I can answer your questions right now. "This rep will not be a Gen with a price tag of $299" so I suppose your worst fears are realized. I am sorry for your loss.
No replica watch is super reliable until you have it serviced. There is no quality control at the watch factory. Your friend can have an identical watch that lasts for 30 years, but yours breaks in 30 days. Do you understand the problem?
If you wish to buy a beautiful replica and keep it a long time, you must also invest in a high-quality cleaning and servicing of the movement inside.
The joke is that the man is stuttering the name of the game .. "Polo". And in doing this, he is accidentally saying a derogatory/racist word. I think it is more funny to Hawaiian people.
Ok, in case you are not aware, there is no way in Heaven or Hell you are going to get a real Tourbillon watch for that money. It is a fake tourby movement with a normal watch movement showing through a hole in the dial. This is called an "Open Heart" movement .. when you can see it from the front, through the dial.
All DSSDs get that stripe on their titanium case back. It is from rubbing on the clasp when you are not wearing it.
The mark will get more pronounced over time.
Tell us your price range, and we can suggest current "best" models to fit your budget. Also .. Vintage classic styles or modern styles?
Welcome to the forums.
One last thing .. please reduce the size of your uploaded photos in the future to 1024 wide at most. It improves the load times for everyone.
He has a famous "gen-like" datewheel.
The only mods people generally make to the DSSD is to seal the He Valve from the inside with epoxy, re-lume the hands, pearl and dial, datewheel overlay from BK .. and a full service.
Very few people have had Chieftang's famous mil-grade AR coating applied .. it removes the charming bubble dome effect.