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If Narikaa could get the watch builder to use the proper bezel, I bet he'd sell tons more of these. But also would want to get that He valve placement fixed as well. I think that's all this watch needs. Sure there may be some other flaws but those are the two major ones.

I think it's a matter of opinion. There are some real nice genuine quartz swiss watches out there. Although Omega quit making it, I find that the blue seamaster professional in quartz is a fine watch. If I was to buy a quartz watch I'd definitely either go with a tag heuer or try to find a rep of the SMP but Ruby told me that the SMP replicas usually are poor quality. Isn't the A7750 one of those chinese clones that people used to have a lot of trouble with? I haven't bought any chrono yet due to that. The one reason why I haven't purchased an Aquaracer is because there exists no replica of the one with the white dial and blue sub dials. That would be a pretty nice watch to have if they made it.

My opinion is that IWC conveys more money than breitling. But I'm considering purchasing a breitling soon because I found some that are very accurate reps. IWC had a few that caught my eye but I was always scrutinizing the dial. I forgot which one it was by now though. It's hard for me to pick out an IWC that I want because I'm too into super reps.

Ford owned Aston Martin when Casino Royale came out. Aston Martins were getting extremely high praise at the time, even at times more praise than Ferrari for handling on the road.

What a load of bias. Ford did them a lot more good than harm. A LOT better looking aesthetically, Ford quality control, and funding. How is any of that bad? I'd much rather own a Ford made Jaguar than any other.

It isn't very main stream. I went to a car show on the weekend and I was one of 3 people I saw wearing a rolex and I believe mine was the only one that probably was a replica.

If they made a rep of this one, I'd buy it:

Joshua and Andrew bought out all remaining stock from the watch builder so they could control the price. If those two don't carry it, then there are none left but some may show up used in the trading section from time to time. 4th generation ones aren't perfect. Usually the lume falls off the dial. if you can live with that or get it relumed, it is a nice watch.

1) yes 2) yes, but silix does not have the watch and absolutely can not source it any more. if you buy that model from silix they will send you something different 3) yes 4) www.tt88.com sells it

That photo is slightly off center, you can tell by looking at how deep the rehaut is on the left compared to the right and I'm sure rolex didn't fudge the rehaut. Also look at the CG's, I haven't seen a rep with them of that shape yet. All gold rolexes don't appeal to me a slight bit. I'd still go TT with blue dial, that's my favorite one. Too many black subs on these boards... kinda plain watch imo. I think this watch would look cheaper if they didn't polish the center. Well you can tell it is genuine by the plastics they used and the upc code attached to the case. The serial # in the rehaut is obviously photoshopped out.

I sent Bob a noob question once and he replied pretty promptly off a blackberry, but he asked me "why do you need to buy this part?" so I didn't reply and I didn't purchase from him. But I would buy from Ofrei, i'd just check this forum first for part numbers then place the order. Shouldn't be any problem. I'm just not ready to buy the parts yet since my watch has an issue with lume and it wouldn't make sense to mod a watch that is missing lume (to me anyway).

Rolex 16613. I saw the doctor on Dr 90210 in a business suit in his office wearing it. It looked very professional.

It's hard to spot a rep in some situations. My dad knows a doctor that wears a rep and since he is a doctor, nobody at all thinks it is a rep and nobody ever asks him if it is fake. So he took it to a watchsmith and the guy told him he could spot it when he walked in the door. He repaired it, I guess things were a little looser back in the late 1980's. That K-Mart comment reminded me of the old days, but when you become an adult it really doesn't matter if you are seen in K-Mart at all. Not that I really like the store much, it just doesn't matter. Also to the comment above about the Panerai, that's exactly why my more expensive 42.5mm PO stays at home and I use a 2nd generation with swiss movement as my "tool watch" that I wear to work. Everyone thinks it looks good and nobody knows the difference between this one that is loaded with flaws and my 4th generation and a real one. Sometimes even if you point out the differences, people are too thick to understand. I have a friend who has a replica breitling and he told me a story. One time he went to lunch with a friend of his and he showed him the watch. The guy was amazed and was like wow you own a real breitling. So my friend says, yeah it's a nice watch but it isn't real. The guy keeps insisting, 'come on man I know it is real you can afford that' and my friend kept telling him, no i won't lie to you man it is a replica. The guy kept insisting that it was a real one and would not accept that it was a replica. So I dunno there's all kinds of knuckleheads out there I just wear the watch for the looks, doesn't really matter what others think. However if you wear anything other than a rolex you usually don't get called out anyway.

Yeah that's what I'm thinking, one example would be the 42.5mm 4th generation PO. Discontinued watch but it is a fantastic watch so I'd be wanting to service it. Although it did cost more than $150.. if TT still carries it after 4 years needing service, it'll probably cost $400 to replace anyways with the inflated prices. Also I have one airking that the crown stripped from the tube..and the dealer I bought it from absolutely refuses to sell me it in anything other than swiss (it is asian with swiss model case, dial, everything).. so it has been sitting for over a year, no idea how to fix that. It looks like the Seiko I have however is plentiful on Ebay even still to this date, not sure why..I doubt seiko even makes it any more.

This is one thing I have been considering lately. I assumed that a service would probably cost $150 on one watch. So most of my watches cost < $150 including my Seiko. Would it not be more logical that instead of servicing these watches, just buy new ones when they quit? I'm thinking that the only ones that'd get serviced are ones that can't be replaced.