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Adeodatus

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  3. Got Called Out!

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    I just bought my first rep and wasn't used to the whole idea of reps.One day, as I was roaming between meetings I stopped by a local Omega AD to have a look at some of the Omega offerings and, you know, to have some fun. Unfortunately I totally forgot about wearing my rep IWC Spitfire.

    As I approached the counter I suddenly realized that I was wearing the watch, but what could I do? So while looking at some PO's I took the my watch off, and the shop owner instantly recognized it. She said "they just never make those IWC dials right, do they? but I love the job they've done on the case". I was a bit surprised, not because she bluntly called me out, but by her keen eye. I said "yeah, wish I could find a cheap dial to install" or something along the lines. "So you've got the bug too", she laughed and we went on talking about reps gens etc. Really cool lady and funny as hell.

    As it appeared she was quite a watch expert and rep collector with over 80 watches in her watchbox (all men's watches, btw). A couple of weeks later I stopped by and she showed me part of her collection: from cheap datejusts to really high end 1:1's. It was like GTG at Christmas on steroids. :yeah:

    We are still in touch, but I learnt my lesson: never visit AD with a rep. ;)

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  9. WTF Happened here

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    Probably the hand is too close to the hour hand and a bit loose, so when it passed over, probably at the point that all hands were aligned, the minute hand got twisted. Nevertheless, definitely a WTF moment

  15. Why can't they manage to make the easiest details right?

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    What you are suggesting, Smab, is that rep factories and gen companies are working closely together, in agreement to produce "lesser" reps. Although not entirely implausible, I find it highly unlikely. I believe that gen companies are working towards eliminating the rep market in every way possible, by limiting parts, raising prices, working directly with Chinese govt., and much more.

    I think that the case with producing quality reps is driven by market forces. While the market, or the buyers, demand higher quality, producing a true 1:1 watches would limit the market to new buyers, of that specific model, only. Similar to automobile industry, which introduces slightly upgraded or "face-lifted" version of the same car, the rep factories are utilizing their loyal and satisfied customer base to resell the same watches over and over again, parallel to acquiring new customers into the circle. It's, simply, a much smarter business plan than finding new customers in such a limited, in the first place, market.

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