thanks! one of the sellers here locally had me take a look into the watch and compared it against the one at trusty's site it's the same, ETA movement (i insisted to see what's inside) smooth sweep, the finish of the gold is what i'm quite hesitant since this is my first rep that is two tone. if that were a SS version i'd buy it at will. i saw the mid links and it is still gol color even the sides, i tried filling off some of the links and the the gold doesn't wear off is it a good sign?
maybe i'd take my chance with the one being sold locally. i'll just shave off the rehaut engraving cause its a giveaway and personally i don't like the engraved rehauts.
i'll post pics when i finally purchased the rep