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Somebody needs to fix this forum. It's obviously broken with all these double posts and all the other problems going on today. Have the time it wont post at all then it double posts.

Well I'll be honest--I ignore more than a few PMs. I get quite a lot of them. Does it really hurt your feelings that much?

Just arrived!!! :) A quick pic at my office: Thanks devilseam - it was a pleasure to buy from you!

It's seriously my favourite watch

Have these two links saved for when I get the time to build one of these beaut pieces hope the links help http://www.rwgforum.net/topic/149802-omega-seamaster-300-vintage-nos-full-gen/ http://www.watchwallpapers.com/smrebe.htm

Ebola maybe just maybe if he read around for a few weeks he would have posted a question that would be answered and in the right spot once! As you seem to have read a bit and are inclined to stay around give it some time you will be fustrated with questions like that also. You think we were tough on him on the other RWG they would have flamed him while skinning him alive , we were restrained in comparison . Good luck and keep reading you seem to have made the cut so far but at 3 post and 10 days best not be going at it with anyone.

I buy reps because I cannot afford the gen of all the watches I like.....reps buy me variety. Gen owners dislike fakes/reps because they steal the design which is illegal and sell it at a lower price. We can convince ourselves that gens aren't worth the inflated price, in truth, this is irrelevant. They are luxury items and priced highly because they are exclusive and intended for people with enough disposable income to purchase them...reps destroy this exclusivity.

How about rep parts? In some cases, genuine replacement parts are becoming impossible to find, so people produce copies. So as a matter of principle, when the gen bezel pops off your 6536 again, do you: wear it without the bezel and hate the look, or put it in a drawer and grit your teeth, or buy a good aftermarket bezel and continue enjoying the watch? You can see where my argument is going next.

Most guys I know who have one or two gen watches generally fall in the hate bracket towards reps..... because of whats been said before here... in terms of earning the right, working hard etc... Most guys I know with gens who are interested in watches... have no problem with reps.... As long as you dont try to pass off your rep as a gen ! The accuracy of a rep or getting it more accurate .. to me is about pleasure, its about enjoying a journey, its about enjoying a hobby and sharing that enjoyment...its about this community and the friends I have here... it is not and never has been about trying to fool people into thinking I wear loads of gens..... I will happily tell someone my watch is a rep... though most of the times I have been called out... I have been wearing a gen.... Yes I do play with people who think they know more than they do but that is a different thing IMHO... I like to watch them build themselves up and then wait for that right moment... to stick my pin in thier balloon... (not that that has happened much) I think what any gen wearer and indeed any proper people hate is someone trying to pass off themselves as someone they are not.... and those people usually wear reps to do that .... That general level of hate or despisment is that most people dont understand what we in this hobby are about or certainly most us.... if they did their attitude might be swayed... because all they see is guys trying to sell reps as gens or guys wearing reps pretending that they are something that they are not.... But you do see those same guys on here.... and I hate them... because all they do is register.... and post.... "where can i find...?" or "What is the best...?" now some of these guys then disappear some stick around to increase there rep collection to fool others and some are converted to the enjoyment and pleasure of this hobby and more importantly this community.. And overall I like this community more than the gen community of which I am a member of several.... because it is in the main truely about enjoying and discussing watches... and seeing what guys have done or want to do.... and not about look at me... look what I have or look where my wristie is now not because they want to share but because they want to show off !! So you could say I hate rep wearers !!

Some gen owners (the ones actually interested in horology) carry a mix of gen and rep as it doesn't make financial sense to own 20 gens, especially to the richest folk, who can be rather tight with their dough. Those that have the passion for horology cannot be satisfied by 1 or two watches, gen or rep. If certain individuals are "full of ugly comments" about the rep industry and the community, they most likely no nothing about it at all. The fact is, if they did their research like the rest of us and knew something about the industry they would own a mix of gen and rep like a lot of our community! The type of individual to write such comments are probably so far up themselves, they have a perception that people are cheating 'status'. Status they feel they have worked so hard to earn. What they dont realise is the majority of our community couldn't give a rats ass about status, we just love timepieces, for whatever reason, and we all work hard in our respective fields. As an architect myself - the design, detail and engineering is what makes me tick. No pun intended. Finally the watch on your wrist is about yourself. I know people think they can assume a persons status by the watch as a symbol but IMO its impossible to judge someone by their timepiece and if you think you can then more fool you! Are you: A. The watch wearer as status symbol. B. The watch wearer as a student in horology. Just my penny.