Think that it would look out of place for you to be sporting a $10,000 watch given your previous statement?
In other words story of two guys both wearing a watch with "Rolex" on the dial.
1 - guy is wearing a nice suit, tie, drives a nice car, lives in a nice neighborhood and works in a respected professional type job (lawyer, physician, banker etc)
2 - guy is wearing average outfit, rides his bike to work because he can't afford a car or even the bus for that matter, lives in an apartment with three roommates and works in the mail room.
Which would you believe had a gen rolex vs the rep?
You can get a decent quality rep that will probably last several years or longer for about $3-500 but if you don't want people to wonder if it's a rep make sure you fit the picture. Otherwise for the same price you can probably get a "gen" for about the same price. Likely a Steinhart or similar, great quality for about the price of a rep.