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Under the circumstances, I think you did the right thing. People who put the effort into perusing ebay in search of an expensive gen are not going to appreciate your rep, no matter how much you chat it up or how beautiful it may (at first) appear (prior to an admonition that it is in fact a 'fake'). And I do not know how many times this has to be repeated, but the average gen buyer/owner knows little or nothing about watches (and I am speaking of watches in general, not just the Daytona). This guy has only a vague idea what a Daytona looks like (from a few grainy pictures he saw in the Wall Street Journal or after catching a few glimpses of one of Donny Deutsch's). The only thing he knows for sure is that alot of people with alot of money seem to be flashing them around & for that reason alone, he MUST own one too. This is exactly the type of guy who gets ripped off by scammers selling fakes and frankens on ebay, because he spends his time making the money required to buy a gen instead of spending his time learning about them. Rarely, do people have the time (or inclination) to do both.

I think you mean the 1st of your many 10-unit cases. To paraphrase an old potato chip ad -- Nobody can have just 1. Welcome & good luck.

No and neither is she. (I can say no more.) Dancing on air

Нет и ни является она.

So it comes with the solid caseback (no printing on it)? That would be a step in the right direction.

Sunday morning at the races (Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 6241)

V -- I like this one, too. I had something similar awhile back, but it kept terrible time. And banging it, repeatedly, on the sides of Russian T-54 & T-55 tanks did little to improve matters.

Thanks, Avitt. The very reasonable price makes an already attractive watch that much better. How long have you had it (did you buy it when it originally caught your attention or is it a recent acquisition?) & how often does it get wrist time?

Mac is good, but the best things in life are free(bsd). And the more I think about it, the more I agree with Vic's suggestion that you wait a bit before wearing the Rolexes (for a variety of reasons).

If accuracy is not the sole (or at least primary) benchmark here, then you should rephrase your question to 'What is your favorite rep.......?' There is no such thing as a 'best' when it comes to personal preference.

pbe -- I am not a Panerai fan & this watch has its share of inaccuracies, but I have to admit that it does present well. I may have to consider one of these as a future project watch. Thanks for posting.

Avitt -- What is the story behind that Russian beauty? The beater & I spent the day motorcycling in the country

Ziggy -- Another job well done. Your already artistic luming skills seem to have improved yet again. Those are the most realistic looking faux tritium index markers I have seen to date.

Out of the watches you mentioned, I would go with the Planet Ocean. I cannot tell you what value a bracelet may or may not have over a strap; that is a personal decision. I generally prefer steel over hide, because I tend to wear more sports clothes than suits and I equate hide with formality. It is also much easier to clean steel (in an ultrasonic) than hide. Alan Furman is an established and reliable watch seller. They have a quite posh storefront in addition to their online shop, but I do not know what, if any, discount they would offer. Never dealt with Prestige Time.

root# rm -rf ~ Then duck & cover (everyone will be too busy to notice your watch after that).

Yes, I know you gots watches, V. I just think the big stuff looks better on women who carry an ax & prefer to wear their lumberjack shirts sans the woolie.

Vic -- Love the photo of your hand & (beautiful) ring....and I hope you do not mind my saying this....but I think you should switch that clunky, 800-pound gorilla watch for something like this Here is the link or this Here is the link or this Here is the link That Pan just does not cut it with diamonds and nails.

As usual, t'was another (working) beater day (Thought I would show another side of it instead of the usual dial shot) But just returned from dinner in this (chrono second hand has since been reattached)

Congrats on the new job. I hope it proves sufficiently lucrative to enable you to continue to feed your watch habit. If your shirt (or entire outfit) is black, I would wear something steel & monochrome. Nothing catches the eye better than understated simplicity. Alternately, if your co-workers are below 40 and hip, they will probably appreciate a Pan more than anything else.

Sometimes, with gloss dials, you can whiten them a bit using a light liquid detergent like Woolite and warm water. But this can also wipe out some of the text on the dial. Other than that, dabbing surface debris with Rodico putty (available from Ofrei.com and most watch parts houses) is about all you can use safely. Repainting is the only method I know of to improve a discolored or stained dial. In most cases, I think vintage dials look better with a bit of discoloration, so I would leave it as is. Anything you do is more than likely going to look 'artificial' (or worse).

I am not as familiar with the modern Rolex line, so you should verify my comments before proceeding. I think both contain obvious mistakes. But, of the 2, 1's dial does look better. I believe both have incorrect hands (hands should be similar to those used on Subs, with the Mercedes minute hand), but the first one has finer dial printing and the 'Swiss Made' is (properly) located below the minute markers at 6 while the 2nd has them above (which I believe is incorrect). On the other hand, the 2nd version has what I believe is the correct bracelet clasp (Oysterlock). Were it me (and my observations above are correct), I would either return both & get a more accurate ETA-powered version, or swap the bracelet from the 2nd to the 1st (I still think it has the wrong hands though).

Friday night wrists only. No relation to any other polls, trolls or demagogues.

Ending the work day in this And about to step out for the evening's festivities in this

Too busy looking at pictures (of watches).....

I vaguely recall.