ninjagaiden

Thanks for your advice Jkay I like the newer ones : something with nice clean timeless lines and not too much 'bling'. Silix and perfect-clones have a nice Rep of the Explorer II 16570 white dial that is just lovely at the $200 mark especially as the GMT hand actually works. I actually prefer the Silix version because the ROLEX engraving on the rehaut just doesn't look right on the perfect-clones one. I'm going to gather a little more info from people ordering from Silix-prime. Am I right in thinking that these guys will send out real pictures of your actual watch as quality control before shipping? As far as the UPO goes I have a Gen Seamaster already so I kind of have that sub look covered. Oh one last thing - I can't seem to find the noob link that goes through all the abbreviations used on RWG as it goes to an invalid page. Any clues where to look?

Hi Tomsk and everyone else, I am a fellow noob from the U.K. and I'm in a similar position to you. I've seen RWG for a while but not bothered to register thinking it was 'just' a forum. In that time I have ordered two really bad Tag & Breitling watches from a Chinese e-tailer whose site has now disappeared. They arrived and they looked like toys - 200USD down the pan but gifted them to my little bro. Then I got a pair of Panerai's from a seller on Aliexpress. Nicer looking watches (shiny SS finish was a little toy-like) but both the automatic and the GMT mechanisms have played up. Then bought and sold a few Parnis homages on Fleabay (did all right on reselling them) and a buyer suggested I look at RWG again. Boy am I glad I took the time to register - I feel like I have been flying solo until now. I'm really now looking for a nice Rolex rep - nothing too fancy as the only eye it has to please is my own and most the of the Rolex reps round here look afsolutely fantastic imho. I just want something that does not look/feel like a toy. I'm thinking of starting down the Silix route as a starting point. Their web site has a nice 40mm Explorer available in asian or ETA mechanism flavours and the pictures look really nice. My dream watch is the Breitling Aerospace titanium range. Second hand Gens sell for over 1000GBP still for a quartz watch made in 1994. Wish I'd blown my first pay packet on one back then... I'd be v interested to hear how you get on with your Silix order when it arrives. BW Ninjagaiden