Have to agree, some reps are based on case constructions that are inherently designed to be waterproof, I don't get it, if the rep factories go to the trouble of machining gasket seats and then not actually putting gaskets in during the assembly phase, then that's just silly. And let's not kid ourselves, these reps are not cheap, they're just cheaper than their gen counterparts. That's the essential difference in Psychology between the Swiss-European standard of construction and the Chinese. it doesn't take much more to throw on a gasket, if everything else is already there, but those final details undo all the good work done previously. And if a 15 quid watch can do a better job of being waterproof without copying a proprietary, tested design, then what's the rep factories excuse?
Rant over...