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Originally Posted by lychee 

Might go back and try the 34, then have the waist taken in.

Originally Posted by Geoffrey Firmin 

Winter is upon us and I was wondering if anyone would know where i might be able to get a pair of black watch wool tartan trousers?
Does any one do this sort of thing here in Oz?

Originally Posted by jaypee 

A campaign launched by Nick Hacko, who some of you might have heard of. I have bought a number of watches of Nick over the last few years, and his passion to watch making/collecting/restoration is amazing.
Its a petition against the monopoly that major Swiss watch houses have on parts and services. This not only pisses me off in terms of markups (often more than 1000%) but also is a huge business blow to traditional watchmakers and repairers.
If you feel inclined, please support.
http://save-the-time.org/

Originally Posted by fxh 

Lychee, I'm not the only one here who goes for Lands End chinos. Often cheap on sale.
You can email them and ask measurements at thigh etc. their different models are cut a bit different to each other. Also material is different. Best order one from each style first then return them here locally for $10 once you have decided on style, fit, material etc.
I also have some Peter Christian chino which I like. Their red/pink colour and material is nicer than LE. Both have reasonably high rise too.
LE have proper odd sizes like 33 and 35 plus they will hem to exact inseam.

Originally Posted by Prince of Paisley 

A good cause and happy to support it. The authorised repair centre for one of my watches did and absolute hash up of it last time (put in wrong parts, stuffed the timekeeping).

Originally Posted by MickyD 

let me guess.... Swatch Group Australia?
Bunch of incompetent baboons, and that's being nasty to baboons.
Friend had a brand new Omega DeVille Hourvision that went in under warranty due to a hair on the datewheel, it came back seriously scratched, with the anti reflective coating on the crystal polished off, and the hands misaligned. Same guy also had a battery change done on a Tissot and they gouged the case-back removing it.
Another friend had a Seamaster 300 serviced, it came back with the completely wrong crown fitted, and the bezel misaligned,
and a workmate just had the battery changed in his Rado, and they stuffed up the water resistance, which caused it to leak and now they want $500 to repair it....

Originally Posted by Naka 

I took a leaf out of one of our comrade's book and ordered some light pink ones too

Originally Posted by Geoffrey Firmin 

Winter is upon us and I was wondering if anyone would know where i might be able to get a pair of black watch wool tartan trousers?
Does any one do this sort of thing here in Oz? I found via STP that Bill's make them in their M2P cut which would suit me fine. But with shipping they would cost about $280.
But is it possible to get a pair of pleated trousers OTR here anymore? I haven't seen any around town, mind you the options in Canberra are a bit restricted.

Originally Posted by Prince of Paisley 

A good cause and happy to support it. The authorised repair centre for one of my watches did and absolute hash up of it last time (put in wrong parts, stuffed the timekeeping)... thank God for good independent clockmakers.
If this isn't anti-compeititive behaviour, what is?
I'm guessing this is part of the same push that has seen Swatch stop supplying ETA ébauches to the smaller Swiss watchmakers.

Originally Posted by MickyD 

let me guess.... Swatch Group Australia?
Bunch of incompetent baboons, and that's being nasty to baboons.
Friend had a brand new Omega DeVille Hourvision that went in under warranty due to a hair on the datewheel, it came back seriously scratched, with the anti reflective coating on the crystal polished off, and the hands misaligned. Same guy also had a battery change done on a Tissot and they gouged the case-back removing it.
Another friend had a Seamaster 300 serviced, it came back with the completely wrong crown fitted, and the bezel misaligned,
and a workmate just had the battery changed in his Rado, and they stuffed up the water resistance, which caused it to leak and now they want $500 to repair it....

Originally Posted by Prince of Paisley 

I presume you're talking about the Swatch operation in Melb. I don't have any experience with them, but fear not, there are similarly unqualified (it would seem) authorised repairers for certain brands in Sydney.
Apart from putting in the wrong rotor (bit hard not to notice on a watch with a crystal back!), these guys also had it running +45s a day, left dust on the dial and plier indentations on one of the hands. They said it would take 2 weeks to order a new rotor (the correct one) from Switzerland, and when I rang them 2 weeks later they said "oh that's been ready for ages"...
Needless to say I wouldn't want to go back to those guys.

Originally Posted by MickyD 

Both Sydney and Melbourne have a similarly stellar reputation

Originally Posted by Prince of Paisley 

When you think about it, it would be like Toyota suddenly refusing to supply car parts to independent mechanics, meaning all repairs had to be carried out by the dealerships with their ridiculous markups.
Honestly though I don't know how the big watch brands can get away with it unless they roll it out worldwide. The Internet and eBay will still make it possible for Australian watchmakers to order parts bypassing the local ARs.

Originally Posted by The Ernesto 

Found this via Put This On.
Mind Games: Sometimes a White Coat Isn’t Just a White Coat
If you wear a white coat that you believe belongs to a doctor, your ability to pay attention increases sharply. But if you wear the same white coat believing it belongs to a painter, you will show no such improvement.
So scientists report after studying a phenomenon they call enclothed cognition: the effects of clothing on cognitive processes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/science/clothes-and-self-perception.html?_r=2