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Get her the ultra thin VC Patrimony Quartz replica. No second hand to give away its quartz heart, its thin and about 36-37mm. My dad has been wearing one for about 4 years now....no battery change!

Sitting in a meeting this morning when I noticed a tonneau cased perpetual callendar on the wrist of a collegue. I leaned over and asked if I could see his watch and it was a Glashutte. I turned it over and saw the 21J movement through the display caseback. The watch was substantial and the deployant clasp and leather band were of good quality. I handed it back to him and whispered "nice piece". After the meeting I went up to him and put my hand on his shoulder saying "You know, I'm something of an idiot savant about fake, Asian watches." He smiled and said " Three dollars in a shop in Singapore" We then started talking about high end fakes and it turned out he was in that part of the world to talk about business opportunities for an importing company he has a stake in and on a lark, he got a tour of a Rolex replica "sweatshop" from the business locals. He said there was a significant market in stolen high end genuine pieces there as well, or in watches that he termed had "fallen off the back of the truck". It was nice to run into someone without an ego to bruise and talk black market stuff. I gave him the website names of a few semi trusted sellers here and he told me he would check them out but he already knew of the Swiss movement clones we see as the high end of this business.

Just read through this thread and I've decided the "super rep" nomenclature is meaningless. Anyone who touts the "feel" and "quality" of these overpriced $400-$600 "same ole thing" from our Chinese friends is busily blowing smoke up their own a#@es to justify the higher price.

Nice...now fill er up!!!

I was facinnated by a member comparison detailing many photos of genuine submariners over the years that showed very plainly examples of variation in the production the real deal. Some of this variation just might cause the more stringent among us to doubt authenticity in a side by side. I'm pretty certain a crooked S has showed up on a genuine dial every now and then.

Completely different mind set required for watch work than any other endeavor I've tried to master. I can drain an abscess, play Vila-Lobos on classical guitar, inlay a veneered table top, put an addition on my house and rebuild a rotary engine all with modest levels of proficiency but the prospect of removing a balance wheel and spring scares the crap out of me. I can pull hands, replace a dial, regulate rate and beat....but disassemble a movement, clean it, lubricate it and put it back together....working and accurate????....No way!! Long Live Ziggy

Gotta agree. The Jones is far more classy. The railmaster looks like the clock from Union Station on a strap.

I have yet to run into anyone who isnt absolutely facinated by the world of high end counterfeits. The vast majority of individuals who are aware of the black market for replica watches only know of the crap. My cousins husband is a guy who drives a 911, owns houses in Florida, Aspen and New York, and proudly showed off his Canal Street Asian 21J Summer Blue Submariner at Christmas saying "Can you believe this great watch only cost me $50...and it looks just like a real Rolex!!!! No one can tell." After a 20 minute discussion and websurf, he was facinated by the world of "perfectclones" and he now owns 3 quality replicas. I love converts!!!

Because the cautious default mode here recently is to protect identity against possible legal reprisal. Corgi was just being prudent.

Absolutely,....actually, I'm more frightened a $0.20 springbar is going to fail on my $2400 watch sending it to the bottom than anything else. I might need some desensitization therapy!

The asian 7750 has one less jewel in a non critical bearing, different diameter and length posts and a slew of fit and finish differences on the mainplate and in the machining of gear teeth etc... Oh and the one big giveaway...the Asian 7750 28,000BPH has no regulator scale pointer for adjusting timing. The older 18,000 BPH Asian does and the genuine does. Side by side with photos of old style asian 7750 with pointer and eta http://www.rwg.cc/members/How-To-replace-a...7750-t1410.html

Been a subscriber for a while now. Great eye candy pics. Nice profiles of collectors. Good reviews. Your basic Life Magazine of watches. InSync is another good mag with excellent photos.

I'm just suffering from post traumatic stress. My wife gave me a beautiful 200m rated watch for our wedding and I fogged it on our honneymoon playing in the surf. It never worked well after that dispite servicing. I ruined 3 beautiful 150M rated watches in water before I learned the difference between a push in and screw down crown. I learned the hard way that a 150M rated watch can be breached by one dive into a pool. I had a beautiful 100M Bulova that I wore for 7 years fogged by swinging from a vine into a friend's pond. And then there was that 200m Seiko that fogged from sweat cutting the grass one day... My Genuine SMP Chronograph never gets near the shower.

