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Great news that this might actually get made. Yowzaaaaaaaa!

time for a bump

bump to get this thread up to 200 posts and because I want this watch!

This is number one on my "most wanted rep" list. I like the size especially. Most of the really nice reps over the past year or two have been giant watches that are 44mm and up. This is a nice size for everybody at 39mm, especially for those who don't like wearing watches that could double as serving platters on their wrists. It would be a nice niche for a dealer; there have to be lots of people like me who love watches around 40mm in size.

The Portuguese is one of the nicest looking reps out there. It really is a shame about the "seconds at six" issue. I sent mine to The Zigmeister and he froze the seconds for me. Now I have a long-lasting Portuguese that still looks great, even though it is crippled! It was worth it to me to keep the watch around a while. If you are interested in doing the same, search the forums for his posts about this.

C'mon Angus, go for it! This would be a huge hit... you can feel the excitement. The people want a Mark XVI. Once its out and we tell everybody how awesome it is, you will have to contract with a second factory to up production to keep up with demand!

I've wanted one of these since trying one on at a dealer last summer. I would definitely buy one if they come up with a high-quality rep of this watch. Seems like a consensus is growing here that this would be a popular model... I hope the dealers are paying attention.

My addiction to reps led to worse.... now I want to have some gens too! Just bought my first one, an omega seamster prof. A real beauty. But the real benefit of the reps is that my sig other doesn't have to know its a gen! To her, its just another watch i got in the mail! Heh

For me, the biggest detriment is easily the poor strap quality. The watches themselves are amazingly high-quality replicas, but to put them on a cheap plastic-looking strap just takes away their beauty. I have replaced the strap on all of my replicas, and its worth the money. It really does make a difference.

I have an IWC Portuguese Chrono with the 7750 movement that had a particularly annoying whirrrrr sound. You could hear the rotor turn from 10 feet away, and every 10 minutes or so it would go nuts; it sounded like a tightly wound spring was unwinding inside the case. I love the looks of the watch, but the sound was so annoying that I never wore it. I would have been embarassed if someone had heard that incredibly loud sound. But from reading the forum, it seems as though my watch had much more noise than the typical rotor noise that people talk about with this movement. Anyway, I read the thread mentioned earlier about how to fix the noise by applying axle grease to the rotor. I was going to go ahead and give it a try. I figured that since I never wore the watch because of the sound, there was little risk to me. But The Zigmeister cautioned against it. So I took an alternative route: I bought some high-grade all purpose watch oil (Moebius synt-a-lube 9010) on ebay for about fifteen bucks and put a half-drop on the rotor. My assumption was that this would be less dangerous than using axle grease. Well, it worked beautifully for me. The rotor is almost entirely silent now. You can only hear the whirr if it is by your ear, and the "unwinding spring" sound is completely gone. The watch is on my wrist as I type this. So for me, that was a great fix and well worth the money I paid for the oil. I now wear the watch regularly.

Eight Reps: 2 IWC (Portuguese Chrono, FA Jones), 3 Patek Philippe, 1 Panerai, 1 Lange, 1 Rolex Six Gens, but none are super high-end.

Wow, what a cool bunch of songs. Nice to have some XMAS tunes that are different from the ones you hear all the time. Great taste in music my friend. Thanks!

Good one mate... that actually made me laugh out loud!

I agree with you on the wife ratio Ken. That's why I have two out of every three I order delivered to my work address! You know what they say... better to ask forgiveness than permission!

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