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Just a note about how to deal with pp. If you afraid of charge backs, you need to open two separate pp accounts. Get paid in one and one the funds are there, immediately transfer them to the other account for withdrawal. See, pp will transfer money between their own accounts immediately, but they will make you wait a few days for the withdrawal. Most sellers get scammed by buyers who do charge backs in the first few days after the transaction, before the seller has a chance to withdraw the funds. By transferring the funds to another account, you insulate your seller’s account from that. Another thing that pp does not like is transactions without descriptions. They like to know what is being sold. In that case, you can setup you second account to sell “subscriptions”. They seem to not be to concerned with exactly what that is.

I’ve never had any trouble removing bezel inserts. In fact, on most all of my reps they have fallen off and I’ve had to re-glue them. Of course I tend to swim in my watches, and most reps use cheap two-sides “tape” to hold the insert to the bezel, so the water softens the glue.

45, but I look like 35 and feel like 25!

I have a TT YM and I think it’s great. I’ve compared it to a friend’s genuine TT sub and yes, side by side, if you really look, you can tell the rep’s gold is not quite the right color, but otherwise, the rep is just fine. It came from King and supposedly, the midlinks are solid 14K, but I am guessing they are really more like 10K that’s been plated. The bezel and insert are obviously not solid, but when properly cleaned and polished, everything looks great. In fact, I wear it at least twice a week and other than a few self-inflicted dings, it looks great.

We always say - choose your dealer, then choose your watch. Some dealers will guarantee a delivered watch or a refund, while others will say the shipping is at the risk of the buyer. It’s up to you to choose which is the best deal for you.

Me: Mercedes-Benz ML55 (2001 - about to trade for a 2003). Wife: Just traded Audi RS-6 for a Lexus (IS350 - yuck, but it's her car).

Uh-Oh! I’m going on vacation next week and will likely not have time to check in. I hope RWG can stay in one place at least for that long!

I have this one: From Ofrei It has worked well. I've adjusted somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 links with it so far (helping out friends and co-workers). I have not (yet!) snapped a pin, but it came with three so I'm still good for a while.

My wife has a soft jewelry cleaning cloth that has some very light solvent in it and it takes care of it. I just have to remember to clean it about once every few weeks so I don’t have a big orange blob of tarnish appear. I had some really bad tarnish problems on my previous TT YM from Paul. I ended up using a Dremel bit that was pre-coated with light rouge and it got rid of it, but I was always concerned this would take away lawyers of plating.

Well, that’s it! Now I’m really upset. I think the only thing that will cure me is… A new rep!

I bought a TT YM from King several months ago. I e-mailed her beforehand and specifically asked for the best one she could get with solid gold. She said it has solid gold midlinks, but the rest (including gold on SEL’s, clasp, bezel) is plated. The watch I received is virtually identical to the one I had bought a year or so ago from Paul and even has the same tarnish issues on the midlinks. I do not believe it truly is solid gold (and probably can’t be for the price). It’s still a nice watch and I wear it often, but it have to keep after the tarnish.

DAMMIT!

As others have mentioned, you need to get a cheap bracelet resizing tool. Even genuine Omega SMP bracelets are a PITA to resize and they can also be very stiff when new. Trust me, one of the best parts of a SMP rep is the bracelet! A rep is a rep – not a genuine. You will need to learn to live with these flaws and inconsistencies. IF not, then poke around eBay – you might find a genuine for under $800 if you're lucky.

Here’s a link to my genuine vs. rep SMP: SMP Compare As for the pearls, the aftermarket bezel insert I bought for my 007 has an excellent pearl, much better than what came on the rep. The only issue is the color – it’s a bit too “purple”. I am guessing the black version would have better coloring.

Yeah, I’ve been incredibly busy and unable to spend time on RWG, so I go back and find the whole place is dead (well, except for Dempsey) and this place has started? Oh well, it’s good to be back!