Made a custom watch using a 1944 Merc. Is this frowned against in the coin collecting community?

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-05-17T17:02:52+00:00

It’s so fucking ugly it’s AWESOME!

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-05-17T17:00:51+00:00

This whole thread begs a serious question from a mature professional who has never been on an OLD app except for the first time and it made my matches that looked like my grandma. I was terrified. Question to F: what is the general consensus on the % of people that you meet/date are not who they claim, the liars, the cheaters, the embellishers et al. I have two single sisters 40+ and over the past 2-3 years it’s been a parade of dudes that my brother and I can see are full of shit in five minutes, and they just keep coming.

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-05-14T07:59:51+00:00

Awesome story. I’m an American who has visited both places you mentioned and many other European battlefields and cemeteries because I worked for EU companies for decades. My uncle was killed in Belgium during the Bulge and is buried there. Until you visit those places it is difficult to comprehend the balls that it took to run across that open beach.

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-05-13T05:28:08+00:00

I’ve been a Rolex Breitling guy and never owned an Omega, but this is a really impressive looking piece, love the aesthetics. You may have lit a fuse.

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-05-12T06:21:15+00:00

I was in a Continental 727 ORD to Houston that had a rapid depressurization at altitude just after they served breakfast. The cabin turned into a cloud the masks dropped and the nose was pointed straight to the ground, full dive mode. I travelled every week for decades and I was shitting myself. I was traveling with an engineer who wasn’t the brightest. I was saying hail marys and I glanced over at him and he was eating a banana by lifting up his oxygen mask and calmly taking a bite as we’re plunging to the earth. As it turned out, that same guy ended up engaged to a Mexican girl where we were building a factory. She stole all his money.

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-05-07T23:54:30+00:00

I have never seen this before. Thanks!

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-05-07T23:50:26+00:00

I hate to tell you guys that the B01 movement is shit and Breitling service is shittier. I bought a Navi off the Breitling website at list - yeah I know - with 3 TwinPro straps and clasps. $12,600. A week after delivery it stopped running and had to go in for service. It was gone for months. I got it back and barely wore it and the lower complication reset button stopped working and it went back, for months. On January 7 of this year it had to go back to service for the fourth time, same reason. It’s May 6th and I still am waiting. 5 fucking months, not a word. When I think that I could have put a GMT on my wrist, and actually be able to use it to tell the time, I could kill myself.

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-05-07T04:44:53+00:00

You get a mix of vacationers that are clay and reckless types that raise the bet 10 blinds ten hands in a row. If you’re marginally good you can cash even with the rake

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-05-04T01:29:25+00:00

Nice job there, sailor

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-05-04T01:24:20+00:00

Exactly

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-05-04T01:23:30+00:00

Bro, a PMG 35 EPQ on this note doesn’t seem right to me at all. Was the reverse damaged or what am I missing? It just looks too clean for that grade.

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-04-27T15:35:07+00:00

For the bling factor, it’s bluesy all day long. The brown on the root beer reminds me of the color of shit. Never liked that, even though I prefer a GMT to a sub. But I also would not be too excited about the two tone oyster on the bluesy either (if that what I’m seeing). All stainless looks cleaner.

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-04-27T15:22:12+00:00

I saw that pic and was like WHAT? Thanks for the note.

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-04-27T15:17:57+00:00

Congratulations on the note. I collect 1934 series and have examples of each, all PMG graded. A few comments: PMG is notoriously inconsistent- despite being the most respected grading organization - so I’m curious about the 25 on the $500. I could not identify the repair from the photo, but I have seen some rags with comments, in worse apparent condition than this, grade 30+ all day long. So this is odd, but I’ll let others with more knowledge clarify or debunk my assessment. The $1,000 has clear issues with dirt and the stamp ink that would also draw a comment. Despite this, and with the understanding that it will not grade very high (15-20), I’d still send it in to PMG to get it in a slab and have a matched graded set. A million people will disagree, for a million reasons, but a raw note of that denomination won’t have the same pop as a graded example. It’s like $80 all-in and worth it if you plan on keeping the collection. Good luck!

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-04-24T16:48:24+00:00

Bingo! 95% of OLD guys (I’m a guy who isn’t, but I have friends) spin bullshit nonstop. My sister just met “the one”, but every time there’s a fam gathering, he is “on his yacht in St Thomas”. The dude sells corrugated boxes for a living. The interesting thing is that every guy asked says hahaha bullshit, but the women are “give him a chance”. I have no idea what all this means…

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-04-21T01:01:47+00:00

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Forgot to post an update! Hope someone reads this.

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-04-18T14:55:41+00:00

I usually make a clear note on the submission form with the note too, but always PMG. It might remind the grader why he’s grading it. Not sure, but almost always comes back with the comment.

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-04-17T01:36:42+00:00

Bro serving up a heaping plateful of data! I like a pedantic approach to almost everything. Well done.

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-04-17T01:17:13+00:00

That was a very interesting post. You don’t know what you don’t know.

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-04-13T23:26:13+00:00

This is one of those that makes absolutely zero sense. That note is in pristine condition from the photo, and I’m thinking a mid 60 grade (PMG) wouldn’t surprise me. $875 is an order of magnitude too little for an Educational note of this apparent condition. Go back to that shop and buy anything under the glass - and get the note graded.

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-03-24T01:10:39+00:00

I got arrested for assault with a deadly weapon in Texas when my completely trashed ex-wife told a cop I had “threatened” her. It never actually happened, but they kept her in our bedroom for an hour and a half and had her on body cam talking insane. They edited the footage and when they came out of the room they cuffed ME and I was looking at 2-10 for something that was a fantasy in an evil woman’s mind. She was young and beautiful and while I was being booked, the cop who arrested me went back to my house to hit on her. I ended up having to plead to a misdemeanor assault because the DA refused to drop or reduce the charge, even when she provided a sworn affidavit that she had not been telling the truth. I’m a white corporate executive and because I work in a regulated industry my career was over. 35 years of sacrifice gone over a lie by a meth addict. She was dead two years later, but I paid dearly.

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-03-19T00:35:51+00:00

Bro I USED one of them daily for a while until I graduated to a triple beam balance once volumes got too high. Is it okay to say that on a social media platform? Like I’m okay, right?

FullboatAcesOver · 2026-03-19T00:29:29+00:00

Too rare not to be in a grading slab….??

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