There's lots of info in archived threads about winders. To sum it up, if you are paying less than $50 per watch to be wound, you are in imminent failure product land. There is almost a straight line relationship between price and reliability in winders. Thw winders from gadgetbestbuy on the bay are absolute junk and part of the experience from which I speak.

I love the Jones...but that Omega....hands down.

Good luck. It will fail eventually and your replica will be ruined. It only has to happen once. Sorry!!! This is an example of the two distinct camps in both genuine and replica watch collectors, those who wear them into battle and those who don't. No arguments supporting your decision to dunk it necessary. I understand the logic. I have been beaten down by bad experience. In 30 years of wearing replicas and genuines in water, I have had some remarkably unpredictable failures. Water infiltration into a watch is best characterized by the phrase "one oh s*%t wipes out a thousand 'atta boys." I never wear a watch that has any kind of value attached to it, intrinsic, sentimental or rarity as in a replica, into water anymore. Lost too many good mechanical friends.

Can you really blame the jeweler? OK, he was obnoxious...but I can't think of anyone, except for maybe a Breitling sales rep, who would potentially be more offended by a replica watch than a jewelry store owner. If you had an art forgery hanging in your home presenting as as authentic, would you blame an art dealer for being outraged by it (or at the very least question it) if he/she came to a party at your house? People who are true afficianatos of the real deal are offended by counterfeits on principal alone...and rightly so. I'm certain the moment was very uncomfortable for you but it is a valuable experience. Wear a replica because you love it and they represent a remarkable value. If you wore it to this event to puff yourself up to look impressive, then you probably got what you deserved.

It isn't but i believe hands that fit an Asian 7750 can be modified to fit an ETA 7750. That price increase changes the equation quite a bit. A Ziggy serviced Asian 7750 watch is now a much better value. With nothing to choose between the two movements after a professional servicing, why not buy the Asian chronograph? I wish our Asian friends would realize they have the makings of a terrific chronograph movement and that if they would just put some decent QC into the assembly and lubrication process, they could offer a much better product.

Jerk...but unfortunately...correct. This guy sells genuine watches and these fakes are undercutting his business. Good salespeople know from your age, the car you drive, the clothes you wear and the jewelry you have on what you are capible of owning when you walk into their store. He's probably sick and tired of good fakes. While he didn't know exactly what was wrong about your Chinese Bentley (perhaps he just had an overall sense, wrong colored subdials etc...), he was hot on the scent. If you walked around a party and told a few people you graduated from ABC University in 1990 when you hadn't and you had the misfortune of attending this party with the chairperson of the department in your alleged major,....you'd be in for a similar dressing down. Fact is, when you wear a major bling watch fake to a social gathering...you are saying something about yourself rather obviously...and lying about it.

That photo shoot's a little nuts!!!! Nice watches and... ...is that a lighter and rolling papers I see in the background????? .....no wonder those subs are dancing around.

I know this question has probably been asked multiple times but... Will a genuine dial for a 1996 submariner fit, as far as date wheel window is concerned (feet problem to be taken care of) on an ETA 2836 Submariner replica. I have a line on a dial but I don't want to pull the trigger unless the fit is possible. My rep is from paul and is very accurate.

Wow, you are the King of Bling!! Nice collection.

I wish someone would make a winder, even a cheap disposable one, that would handle bracelet watches. Everything seems to cater to watches on straps that can be snugged way down in size. A bracelet watch for a large wristed wearer will flop around in a winder.

Excellent!!!!!!!! Ralph with steam billowing from a valve cooking his plump physique that got stuck between two steam pipes... "I said turn it to the wall!!!!" "The wall?" "Yes the wall!!!!" "There's 4 walls!!!" "Turn it to the right!!!!!"

Yeah, I agree, in fact, when I was watching it with my wife before they disclosed the price, I said "that's a half million dollar piece at least". It's not as rare as say a 2.5 million dollar GP TGB tourbillon but the fact that it and the box, certificate, spare crystals and mainsprings were pristine, I would think the PP museum would pay a lot more that $250,000 as well.