Homage Forum

ronald_t80 wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2024, 10:17 pm Where is Donerix now?..... loves his vintage watch boxes!

Its been years since I last heard of him. He made some wonderfull boxes and exotic leather strap for me in the past

I didn't see a "new poster or welcome" page, so I hope it's ok if I introduce myself here as I want to mention a bit of history.

I caught the Panerai bug way back in 2005-2006 when I purchased a gen 112G and discovered Paneristi dot com. I was a frequent poster for years using the handle OldSkool112. Back in the day, I became friends with Kevin Rogers (aka Adeeos, RIP) and actually talked Kev into making me some custom long straps as he and I shared the same passion, straps with looong tails. Shortly after, Kev paired with Bruce (BigB) and started selling these glorious ammo straps. I later bought a 6152-1 rep from Kev and had him fit it to my late grandfathers Hamilton 921 movement to create a homage honoring my Grandfather and it always makes me smile as it's a piece of him that I wear on special occasions. Unfortunately, Kev's passing interrupted the final revisions on the watch and I actually just discovered this forum while searching for a trusted watchmaker that could hopefully retrofit a better dial, hands, crystal, and crown guard than I currently have now. As a new poster, I don't believe that I can post a pic yet, but hopefully soon I can show you what I have.

Thanks for reading and apologies if this is not in the correct forum.

Cheers.

JBC77 wrote: ↑April 5th, 2025, 12:10 pm I didn't see a "new poster or welcome" page... --snip--

Welcome to H-F

BTW, the correct forum for introductions is here: viewforum.php?f=2

straps68 wrote: ↑April 5th, 2025, 2:15 pm

JBC77 wrote: ↑April 5th, 2025, 12:10 pm I didn't see a "new poster or welcome" page... --snip--

Welcome to H-F

BTW, the correct forum for introductions is here: viewforum.php?f=2

Just reposted in proper forum, thanks for the guidance.

Cheers!

A brief history of the VDB brand.
The name VDB comes from professional cyclist Franck VAnDenBroucke, who died in 2009.
Why choose this name?
Stephan Obst is a former cyclist.
After selling Panerai tributes, he moved on to other types of watches under the VDB “Vintage Daily Beater” brand (instead of Vintage VDB). I remember that at the time, everyone on the old hf forum admired his work until the BBQ sauce incident.

JBC77 wrote: ↑April 5th, 2025, 2:37 pm

straps68 wrote: ↑April 5th, 2025, 2:15 pm

JBC77 wrote: ↑April 5th, 2025, 12:10 pm I didn't see a "new poster or welcome" page... --snip--

Welcome to H-F

BTW, the correct forum for introductions is here: viewforum.php?f=2

Just reposted in proper forum, thanks for the guidance.

Cheers!

Welcome!

flyback wrote:A brief history of the VDB brand.
The name VDB comes from professional cyclist Franck VAnDenBroucke, who died in 2009.
Why choose this name?
Stephan Obst is a former cyclist.
After selling Panerai tributes, he moved on to other types of watches under the VDB “Vintage Daily Beater” brand (instead of Vintage VDB). I remember that at the time, everyone on the old hf forum admired his work until the BBQ sauce incident.

I got banned from rep geek multiple times because of these guys


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I really dig the VDB designs, but I haven’t picked one up. What was the BBQ sauce incident?

Hypnogagia wrote: ↑November 28th, 2025, 4:28 pm I really dig the VDB designs, but I haven’t picked one up. What was the BBQ sauce incident?

+1 what was it?

Someone spent a lot of money on a 6152/1 at a GTG. They took it apart to service it and the dial had a smell of A1 sauce about it. Theory at the time was they used it to age the dial/indices. If I remember rightly the jokes were daily for about three months at the time…