Ingo

Hi! I was not standing next to the machine when my insert and my tropic were produced... I just tell you what they told me I was told, the tropic comes from the same factory which produces ROLEX genuine tropics ( I was NOT told this is a genuine one in a different wrapping) and the insert also comes from a Rolex supplier. If not, who cares... both are very good. Concering lugholes/springbars: I don´t know. My pics are so bad I even don´t see it myself! In real it seems to me there is no space around the springbars so a bigger diameter could not be fittet... Please watch this gen: Do you see the difference you mentioned? Concerning insert: If you´d send your gen 1665 to Rolex Service, would you get a new insert with serifs? No, you wouldn´t! You´d get a metall-ringed pearl insert without serifs!! Like this one, the only differce to mine is the missig pearl and the applied arcrylic dot! Hm?? Concerning the tropic: Please watch this gen one (on a gen 1665) My pic is much worse (I´m still learning) but this is exactly the bevel my 10$ tropic has! Please view the pic attached here, its a better pic of my beveled t39 Helfands. Anyway: I love my new watch and I think it is a good one to start replica collecting :-) Regards, Ingo

Here is my first review of my very first replica. First the story! I started with a mbw - not usual for beginning a replica collection, but after getting into touch with some german fellows around here including Tommy (palpatine) I came to the knowledge I won