By-Tor

Congrats Sox... great purchase!!! PS: The second pic you took is quite nice... as you said this is a difficult watch to capture properly.

Maybe because I have never written a movement review? I have no skills to do those... I'm just a hobbyist. Ziggy takes care of all the complicated stuff.

Don't get a "gold" rep. You'll only regret it later. I had a friend who purchased that one and the "feel" of the watch was very disappointing. If you want a good rep buy this one instead (or the Pepsi model): http://watchwindersworld.com/rlgs10001-mas...362-p-2552.html You can also read THIS old review. It's still valid information.

Once again, here's THE link that everyone should always post (when responding to noobs' queries about Daytona). Why bother explaining it again and again... when it has already been explained (by the Man himself)? http://www.rwg.cc/members/Movement-review-...at-6-t1414.html

@frontin: That's the exact same model that I briefly owned, too. Mine was originally from River. Still the best TT Sub there is... that SEL/last link thing is just a bummer though... So you're saying that the gold has been keeping up nicely after 2 years? Are you wearing the watch regularly? Hmm... maybe I shouldn't have sold mine... Nice watch.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that you already have all the watches that you ever wanted. I can say the same thing... well almost anyway. For me the rep collecting was all about getting the watches I admire the most... not to build a huge collection. People can rarely respect what they already have. We always want more, better, cheaper, etc. I try to enjoy my watches every day... new and old. I've been thinking about getting one expensive genuine, too... but I'm not sure I'd respect (or wear) it enough. Yeah, there's a quality difference. But with mass produced brands like Omega, Rolex, Breitling the difference in "feel" is not as dramatic as some people want you to believe. When you move to real high end territory it becomes more apparent of course. I find it hilarious when some guys get their first genuine and all of a sudden they start looking reps down their noses... it almost looks like they have discovered Jesus or something... quite pathetic, really. We all know the gens are better, they have QC, but they also have the 10x or 20x price tags... go to the gen forums if you want to be an elitist WIS... most of us here still enjoy our reps. We know the facts and we don't want to hear all that same blahblah about gen vs. rep quality over and over again. My father is a gen collector and I see his watches all the time. And based on what I've seen I'm not willing to pay 4K for just another nice watch. I'll eventually get his Rolexes anyway. I find reps more fascinating for some perverse reason... probably the main reason is this community being so cool. Lots of good friendships. I have also been extremely lucky with the reps. I don't recall ever having any kind of problem with the watches I've owned (except one movement problem with a MBW watch... which was later fixed). That's why I find it amazing that some people constantly have technical problems with their reps. I wonder how many of these problems arise because these people buy their reps from dropshippers... or think they're watchsmiths and perform all kinds of hardcore operations on them? I'd like to see this community taking a one or two steps into "underground" direction now. I wish we could remove the forums from the Google somehow... but that's for another discussion. @Andreww: I don't think there's interest in "our own watch brand". You can get fairly good genuines for around $250 already. It would just turn out to be another "RWG collaboration watch", remember?

No... no mods at all. It's portrayed here "straight out of the box".

Thanks mate. Do you have the black or orange? I've been thinking about getting another in orange (must resist).

Who wants a diamond Chronomat in the first place (rep or gen)? Insane... the rep price is even more insane... considering you can buy preowned genuine stainless Chronomats for that price.

Took another shot and cleaned it up with Noise Ninja... of probably my current watch favourite. I promise this is my last one for today. Enjoy.

Start from here: http://www.rwg.cc/members/By-torand39s-Gui...licas-t426.html

Crown guards, definitely. Check out my Tudor review (from my signature) how to modify them. Easy, easy... PS: Very nice DRSD.

Daily Beater - Ultimate PO Dress Watch - Seamaster "Bond" Smart Casual - TAG Link Chronograph Sporty - "Pepsi" GMT Master

Yeah, maybe not my best shot... but this is always a nice watch to shoot.

Excellent photos, beautiful watches. Thanks for sharing!!

...the colorful GMT Master.

I have his watch. I'll post some pics as soon as I have finished drilling the crown guards.

Yeah. I've been thinking about watching that movie just for Naomi Watts. She's quite a lady who has the glamour, class and beauty of the old movie stars. Definitely not a typical Hollywood skank. And I agree about Norton. Great and versatile actor.

Good writeup as usual Andreww. The "lite" version is great value for money rep.

Both gone (but not forgotten). Tudor "Military" Snowflake: 1680 with "Palped" dial.

Very cool again Falco. You seem to be quite a Rolex enthusiast/watch builder. It's rare to see a decent Steve McQueen... but yours certainly is.

Very nice ladies' AT. Congrats to your lady. I bought a ladies' rep for my fiancee and even made a review of it. Naturally it didn't get much attention as my other reviews but it was fun to do: http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=14263

Very nice Bond Sub Robert. Where did you get it?

Not here in Europe. Ever heard of different timezones? You must live on the wrong side of the globe.

Good Monday morning. New week, new watch... I'm starting the week with my magnificent Jumbo Planet Ocean. How about you?