I think that you have baited this community Into a heated dicussion, If so, well done. Things have been kind of boring around here for a while, It happens, all communitys have there little lulls at times. I think It's great that you have brought up this topic. I am Impressed more with a rep for a very simple reason, value. I can purchase a $250-300 rep or I could spend $2000.00-10.000 for a gen. I am very happy with my Inexpensive rep. It looks the same and It usally runs the same, that has been my experence. It's dificult for me to be Impressed with a watch that cost several thousand dollars, It cost several thousand dollares for god sake, It's supposed to look good, for that kind of money I would hope so. Now we have a $200.00-300.00 rep that looks about as good In some cases It looks just as good, now thats Impressive. If you dont like reps dont buy them, simple stuff. Thanks for the bait Mike