Well I would never pay the Money for the genuine of this particular piece...but a rep of this quality is a must have (as Admin also said I beleive)....if the maker can do the black bezel exactly as the genuine that would be great, but since his piece has the SS bezel I would rather have whatever is most accurate....when I heard the rumors of the BB I had no idea this piece would be so good...then we have all these new other pieces coming as well...a few years ago we were getting maybe one really exciting rep every 6 months, now we are stacked with choices!!!!!