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When my mother passed away a few years ago we had to go through her jewelry collection. We basically ended up with two piles: 1.) The good stuff / real pearls, diamonds, etc. Heirlooms and things my wife and sister kept. and 2.) The "costume" jewelery pile, or non-valuable stuff / art-jewelry. I fear a replica watch will fall into the costume pile, and your gens will go on as family heirlooms. When you kids are old enough, make sure they know what is rep and what is gen. It could save embarrassment if they needed to sell any of it.

The (T) looks horrible...

I have been saying this for some time. It just BEGS for 'fart' or 'full of hot air' jokes around the office IMHO. As far as size goes, it all depends on the person. I don't think anyone with wrists smaller than 8" should wear a DSSD, and likewise someone with 8" wrists should not wear a 36mm DJ. On my 7" wrist the ExpII is perfect. The deal breakers for me on the modern lineup: 1. Top heavy designs like the DSSD. 2. The Green GMT Hand on the GMT IIC 3. Maxi Mercedes Hands, and Maxi Dial's in general. 4. Fat Lugs, bulky square CG's. (Rolex could have made a killing with a NO Crownguard Sub Heritage) I will reserve further (new) EXPII criticism until I see one, but looking at the pictures the components (Dial, hands, bezel/fonts) it just donsen't seem balanced. As I have stated before-- It reminds me of a Seiko and not a Rolex. The ROLEXROLEX rehaut engraving really doesn't bother me too much. It is less noticeable on white/light dialed versions. Actually, having it lends some credibility when viewed by a person who is not educated in the Rep-vs-Gen Identification game. Final note, my AD has been trying to "sell" the notion that the maxi-everything, and size gains is a result Rolex's "Aging" customers with bad eyesight. By that logic the new Rolex designs are the equivalent of "Big Button Telephones for Grandma"

P, nice A.L&S...

No question about comfort. My Exp II is the most comfortable watch I own. Good observation on Hollow actually being used as a strategy to actually lighten it up in a time of smaller watches. This is especially true when you get into the Gold models as gold adds more weight.

I agree, I think it will be good soon to. Yes, this has serious traction. Perhaps a banned scammer, or someone who fell victim to a scam.

Too True! Hell, a fully loaded Apple Mac Book Pro costs as much as a used Rolex 14060 and other models can be had for LESS than a new MacBook. From a lifestyle perspective, walking around with an iPhone, Ipad, and MacBook Pro (since you still need a "real" computer) costs more than your average SS Rolex. Finally, to the OP bracelet question-- Rolex Bracelets up until recent years are nothing great. They stretch, endlinks are less than perfect, and most people will think your GEN is a REP because of their light crappy bracelets. They may look cool and are comfortable, but at the end of the day (older) GEN Rolex bracelets are LOW QUALITY when compared to brands as cheap as Seiko. To this day, I am baffled by the prices used POS Rolex bracelets still get on eBay.

I still say these models look more like they came from a Seiko design studio than a Rolex studio. Not for me...

I find it hard to believe a random pimple faced hacker would be behind these attacks 'just for fun'. "Replica" oriented sites by nature operate in the spirit of hacking. Building Frankens, and 'beating the man' by acquiring replicas at 1/10th the cost is right up the average hackers ally. IMHO, these attacks seem to coincide with Basel. It would not surprise me if someone is either operating rogue to impress the big boys at Basel, or there is some backroom 'see if we can stop them' motive. There are any number of high-rollers at Basel that could fund this attack with their Russian buddies in a matter of minutes.

