Devedander

I think that's a trick that the bars around the word re playing on your eyes...

Maybe one person measured including crown vs bezel only? Would be worth asking whoever you got it from, and also asking who you are planning to buy the PO from to make sure you are measuring the same thing.

Silly me... Pom looked exactly like Porn

LOL I might have to get one of those frogmariners just because Kermit and Rolex are on the same watch... that's frickin awesome... wonder what made Paul stock that watch

Hot stuff! I am jealous

That TT navitimer is just plain hot! And I bet it would look great on a leather strap too!

Maybe... if reliability and good customer service is worth $124 to you.

You can't just move it along the holes to make it small/big enough? From the pics those holes look like 2 or 3 bracelet link lenghts would be...

That's great to hear! Mistakes happen but if he is really doig his best, that's all that can be asked.

Also the fact he is going to replace the bad watch is reasuring to hear.

If it all pans out like it sounds that it will, this is truly some top notch service.

Sorry to hear this and if he got his money back (since I don't think you can charge back a refund) he should ship wherever you say because it's not his watch anymore. You essentially bought it back from him now.

Also paypal rules to protect him? From what? He has his money, you can't take it back from him so what his he being protected from? Worst case he ships it where you say, it gets lost or someone says they didn't recieve it... you maybe get [censored] or something... but not skin off his back.

This just seems stupid... if you are not at risk to loose anything, you have no right to claim "protection" as a motive for your actions.

If I was going to spend $5000 today, I'd call George, order ten new MBWs, and spend the change on some first rate bourbon.

Or you could buy a handle of "replica" Blue Lable...

You know what your collection needs? Some more Subs... I think maybe there is still a sub you don't have in your collection... maybe...

That's unfortunate... seems like it could really effect the wearability... hope you find a way to repair this...

Well there you have it!

Was the Ingy in the hands of the AD and passed or just passed visual inspection?

I am going to guess rep?

Seems the datefont on the gen doesn't have any super sharp cornered numbers... that one looks very similar to the datefont on the rep

http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?act=At...ost&id=6233

Hard to tell if there are chips from that picture, but if you don't see them with a loupe then I would think it doesn't really matter...

And the numbers seem to line up with the markers but it does look a little like the whole thing is counter clockwise 1 degree or so... I would think the red line should divide the 6 and the 0 but it could well not be that way and I would think that would be about as hard to notice as chips that you can't see with a loupe...

I think overall that's pretty darn nice and if your wife likes it... then hot damn!

Darn... need a special caseback tool for rolex?

Thanks, will look at Narikaas...

Thought I would add I just recieved the Pink Pasha C GMT Limited from Pure Time and while it's a bit on the big side (about on par with my Daytona) it's a very nice looking watch and the silk covered wristband is a nice touch.

Angus's service was top notch as well (see dealer review).

Why ARE you getting reps instead of these more reliable department store watches?

Because somehow it's more interesting to explain to people that it's a rep than to explain that it's a dept store brand

... and discussing how to smuggle on a public forum is such a good idea.

No, no of course not! Simply discussing which carrier provides the most reliable results

Help me out... rwg is replicawatchguide.com?

Interesting... I guess there is just a lot of gray area involved here...

I mean to be honest I am not getting reps with the hope that people will look at me and think "wow, he has a rolex! he must be an awesome person and super pimpin and I wish I was him" but at the same time if I can't fully swing to the "reps offer the best quality and value" since I have seen plenty of dept store watches that are very attractive and I am sure would be as reliable as reps, if not more, without the QC, servicing and other questionable issues reps come with...

No disrespect pug, but to continue the analogy, isn't getting a rep watch instead of a close looking dept store brand kind of like buying a forged VanGough instead of buying a nice print at the local museum?

I mean an Invicta Diver seems to me like a print (looks like the real thing, close enough to convey the same general aesthetic appeal but with no qualms about not being the original) but a sub rep seems like getting a (possibly questionable quality, difficult to attain) forgery (alternatives are available to portray the basics, but the details that don't really count towards the major values - does the forgery really offer something more enjoyable than the high quality print? - are the only difference and hence more or less what you are buying).

And in general some people may get very rare reps like panerais etc, but I would think the most common rep is the submariner... which is also the most copied design in dept store brands...

So sure, if you really like panerai or IWC then you can argue you aren't fooling most people since most people don't know anyway... but the majorit of people buy subs... yet quality dept store sub look alikes abound... so you can't really argue the same for that.

Do remember that most of these statements have been qualified with a "most people" or "nearly everyone" type statement so of course thre are exceptions (like people who rob banks for the thrill, not the money) but are statements pertaining to the majority...

That's harsh... I wonder if there would be any way for us to compile the best shipping methods for different regions (ie if you live in the midwest and getting stuff from China ship via XXXX which tends to come in through LA, avoid XXX which tends to go through Fort Worth etc).

It might save our dealers some cost in reships and save us time in waiting for reships...

Glad either way for now most of our dealers are ok with reshipping customs seized goods.

There are lots of people from lots of walks of life and indeed there are those who probably legitimately don't care about fooling people... heck there are probably those who buy them and put them in a box and admire them at home and no one but the owners see them (in which case you really would'nt be fooling anyone)...

But in the last week I have browsed with a little more attention than usually the watches at Walmart, Sears and Macy's... and to my great suprise the $100-500 range of watches offers a lot of truly good looking, solidly built watches, many of which come near a lot of the famous maker brands.

Certainly Panerai is a little more rare (but I bet you could find something pretty similar if you looked at some big dept stores) but Gucci and Rolex, even Omega and Bvlgari have their fair share of look alikes... some even automatics... heck I even saw a fake Trubillon at the cheap watch desk at Macy's the other day! Automatic with a fake visible turbillon wheel... around $200... fet solid in my hand, good weight, turbillon turned once a second but it was still eye catching, movement was smooth, warranty, waterproof, 30 day return, good polish... pretty butt ugly but that's hardly the point as a little more searching I am sure would have turned up a better looking similar result...

So if you want a nice looking, solid beater watch... I honestly believe your dept store has ones as good or better than our reps, just without the brand names and not quite as close in appearance (but still very close).

I am not trying to call anyone out, but personally the way I see it, while reps may have come a long way, dept store cheapo watches have definitely come a long way as well... and offer a startling value... if you don't mind wearing Fossil, Diesel or some other known dept store brand.

BTW oddly enough knowing me most of my reps will be a collection... worn once or twice for the experience then boxed for long periods... because for me it's the getting, not so much the having or showing that floats my boat

I was looking for a basic toolset and came across this.. the price seems decent (I really want a pin pusher and caseback tool which works out to about $30 most places anyway) the reviews seem mixed but those who don't like it also complain about lack of instructions which makes me wonder how valuable their reviews are...

http://www.amazon.com/Watch-Repair-Tool-Ba...8&s=jewelry

Any comments on whether it seems worth $50? I am not planning on becomming The Zigmeister or anything but it seems having a toolset might be good in case I get the urge to tinker.

If not this set any suggestions on where to get a basic toolset?

Thanks!