tyrantblade

I know, but to be fair about your criticisms in your last posts, the watch would have been more un-genlike if it didn't have the displayback with the decorated movement; the only "clear giveaway" is the spelling mistake that movement has. Nonetheless, if it isn't sellable for 150 I will keep it.

Everybody is a critic. Edited. Let’s keep the general discussion section sales free. -Legend

Well, that is why there are trusted watch repair people on these forums for those that have money to spend to have watches fixed. I also just dropped it to 200, so between shipping and fees I will lose about $175, and it will not costs that much to get it fixed.

Well RWI is down and I'm banned on the other 2, so this forum is all I got right now lol.

I am kind of thinking I'm asking too much for my watch as I've had nobody expressing interest and only 1 question and I'm already gonna lose a significant amount of money off ($150 (out of $350) or more by the time I ship the watch and PayPal fees get taken) of what I paid because it just randomly stopped working; and I simply do not have funds to pay for getting it fixed.

Hard for me to really judge it since this is the only rep forum I'm still on (since RWI is down and I'm banned on the other 2 (but that is a story that is unnecessary to be told here)) but it seems to me that the other forums seem to have a lot more activity, but that can be both a good thing and a bad thing. I know to me there is not a lot of rep watches I'm interested in at the moment and I have other financial concerns (which is why I'm back to selling my 1 and only (rep) watch)

Nah, i went for the 8900 caliber Blue Dial/Bezel Planet Ocean; its basically the dial layout of the CrPO but with a Ceramic/Liquid Metal dial/bezel insert which has this cool color change aspect; looking black inside/with weaker sunlight, and looking more of a shiny blue in stronger light. The movement is really beautiful besides the stupid spelling mistakes and it feels like a really high quality watch; much like the last Planet Ocean i had; which was a Noob 8500 CrPO. My only complaint is it seems like the bezel alignment is off by half a click as i cant get it to center, its always not far enough or too far.

Yeah it must be quite a different feeling depending on if you only have 1 watch or a few compared to having 5 or 6 or a dozen, or several dozen. I also hear the situation is a lot worse for dealers these days compared to just a few years ago.

Just wondering if it happens often to some of you that you order a watch hoping for everything to happen quick But then something takes much longer than you hope for and then the next best thing and what you hope for will be that the order comes to your house by the next event By event i mean stuff like a holiday, your own/a family members birthday, graduation party; whatever reason there is behind buying the watch (if theres a specific reason). I don't order many watches; whether rep or gen and my recent order is my first in a good 2 or 3 years. I suspect it would of been much quicker, but the watch i wanted is only available from 1 factory to so far and unfortunately some of their watches are prone to a terrible pearl (i think old stock) Which i didnt think would be a big deal; but then a better watch getting from Factory to TD took almost 1 month and since i have approved the 2nd watch its been almost a week and watch not shipped yet. So what i was hoping would arrive by October is now hopefully going to arrive by Xmas. For as long as ive been around the rep forums ive actually had only maybe 6 transactions with TDs, so you could say this is a frequent occurrence for me; but hopefully its not something that will keep happening when i do buy a 2nd or 3rd rep Since i keep going back to 0 watches and then i buy a few and eventually i go back to 0 all over again.

Well, i got QC on 2nd watch and approved it; hopefully i get it before Xmas.

I been banned on 2 of the other rep forums, and i dont miss them at all. I do know what they been up to on .bz though since they like to laugh it up at people they know arent on their forums to be able to stand up for themselves.

Well; i got a message from Trusty that he should have the 2nd watch after the weekend; hopefully that means 2nd (hopefully better watch) QC soon.

Yikes; 3 or 4 months seems insane, i hate even waiting nearly 1 month.

Thats what im hoping for mine; but i have to get one QCd thats acceptable 1st.

I know its a big waiting game; but since the last rep i bought before my current order was like 2-3 years ago; im not used to waiting an exceptionally long time for (2nd watch) QC . 1st watch was QCd after a few days; and ive been waiting nearly 3 weeks for the 2nd watch to get to Trusty and QC done on it. Im not expecting perfection; just good alignment and a good pearl; i know the rep has some obvious Flaws, but the big ones are on the movement (spelling mistakes) and i can live with that.

Smallest i had in a very long time was the CW Trident GMT MKI i had; not exactly a small watch, more like a modest sized modern mens dive watch. Biggest was either of the 3 Invicta watches i used to have (all at seperate times); i know some people wouldnt believe this; but they actually worked and did not fall apart. Now ive resigned myself to trying to stay in what i would call a modern mens midsize; but biggest i will likely go back to would be 45ish mm; if i build up a collection (i usually only have 2-3 watches at a time because money can be a problem and watches arent priority #1). Right now im just hoping i end up able to keep 1 long term (a new style planet ocean (8900) rep that doesnt seem popular yet); maybe in a couple years i will buy more though.

