on and a hunting we went. Some dealers didnt carry it. Others were on Chinese new year vacation. The couple of folks i PM'ed had minor talks about... then somehow communication just fizzled - that's ok - it happens. Just means i keep on trekin'!
2 weeks later, I finally come upon a dealer named Sead over at RG. He's a great guy - responds quickly and did me a favor by sourcing this watch. So i wait a week and he finally gets it in and sends me pics. This is ALL before money even transferred! that's swell! SHIP it out i says!
As you guys might know, i've also had a BK crown and tube on order for my noobmariner, and it finally came in the day Sead shipped the fiddy out. I was soooo happy! EASY swap! The unfortunate thing is when i removed the crown, i set it RIGHT next to the NEW crown. I cleaned the stem, and accidently grab the SAME old crown. Well, somehow that fubars the movement as the stem didnt go all the way in and i'm sitting there trying to screw on a Crown to the tube that doesnt fit then worse comes to worse when the movement busts. AN easy swap turns into a 6 hour surgery to try to fix the movement! SURPRISNGLY I FIX THE MOVEMENT YAY! BUT WAIT!!! OH NOES i fubared the dial and hands!!!! THE DAMN PIN for the seconds hand snapped! THEN out of depression I crash my lifeless body of woes and pains onto my chair, WHICH CAUSES THE MOVEMENT to drop --- and a nice pretty gash on the rollie dial sits there. WTF BUT WAIT! i have sead's watch comin in ! YAYYYY!
BUT WAIT!!!! it didnt deliver?!?! My brain is scraemin "F this i'm done with REPS. I'm buying casios from now on!"
uuuugggghhhhh the day of delivery, my wife checked the mail at 1, i checked at 2 and then @ 3, mail is delivered, but its just the regular mail then at 4 tracking says it was delivered but no watch was to be found anywhere ... BWAAAAAHHAT? USPS tells me "It could have been foul play?" and "have the sender file a claim" and "if it says delivered in the computer, it means it's already delivered" :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
:roll: anyways i mail sead and tell him the bad news. I tell him my woes. I tell him my pains and tell him to leave me alone and let my heart sink into what is already a cruddy run of bad luck. I expected nothing really, and didnt want a replacement at all. But he said "no worries! i'll get you a new one at my cost!"
wow! i protested, but he insisted. Whelp, that's some relief. thank god for dealers like that.
WHELP...
2 days later, guess what happens? a security guard a couple buildings down delivers my package to me. said it was missent to his building! AWWW WOW what a swell dood! stupid USPS. You HEAR THAT RAZOR REG? USPS AGAIN! The package wasnt mislabled. In fact, it was all in print, and my address was CLEARLY printed on there - no way it could have been mistakened for some other address!
anyyyyways... watch is now in hand... i'm calm now... i'm cool... i can finally goto bed with my beautiful sexy wife... and wait for the next cataclysm to occur.
So there you go! pics are below. Sead is a swell dealer to buy from If you read this far, KUDOS to you! 100 RWI$
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The mini fiddy is a great watch. if you skipped the long rant above, what basically happened was that my watch got misdelivered to a couple buildings down. So it took a while to get to me. The address was CORRECT, CLEAR, IN PRINT, and our buildings numbers can't be mistaken for each other. Otherwise, just USPS negligence.
Ahhhhh the finely packed bubble wrap watch that we are so accustomed to for reps.
YAAAAAYYY FINALLY!
this one lacks the Officine panerai logo. but who cares? it's a fantasy model! check out that swanky swan neck on this asian model!
The fiddy definitely feels a little smaller on my wrist than the regular 111h. I like that, my wrists are small. I think it's the curvatures that makes it feel smaller. Swapped out the rep strap and shoved my custom Savage Strap on!
WRIST CHECK!
here's how girly my wrists are. the watch definitely sits nicer - less bulkier on my wrist than the 111H. LOOOOVE IT!
The Mineral glass dome, that adds to its vintagy feel and fiddy style likeness is what makes this watch so appealing - that and the fact it's 44mm!
just a gorgeous watch with a gorgeous dome at an affordable price
You've might have seen this over at RG, but for all those who dont frequent there, here's the whole spiel for you folks.
First thing's first: THIS thing was a bitch to get
Secondly, if you just want eyecandy, scroll down and skip my ranting bitching storytelling of how this watch came to be.======My bitching and ranting starts here=======
OH so you've chosen to read this? Ahhhhhhhhh i dont know if you're bored, or just totally bored.
