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Looks like a brand new rep, but I can appreciate the work that went into it.

It is not a 1-to-1 analog, but if the movement fits.............

3 hours ago, Girln2watches said:

It's DateJust...my phone decides randomly to correct what doesn't need correcting.

Perhaps, it is time for a new phone.

10 minutes ago, Girln2watches said:

I dipped my toe into the rep watch world a couple years ago but only paid $160 for each of my reps from a local guy who has a hidden shop within his store. I have the date adjust, the presidential and a chanel j12. The presidential was for my DH but it's cheesy so he gave it to our daughter.  Oddly they've never stopped working and haven't fallen apart at all, but I rotate my watches almost daily. I just wish the finer details were correct.

The watch is called a DateJust (see dial). If yours says Date Adjust, then it is horribly broken.

You (the woman) are in the best position to answer your question. That is, you know best what you prefer.

Some things to consider -

If you tend to dress conservatively, you may find that a plain, vintage ladies watch works best.
if you like to be fashionable, you may find that a larger, men's watch is more to your liking.

When it comes to 'jewels' on rep watches, my advice is to steer clear. They never look real, regardless of the seller's hyperbole. Similarly, unless you absolutely must have gold, it is best to stick with stainless steel models. The reason is that the more features on a rep, the more likely they are to betray the watch as a rep. More & more people today are educating themselves to the telltale signs of reps. So, while a plain ladies Oyster Perpetual, Date or Datejust model may not broadcast the fact that you have are wearing a 'Rolex', it also tends to be very difficult to ID as a rep since the rep makers have pretty much gotten the basics down to a consistent science.

Finally, to my eye, old money does not need to shout, so they tend to opt for more understated jewelry, while the nouveau riche, having grown up without money, tend to feel the need to broadcast their wealth with flashy jewelry.

Unfortunately, this is all too common with rep watches. It is 1 of the things cited when people suggest that Rolex watches are overpriced for 'no reason'.
The problem is a lack of QC & poor/ill-fitting parts, which is never a good combination. The good news is that most watchmakers should have better quality pins that may stay better than the originals did. Even better, in most cases, you can chuck the rep bracelet altogether & replace it with a genuine Rolex or Swiss-made aftermarket bracelet (the watchmaker should be able to source this for you). Not only will the parts stay in place, but the overall improved level of fit & finish of the Swiss-made bracelet will be obvious.

Either way, it was a nice gift & a watchmaker should be able to sort it out.

20 hours ago, By-Tor said:

Merry Christmas to all old friends. I'm back but my watches are still the same old. This is the ancient WM9 with a gift gen insert from my pal bklm. Like me, the 16610 never gets old. 

Return of the prodigal son

2 hours ago, automatico said:

Imho they made the change from 'tool watches' to 'cuff shooters' when they went to big dot markers and fatty lugs.  Do not care much for their modern 'H. R. Giger' clasp either.  Too many parts.

Like Obama, Rolex shortsightedly pivoted to Asia when it should stayed the course and the results were disastrous in both cases.

Rolex is not really in the 'tool' watch biz anymore. While blue text/markers may not be as legible, especially when viewed at or near rated depths, they market test better than white, which is often seen as 'boring' & 'old-fashioned'. At least, those were some of the terms that came up most frequently in the last focus group I attended (2 years ago).

Wearing my beater today

I am not the best with non-Rose dialed Tudors, so take my comments with a grain of salt. The dial does not look right to me. Perhaps, it is new or it has been relumed, but my gut says it is not a 30+ year old dial from Switzerland.

Wearing my TOG today

Running on batteries today

17 minutes ago, altesporsche said:

Freddy you make me want to spend a lot of money on a Datona lol . Beauties !! 

Thank you & to tell you the truth, I probably spent too much on them (I could have bought a gen non-Newman 6239 for what I spent).
But, on the other hand, they turned out far better than I ever imagined frankens could (they have fooled more than 1 serious Rolex collector). So, looking at the pic of the 3 of them, I would probably do it all over again if I had to.

Rarely, would I make such a hyperbolic claim regarding an aftermarket part, but Phong's plastic (it is NOT Bakelite) 62xx series 1 62xx bezel is, hands-down, the best. Nearly exact fonts, proper spacing & even has flat-top 4s & swan-neck 2s........more or less, depending on the batch you get (consistency has never been the norm in aftermarket parts, even in the case of the high-priced sellers).

Be aware that I had to remove a small bit of metal (Dremel & sandpaper) from the inner circumference of the bezel to get it to fit over my gen xtal.

By the way, the NY ebay seller's bezels are good, but not in the same class as Phong's series 1 bezel (Phong's bezel replaced that NY ebay seller's bezel on my 6241 Newman). That said, the NY ebay seller's are about 1/3 the cost of Phong's, so they may be a better option for a rep or non-V72-powered franken watch.

Great photography today gents!

I am wearing what has become my current beater most days, my white Newman

Yes, I thought so (it looked too new), but I had to ask. Still a beauty though.

4 hours ago, tframo said:

Here are some of mine.  

Is that by any chance a Polytech Legend (Chinese)?

2 hours ago, sacsah1 said:

I know but once u use them and how ergonomic they are, it's hard not to justify the expense.

That was my thinking as well...............until I tried a friend's & found that I am not a bullpup kind of guy.
In fact, he has 3 different bullpups (which he rarely shoots) & I thought they all seemed kind of cantankerous. Quickly wrote them off my wanted list. But they are very popular, so................

Ah, Beretta...............

My fav sidearm

& sticking with the classic 9mm theme................

Now, we are getting somewhere. Nice to see so many Americans exercising their 2nd Amendment rights with such nice wares.