Ive been waiting just over a week for the factory (JHF/OMF) to give Trusty a 2nd watch to do QC on. Hopefully its much better than the 1st; my main gripe is the pearl; idk if thats a huge problem for the factory or what. Pictures seem to indicate that the pearls are much better after they changed their name to OMF; so im very frustrated that its taking this long for them to supply a 2nd watch so i can approve it if its acceptable. Or reject if its not and ask for a refund. Im not faulting Trusty or anything; i just expect a certain standard at the cost of these reps. Im not expecting perfection; but if something is gonna bug me on the front side of the watch i cant accept it. I can accept some things being bad (such as spelling on the movement) or simply ungenlike (like an improper date font; slightly wrong case thickness or watch diameter; seconds hand tip being slightly wrong color); but everything should be straight/align properly; and i cant accept a terrible pearl when the cost is up past $250 (i would accept a somewhat bad pearl at like $100 or less). If a rep factory cant do things to a standard equal to their price level; i doubt they will last long and it seems like JHF/OMF probably wont be around in a year or two if they dont pull things together.

Thats the odd thing; earlier ones listed on some dealer sites as JHF have terrible pearl; later ones listed as OMF on different dealer websites have a very good pearl. I requested the same watch with a better pearl nearly 5 days ago, still no 2nd watch for QC and im at the point where it can either be sourced; or i will want a refund and have to wait until some factory comes along and bothers to make sure the rep has a good pearl.

Yeah; but usually when you are spending premium rep money ($250+ +shipping) you can get a good pearl.

Trying to wait patiently for the 2nd sourced watch; hopefully with a good pearl is killing me (not really). I know there will be some flaws (and there are); but a horrible pearl (too small, bad position; the bezel pearl hole seems the right size so theres a sizeable gap between the pearl and the hole its supposed to fill) is something i cant get past in the $300+ (before shipping) price range. It just comes down to is the pearl good (big enough, good position), and is everything on the dial straight. Ive had CrPOs that had a nearly perfect pearl a few years ago; so idk how there are many JHFs with a terrible pearl now (some look good depending on the model and if its listed as JHF or OMF; with OMF being much better; but in reality they are the same factory)

Just wanted to post that i recently found out from 2 different dealers (1 over here and 1 on RWI) that these 2 factories are the same. Apparently they started out as JHF and werent very popular (probably due to very bad pearls), so a bit later they changed the name to OMF So im guessing that any differences between them is due to using different parts (some parts seem to have been better earlier and some better later); ive been waiting for days hoping trusty can source me a blue dial SS planet Ocean with a good pearl as thats the only major problem i can see on the front of the watch (again there seems to be better ones and worse ones)

Alternatively i would probably get a full SS Breitling Avenger II GMT rep; if the bracelet wasnt polished (true to gen but less practical than brushed)

Im having Trusty try to source me a 42mm Blue dial SS planet ocean with movement decorated like the 8900 Omega Movement. With the blue dial and bezel in SS there seems to be 2 factories JHF, and OMF; Trustys' Website only offers JHF; idk why, but after being disappointed by the pearl on the 1st JHF (too small; shaped weird and the hole for the pearl was way too big) i asked for an OMF or JHF with better pearl. Trusty basically said the 2 are the same factory; doesnt seem like it; but now im waiting to see if he can source me one with a good pearl (like the pictures of OMF factory); but im close to either asking for a refund and just waiting however long it takes for the factories to make a better rep of the blue dial in SS Or i could go for a different model; maybe a Planet Ocean Chronograph. Ive been out of the rep game a while (last Planet Ocean was a CrPO; i didnt like how the paint wears off on the black dial/bezel ones and the Pumpkin is a bit loud looking to have if you have no other watches) and want 1 good watch since im down to 0 watches. But perhaps its best to just wait until the factories come up with what i really want if sourcing it is really so hard right now (ive been waiting a few days since rejecting the 1st watch)

Cant believe i didnt notice it sooner; but it seems as if the JHF planet ocean models suffer from a very small pearl; though it seems they may have got it right on 1 or 2 models (likely because of sourcing from a different part maker i guess). So now i may face frustration hoping that the TD i bought from can either source me one with a better pearl (if possible); or get me an OMF instead. Im hoping its not a big problem. And im talking about the single color Planet Oceans; so i dont need to be concerned with problems over the 1st 1/4 of the bezel.

Do they last? Or do they get scratched away after a while like the 8500 Black Bezel? The blue dial 8900 in SS doesn't seem very popular (judging by number of pictures posted); but how about the black dial one? And im strictly speaking about the single color ones; not the goofy looking double colored ones with 1/4 of the bezel being a different color.