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Here is the story. I wanted to get my wife a watch for our anniversary this summer. Over the years, I have bought her a couple Gucci’s, a few Movado’s, and a Cartier. All gens. She does not wear any of them. In fact hardly ever wears a watch unless we are going out for something formal. So I took her to the AD and was planning on buying her a new Rolex. I thought she would like the floral dial 31mm with diamonds. She hated it…actually she really did not like the modern Rolex’s much. So the next weekend we looked at hundreds of pictures on line and it was interesting. She likes watches from the 50’s and 60’s. She does not care for date windows or cyclops and prefers domed plexi’s and Oyster bracelets. Really quite funny as that is also what I prefer…so it narrows down what models to pick from. She liked the 34mm size so we looked at a bunch of 5500’s and 1002’s. She did not care for the Air King text on the dial so in the end—out of all the watches she looked at, she likes a 1002 all SS with silver dial, dome plexi and oyster band. After I figured out what she wanted, I dropped it so I could surprise her. I started looking at gens and found plenty for very reasonable prices. Around this time Matt had sent me pictures of a beautiful 1500 franken with black dial. So I told Matt the story about getting a watch for Trish and what she wanted and a couple days later he sends me a picture of a perfect genuine late 60’s 1002 silver dial. Then Matt sends me a picture of a complete 1002 that is exactly like the watch my wife picked out in our search. Matt has done many builds for me, but as many of you know doing a build for your wife is a whole another level and quite honestly it seemed more important than my builds…well except maybe my 6538. Cannot thank Matt enough, he is a first class gentleman and one of my favorite people on the planet. Thank you my friend. Specs: Gen case set (mid case, back, bezel, crown, tube) Gen dial Gen hands Gen crystal Italian made Oyster bracelet and Matt’s buckle. Was going to get a gen bracelet, but Matt recommended this one and it is really nice. ETA 2824 Was going to surprise her with this before we go on vacation in the middle of May, but I could not wait and gave it to her a couple of days ago. She absolutely loves it and is wearing it daily now. A couple of pics from my phone.

Wow, that's a beauty! I was looking to do something like that for my wife...not sure I want her that interested. We can only afford one of us with a watch obsession.

Well I chose this one the old reliable Seiko for my first day out. Oh the new toy. OK water needed.............. no transport involved this is my backyard. MOAB sited, man the boats Mr Christian! Cheers all..............

I can't say enough good things about Matt. He is a truly great guy, and he has really good sources for vintage parts. He has done a bunch of watches for me, builds and repairs. True Southern gentleman. Droptopman, that's a beautiful watch, and I'm sure your wife is going to love it and wear it! You have the same problem I do, I buy my wife something nice for Anniversary, Birthday or Christmas, and end up giving it to her before the date, then guess what? Gotta get something else for "the day"! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

come on guys, let's throttle this back a bit OK? I believe the OP has a legitimate request, however I believe it was phrased poorly. A list of obvious problems would probably save some of the noobs here who hate to read and do research a lot of time, however as Stephane mentioned, a list would be nigh on impossible to make and keep updated as the rep manufacturers come out with new models, and sometimes even correct small mistakes within a model series. When you have several rep factories as well as guys like TC and BK selling watches, the variety is dizzying. If you don't agree, just go over to one of the bigger trusted dealers like puretime and look at the variety of 116610 watches they offer. A lot are identical, with only movement differences, but there are others that have differences. I'm all for having a source of accurate information about a particular model, and I'm sure most everyone who mods watches wants to know what needs to be done to their watch to make it closer to the real thing. One big problem with all of the "helpful threads here and on other forums, is that not only rep folks read these threads, there are quite a lot of genuine watch forum folks visiting here, and all we are doing is feeding them information. I have no problem with that if it's being used to keep reps off sites like Ebay that are being pawned off as genuine watches, but suppose US Customs, which I 'm sure visits this and every other rep site, be it watches, clothing handbags, shoes, etc., uses all of our good information to compile their own list to help them seize watches coming through customs. Just food for thought.

Beach was too smart for her, instead of running, he pulled out his mobile and phoned his dear friend Avenue who had a list of all the tell-tale-signs to spot a fake Submariner, he asked him but he didn't have any information on Vintage Bubblebacks, which the large woman was wearing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Can somebody with some clout report this clown. I sent him a message telling him why I thought his watch was not genuine and here's my reply. I kinda don't think RSC would do anything with this watch but confiscate it. I love reps but when someone try's to pass on on a a gen it really pisses me off. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

1016 today

Dazza has delivered!! Hopefully this is a half-decent pic, taken on Canon EOS with 35mm lens. I don't have a macro-lens yet. The lettering on the dial for some reason looks like garbage on here, but looks just fine in person. The lume plots are what make it great, and matching hands with pearl. Will go great on a nicely faded insert. Once DBane is done with the case this beauty is going to live on my wrist!

Big Crown for the Birthday Boy! Wish I was in Kaneohe again...

Still wearing my Sub

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