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Thanks for the story. I

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What about some new poker stories? There has been no posts for a while. I hope you are doing well (and the cards too)!

Interesting comparison... I

Was it the old version with the date at 3 or the newer VC Overseas? Actually both are pretty good but the croix is in the wrong place. If there is a silix-dial replacement, it

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Anyhow... A friend in need is a friend indeed... but there is surely more than friendship between you and her if I understand it correctly. I wish you all the best and you

"It's pretty simple - If you don't like the price of certain new or resale models....Don't buy them rolleyes.gif If enough people stop buying, sellers (collectors or forum members) will adjust their prices to accomodate the market demand..." Agreed... One may not forget though that we are talking about high end reps which look really great. However I still do think that the prices are a bit too high because: 1. Even high end reps seem to have movement problems very often, 2. the risk is basically the same just like with reps in the lower price range, 3. sellers keep lying about swiss movements, 4. very poor standard of quality control and 5. there are fantastic gens from Citizen, Seiko, Casio, etc. for the price of a high end rep. You have warranty, no shipping risk and a reliable watch with high quality. Just my 0.02$.

BEST OF COMMENTS: "Fake:Notice the bubble imprinted on the side and all rolex have a bubble for the date (this one doesent)" "The biggest giveaway that this is a fake watch is the fact that it does not have a magnifier glass over the date window. While I'm on the date window, the 22 is lopsided (ever so slightly)

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I was wondering too why it has to be mostly eta as especially for reps it would be suitable to have an other reliable movement without this magic name "eta". It might have something to do with marketing too, because eta is one of the movements which is well known to general public. Maybe it is also easier for rep factories to have a source for eta even if also the movements are copies sometimes. I

There was a great story though...

Thanks for the pictures! Great comparison... Come on people, let

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"...an SMP Chrono started running backwards..." I know, it

Great brief guide, thanks! I

Is everything all right then by now?

Come on people, let

I like this thread... especially the title.

Me neither... I would also like to know under which aspects factories choose watches for replication!? They could rep the Raymond Weil Don Giovanni Cosi Grande or RW Tango too, which looks similar to this Breitling...

This story just reminded me of an old joke: A lawyer opened the door of his new BMW, when suddenly a car came along and hit the door, ripping it off completely. When the police arrived at the scene, the lawyer was complaining bitterly about the damage to his precious BMW: "Officer, look what they've done to my Beemer!" he whined. "You lawyers are so materialistic, you make me sick!" retorted the officer, "You're so worried about your stupid BMW, that you didn't even notice that your left arm was ripped off!" "OH MY GOD", replied the lawyer, finally noticing the bloody left shoulder where his arm once was, "WHERE'S MY ROLEX?!"

Well, if you are looking at the pictures and there is a way to make a comparison, it is not that hard to find some flaws. However if someone has this rep on his wrist I doubt that people could tell that the watch is not a gen (apart from some Rolex experts). I have to admit that I read everything about rehaut and crown guards and so on but if I see a Rolex Sub on someone

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I see. I thought there is something regarding the look of the hands but the problem above only arises if there is a movement swap. Thanks for the info. An other good mod for the Slevin is to replace the day/datewheel.