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| Posted: Sat Mar 28th, 2009 05:43 pm |
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Paxman 3T WIS 
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 Fished a cheap Parnis off the bay and have to say that even at under $50 this was a compete waste of $$! Horrible movement which creaks and groan while setting the time... just gritty and foul. Hideous wobbly stem which doesn't screw down flush to the case. And the final insult was trying to actually get a reasonable strap on the watch. Straps are fastened with a tube and screw system which worked fine on the first lug. The second set of lugs just spins and never disengages telling me it is stripped or machined so poorly as to be non-functional. A complete waste of money and time based on my experience. I've contacted the seller but unless they want to send me another I am done. Not worth the time to send this POS back. I would hope I could salvage something but with a crappy job on the case and a crappy Unitas clone for a movement this "watch" is just a pile of steaming feces. Maybe the redneck watchmaker can fix it with a hammer??  POS looks like this:  
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| Posted: Sat Mar 28th, 2009 05:48 pm |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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Maybe you can salvage something or use it as Modding watch when ya get bored. I like the hands on it. LOL :D :cool: :)
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| Posted: Sat Mar 28th, 2009 05:54 pm |
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hucky 3T WIS 
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Pax If you want, you can take it apart and send me the parts, Ill use some of the pieces and cast them into Silver .925 and make something crazy out of it. Cheers Huck
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| Posted: Sat Mar 28th, 2009 06:45 pm |
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Edgel 3T WIS 
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I'm sorry you got a lemon, Mark. I have three Parnis and my experience has been just the opposite. All of mine keep very good time with over 48 hour power reserve. The straps aren't much but I havn't had any problems changing them and the cases are amazing for the money,IMO. I didn't expect a swiss watch for $40.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 28th, 2009 07:37 pm |
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Paxman 3T WIS
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I think you might be right Edgel and this is the exception rather than the rule but what I got is no good on several accounts. I wasn't expecting a Swiss watch just one that actually fit together properly... for the most part at least.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 28th, 2009 08:59 pm |
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NANDO-FERDZ 3T WIS 
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The watch looks cool. Too bad it is not working.:(
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| Posted: Sat Mar 28th, 2009 09:04 pm |
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scottran 3T WIS 
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Hey, whats wrong with being a Redneck?? I resemble that remark.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 28th, 2009 09:30 pm |
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OldeCrow 3T WIS 
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Sorry to see you got bit Pax!
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| Posted: Sat Mar 28th, 2009 09:46 pm |
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jdmac 3T WIS 
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Hammer Time Pax hee hee :) She'll Blowd up REAL GOODgoofy
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| Posted: Sat Mar 28th, 2009 10:41 pm |
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JDBuckwell 3T WIS 
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jdmac wrote:Hammer Time Pax hee hee :) She'll Blowd up REAL GOODgoofy You can borrow my .308 SOCOM 2 ... will give you a much greater "redistribution" of crappy parts! 
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| Posted: Sat Mar 28th, 2009 10:48 pm |
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Gregger 3T WIS 
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Sorry to hear that it was a bust...movement looks cool
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| Posted: Sun Mar 29th, 2009 09:46 am |
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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Sorry to hear you got a bad one Pax! :( I bought 3 ...gave 1 as a gift and all of them have been working fine and F&F is as good as any homage I have tried hand6.gif
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