Anyways, long story short: I've been hunting around for a gift for myself - a "yay you're over 30 b-day present" and the Fiddy fit right into that "ooo gotta have it!"
So I put my searching cap on and a hunting we went. Some dealers didnt carry it. Others were on Chinese new year vacation. The couple of folks i PM'ed had minor talks about... then somehow communication just fizzled - that's ok - it happens. Just means i keep on trekin'!
2 weeks later, I finally come upon a dealer named Sead over at RG. He's a great guy - responds quickly and did me a favor by sourcing this watch. So i wait a week and he finally gets it in and sends me pics. This is ALL before money even transferred! that's swell! SHIP it out i says!
As you guys might know, i've also had a BK crown and tube on order for my noobmariner, and it finally came in the day Sead shipped the fiddy out. I was soooo happy! EASY swap! The unfortunate thing is when i removed the crown, i set it RIGHT next to the NEW crown. I cleaned the stem, and accidently grab the SAME old crown. Well, somehow that fubars the movement as the stem didnt go all the way in and i'm sitting there trying to screw on a Crown to the tube that doesnt fit
then worse comes to worse when the movement busts. AN easy swap turns into a 6 hour surgery to try to fix the movement! SURPRISNGLY I FIX THE MOVEMENT YAY! BUT WAIT!!! OH NOES i fubared the dial and hands!!!! THE DAMN PIN for the seconds hand snapped! THEN out of depression I crash my lifeless body of woes and pains onto my chair, WHICH CAUSES THE MOVEMENT to drop --- and a nice pretty gash on the rollie dial sits there. WTF BUT WAIT! i have sead's watch comin in ! YAYYYY!BUT WAIT!!!! it didnt deliver?!?! My brain is scraemin "F this i'm done with REPS. I'm buying casios from now on!"
uuuugggghhhhh the day of delivery, my wife checked the mail at 1, i checked at 2 and then @ 3, mail is delivered, but its just the regular mail
then at 4 tracking says it was delivered but no watch was to be found anywhere ... BWAAAAAHHAT? USPS tells me "It could have been foul play?" and "have the sender file a claim" and "if it says delivered in the computer, it means it's already delivered" :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :roll: anyways i mail sead and tell him the bad news. I tell him my woes. I tell him my pains and tell him to leave me alone and let my heart sink into what is already a cruddy run of bad luck. I expected nothing really, and didnt want a replacement at all. But he said "no worries! i'll get you a new one at my cost!"
wow! i protested, but he insisted. Whelp, that's some relief. thank god for dealers like that.
WHELP...
2 days later, guess what happens? a security guard a couple buildings down delivers my package to me. said it was missent to his building! AWWW WOW what a swell dood! stupid USPS. You HEAR THAT RAZOR REG? USPS AGAIN! The package wasnt mislabled. In fact, it was all in print, and my address was CLEARLY printed on there - no way it could have been mistakened for some other address!
anyyyyways... watch is now in hand... i'm calm now... i'm cool... i can finally goto bed with my beautiful sexy wife... and wait for the next cataclysm to occur.
So there you go! pics are below. Sead is a swell dealer to buy from
If you read this far, KUDOS to you! 100 RWI$======================
The mini fiddy is a great watch. if you skipped the long rant above, what basically happened was that my watch got misdelivered to a couple buildings down. So it took a while to get to me. The address was CORRECT, CLEAR, IN PRINT, and our buildings numbers can't be mistaken for each other. Otherwise, just USPS negligence.
Ahhhhh the finely packed bubble wrap watch that we are so accustomed to for reps.
YAAAAAYYY FINALLY!
this one lacks the Officine panerai logo. but who cares? it's a fantasy model! check out that swanky swan neck on this asian model!
The fiddy definitely feels a little smaller on my wrist than the regular 111h. I like that, my wrists are small. I think it's the curvatures that makes it feel smaller. Swapped out the rep strap and shoved my custom Savage Strap on!
WRIST CHECK!
here's how girly my wrists are. the watch definitely sits nicer - less bulkier on my wrist than the 111H. LOOOOVE IT!
The Mineral glass dome, that adds to its vintagy feel and fiddy style likeness is what makes this watch so appealing - that and the fact it's 44mm!
just a gorgeous watch with a gorgeous dome at an affordable price