I would be curious if Imageshack or Imgur does the same thing. Test? There is a checkbox on imageshack to auto resize / compress. I wonder if the same is true on PB. If you wish to test further with one of your images here are the hosting sites. imageshack,us (if you upload 2 or more at a time you won't get nagged to register for direct link) imgur.com

A good "Objective" review is always helpful, I agree. However, negative reviews will usually be more prevalent than simple satisfied customers. The whole squeaky wheel syndrome. If you take ONE possible mis-understanding / issue as a deal breaker, so be it. Pick YOUR favorite product / watch brand, and I guarantee you there are plenty of dissatisfied customers. When was the last time you called "Customer Service" to say "how happy you were"? Short of flat out being scammed, by a scammer, my arm-chair observation of "Negative" reviews within these forums and the watch world usually stem from; 1.) Language Barriers (I think there was some of that in this Doxa issue, and I have run into this dealing with our Asian friends) 2.) Impatience 3.) Unrealistic expectations of the product. (Rep or Gen. Hell I have seen people on Gen forums complaining about their NON-COSC watches running +12 a day) Singling out a single GEN manufacturer here on a REP forum, in what might be an isolated incident is my concern. Should I post MY HORROR STORIES here about Movado Group or Tag Heuer? Just sayin'

I have ALL versions. They will rotate in after my infatuation with the Sucker Punch movie girl wears off.

Good news. I had based my above comment on PAST sales, as he has sold some Gen Omega's and other random watches and such.

I have one of these ordered as well. (I will be lucky to see it by Christmas). I agree with M3d. There is a lot of hype, but Bill is a QC freak. This watch with its ETA engine, will probably be better than most big name mfg's using ETA. (Bill will have these tuned to the point of COSC, just minus the official cert and $1000 COSC premium) This watch is in Kobold territory at 25% of the price. Finally, THIS is the watch Rolex should be announcing at Basel as part of a "Heritage" line-up. Since a GEN or plausible 6538 is out of the question for me as a daily wearer, this watch fills the need/gap with some serious street cred Since Rolex won't make it, someone else has to.

Somewhere in there I think you actually answered you own questions. It is my understanding, dial diameter on the "late model" BK Noob Exp M-Serial's is the issue. As you said, if you are planning in removing the "M-Serial" rehaut engraving, you might be able to enlist the talents of a machinist. Personally, on the "Black Dial" version that you have, I see no reason to swap the dial with gen--- unless converting to a "white". Especially given the handstack. Other than the handstack tell, swap the crown, and remove the M-engraving (if it bothers you) and call it a day. Just my .02 as the previous owner of the watch in question thrice removed.

Now that redesign makes sense. See my above comments ^^^. Rolex seems to be very lazy with their modern tool watch designs. All they did was blow up the dimensions, and basically use the same parts across the line-up. Maxi-Dots, Maxi-Hands. (granted, this has been their MO for a long time). Changing up the hands and markers to something new and different, and even varied across the lineup would make for a more interesting product.

Most fashion trends would actually argue the other way right now with a return to understated. However, I do agree 42 is nice for people with larger wrist sizes. (I still a Seiko in the EXPII however.. .) The designers at Tudor are doing an excellent job however.

Just go silent. Report him to eBay. It is nice to know "the Military" is enforcing eBay transactions these days... I hear there is now a No-Fly Zone over your house.

Put down the sword-- (as much as I like them). This may be an honest mistake by the seller. Looking at past sales this looks like a Pawn Shop or other such business. Their past sales seem to be on the up and up. Since I don't know 5hit about AP, may I suggest contacting the seller via the eBay message system and pointing out the tells / issues. They may have recourse against whomever they acquired it from.

Very true. They are very liberal in providing replacement parts. Right now, my two favorite watch manufactures for end-to-end quality and support is DOXA and Ball.

No offense, but I really hate these posts. Let me counter the above snafu as-- I have had nothing but a GREAT experience with Doxa / Doxausa / Andy. I have done TWO transactions with Doxa, all with great success and TOTAL satisfaction. (Including FedEx from Switzerland, to me, with duty/customs - non-issue) Lets not let one bad apple spoil the bunch. If you really want, I can go on about a horrible experience I had with Tag and a Movado and their customer service, but I WON'T....

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