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Excellent idea, but as a guy who has 8.5" wrists, I have discovered that many of our most highly regarded dealers are not very reliable when asked to include extra links...I once had a dealer(one of the "top3") confirm that he would include extra links...the watch arrived without them...I asked the dealer about it, and he offered to SELL me an extra bracelet for $40.00!!...Needless to say...I don't shop THERE anymore!! The bracelet size problem has discouraged me from buying a sizeable number of nice reps, mostly Breit's, IWC's, and Omega's, to avoid chasing extra links..... :wounded1:

Looks like a 5 minute "magic marker" fix!!!....BTW Do you have a life???..Just kidding!!...

Every one of these has one glaring fault!!!....Look at the 4 on thje bezel insert, and then go to the official Rolex site and look at their 4...The Gen top is much wider!!....Pointing out the one irrefutable truth about rep collectors....We are all TIGHT ASSED idiots!!!...Can't we just be satisfied that we are able to have in our possession a 99% accurate reproduction of a $5500.00 watch for $ 107.00???..Fuggeddeaboutit!!

In 1966 I acquired a Rolex EX1 in trade for a diamond engagement ring that my Ex girlfriend returned to me.... The ring cost me $173.00.... I kept the watch for 30+ yrs, until I got tired of spending a ton of money to fix it after 2 yrs of wear...I only wore it for 3 2 yr periods during the 30 yrs...The rest of the time it sat in a drawer...10 yrs ago I traded it for an 18k Minerva cal 20 chrono, and a 14k Hamilton "bradley"....Since the, I sold the Minerva for enough$$$'s to buy a Canon digital SLR, and a bagful of L series lenses....And the Hamilton is still in my collection, and still running strong...SCREW rolex!!

Here's my favorite...Not my pic,.... but now my WATCH!!....I wear it on a nice sable brown panny strap with a deployant clasp...The "happy accident" that erased that overly busy....and totally useless Tachymetre track made this into my favorite "franken" http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y10/tyort1/192008.jpg

Here's mine!! $13.95 at tool warehouse.... http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a211/fra...ti/IMG_6427.jpg rubber jaw inserts are a blessing in so many ways!!

Does that dial say: Oyster Perpetual.?????....What a fakkin joke!!!

Here's my current Rolex "stack"... http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a211/fra.../IMG_5999-1.jpg

Sincere condolences Neil.....2 weeks ago I buried my best friend...He was closer than any of my family except my wife and kids...I can feel your loss...Take care, and be well....Frank

Never...Never...NEVER... take $100.00 bills from a stranger!!! But I guess I don't have to tell you that now!! "Street smarts" can often be the most expensive education you can buy...I grew up in a tough neighborhood...[censored] even the cockroaches wore shin guards!!...I learned at an early age to not trust strangers...NO EXCEPTIONS!!...I know it's a [censored] to go through life distrusting everyone, but at least you've got half a chance at getting through it at all...The only thing that is replicated better than watches these days is currency!!.....Your only real safety is through electronic transfers...Sad but true!!..

Out and Out THIEF!!!!!....He has a 212 Pam with the same lame movement replacement story...

I have one almost like that in my junk drawer....Still New in original packaging!!.....i'm waiting to find an insane Timex collector to sell it to...

I'm no Rolex expert.....But as far as I've seen on these forums, It's a simple piece of plastic that costs an outrageous amount of money, primarily because of the printing on the paper envelope it arrives in...;-) I saw one on Ebay a month or so ago for $700+ !!!!...Just plain nuts!!!

You're looking at opposite ends of the reliability spectrum, with TTK at the good end....Paul's reputation is` spotty at best....Neil is sometimes less than responsive, and sometimes slow to deliver, but his watches are always top rate and very fairly priced...

I own 2 Invictas...A 1960's swiss made one with an A Schild 17 j HW movement, aqnd the venerable 8926 "Sub" clone...I bought that one 10 yrs ago....my first internet watch purchase, cost $53.00 new!!...It opened my eyes as to how close a Rolex could be copied for almost NO MONEY!!...BTW...the Miyota in it still functions well, and the case is still in my parts box waiting to someday become a "Franken-something"....I actually have use the well worn bezel insert from it in a "Bond" Sub project, and it snapped right into the Silix bezel like it was made for it!!..That alone was worth the $53 bucks!!!...

Can you spell...: S-E-A-G-U-L-L ???....that is an ST-19 2 register Venus 175 clone in that watch...interesting case though...Those movements are popping everywhere...probably because the work great and are dirt cheap for a true column wheel chrono!!! China has given up trying to conquer the world by force.....It's a lot easier through commerce........:and : "Resistance is futile"

C'mon Neil...give the kid a break...40 or 50 yrs ago he could have been me...or you!!...besides...eventually he'll acquire enough "seasoning" to qualify for a TTK deal...

There are a lot of "fake" 300's that are actually "franken" Omegas modified to loook like 300's...These are usually made by nefarious assholes trying to screw the public... AFAIK, there are no specifically made replicas of this watch, mainly because the market in reps is mainly for popular current genuine's, and only a tiny segment of collectors even know what a 300 is... Knowing this, I would NEVER buy a 300 from a stranger...

Here's an interesting process... http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showto...&hl=science BTW...I now own that watch, and the finish has held up very well....

My final comment on this is that a rep is just that - a rep.

As opposed to the OLD asian 7750....which don't run at all!!!...I'm about to try the WD-40 gambit on my 212 movement...WTF have I got to lose????....I actually got more than one vintage junker running that way back in "the day"....Not running well, but running, rather than frozen for eternity!!

I had been admiring the Omega broadarrow/ seagull chrono, and when one of the "original early models" came up for sale I jumped all over it base upon their recomendation...I have maybe 40-50 reps in my drawer, but this one gets more wrist time than all of them combined...Now I'm waiting for Neil's "noobmariner" Sub to arrive and knock it out of 1st place???...Who knows...But these 2 guys with their knowlege, photo skills, and ability to communicate have made collecting high quality reps a whole lot more pleasurable for me!!!...Thanks guys!!!

Usually 5 or 6 gen's and 2 or 3 dozen reps.....I never know what mood I'l be in....I have beern on a 6 week trip as we speak, and have only worn 6 or 7 of the 30 or more watches I'm carrying....I've fallen in love with a Pam 192 Titanium on a strap lately, and it's my daily wear these days.....But I'm awaiting a Sub from TTK that'll probably change my life for a week or two!!...Reps make variety practical, and that's... "a good thing"...

Go up rte 41 to Ft Myers and see Birdman....He'll hook you up!!!..Kerry is A1!!! On the way home, stop at Mels Diner....

Definitely a 2842....I'm holding one in my hand right now in a NOS Swatch 1996 Olympic Commerative watch...And yeah...It's the worlds ONLY water resistant MOVEMENT It says so right on the bridge!!...