By-Tor

My quick day set has been "wonky" since the day one though. It rolls over nicely when you run the hour hand 24h around the dial. I wouldn't mind trading this to something bigger inside the EU area. I've never worn it. But the problem is I don't know what's inside. Eurotimez sold it to me as Swiss ETA. But I have no idea.

Now on a Oyster. This is pretty damn nice rep. Too bad I can't wear it because it's so small.... but I can always photograph it.

That's the new Mercedes Maybach cabrio, right?

Among the nicest reps (and chronographs) ever made. I liked them so much that I bought a gen BTR. That is, of course, in another level. But the reps are magnificent. Read this.

Amazing. Cheers mate. Is Eurotimez still around? I wouldn't mind buying a few reps from him. Just for the old times' sake. PS: I got a gen 16610 myself. But I still wear the WM9 v2 too (with gen crown, insert and other nice stuff).

I'm open for trades. Send me $5K to my Swiss bank account and that 1675 and you'll get the Yacht-tuna. Ah well... let's be generous among friends and let's make it $6K. Waddya say?

Hey Euno, long time no see mate. Still sporting the E31? I have a Porsche 928 S4 now. And want to buy a Jaaaaaggggggg XK. My "civil car" is Mercedes C.

Are these genuine? I inherited these from my Great Grandfather.

I think Robbie didn't own any reps in the end. He sold them all and only owned gens. I don't own many reps anymore, either but these rep sites are more fascinating than gen sites anyway.

Singer is awesome. But so are these. Merc and Jag.

Nice! I have a gen coming as well.

Pictures back up for this old writeup from 2010.

Send that ugly, beat up 1675 to this direction and I will ship this brand new beauty back. Deal?

Amazing. These Snowflakes were always quite expensive but I remember the times when a good price for a Tudor Sub was $1K.

That is gen Nanuq, right?

Does anyone know what happened to RobbieG? One of the greatest watch photographers and a great guy to boot. I miss him.

Not referring to the watch looks in that case but to the name and function. Not that it's the only one though. I just picked it up "randomly". "Sky Dweller". Yeah right. Read Explorer II function... "tool watch", yeah. Let's be honest... GMT is cool, a basic dive watch is cool, chonograph is cool... but rest of these "functions" are nothing but pretentious bullshit. The watch is powered by a 26-jewel, caliber 1575 movement, and features a number of characteristics aimed specifically at cave exploring. Among these are a date function, a stationary bezel with 24-markings, a 100 meters depth rating, and a large, brightly colored 24-hour hand. The idea behind these features was to provide a watch for speleologists, who Rolex claimed, “soon lose all notion of time: morning, afternoon, day, or night.”

What is that "watch" Nanuq posted? I thought I've seen it all... and then I saw... uhh... that. Amazing.

Okay enough is enough. Where's the ban button? Shit... I don't have it anymore.

That's way too cheap. The correct price is...

Haha yeah. I also forgot the Rainbow version.

Personally, I'd steer away from gold replicas. While they can be decent they're not as "believable" as their steel counterparts. And being an "old school" guy I think USD 688 is a ridiculous amount of money for a Chinese knockoff. Get the cheaper one. In close inspection you're not going to fool any expert with those anyway. If you want better GMT replica get the SS basic version that I reviewed here. https://rwg.cc/topic/81892-review-of-rolex-gmt-master-ii-116710-ceramic/

Hey robert... nice to see you old friend!!!! You're still around. Amazing.

NOTE: This is written tongue-in-cheek and shouldn't be taken dead seriously. I was bored and just typed in some humorous rant. If your watch is on the list, don't take it personally. It's kinda "attempted satire", based only on my subjective opinions. Feel free to disagree. So here we go... MOST EMBARRASSING ROLEXES EVER: 1. Yacht-Master II This looks like a Canal Street piece of shit. The designer must have been on some heavy drugs. Completely tasteless, gaudy and plain fuck*ng ugly POS. The designer of this watch should be jailed. This is a crime against humanity and Kim Jong-Un has shot people for lesser crimes. Invicta is one of the most embarrassing marquees and even they couldn't have put out watch this ugly. They're asking what... $20K for this? 2. Yacht-Master two-tone with brown bezel Honestly... this one looks LITERALLY like a piece of dog turd. 3. Hulk GREEN dialed Submariner! It's not even that "ugly" per se... but has quickly become the ultimate douchebag Rolex. Idiots in the local gen watch community (that I frequent) has a lot of Hulk buyers. They pose with their tuned up Beemers and post wrist shots of Hulk. They don't usually know anything about watches... or even Rolexes for that matter... but they bought the Hulk because it says Rolex on the dial, they want to show that they have money and their golf friends have them too. They call them "Hulksters". Wimps! 4. Batman How can you f*ck up GMT Master any worse? First install ugly fat case, then polish the middle links and then attach blue and black bezel... destroying all great decades old traditions of this watch. It's Pepsi and it should NOT have anything polished. The standard new black GMT already bored me to death but "Batman" is even worse. And what a ridiculous nickname... "Batman". Jokers! 5. Any classic sports Rolex with diamonds It's like getting a very expensive, restored classic Mercedes SL Pagoda or Jag E-Type and then install spoiler kit on them... and then paint 'em pink. Even Liberace knew better and would have stayed away from these. 6. Yacht-Master I had the Rolesium rep and I wore the gen for a few days (swapped watches with a friend). I can live with the Rolesium as it's the least unattractive of them. But my God how plain awful combinations there are. Anything two-tone is usually just horrendous. YM is just Submariner with tasteless bling. Why do they call it "Yacht Master"? Because fat, old, rich guys with no taste can wear these on their yachts and impress the hookers. 7. Leopard Daytona Neil always called it "Gaytona". Enough said. 8. DeepSea I have no doubt that it's a good and capable dive watch but my God it's UGLY as sin. Small children should not see this watch as it's so painfully ugly. 9. Sky-Dweller Yeah it can set the month date correct automatically. Great! Just like my Casio. What this has to do with Dwelling in the sky? What a pretentious watch. What next? Cave Dweller, Fire Dweller, Lake Dweller, Ass Dweller? 10. Daytona (post El Primero) Daytona doesn't really deserve to be on this list because I respect the movement and quality. It's a good watch no doubt. But it's also the most overhyped watch ever. I had the rep and one of my good friends has white gen. I see it almost weekly. If you have a bit larger wrist, try wearing Ebel BTR, any Breitling chrono or even PO Chrono and then put Daytona on. You'll be seriously underwhelmed. The dial is pale, plain, it wears extremely small and looks very old fashioned (in a boring way). That smooth bezel and relatively huge pushers make it feel even smaller. Not an ugly watch and I respect it... but it just bores me to death. Flame on (ducks for cover).