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Repfan field trip? Where do I sign up?

if it's a part of a leg band I would imagine the second one. Although it's hard to incorporate the Enso.

you did THAT?

well done, sir!!!!!

P.S. Audiophile here, too

Audiophile until now?

I was listening with Senn HD550s and a chinese tube amp (Little Dot MKIII). I appreciate the quality of sound, but apparently "golden ears" is very unlikely with me so I shifted to another hobby

Hey guys! I've been through a lot of hobbies-- from wall climbing, building custom pcs, being an audiophile, playing Magic the gathering, creating custom ROMs, and photography. The last thing I did before going here is model photography:

I'm getting more interested in learning how to service movements on my own so I'm going to be here for a while So what were you doing before this hobby?

Simply no.

why a service when it runs fine and has no problems?

Maybe later.

Actually, after more researching, this thread nails it:

I'm not sure if the QC already improved nowadays, but in any case:

Swiss movements are easily serviceable in terms of parts are easily available.

Asian movements (most or some?) are serviceable but parts are hard to find (is this still true?)

From days of reading the forum, the reliability is not guaranteed even if you have ETA movement. The plus side is the serviceability of the movement, as freddy333 mentioned.

It's just frustrating since you're paying premium for something that's more fixable and not because it's more reliable

"photos took by my crap Canon IXUS80"???? Raymond, those are exceptional pics for an equally amazing looking time piece

By that he means the camera is crappy :-) one thing you learn in photography is that it doesn't matter what crappy camera you have, you can still produce amazing photos if you're skillful enough ;-)

Great shots rckh! Makes me wonder how beautiful it really is in the flesh :-)

Just made my day! hahaha Looking at the hit counter the viewers are mostly in it for the story! Thanks for sharing!

Enter the 'etaclone'...

Today we have Asian and swiss (Sellita) 'etaclones', and genuine swiss eta movements. When you buy a 'swiss eta' replica watch, it may have a genuine movement but it also might be a 'take out' from a NOS or used watch and they come in every condition from new and clean to worn out and dirty.

Sometimes you get what you pay for, sometimes not...you just have to take a chance. Many times the watches are 'drop shipped' from a location not related to the seller and the seller does not know what is really shipped out. Sometimes you hit it lucky and get exactly what you paid for although imho the chance of this is getting slimmer by the month as supplies or new and used etas in the replica market are rapidly drying up.

I always got what I ordered up until about 2007 when I got an Asian etaclone after paying for a genuine eta. Since then, I do not buy much and if I do buy something, I choose the etaclone because they are cheaper than 'genuine eta' and you can always swap the etaclone out with a genuine eta if the etaclone bites the weenie.

So...If I could be dead sure I was getting a clean genuine eta, I would pay extra for one. If I was in doubt, I would go for an etaclone and be on the lookout for a genuine eta movement.

Thanks for the insight-- I didn't even know that an advertised 'swiss eta' can be either genuine swiss ETA or Stellita

New here, so be gentle on me

Premium rep watches is priced higher if there is an ETA movement in it.

The prevailing notion is that ETA movement is better than Asian movement in reps. But how much better?

What I want to point is, the reliability of the movement will still be in question whether it is an ETA or Asian movement (this doesn't count fully-serviced movements after you bought it).

Correct or not? No speculations-- actual experiences please

Seems you fancy "aged" watches. Nice collection!

lost in translation... they suck you?

resurrected from the dead post! damn those spammers :b

What a beauty! I like the modern haute design. The other watches in the Freak collection is not for my taste though :-)

calatrava, did you measure its accuracy already? Even if it's a non-existing model the simplicity of the design is just so beautiful!

I'm also new, and I'm thinking of getting a 3714-01 as my first rep

But from what I've read the movement is a ticking bomb-- I would still like to have one though and make a franken

I'm not familiar with the modding procedures though; is a frankened watch will be supplied or you have to mod it yourself? PM me if the reply is not appropriate here thanks!

Lurking for a while-- previously mad about Rolex Sub but always considered to buy a rep; eventually bought an original, but still intrigue about high quality reps

Found this site as actual community users review better than google results