Hello everybody,
I've been looking at the replica watche market for a couple of mounth now and I must say I was going nowhere before I finally found this awesome forum with an incredible amount of good informations shared by knowledgeable and passionate people (fine people indeed).
Before that my only source of information came from replicawatchreport.com and I must say I am not too sure about the impartiality of the reviews on the site but that is another matter.
So I've been gathering a maximum of informations from the forums during the last couple of days and I have kind of a generic question but I could not seem to find the answer in my researches.
I have always been attracted to chrono watches and for my first rep I am probably looking to buy a Tag Rep, but I guess my question could apply to any chrono replica.
From what I understand you basically have two choices for chrono movements either the A7750 or the quartz japanese OS20.
The dilemma I am having, and I guess I would like to have the opinion of you experimented people, is that if I understand that the A7750 is a better mechanical reproduction of the original movements in the watches, is it really worth the "trouble" and the price (considering quartz are half the price of mechanical watches). With the servicing prior to the first use, the dont wind manually, dont change date between 7 and 3, dont reset the chrono when it is running or you'll break it and so on.
Price aside, I would really prefer to buy a machanical watch, because I really think that it is what makes them wonderfull, however I am not a watchsmith and I don't have the budget to send my watch to repare every couple of mounth. If I am going to spend $300+ on a watch I sure would like it to work properly for a couple of years at least.
Maybe I am seeing it worth than it is and I also dont have that much infos on the Japanese OS20 aside from the date change at 12 that can damage it so what would you recommend me to do.
Also is there any quality difference between the quartz and mechanical replicas (aside from the movement) in the build quality?
Thank you very much for your help.
Nick.