Hi All! This is a great site you have here. Very informative. This is my first post here and, actually my first use of any online forum anywhere. So hoping this uploads to the correct place. The extent of my experience with reps is a single Rolex OP DateJust I had purchased in Hong Kong about 12 years ago. Besides having to auto wind it every morining, it performed flawlessly for 12 years. Not bad for a $30 investment. Then this summer I took it swimming and that was the end of it. I'm now looking to replace it and I see that reps have come a very long way in the last decade, or so. I almost made an $800 purchase from GlobalReplicas.com when I stumbled upon RWG just in time, thankfully! For the past two weeks I've been reading the guides and numerous posts in hopes of finding what I'm looking for, but I still have several questions that I've only found partial answers to.
I'm looking for a Rolex Daytona, like the one in the attached picture, but I've read here that there's a kind of defect with the movement. Something with the "second at 6" and/or 9 that can cause damage to the watch.
So first:
Is there a kind of Swiss movement for this watch that does not have this issue?
Second: Woud it be available in 18K gold, including the band? In most of the pics Ive seen here, they're stainless steel or two-tone with 14K gold.
Third: I'd like the absolute closest to the gen in appearance, weight etc..
Also, what is modding? Taking a base watch that may not be so close to gen, and modding it until it's as close to gen as possible? Or is it just customizing it to ones liking, eventhough it may include features or engravngs that are not found on the gens?
Any information you can provide me on where I can find this watch, or a dealer that can make it custom, would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks! Tim