thomasng

Picked up the watch today and indeed it was 100% gen. It was an amazing deal for $10K USD. If anyone wants I'll post some pics here!

Thanks everyone for the opinions. I'm going to check it out this Wednesday.

Since I've been rather out of update with how the Diver reps have been evolving, I am actually turning to this board for help on authenticating a Diver: It'll be a local cash deal, so I get to inspect it in person. The first tell to me would be winding the movement - the AP 3120 is different than any other rep movement. But otherwise I don't want to waste my time. What does everyone around here think?

I just received a new 4.1 from Puretime, and I noticed today that one side of the crystal seems to sit higher than the other (about 0.5mm) whereas the other side is flush with the bezel. Anyone who has taken the Diver apart - is this something I could rectify by myself? I'd prefer not having to send this back to PT.

It has proved to be extremely frustrating trying to get a replacement bezel gasket. After 10 e-mails, whoever is handling PT's customer service can't understand the problem despite me sending multiple pictures of the jagged rubber bezel edge.

On a somewhat related note... Could someone let me know the Zigmeister's contact details? I used to have it, but It has been so long since I've been in the rep world.

Watch just arrived. Looks amazing in person. However the bezel gasket on mine is pretty poorly finished, a few of the edges are rough and I think I'll ask for a replacement. The watch is gaining 5 seconds per hour, so it's definitely in need of a service too.

Thought so. It's been quite a few years since I ordered my last rep, before this age of getting QC pics. I remember the old days where we would just send our payment, cross our fingers and hope for the best.

The 11 o'clock marker is definitely off, such a shame considering how good the rest of it looks. I'm still thinking of accepting since I probably won't notice in real life with my bad eyes anyways.

It's slightly thinner, but it wears really well. The new buckle is more comfortable than the deployant for small wristed people like me. Had a look at one of these last week.

That case is pretty worn out, but I think it's pretty sexy in its own right as it's not like 99% of Carbon TAs which are safe queens. Brand new it looks a lot better, when the case gets worn out it starts looking stringy at the edges because of the nature of the forged carbon material. Too bad the cases can't be refinished and they have to completely replaced which costs thousands.

Well, I always followed the philosophy that buying gens were the better deal- I could score a great deal, wear it for a while and resell it for no loss. But I think I ignored the fact that the watch could either be damaged or stolen,- some scumbag on the Boston Metro basically ripped my watch off my wrist right when the doors were closing. Now, I know Switzerland is safer but that's put me off gen watches for the time being.