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Yep, that's genuine... it's just from Omegas Guangzhou factory.

GMT hand is not jumping on the gen GMT Master. The hour hand is.

Another splendid pictorial Lani! This rep is a winner no doubt. You always get these faster than anyone.

I'm a TAG fan. What there is not to like on these watches? This is another original and innovative looking TAG. Design wise they run circles around the new Rolexes... any day.

That's the oldest trick in the book: Take a genuine picture of a watch, steal people's money... and don't ship anything. All pictures on that site are of genuines. I seriously doubt there's an actual replica of that watch available. I doubt that site even sells watches... it looks like 100% scam/phishing site to me.

Wow, that certainly looks interesting. I'm not that familiar with the gen. Could someone shed light on its features, and how it'd be possible to replicate them... at least visually?

A7750 is still the most expensive movement for them to produce. There are $20-$35 cheap "street junk" reps of almost all brands, but none of the cheap reps have the A7750 inside. They might not have much logic in their releases, but they're not completely braindead. Who would buy a 7750-powered Hamilton rep for $300 - $350?

Why would anyone replicate a cheap watch like Hamilton? Especially with A7750? Even some TAGs are borderline cases, but Hamilton... please! They're nice watches for the money though... but other than $35 quartz reps, it doesn't make any sense to me.

Here we go again. This big boy is my watch choice for Wednesday!

Talking about Rich Gaspari... he was probably the last IFBB Pro who still looked healthy. It was the time before the bloated circus freaks.

Let's put it this way: I know many professional lifters who don't use any supplements at all (besides steroids and protein powder). 99% of that stuff is a complete waste of money. If your diet is well balanced you won't need any supplements (besides extra protein). If you're not eating fish, maybe some Omega fatty acids can be beneficial. The usual mistake in people's diets is that they don't eat enough (good) fat. I'm getting a headache when I look at some of the laughable sh*t they're selling. "Essential Amino Acids Supplement"... puh-leeze! There are no shortcuts. Snake oil won't make the muscle grow, just like there are no "Swiss Zenith Daytonas" for $300.

In all fairness, the movement is reliable if you get lucky (and don't play with the independent hour hand too much), it's more like "hit and miss", really. My chs ExpII rep is now 3 years old... works 100% perfectly without any issues. But then again... I've heard some bad reports from these new ones, that they're completely dying. Never heard of the old chs movements dying. If they had problems, they all just had the notorious loose hour hand issue.

Check this thread, there's more.

I've owned plenty of GMT and ExpII replicas since early 2005... and I still don't care which hand stack version I'm wearing, really... it's not a huge issue for me, and I agree it's not easy to detect. Unless, of course, you hand over your watch to someone who's familiar with the Rolex caliber 3185. The thing that's much more important for me is the shape and correct thickness of the GMT hand. Correct hand stack... well yeah it's nice but not a deal killer (for me). To each their own.

Small update for the TAG Guide: The new SLR 7750 added... still waiting for a full review of this!!! Edit: Another update: Entry for Grand Carrera. Awaiting for the first member reviews to get linked later.

No. It's one-sided on the rep, and one-sided on the gen.

Thanks for the support, all! All TRC links have been removed, so all review links should work without problems for all members now. I have reposted the ones (that were previously linked to TRC) to the RWG Omega section. Happy Omega hunting!

This is a repost of Bazz's original pictorial at TRC. Thanks Bazz for this great and informative post!

REPOST: OldeCrow's review of Omega Aqua Terra. I wanted to repost them here as they contain valuable information. TRC has been a "invite only" board for a while, so the links in my Omega Guide are difficult to read for the new members. Thanks OldeCrow for this splendid review! BEGIN REPOST OLDECROW'S ARTICLE: =============================== Well if you've been keeping track of my Rep purchases I've been keeping a running post in dealer reviews. Now its time to spend some time talking about the watches! First on the list is the one that took the longest and I wanted the most! The Aqua Terra 2892 from Eddielee! It was the second package shipped from him in a two watch order and it took too long to begin with and arrived broke so I had to send it back for another so I've been waiting a whole month to get this damn thing!! The black pieces lying on the table are the remains of the hard plastic jewelry box that the watch shipped in. The absence of any padding is a clue as to why I had to send the first one back. This time the box somehow took all that damage and the watch was fine. Its' a fair trade, I prefer the box broke instead of the watch! First impressions are the most important, I was ecstatic that it just arrived and was working! After a thorough case and bracelet cleaning/polishing I greased the case back gasket and crown tube gasket assembled and photographed. hmm.. something isn't quite right here: After opening up the case again and investigating the applied markers I discovered that they were really just laying there with basically nothing more holding them in place than the tension from a little watch oil. With the applied markers wiped off the rotor and a closer look for the missing letter which I could not find (I brushed out the case when I first opened it so its possible that I removed it then) I closed it back up again. It's running just a bit fast but I would be more worried if it was running slow. Big thumbs up for these 2892 AquaTerras! I don't know how people without WIS skills survive these half finished halfwit replicas without being able to finish them your selves but with the cleanup and finishwork out of the way its a very nice watch and worth the wait! spec's Size aprox 40.5mm from 2 to 8 oclock 20mm lugs ETA 2892

I believe the GMTIIc comes from the Noob factory. Rolexes from that factory have never been conical. The rehaut on this rep is excellent (including the thickness). The only thing that they screwed up is the non-symmetric rehaut engraving.

Omega is stupid to put out all those "special edition" models. They created a classic with the original Bond Seamaster, so why fix something that ain't broken? I don't like it, either. It's not a bad looking watch, but just an useless "duplicate" model, which doesn't look as good as the original. So the big question here is "why"?