watchman12345

I am looking at the montblac timewalker and getting a nice brown leather strap for it. Seems to be a good rep. http://www.trwatch.c...products_id=426 Also considering a Tissot Visodate Automatic gen.

A dress watch is next on the list I think. I love the big pilot too but it will be a while.

3 and 6 o clock markers a bit crooked? TIny though and I'd take it. Looks to have a blue hue to AR too which is nice.

Been collecting on and off now for a while and recently suffered the addiction again. Here are a few pics of where I am at the moment. Enjoy. One of the first reps I got was the Navitimer. It's a good rep but the sunken date bothers me. With the range of super-reps we have now it does feel a step below them. No AR on the crystal either. I don't wear it any more but I will never get rid of it. Still works great after 5 years. Next is the 5th gen Planet Ocean 42mm with Asian DG4813. The very first rep I bought was a 4th gen PO. I lost it and had to replace it when I got interested again. This is the 28k high beat Asian movement. I firmly believe this is one of the best watches you can buy for the money today. $140 gets you a very smooth sweep, great AR, solid construction, sapphire crystal, and I've showered and swam with it no problems. This is a serious serious watch for the money. All I've done is add thicker springbars which help to keep the endlinks nicely tight to the case. The famous TTK noobmariner was one of the first cheap and good 21J subs. It cost about $90 new and is/was a serious bargain. Great case and the 21J is still ticking after a few years. This is for sale to make way for a gen Steinhart sub. The 3717, what a beauty. This is modded by Vac with superlumed and thinned markers and superlumed hands. The crystal is rep and the AR is very nice with a gen-like blue hue. Date-wheel lines up perfectly and it gains about 3s per day. Love this watch and it's currently on a nice cheap BOB strap. The Panerai 111 Noob v3 is probably one of the most famous watches on the forums, yet I feel it is quite easy to call out as a rep if you look at the movement. I had some work done by Marlin and now I am extremely happy with this watch. If I want to wear a low call out watch then this is what I reach for. You'd really need to know your Pams to confidently say this is rep. The latest addition is the Tag Carrera Racing. Lovely rep and close to gen. Debating whether I'll go about modding this. ETA date-wheel and movement screw swap and it will be pretty good. A nice dress watch is badly lacking so I am looking at the moment. Thanks for looking.

Carrera time

I have a TTK noobmariner that I never wear. Got it from the man himself when it was basically the first decent cheap sub. It works well and is in good condition. I don't know if I should sell it or just keep it in the box... One the one hand it is a kinda iconic rep, but on the other it's probably worth no more than $75 or so... Can't see myself wearing it again tbh so leaning towards putting it up...

As far as I know they do...

Is it superlumed?

To be honest I'd have no doubt that this is the latest Big Pilot available. The factories get all the parts in batches. This batch of crystals could have colourless AR. For a big pilot that's less accurate I think but it's just a bit of bad luck. Superlume can be a bit disappointing if you expect too much of it. Put it in some sunlight and then into a dark room and it should be quite bright, but the impressive brightness only lasts 10 mins or so.

Where you get that?

029m V2

There are so many amazing reps. Realistically only a select group of people in the whole world would be able to tell. Pam 111 V3 especially with long screw and incabloc mod, 029M V2 Ebel discovery chrono TC sub with gen insert Steelfish 3717 HBB V6 JLC Navy seals AP Diver V3 And many more........

Yep.

Where did you get it from?

All A7750 3717s come from the same place. No exceptions. The AR is great and the day date wheels were recently improved. It's a fantastic rep.

The AR out of the box is better than any modder I've seen can do for "Gen-ness". People can do amazing AR but you loose the blue tint which is on the gen. I think the rep AR is the way to go. Whoever is doing the relume should be able to sort any marker that's not straight but not all of them are crooked. It's the luck of the draw.

Marlin is a good guy to deal with, shoot him a PM if you want to talk about something...

Don't think that's stock lume on the 3717... Looks amazing.

It's not really a hard to push button, it's just if your not used to it it can feel strange the first time.

More 3717

On the BOB croc strap at the moment myself. Pretty happy with it for the price.

Looks great.

Nope. Asian movement looks better and runs fine. Waste of money.

There used to be a better 2220.80 available a few years ago. http://www.ttw168.co...roducts_id=1387 this one is just not what I'd want from a relatively expensive rep these days. Anyone that knows the watch would know it's a rep in a few seconds. The chrono is the one to go for.

All the dealers listed on the forum.