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I didn't know that we have a Freakin board of Censors here.....If you don't want your wives and kids to see half naked bodies, then don't open this site in front of them. Who says I can't post half naked bodies on my signature and Avatar.....I've been doin that since I followed freakin Corgi as a member. If you want to be "Holy Art Thou"....you're in the wrong site Bro.......jeez, your supporting the freaking communist economy, just do what Corgi did and sign off! I will if I don't like what I see.....and leave the other 90% do what they want. I thought we are all adults here??? If enough of you says for me to remove my [censored], then fine, I will, but this board will not see a dime from me anymore!!! Amen!!!

Oh boy, what a can of worms. You guys can do what you like as far as I am concerned, all know I am no prude. As I stated before I find it hard to argue for in the general forum and to paraphrase sentiment put forth by some make it easy on the guys w/ kids or an overly jealous wife . I have no dog in the hunt my bike is pretty tame and some long time members I consider friends have some shall we say interesting avatars along with some of our strongest supporters so I would tread carefully here gentlemen. We can ill afford to lose anyone in numbers or support so turn down the testosterone on both sides there will be no winner except at the expense of RWG as a whole. Let us all just keep in mind this is a place we would like all our members to use in comfort so keep it on the low with the risque stuff in your general posts just to be nice! We are a male centric board to say the least so I would venture better learn to live with the avatars.

we're all adults here.. and lets face it, mostly men. and where men meet up there will be talk about women! i agree that this forum is about watches, but we talk about everyday stuff too.. putting restraints on the slightly less dressed avatars/signatures we have will put an end to a natural flow of conversation.. the point about kids i get, but about wifes/Gfs ...no bikini never hurt anyone! if your at work /or in a situation where exposure of skin is inaproporiate, please turn off avatars.. dont ask the others to not post/change..

Sorry to read life got in away with work, but also good to read you rediscovered your passion!! I can imagine it is a nice time spend to work on a Franken. Maybe in a later state you can try to restore a nice vintage watch! In the mean time good luck with the TAG.

To be honest... I'm repped out for a while. I just lose too much money on reselling reps. I'm pretty much broke even on flipping gens so while the the price to enter is higher.. As long as you buy at a fair price it's likely you will lose little if any at all. And at times even profit which I have done on a couple. Plus... There are definite quality differences between even the super high end frankens with their gen counterpart or gens in the same price range. Just because it "looks" 99% the part doesn't mean it functions or feels the same.

I used to buy gen's but I was bored. I would frequently take my recently acquired gen and trade it in for something else or sell it to fund another gen. I got into reps during a time in my life where I couldn't afford a gen or the gens that I was used to wearing anyhow. So to keep up appearances I got a few reps but quickly realized how enjoyable it was. I found this place which was like an oasis in the desert, I learned a lot. When I got back on my feet financially, I came to the realization that I had absolutely no desire to walk into a store and plop down too much money for something that I would probably end up trading or selling at a loss most likely. I now make my own reps using some gen parts and some replica parts, it's 400x more satisfying and I tend to really want to hang onto something that I made, that I sourced parts for and researched for days on end. It really is an amazing feeling. I have purchased a gen or two since but it's not the same, not even close. No pride, no personal attachment to it.. Etc. I guess it all comes down to personal preference, but when you get to the point that most of us eventually get to and can build your own watch its a beautiful thing.

The cannon pinion is the wheel which carries the minute hand and is driven by friction from the shaft of the fourth wheel (which carries the second hand). When you do a cannon pinion swap on an ETA 28xx to the H4 height, you need to swap the cannon pinion, hour wheel, and fourth wheel. It's not just one part.

It is more a matter of value than price, though, for non-billionaires like myself, price is certainly an issue. I just cannot rationalize spending uber amounts of money on a collectible whose value is market-based. While Rolex has historically been a very safe investment, there is no guarantee that the $100k you spend on a nice Newman Daytona today will be worth that much tomorrow. Why not just buy reps? Again, because I appreciate quality & would prefer not to be seen as a poseur, if I can avoid it (even if I am acting like 1).

Genuine watches are built/finished better than reps. Also, rep watches generally come with used/unserviced movements, so unless you have your new rep professionally overhauled upon its arrival, its accuracy & lifespan may be limited. Further, contrary to many sellers' hyperbole, no rep that I am aware of is 100% or an exact copy of its genuine counterpart, which means that an astute collector will be able to spot a rep & ID its wearer as a poseur. In my case, I tend to build frankens (watches that are constructed out of genuine spares or parts from various other watches) of watches whose values reach into the stratosphere & buy gens otherwise. For example, current prices for Double Red Sea Dwellers run from $25k-$40k, so I built a (gen-powered) franken. On the other hand, current prices for 80s Datejusts run around $4k-$8k, which is affordable, so I went gen.

If you are shocked by these avatars then don't turn the TV on, naked girls are everywhere... I may understand it's not correct for children, but about wife/girlfriend...you are browsing a watch forum, not YouPorn, so who cares?

I own gens as over the past 10 years they have appreciated in value, some tremendously. I own reps for the fun of it, to try out watches I would never wind up buying the gen of, sometimes the rep leads to the gen purchase, other times it leaves me pining even more for the gen (Dewitt Academia). Until you hold a MSRP 10-20k watch and wear it every day you will not understand the difference. It is there. I have owned tons of frankens and reps and when it comes down to it a Gen is a Gen. Everything just feels right and works right. The sound and tactile feeling of the crown being wound or the smoothness of the bracelet, or the way the dial catches the light, or the crispness of the printing, a Gen is a Gen. That said you can build frankens that really go a long way to fix the differences to a point where its not so bad. That is kind of the route I'm starting to go on. I have my gen watches that I enjoy and with my extra money I will screw around with reps/frankens.

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MD2020!!!

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Can't wait for that and the Pelagos......................

It is the real deal, he bought in St Barths actually 14-15 years ago. I am turning 40 and he is giving it to me as a gift. I havent checked this site since my original post because I was waiting for him to send me pics as I dont have it in my hands yet. He is bringing it to me next wekend. He bought it for around $2500 back then, but I know it is worth considerablly more now. He has the box and books, however the box is missing the pillow inside. He almost never wore it because it hit his wrist in a weird spot and he found it uncomforatable. I don't think I want to keep it, it is just not my style and he is fine with that. The reason I chose this site - it showed up first on my Google search. Is there a bigger/better one I should be looking at?

Are you in Australia?