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-Talladega Nights

God has a hard-on for Marines because we kill everything we see!

-Sgt Hartman.

simple. if it sells for more than a few hundred dollars, than it is wrong.

Why is it wrong?

What type of lasers are you using?

Why are those dingers so small?

Like I said before, either the watch is HUGE or someone needs a big gun & a big knife (might as well throw a Corvette in there too)!

Either that's one BIG watch, or you need to carry a large knife AND a large gun (if ya' know what I mean, wink-wink, nudge-nudge)!

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I'm going to start a new watch company called "Replica"

Would it be a genuine company or a replica of one?

Holy damn, is this a NICE watch!

DO NOT DELAY. BUY NOW!!!

It's been posted about before, but here's the deal:

Band is very heavy & solid & feels great out of the box. A little cleaning & a baby oil bath & it's butter. The only additional work was to radius some sharp edges on the clasp (2 minutes with a Dremel) and re-size (with a hammer, Vise Grip pliers and a paperclip - no B.S.).

The clasp & deployant work fine. The letters & logo are deeply engraved. "P" and "O" are larger than the rest of the letters in PLANET OCEAN.

The watch head is very nice. Well polished, 120 click bezel, rep-issue pearl, painted (thermographed?) orange numerals, blue tint on crystal (not really anti-reflective it seems). Caseback is nicely finished, again with the larger "P" and "O". Lume is Nicolas Cage (i.e. gone in 60 seconds).

Watch is delivered very securely wrapped & packed. 'Came with a velvet gift bag & a cleaning cloth.

'Wound the watch and it's lost only 5 seconds over a 24 hour period. Nice.

The flaws I have found with this rep: Are you kidding me? This watch was DELIVERED for 65 quid!!! I'd be a complete and total tool to even suggest that there is a flaw in a watch like this that cost little more than a Timex!

My pics suck, but a thread without pics sucks even more!

Hmmm

Not the most detailed answer here....

I wouldn't expect someone to rehash the problem. It's not in the style of the board.

Dealer is gone.

Done.

You can prob find them with some research, but if they've been booted, it was for a good reason.

Very nice! Makes me think of this:

Very cool. How do you achive such consistent "placement"?

Do you have some type of jig that you slide back and forth like on a CNC?

The beauty and worth of such time pieces is in the movement...

Sorry, but I'm not buying it any more (literally).

For example, some complications sell for $200K, but they are "made by hand and take several thousand man-hours to produce".

OK, so one watchmaker spends a full working year building one watch. How much dos he get paid for that year?

How much of the rest of the money goes to advertising & intermediate profits?

Gen mfgrs. hate the rep industry because it shows how ridiculously overpriced the gens are. Screw the logos and branding; buy a good homage that is made with a true ETA (or other) mvmt. and you've got a watch that is as good as (or in some cases better than) the gen.

Take a gen Rolex & swap the movement for a good-quality non-Rolex one. It'll look the same, tell time the same, and might even require LESS service.

It's all hype and brand posturing, IMHO.

"Declension" -- v.: What de bum be doin' on de seat on de plane when de pilot be flyin' too low de water, mon.

Is that DE-clension or BE-clension?

Maybe a database error. This also happened a few days ago to me with RWI, then Geek the next day.

I usually check all of boards when I'm on break but haven't been able to get on Geek yet.

Is anyone else having problems? I created a new account to test & got an e-mail, etc. but cannot log in.

Rob

3 rotates once every 12 hours. 9 rotates 1 click for every minute the chrono is running.

Does yours have he thin crown like the one in my previous post?

Yep, two days now.

First it was database errors, now it's telling me the site doesn't exist.

And this is the quartz model? Damn, I got the one with the fat crown, no accent in tachymetre, but it has the domed crystal.

'Looks like I may be getting in touch with Sarah for a special order. It seems no one on any board can help me with a crown/stem mod.

Dang...

Mine arrived today and I can confirm that the engraving is quite shallow, its crisp but no more than a few thou deep.

However, this watch represents excellent value. For what I paid, its really very good.

The end links are a bit rough underneath but who's gonna see it. The strap is not stiff at all and its well polished.

Again, its an absolute bargain with the $20 discount that Watcheden are offering at the moment.

Even if its only used to pratice decasing or removing hands its worth it.

Congrats to the OP for discovering this little gem

I just got the "same" watch from Sarah 2 weeks ago, but the crown on mine sticks out 2x as far as yours and mine is missing the accent over "TACHYMETRE". The 21j that I originally received in error looked EXACTLY like your pictures.

Hmmm...

I think your right TeeJay.If you actually break it down your probably paying 25% cost of the watch itself and 75% for the brand name.

Don't forget that most AD's mark up their pieces 100%. This puts it at 50%=markup, 37.5%=marketing, 12.5%= watch. So that $5,000 PO is really worth just over $600. Now THAT's more like it! Gen = double the (good)rep price.

(Ain't it nice to go to a dealer and see a price on a watch, then have them offer a discount before you even start seriously discussing the item?)

Pictures?

The key is finding a 4th gen. Is it a crap-shoot or does someone really have stock?

Congrats on ur new watch

one of the flaws u mentioned was: "PLANET OCEAN on the case back instead of PLANET OCEAN"??

i dont get it!!

I think he meant it says PLANET OCEAN instead of PLANET OCEAN.

Asking Reg to hold one for me (same as this one, but orange numerals)...

Where does one hunt down a 4th gen PO?

I've heard that none of the dealers have them unless it's stock that they don't know is 4th Gen and it gets mixed in with the others.

Am I correct in believing (from reading many posts), that the latest version is not quite as good as the 4th Gen?

Rob

THanks a lot

but where do I access the sub forum page?

Come on Stew, at least put a LITTLE effort into it. Explore the forums! Explore the site!

There's a ton of great stuff here!

Don't just jump on and ask someone to do all your work for you.