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Watch collector and seller Manbodh Watches in Den Haag reported the following watches as stolen:
Manbodh offers a high reward for returning these watches. If these watches are offered (see the serial numbers), please contact Manbodh Watches asap.
And that was 2006. A year full of interesting watches and interesting events regarding watches and the watch ’scene’. A lot of new watch sites, blogs and even new magazines. The latest one, Watch Lounge, just arrived in my mail box (thanks Elmar and Marcus!) and I am really impressed by the quality of it! I also think the quality of the existing watch magazines, websites and forums has increased. Nothing to complain about anymore! Horological events are being held regulary in places all over the world, and where it had been a simple diner or lunch in the past, today also the manufacturers of watch brands are showing up. They seem to appreciate (commercial agenda or not) the effort of us, watch fanatics, to show the love for their brand and work.
Also thanks for all regular visitors of Fratello! More and more visitors every day. I hope you still enjoy reading my short pieces of news, links and sometimes, long winded rants.
Hope to see you back in 2007!! Have a nice 2006 exit party and I wish you all the best for 2007!
Last month, I posted about the available Rolex Forums (and there are probably even more) and it got me thinking. Even though I see some people post on just about every forum of a certain brand, it is almost impossible to get a good overview on interesting subjects on all those forums. I wish there is someone who can write a good application that scans all forums of your interest on subjects of your interest. Like all those on line auction site scanners. My programming skills are stuck at simple C++ and Pascal lines of code and the principles of developing software, but perhaps there is a smart programmer who is also into watches who can much such a tool. It should be like a RSS-reader.
Anyway, I am a bit lost with all those forums. I moderate the Rolex Forum over at WatchUseek and I regulary check R-L-X, RolexForum.nl, The Purists, Paneristi and TimeZone. I am not very active on each of them anymore, because that would be too time consuming. And as you can see, I am not even talking about all those sub-forums at the large watch portals like WatchUseek and TZ. I remember that I invited Chuck Maddox to come over at the Omega Forum at WatchUseek to get involved in some discussions. I was moderator of that forum at the time, before I jumped over to the Rolex Forum. Chuck wrote me that it would be impossible for him to write decent replies and postings on yet another Omega forum. He was/is right. Maybe it is best to just focus on the forum you feel connected with most and just stick to posting in that particular forum. At least it would probably the best thing to do regarding the quality of the posting or reply.
We need that application.
Update: Thanks Karel 
On the 22nd of July, FratelloWatches celebrated its 2nd birthday. It all started on 22 july 2004. Like WristWatchReview, who also celebrated its birthday on the 26th of June, I will post some statistics for the interested people:
229,400 unique hits measured since 3 October 2004,
491 posts since 22 july 2004,
736 comments since 22 july 2004,
Post with the most comments is “Another Scam” with 102 posts,
I bought and sold about 13 watches since 22 july 2004,
DutchWebHosting.nl did an excellent job hosting this site with almost no flaws,
I upgraded twice to a newer version of WordPress,
Since 22 July 2004, I have had 1 BMW 3-er Touring, 2 Alfa Romeo 147s, 1 Peugeot 206,
I wore my Panerai Ref.113, Rolex Sea-Dweller or GMT-Master II most of the time,
Am busy with my 3rd job, 2nd time as an IT Auditor,
Earned absolutely nothing with this web site which is fine to stay ‘free of speech’,
Used only 1 PC since (a Dell Dimension),
Switched from being a Moderator at the Watch U Seek Omega Forum to the Rolex Forum,
Totally worn out a pair of Tod’s loafers,
Travelled to 13 different countries for pleasure or business,
Watched tons of movies, downloaded tons of music while working on this site….
..the list continues, but for now..
Until the next (at least) two years!! Happy Summertime!
RJ
Tag Heuer recently introduced their eyeglasses. They already had some very nice sun glasses in their collection, but it seems that there was market for more ‘Vision’ products. I have to admit that I was impressed by them… looked good and reasonably priced.
Hi all,
Just a short notice from Ernie Romers @ WatchUseek:
“We are facing a major problem with our database and the tech support is working hard to try and fix them.
Very Sorry for all the inconveniences this causes to you.
Best regards,
Ernie Romers
Watchuseek.com”
So, please keep trying to access WatchUseek!! Ofcourse, it might take some time to get it up and running again…
!Update! - Omega box sold, Omega Seamaster Chronograph sold, only few Panerai straps left!
Not really ofcourse, but I decided to get rid of these two watches because they get no wear at all. Also, I have some Panerai (or other 24mm ‘lugged’ watches) straps for sale. Brand new, never worn and including the pre-Vendome style buckle.
See below… or click here to go directly to my special For Sale page with all this ‘attic’ stuff. That’s also the place where you will find more detailed descriptions and prices!
Watches
This Omega Speedmaster Professional ref. 3753.50, comes with original strap and deployant buckle (latest model, with the pushbuttons) and the original stainless steel bracelet. Complete with box, papers and warrantycard (stamped 17th of January 2004). This is the model with the saphire crystal instead of the Hesalite crystal. Also a saphire crystal on the back, to see the cal.1863 movement.
This Omega Seamaster Chronograph Olympic Edition from 1992 is number 1300 out of 3000. Quartz movement is caliber ….Complete with box, booklets and overhaul service ticket
Also for sale… straps and a Omega wooden watchbox.
I just checked the statistics of this blog and noticed that someone Googled on “PATEK PHILIPPE CALATRAVA UNWANTED GIFT”.
First of all, how can that watch be an unwanted gift? Second of all, why did it resulted in a visit to this blog? Third, how can that watch be an unwanted gift?
