Jump to content
When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

monkeypie

Member
  • Posts

    44
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by monkeypie

  1. Got a secs@12 a weeks ago and now its starting to show problems.

    Runs perfectly fine with massive power reserve when placed dial face down. But when facing up right, such as on the wrist, it last at most 20 minutes and requires a shake to start again. Is this a sign that it is about to fail? Is there a remedy?

    I don't like in the USA, so shipping it off to get it serviced is rather difficult.

  2. Milgauss. Hard to really find any observable flaws.

    The GMTII is good, but the cyclops and ICHS can be quite annoying if you are neurotic about those things. I usually think people who say they can spot reps from 10ft away are full of crap, but the cyclops can really give it away. Kinda sad since its virtually perfect save for such an incredibly glaring flaw.

  3. I got one of these from Hont on special request a few weeks ago, which is essentially the UN's out by Hont now but with a different dial and hands.

    Size, movement, bracelet, etc are the same as all these releases.

    A really good rep for its price really, was pleasantly surprised. Clasp is a bit wonky and feels kinda weak, and apparently there is supposed to be lume, but maybe they ran out. Other wise the details are actually very well done. Numerals are well embossed and raised. Power reserve works and is actually quite good, which goes down around 1/4 over night but will charge up to almost full through out the day. AR also great.

    Font color a bit light on my watch, but who is really going to notice? Having handled the real deal, its a really good approximation, and I'm really picky and will take 2-3 months just to decide whether or not to get a watch. Not really a super rep considering its a 100 USD watch compared to a 30,000 USD watch. I do wear it to work few times a week and it has great wrist presence.

    post-17639-125131193715_thumb.jpg

    post-17639-125131198764_thumb.jpg

  4. anyone?

    Reps: none worth looking for in HK. You are going to have to go to Guangzhou.

    Gens: You've hit the jackpot. There is literally a boutique store for every high end brand, from Richard Mille to FP Journe. I think there are like 3 Audemars Piguet specialty boutiques.

    Other stuff worth checking out: depends on what you like to do really. elaborate further?

  5. Yeah I'd hate to rain on your parade too op, but the other posters are right.

    The other day I saw a young 20 something in t-shirt, shorts and sneakers sporting an Audemars Piguet Shaq O'Neil. I see plenty of young folks with their gen-Daytonas like it was the greatest thing ever.

  6. I asked Josh about that and noticed that if you look hard enough in his pictures it looks like there might be something there. He guaranteed me that it is engraved (correctly). I still didn't buy it. Although I looooove the look of this watch, there are only 100 of each of the authentic pro hunters out there (100 daytonas, 100 GMTs, 100 Deep Seas), and they are pretty much reserved for royalty and extremely influential citizens of the world (i.i not you and not I). As much as I love this watch it would be extremely obvious how fake it is from miles away- not because it's a bad rep- only because you and I will never own a real one.

    I disagree. You might have confused it with Patek Philippe there.

    Going to their homepage and looking at their feedback and owner's page, a large majority of the owners appear to be just rich people with load of cash to spare and/or WIS. Sure they list a few celebrities and famous people, but that is just a minor number.

    As they say, PH is AMG to Mercedes, but not Rolls Royce in itself.

  7. Did search but nothing directly came up.

    How reliable are the secs @6 watches using the unitas movements?

    For example, http://www.jpc8118.com/000000iwpv10001-por...498-p-5854.html

    http://www.watcheden.com/iwc-portugieser-f...-26216-p-1.html

    Been avoiding the Portuguese for the secs@6 with the supposedly "29j" movement due to its unreliability. I read the review on the FA Jones that mentioned the two movements. It doesn't really specifically address any potential problems with the movement though as per the daytona/Portuguese.

    Is the Unitas movement the way to go?

  8. -That's correct.

    wile .......if it will be SS ,

    trimming CG do not solve the wrong crown position.

    And this happen oalways on all SUB REP on the market.

    All are OFF!

    -About -rehaut I do not understend the question, and were the problem is, SORRY!

    Many of the reviews and topics here deal with the issue of a wok-rehaut that plague certain versions of the Submariners and SD's.

    If you look at your watch head on, compare the two and you will note that one of them has a slightly smaller watch dial because the metal surrounding it is more conical and wider than the other. That is, from the inner circumference of the bezel to the actual watch dial.

  9. Interestingly enough, there is an AD right next to my office building that sells various brands, including JL, IWC, Cartier, and so forth. I've always wanted to go in, but it is always empty. The nearby watch stores seem to be empty too. Still plenty of window-gazers from Mainland China though.

    Quite a shame. There is an Audemars Piguet and Hublot AD nearby as well that recently opened as well, but they are always empty whenever I go past as well.

×
×
  • Create New...
Please Sign In or Sign Up