cosmosblau

The two big issues with the rep are that the hands are too small and there are large gaps where the case meets the first link of the bracelet.

Well it seems that many guys have the same problem with Arktos, ask your dealer is the best way

I lost an "N" too!

Of course! I'm always showing mine off to a room full of paneristi's in the dark.

That's a helpful comment.

What about the Lume. Any difference? To me, this is the dead giveaway this is a rep.

Mmmmm-- Watch porn!

What festival?

All men!

But notice it's a Sausage festival!

It's gotta be a lot easier handing over a rep than a gen patek!!!

Enjoy your new addiction!

39 on monday.

.....

And, naturally, please thank me for not chastising you for not doing the leg work yourself with the search function, as has become the traditional treatment of newbies on this forum.

Beany

Thank you.

And shame on the oldtimer snobs who discourage folks from being helpful.

Does yours have trouble with the Divers extension not staying latched? Does anyone have a fix for this?

You can always just get one of these:

http://www.steinhartwatches.com/store/airc....html?link_id=9

I've always owned gens, so everyone around me thinks all my reps are gen. They'll never question me, but if I ever get caught slippin' wearing a rep... then they'll probably think all my gens are reps.

I have 20+ Gen watches, and I admitted to a friend that the Arktos I was wearing was fake. He now questions the authenticity of everything I own.

"Is that a real BMW in your driveway???" he asked....

My 1966 Gibson ES-125.

Hands down.

Jackson 5- Miami, FL

Here it is, the dilemma. What is everybody else going to have Spirits I hope.

Welcome!

Looks nice, but not too convincing as a portugese. They could have at least left off the word "Rattrapante", or included a dummy rattrapante hand!

I am just wondering where the gasket is on the crown? is it inside the crown or is it at the base by the watch? When i unscrew mine i dont see a rubber gasket like the rolex's but i think i see something inside the crown. I did the hot water test and no bubbles but im goin on vacation and would like to swim with the watch. Any feedback would be appreciated.

-mike

Pardon my ignorance, but what is the"Hot Water Test"?

That thing is incredible!

Welcome!

ouch!

Just wanted to add a bit of information to the mix here.

Some dealers here are referring to "mineral glass" as "synthetic sapphire" and "synthetic sapphire (gen sapphire)" as just "sapphire".

This is criminal.

So basically, the dealers lie?

That is bait and switch- all sapphire crystals are synthetic. Mineral glass is natural!

I got syntetic shapire in my old rep and within a year of time I scratched it only in few places and the scraches are barely seeable.

But you sure can scratch real shaphire with few things, repmember that in hardness scale shaphire is 9 out of 10 that goes for shaphire. Theres plenty sharp tools that goes above or equal to 9.

All Sapphire watch crystals are synthetic.

Natural Sapphire is not used to make watch crystals. In fact, I don't think it is ever clear.