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Some good looking time pieces today folks!!! Still wearing the Triple Zero

Homer used to sell some gorgeous unbranded Chinese tourbillons a while ago. I bought one in rose gold that tarnished pretty badly and would love to buy a similar one in stainless steel, but can't seem to find anybody that sells them. I've seen branded versions (Minerva, etc.) for sale, but I'm really looking for the unbranded version with the power reserve and guilloche dial. Does anybody have a clue as to where I can source that watch? Thanks for the help.

I've been talking to DW. I have two people for the dial fitting his Mystery Movement. Anyone interested in a V72 version? I'll ask him to make a prototype first!

Fresh out of the box - 390n H-factory

201/A today...

Very well said, I could not agree more. And the statement: "look at how far we've come" is something not everyone will relate to but I can say that it is amazing how far we have really come. I still have my very first rep, Eddie Lee PAM 111 purchased March 2005 that ended up being modded. I look today at 111 V3 Noob and I'm blown away. It did take some time but the reason why we are here is that forum members like us influenced those improvements tremendously.

If you really want something, you just have to forget the price tag and enjoy the life. Does paying big bucks for something fake make any sense at all? Definitely not. But that doesn't stop bimbos from buying plastic tits, either.

what I'm wearing today and every day at the beach!!

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice! But he needs a bigger chainsaw.

All I can tell you, is that is one really nice watch

If you're taking it from your list, I have 3 words for you, folex: buy a gen. Seriously, though: 288 is one of 10-12 best reps currently available on the market, of any brand and one of the 3-4 best chronos available. You missed the most important part of w0lf's post: Just remember: you're buying a rep and have expectations accordingly.

As someone who can easily afford to purchase a gen (just about) anything, I am definitely in the camp of, one or two are just not enough. Since February I have purchased a number of reps, 3 Rolex, 1 Tag Carrera, 2 Omega Seamaster (en route), and I'm roughly $1500.00 in over about 6 months of the year. I wear them all and would not be happy with just the Submariner, I couldn't just have a Tag Carrera. I am fascinated by these watches but I simply do not have the means to own all of them in Genuine form, even if I could, these reps are so good that I just wouldn't. I don't pass my replicas off as Gens, even to people that would never, in a million years be able to tell the difference. Hell outside of the watch enthusiast community, almost no one could even spot a Carrera Day Date or Omega Seamaster as anything more than a Fossil chronograph or some generic desk diver from the department store. I wear my watches for me, whether I am watching "Unknown" and see Liam Neeson wearing a DSSD so I go grab mine to wear for the duration of the movie, or I am taking the dog for a walk and I press the mechanical pusher to start the sweeping second hand of my Chronograph to see just how long I am gone. These watches are not about status, they are about fascination, about a love for horology and a passion for classic mechanical machines that keep very accurate time. My boss scoffs at my replicas, his wife bought him a Quartz Aquaracer chronograph (he didn't know what the rotating bezel or the divers extension were for). At the same time, his jaw dropped at my 21j Grand Carrera RS2 (non functioning chronograph), How can you tell it isn't real? He says, Ha! He likes a nice watch because it gives him status while I spend hours just staring at my wrist and wearing 3 or 4 different watches in a day. I saw this on this forum somewhere and have hijacked it, I don't remember who had said it or where it originated from but... "When I look at my watch, the last thing I see is the time" I love this hobby Mike

Yes On the 202A the strap is this one. On the 201A it's a Buffalo dark brown from Rob Montana.