I agree with some of your suggestions/Ideas but not all of them. The reason Is that we are not all In the same boat. What I mean by that for example Is, some of us would rather purchase new watches, never know how the watch you are buying was treated, not really. If there Is something wrong with that watch, chanches are you will not get a new one In return. Some people rather not soak a lot of money Into a rep. If they going to spend a $1000 or so they might want to consider a nice gen, say a Hamilton for example. Most $300.00 reps that are serviced are going to be about as good as a rep can be. Maybe not as accurate but certainly as dependable. I agree that sometimes we need to Install gen parts on are reps, especially crowns/tubes etc. I do agree that purchasing the best out of the box rep Is probably a good Idea, thats what I try to do. I would rather have one really nice rep than say 3-4 cheep ones. Im not saying cheep reps cant be good (Hi TeeJay ) all Im saying Is that I perfer the better movements and better reps and better movements usally go hand and hand. I guess the bottom line for me Is, one should buy what makes them happy. RWG Is a deverse community, not everyone likes or wants the same thing. The "passion" for this Horological genere Is are common ground, as It should be. Thanks for your thread. Mike