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UPDATE: The dealer and I have been in contact. He has agreed to swap the SFSO and thoroughly check the other 3 I will be ordering before shipment. I'll keep everybody posted on the process. I am quite optimistic after spending some time exchanging emails today.

My absolute primary concern is that the transaction is fair. I want the dealer to make money and I want to be happy with my purchase. Of course, "fair" is subjective and that is why I've posted this thread. In that regard, I want to disclose that the dealer has contacted me. In "fairness" to him, it looks as though he has replied to me but my email server rejected his messages as "spam." However, in his response to my ORIGINAL email, he makes no mention of resolving the issue. His final email to me was less than professional but he did offer to refund me [in non faith-inspiring language], so we are getting somewhere. This is not my ideal solution, I would much rather have him swap out the watch for a good one and sell me the 3 other watches, I'm waiting on his response to that. At this point, I think I may have killed my chances of buying replica watches because the dealers may perceive me as a problem customer. This is very upsetting to me as I believe this not to be the case. I completely agree with you fakemaster; however, this argument does not quite align with my intentions for buying replica watches. I am not necessarily trying to fool anybody who might be staring at my wrist from a couple feet away. As a matter of fact, I probably won't ever be wearing the watches at all. I recently took up this interest when a friend of mine showed me his replica Breitling... I was shocked and could never have been able to spot it. I started researching them and have become intrigued with the idea of collecting replicas. I ordered a watch box with 20 slots and had the word "replica" frosted in the glass and engraved in the wood just to display what will become my "fake" collection. I want to collect the best "fakes" and display them proudly as replicas - kind of as a watch anti-collector - good fun IMO since I have friends who collect watches and I'm eager to show them my future anti-collection.

I figured they were drop shipped based on the packaging it arrived in. That's why I'm asking if anybody knows of a dealer that checks the quality before shipping them (i.e. gets the watch delivered to them, verifys quality, ships to customer). I don't mind paying extra for this service. Anyhow, VERY good to know your opinion; I do wish you would elaborate a bit if you don't mind . I really do believe this. I suppose I have good eyesight [had wavefront lasik done ] because I can see the "B" engraving is WAY off kilter by looking down at my wrist. I mean, I can't make out the lettering, but I can see that it looks like a blob where as my gen looks clean. When I put it closer to my eye (still on my wrist), I can CLEARLY see the "B" engraving on my gen and the rep looks like a blurry mess. To me, it is a dead giveaway. To others, maybe not. This is just my opinion based on my experience, or lack of, with Breitlings.

Wow, thanks for all the good advice guys! I don't want to "expose" the vendor as of yet as I want to give him a chance to resolve the issue, but rest assured that if this isn't taken care of, I will certainly share his info with the community. I have no predisposition toward protecting him, I just don't want to jump the gun. I considered the charge back right away, but wanted to get feedback on this forum to see what passes in the world of replica watches... that is, I didn't want to screw the dealer if I what I got was considered acceptable by this community. Here is the current event chain: 0. researched vendors through this site and picked one that seems to be very popular 1. ordered and received watch very quickly 2. emailed vendor about the problem and that I wanted to buy another watch 3. got response that he couldn't exchange it 4. emailed vendor that I wanted to order 3 more watches (which i absolutely do), and I would order from him if he'd correct the problem with the first and QA the other three before sending 5. have not received a response - it's been 5 days 6. emailed vendor a link to this thread so that he can see pictures and read responses 7. waiting for response - this was yesterday that I sent the email and I plan to wait until Tuesday of next week I'll keep you all posted Okay, so on to my second question from the original post... does anybody here know of a good vendor that will verify the quality of the 3 watches I'd like to order before shipping them to me? Thanks again!

Hello everybody, Great forum you've got here! I recently purchased a SFSO (2836-2 eta) from one of the highly rated vendors here. I paid about $360 USD before shipping to the USA. I was expecting a watch with similar quality of those shown in many of the threads showcasing the SFSO replicas here. What I got wasn't too far off, but there were some nagging quality problems (for which the vendor does not want to help, and I don't know if I blame him). The absolute biggest problem to me is the "B" engraving. It is horrible and a dead replica give away. I asked the vendor if this could be resolved and "no" was his answer. Okay, not a big deal right? I mean, I AM buying a replica and quality control issues should be the norm. What should I reasonably expect? There were other issues with the dial not lining up, the "outstanding lume" being scratched under the pearl, and scratch marks on the dial itself, but those don't really bother me... I could easily live with them as I absolutely know that my replica WILL NOT be perfect. But the "B" engraving being completely out of whack, that isn't reasonable to me... it is a white elephant in the world of Breitlings. Am I just being too picky? Pictures of "B" engraving: My current dilemma... I want to purchase 3 more "ultimate" Breitling replicas (BCE, BSA, Bently 6.75) at the same time but I don't believe I can use the same vendor. I actually wrote him an email asking him if he would replace my SFSO dial when I make the new order - he gave me no response (again, I don't know if my request was unreasonable in the world of replicas). Are there any members here can recommend a vendor that does some type of QA on the watch before sending it out to the buyer? Please help, I want to buy these watches soon. Oh, and thank you so much in advance!!

I just wanted to post and say Hi! I'm here to buy a few high quality replicas and this seems like the right place. More specifically, I'm currently interested in Breitlings (definitely want to purchase the steelfish superocean right now), so if anybody knows a good vendor in the US, please let me know. Thanks!