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sgtguk

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  11. "Going gen"

    in General Discussion

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    I've thought about this before and decided against selling my collection of reps, sold quite a few mind you and atm I'm hovering around the 25 mark  ;)  16 of which are reps, mostly Rolex/Tudor builds that quite simply I couldn't afford to have if they were all Gen. 

  14. Whats with the high high prices of "mod" and "franken" watches?

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    As long as there is full disclosure and the condition of the watch as a whole, or parts used in the build are not mis-represented, then a seller should be free to ask any sum he wants.

    I wouldn't know where the cost of a build's inflection point goes from "reasonably" priced to "unreasonable".

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    Back years ago when the eBay seller whose name eludes me (Going?) was selling complete TT  Datejust cases with gold bezels for $220 I bought a few. Now the cases alone are going for more than that and the gold bezels go for around $300. I sure as hell wouldn't price one of my franken Datejusts based on  my actual input cost. And I see no reason that there should ever be a rule that says you have to in order to sell it on a forum. Rare, modded and franken pieces will always sell at fair market value.

     

    What I find much more annoying is the over use of Super, Uber, and Ultimate franken. If you're selling one of these it ought to be real close to 100% gen parts, including  the correct gen movement.

     

    Been reading this thread since it started and I gotta say the guys above have it bang on  ;)  Horse's for course's as far as the more outlandish franken pieces go, all you do when you build these pieces is limit the market they will appeal to if and when you need to sell them, Modded or hard to find pieces are the same, sometimes I've paid a really cheap price for gen parts other times I had to pay more, but I do try to find what I need at the right money, the build I'm trying to source parts for is more realistically priced for me that way, however that process can take what seems like an age to complete........all part of the fun of this hobby :inverted: 

  17. Noob from London

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    Welcome to the fun, this is a great place to learn and hopefully save you some time and money.

     

     

    Don't listen to him he's telling lies again   :partytime:   this forum will take up lots of time and if your anything like the rest of us it will cost you lots of money too  :inverted:   spending time and money is a prerequisite in this hobby of ours, all part of the fun too  :)

  18. Springbar failure dodged a bullet ! Phew

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    Had the exact same thing yesterday with a buckle of all things  :partytime:  just got a Gen strap for my SoA but thought my rep buckle would fit, no such luck so used an old 18mm I had was fine till I went to take it off then clasp went flying across the room, just caught it in time before it hit the floor.........................must have been my spidey sense kicking in :inverted:   as Micky rightly said good springbars are a must and you can't get much better than Gen can you, if no bracelet then using a nato is fail safe I suppose ;)  

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