Chronus

People who know me won't say anything because I have a few (not many) genuine watches. A couple of them have gone with me to the AD to get it serviced so they know it's the real deal and don't ask me about any others. They know I am crazy when it comes to watches!

Either way, most won't know what a Panerai is... some don't even know Breitling. And one guy even said a genuine Omega was fake and he wouldnt pay more than $50 for it... but then this is a guy who doesn't wear watches, what does he know, he thinks every watch is fake!

In my experience, most people have heard of R*l*x and Omega, anything more than that is a surprise.

It takes seconds to lose a good reputation.

It takes years to build a good reputation.

The GMT functionality would still be wrong I imagine. It should have an adjustable hour hand and not GMT hand.

That's what's put me off every true GMT (Omega, R*l*x etc) watches.

The PAM GMT has an adjustable GMT hand just like the genuine, which is partly why I got it, although not much use when travelling.

I was looking for r*l*x reps and was searching on the net. replicacenter kept popping up on google searches but so did RWG1 and for whatever reason i trusted RWG1 more than the others. I read replicacenter and looked around their affiliated sites and was almost sold. At that point I would have bought just one rep and gotten out of getting reps. Especially at those prices.

I looked around eBay and bought a few of their r*l*x reps, which were slightly more expensive than they should have been if I'd been registered on here at the time.

Eventually, on a slow christmas day, I registered on here, read all day and order a yachtmaster from Precious Time which arrived the day after! That was my first "proper" rep.

Since then it's gone downhill... 1 more r*l*x, a Breitling, IWC GST, Franck Muller and lots of PAMs.... I don't do things by halves

Will anyone be bringing watches? And how many?

It would be great to see what people have and any prospective purchases

I'm thinking maybe I'll wear the RXW Plasmir Milgraph... that's probably one that most won't have seen in person.

I have an idea... I'll finish normal time as i play football on monday, then do 13-14 hours on tuesday to thursday.. then friday maybe i can get out at 6 or 7. That should get me somewhere between 56-60 hours for the week

With the following week's bank holiday, that'll kill my money.

Only problem I see is England play on Wednesday I think

man i wanted to pull the trigger on the new 7750b from josh. but i guess not...

so even if i am able to source a swiss 7750, it would still have to be modded and still would be unreliable, correct?

Correct. And would be more expensive too.

At least the crown is noticeable to someone without the use of a reference piece and the Hubble Telescope.

Sorry I meant Friday 2nd of June...

If I get out of work early I'll try to make it.

But I gotta do these long hours to fund my watch habit!

nope, but i've seen domino w/ mickey rourke and keira knightley, was an awesome movie too

Go see V For Vendetta.

How was Da Vinci Code? I may go see it sometime.

Probably MI3 tomorrow, a friend really really wants to see it.

But then he thinks his accurist is better than all of my watches, genuines or replicas!

Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

Resuscitation of an older thread.

Kruzer, what did you decide on?

My 036 will be on it's way from silix sometime soon.

I'm also thinking of getting a 176H sometime in the future.

Less itchiness during the summer with a titanium watch. I hope it has a display back though.

i think most of your replies are going to be "upgrade to the swiss".

I suspect my SMP GMT is doing this as well, basically what happens is the rotor stops working too if it's an auto, so you open up the caseback and spin it to get the rotor working again, every time you set the time. For me, the asian movement is a learning experience in the different aspects of reps so I know exactly what to get next time.

If it IS the threads causing the problem, this is independent of movement and to do with the radiomir crown. Getting a Swiss ETA movement will not get you a better crown.

I know I'm picky, but I'm not THAT picky.

I think the problem is completely different, and the threads of the screw down crown are shot. This is a reported problem of the PAM183 and has happened to many people. You need to baby it or the threads go and it won't screw in any more.

Davidsen is rumoured to have a possible fix for this, so you may want to do a search for this problem.

This is also the reason I've stuck with Luminors and ignored the Radiomirs so far.

Lovely, I got mine from silix

Please be aware there are very few flaws on this, and most people won't notice. The bezel screws are rumoured to fall off but I loctited mine so I have not experienced this.

The case back says 300m instead of 3000m, but who's going to see?

Great watch!

As with many reps, bezel is a little loose, and the lume is not great.

3rd of June is a Saturday. Saturday or Sunday is ok with me cos I'm not working. Just football from 12-2pm on saturday.

Friday, I'll probably be in the office from 9am anywhere up to 11pm

A lot of heat between RWG and RWI lately, I just hope all these forums get along well.

I mean what's the point for competition? We are all members of three forums anyway.

I have only joined TRC during the old RWG1 going down days. I rarely check the boards there, this is the main one. I couldnt be bothered to join the other ones.

If you like very very limited editions....

Wow, I got my VC today and hadn't unwrapped it til I read your post. I got mine from Joshua - all my screws unscrewed easily. I did thm all just to check for those who are worried.

It's sure a pretty thing and it is correct to the second with the atomic clock (but only set it about ten hours ago). Maybe Joshua sent me a real one by mistake?

LOL

Hope you get things straightened out.

Bill

Does your white dial look correct? I think it should be a silvery white colour rather than a matte white.

Where to get a rep rubber strap for the 187 ?

We should have a contest to take pictures with our cash and FAKE watches. LOL.

I guess with the fake watches, the cash must be fake too

At least that's what those hardcore crazy fundamentalist paneristi would think of you, lowest of the low.

Polished centre link on an oyster type bracelet is on the platinum rolesium yacht master and the stainless steel daytona. i think it's stainless steel and not white gold.

the two tone ones would come with gold in the mid-link.

They'll notice if you wear your watch over your sleave

Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

Great news for all the Australians

Good luck Mboy

If it's a genuine, and you are wearing a wetsuit, then fine.

Otherwise, no go...

Yeap.. that's what RWC means... but why this is not considered a replica and the one from Silix is?

Because they are snobs!

If you ever do a London meet let me know