I just find that having reps is affordable and gives you the freedom to own many exotic/expensive watches that you can only dream about.
For instance, a gen Hublot may cost you north of $20K and unless you are very rich, you wouldn't be throwing that much money on a gen. How many reps can you buy for $20K? Even if you cost in all the mods etc, say you spend $700 per watch ,you're looking at almost 30 watches to play with.We have many good reps at the $300 mark. You can do the sums.
It's great that for the money I spend I can get something which is very close to the real thing at a fraction of the price of the gen. One of these days I might go gen but for now I'm happy to just indulged in reps. The other thing I can say is that with a rep you don't feel bad if you get tired of it and not wear it.
I have a friend who wears a gen rolex but that is his ONLY watch. So when he's out in casuals he's still wearing that same old rolex though nothing wrong with that but I can match my watch to my clothes a lot better.If I wear casual I can opt for PAM for instance. It's just having more flexibility and more things to admire.