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Wristie Thoughts 1) Heavy friggin watch! 2) Overall good quality feel. Nicely polished and brushed 3) Pearl though bulging in macros not noticeable on wrist 4) Brushed CP cap also not noticeable on the wrist 5) Great engraved caseback 6) I am a little dubious about the lume being C3 superlume. It dies off far too quick compared to C3. It is definitely better than rep lume but I don't think its C3 7) Lume color for hands match "12" and "6" but not the round hour markers. Mildly apparent. Great stock rubber. Overall, pretty pleased. Wears smaller and thicker than a Luminor Marina case. Great weekend watch. Love it on leather though I'm sure I will wear it on the rubber now and then.

It seems the Omega logos on the name alone have happy feet. But on the dials? no happy feet. Quite strange actually I mean come on now....everyone likes happy feet. Mike

Look who else is wearing the 240: The 240 would be a very good alternative rep to 177 since the back is closed. But I don't see it available from any of the TDs. Anyone knows where one can get a decent 240?

Quick fix makes me worry

The gens that I've seen all have happy feet on the clasp logo.

As promised, lume comparison versus my Helson Sharkmaster meant to be lumed with pure C3. 1sec exposure, 3mins between shots. I guess I may have been wrong on the 243 as the intensity degrades just as much as the Helson. Really surprised by that as on the wrist, it just didn't seem to feel as strong or last as long.

Otto Frei and Jules Borel are in the USA

This is a thread the dealers should be paying attention to!

very nice. if you ever want to sell it, please let me know. i m gald to get it off you

Andrew runs Trusty time (www.yourtrustytime.com). I wasn't sure which watch you meant, so I linked all three: Planet Ocean 42mm Orange Bezel: http://www.yourtrust...roducts_id=7064 Rolex Deep Sea Sea Dweller: http://www.yourtrust...roducts_id=6579 Panerai PAM 177 Titanium: http://www.yourtrustytime.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=37_49&products_id=8784 I've got a few more I'm going to buy in the near future, but I'm going to get settled in with these first. I almost bought a gen Tag Aquaracer 500M, and I've heard the rep is very nice, so that will probably be my next purchase. I also like the IWC Top Gun and Portuguese Chrono. As for getting called out, I honestly couldn't care less. I look at it like this, I was actually researching the PO to purchase a gen. I was on WUS forum and I ran across a thread in the "Omega Fake Busters" section. Someone had posted a picture of the UPO up there and no one on the forum could believe it was fake. I asked myself why I was buying a real PO for $4500 when a $330 rep was almost indistinguishable. The rep came with a reliable swiss ETA movement, and looked identical to the real watch. I'm not a diver and even if I was, I would buy a good Seiko to knock around doing that, not a $4500 Omega. And yes, I get it. The Omega is the real deal. It's perfect and beautiful and will last forever with the right care. I could pass it on as an heirloom. And if I was a wealthier man there's no doubt I'd go that way. I almost bought a gen anyway. But if they're going to make a rep that is so close to the gen at a small fraction of the price, I can't see the sense in spending the extra. I mean I could buy 13 reps for the cost of one gen. Thirteen! Or... I could buy 1 PO rep, 1 Rolex DSSD rep, 1 PAM 177 rep, 1 Tag Aquaracer 500M rep, 1 IWC Top Gun rep, 1 IWC Portuguese Chrono rep, a few bottles of 18 year old Macallan Scotch, a case of Cuban cigars and still have enough left over to buy a used car! I think we can all agree that no matter how nice the Omega Planet Ocean is, it's over priced. I was talking to an Omega AD a few weeks ago, and he told me that Omega is reducing the number of AD's in order to make Omega a more exclusive brand. It's marketing strategy. They are raising the brand value without increasing the product's quality. Are you really getting $4500 worth of value when you buy the gen PO? I'd argue that you are not. Especially when you can put an identical looking watch on your wrist for $330. I've owned reps before. I have a Tag Grand Carrera 17, a U-Boat "Thousands of Feet" Chrono, a Bell & Ross BR03-93 and a Breitling Chronomat. I got all 4 of these watches in Bahrain. With the exception of the Breitling, they are good quality reps but they all have quartz movements. Is that bad? I don't know. Anyone who knows anything about watches can almost immediately see that they are not automatic movements. But I'll say this, they all have kept perfect time for more than 2 years. And all 4 cost me less than $300. I've been complimented several times on the B&R and the U-Boat. Average people don't know those brands and the watches look unique. Anyway, my point is, if someone were to call me out for wearing a replica watch I'd freely and proudly admit it. They are unarguably nice watches. The PO I bought is absolutely beautiful. It looks and feels like the real thing. Even if it doesn't last and I have to replace it every year, I could go more than 13 years before I finally paid as much as a gen. I'm sure that in those 13 years something newer and better will come out that I will want more anyway.

I'd say when it comes to reps, never take the waterproof claims at face value, always recheck and get your own tests and mods done if necessary to be certain. Tbh, imho all reps are generally best kept out of water altogether, just too many variables when it comes to reps. Saying that, there are plenty of threads across the forums where people have been happy with the proofing out of the box just don't rely on it. The deville, can't say much on its accuracy compared to gen, but a2813 (asian21j) are generally decent workhorse movements, for the price they are sometimes worth just winging it, usually if they do fail then the idea is to just replace the whole movement with another rather than trying to repair. a21j are a strange beast, some hate them and have no luck, I find that if they get through the first month without any issues then they'll probably last 10 years

Yes. Wait until you start reading post after post by angry newbs who didn't know about CNY. They will claim they are being ripped off, etc. happens every year.

I went Franken after finding a gen white dial - added gen bezel Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Interesting. I think this is more of a reflection on the current speed of life, and state of technology. Zoom out- things are moving pretty fast these days. We expect a new iPhone or other tech item every year. Technological advances everywhere bring things to market quicker, and in the case of reps, with incredible accuracy. I think we have simply reached the point on the graph where the line is going nearly vertical. Excellent reps are expected, they exist, not much else to do but grab-n-go. Commodity? Accessibility is there too, so when 10 people get the new PAM in the same month-- wham-bam-thank you ma'am. Here are some pics, a quick discussion, and move along. The poor guy who picks one up 4 months later is simply old-hat. I honestly don't come here looking for "Reps" anymore, or even care that much what is happening in that space. I come here for the WIS Knowledge base, and to see what "creations" we are are making. To me this is a WATCH forum that happens to be Rep friendly. Crazy Idea: We are also bad hosts at times. Too often we are quick to dismiss something because it has been discussed before and yell at people to use the Search function. So here is my crazy idea-- NUKE the majority of archived, historical posts. Half the stuff is out of date anyway. Press the RESET button on the forum and see what "re-grows" organically.

WOW!!! That is something special!!