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I suppose that's a way of putting it, forum etiquette.At any rate one of the fairly new members proudly posted his rep Rolex 1016 over on the Rolex Forum. i'm sure he wasn't aware of the consequences, but it took about 10 posts before someone over there, who is probably a regular over here as well, wised up, called him out and now he's banned over there. That in itself isn't the end of the world, but what he did, posting on both forums with the same name, really brings unneeded attention to RWG. It probably took the Rolex Forum member about 30 seconds to do a member search here, and bingo! his name came up, he goers to his posts, finds the topic and links it back to TRF, so all the members there can see the RWG post, same pictures, same watch, etc. So, since we have a pretty big turnover of folks, and lots of new members, maybe it's time to go back through the" rules of the road" so to speak. I have seen a whole lot of noobs posting lately, which i think is wonderful, but they need to know what is what. So here are the simple rules (Advice), that will keep you out of trouble. 1. Not a good idea to use the same "handle" on the rep sites that you use on genuine. accio used the same name, probably took the guy on the Rolex Forum about 30 seconds to do a member name search here and the other rep forums and sure 'nuf his name popped up. BUSTED!! 2. Never ever use a members real name, address, telephone number, or email on the open forum. If you want to use names, etc. only use them in PM's and emails to that individual. There are quite a few folks here that also frequent genuine watch forums, not just Rolex but many,many other forums. Most of the folks who frequent the genuine forums, especially those who are on the "big name watch" forums are very, very intolerant. They hate reps, the people who wear reps, and everything there is to do with reps. They will ban someone in a second if they find out they are rep forum particiapants. So for the sake of the other members on the forum, be careful and play by the rules.

It does to me too. The dealers won't have much cost to eat as they'll just send all these out to people that buy online and are not members of the rep forums. I won't be rushing to pick one up personally.

That Halios is lovely Asci! Great watch for the money!

If a girl gave me a Halios Laguna, I would know she was the one *LOL*

Very nice collection. Mike

You're correct that is a really amateurish lume attempt. It's a poor dial at best, and sure not worth 600 USD. I've seen better dials than this for 60 Dollars. looking at the lume again, I have never seen a genuine lume that is within the white gold surrounds that has that "muffin top" rounded look. Very common and correct in older dials before the surrounds were used. All the WG surround dials that I have seen have lume that is flat on top, like the lume was poured in and settled out level. Keep looking , if you have 600 dollars to spend, you should be able to get a lot better dial than this.

Dan, the crown position is not too far off,could be a dial variation .Here is another tell, look at the minute markers.On both of the genuine dials (photos from theRolex Forum) the hour markers do not touch the surrounds, on the Ebay dial they do. Plus the TRF dials are crisper and the SWISS T <25 is better positioned below the 6 indices. I believe that this is a redial on a genuine blank. Another thing look at the date window in relation to the 2 and 4 surrounds. If you drop a straight line from the middle of the 2 to the middle of the 4, it bisects the date windowslightly to the right of the center of the Datewheel.On the Ebay dial the bisecting line is further to the right. Having said all thia, this could be a dial variation that is different than the two I have pictured, but it just appears to be too fuzzy and lacks the crispness that Rolex dials are noted for.

Not a rolex expert by any means however why would the marker cover the SWISS T<25? Also Should the crown be directly abouve the L in ROLEX?

those surrounds look awfully thick for a genuine. Rolex white gold is thinner and more refined, i would say it's not genuine, at least the hour indices aren't. Also there's something wonky about the SWISS T<25 ?

The issue isnt really about reemphasising the more common sense need to know facts about this hobby....... The issue is that the majority of the new guys just cant be arsed to read a single thread when they join....they dont make any effort to read the noob guides... "obviously they are for real noobs not someone like me.." Personally I think any new members should be made to read only for first 2 weeks... except maybe allowed to post in intro section... and accept when registering that during that time they will read and accept certain links written by more senior guys on here to guide the new members....extreme maybe... but hey... May be they wont but then they have no excuse when they cross any lines.... Afterall i wonder how many will read this...

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Here is my new 15300 AP Royal Oak. A Genta classic. 1st high end SS sports watch created in 1972. This beauty is 40.5mm wide and a slim 9.5mm Fits great, looks great. Thanks for looking.

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Latest arrival today with a few mods...

I too feel that the Bronzo 382 Is one of the most beautiful watchs that I have personally seen. I know that there will be a real bronze version. I just hope they do it right. If they do I will purchase one asap. The gen has a titanium case back... so no bronze contact with the skin. Absolutley stunning watch. Just love the bronze case with the dark/hunter green dial. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d09ScTaIBg'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d09ScTaIBg Whats up with the censorship?

Private carriers are allowed to x-ray packages and check the contents. Where as the postal service needs reasonable suspicion to check a package. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk