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I Suffered A Panic Attack: A.K.A "Aniality Kills!"

fakemaster

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SO...I have this friend. He's a good one. You know, the kind hat helps you move bodies. 8)

Anyway it was his birthday Saturday. I decided to give him a watch of course. :p Problem is he has always wanted...you guessed it...a Panerai 111. I'm thinking oh shit! Not a a Panerai. To me they are the equivalent of a snake to Indiana Jones. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on it (he hasn't helped me move a body in at least 12 months). So I went with Trevor. When it came it was wrong. How you say? Well it had L SWISS MADE L on the dial instead of L SWISS L that in itself iis not a problem. The problem was that the movement had the Engraved Style Bridges.So it should have said L SWISS L. :roll:

Now I'm not slamming Trevor. To be honest I would have been surprised if it came right. But it was $100 so I wasn't really that concerned about it. But when I went to sleep somethng happened. I started having nightmares about my friend laughing at me saying:

EveryoneknowsthattheHmodelmadeafter2004withtheLSWISSMADELmarkngshadtheCotesGenevebridgesnotengravedoneswhichmeansthisshouldsayLSWISSL.

This is wrong Wrong WRONG!

I woke up in a sweat. I didn't get it. As you all know I am aware of these things. I just don't care. But for some reason I couldn't shake it. Somehow I had subconsciously been contaminated by the uptight anal loupe police. I was waiting for Stack to come busting down the door any second. It was horrible. :(

Well needless to say I was in a panic the entire next next day. I was certain my friend would be disappointed. But when I gave it to him his eyes lit up. Even so I felt compelled to mention this to him. His response was."I don'r care. This is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me and no one will ever noitice it. Then he gave me a bottle of Stoli which I'm enjoying right now. :lol:

So when it was all said and done I was all bent over nothing. And it was all the Anal's fault. As the great Cartman would say 'Man I hate yous guys'.
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guanaco

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LoL! Ah, fakey, the dreaded 111... I have steered clear from any Panerai hand wind models ever since I got into the rep game for the flaws in them... too many. :x
 

brtelec

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Good story Fake. I have run the gamut with this hobby. First I bought a number of inexpensive reps. Then I sold them and swapped out for better reps. Then I started digging around in my watches. And now I am around to not being too picky. Some things I can not live with, such as, serial number 001/1000. For the most part I find the nit picking educational and sometimes amusing. If the search for the holy grail is the fun in this hobby for some one, I say more power to you. I just don't take any of it too seriously. I am in it for the fun of it. I will still buy a $99- rep of a watch just to see if I am going to like it.
 

swissaddict

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fakemaster said:
I didn't want to spend a lot of money on it (he hasn't helped me move a body in at least 12 months).
LOL

you should write more; i enjoyed this :)

I had a similar experience getting a YM for my dad... I was so concerned about the perfect crown guards and dial color... he didn't care one bit. I've given him a few watches since and he just loves them and doesn't have any concern for the "flaws" that some of us obsess over.
 

watchbuff

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we are the sick ones that obsess over CG's and what not. It's a sickness.