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I like Flightdecks too. Thanks for the info! I'll look into them..

Ok, I'm new here and I absolutely love this forum, but I have a few questions/comments about this: 1) I understand that forums have certain rules about what is posted on the forum, and rightfully so. But for a forum to have a "rule" about what you do outside the forum sounds absurd to me. Call it a recommendation or advice, and I'm with you. Call it a rule and I go into "fight the power" mode. 2) Do you think that AD's don't know about our "hobby"? I think that it's pretty well known, by literally just about everyone, that fake watches are produced and distributed in mass quantities. I get the impression that you think that by taking a rep into an AD, they will be alerted to the fact that people are purchasing reps and will sound the alarm, and begin some kind of crusade against the rep market that will eventually restrict our ability to purchase these reps. I would have a hard time giving that scenario much credence. 3) If I bought a watch on eBay, or really anywhere other than an AD, the first thing I would do is bring it to an AD to make sure it was real. I've read here on the forum that AD's will give you their opinion, but that if you want an official appraisal, they will send your watch in to Omega to do a thorough inspection of the watch and check the serial number against their archives. And this is at some considerable cost. However if that turned out to be a rep, then I'm in the same situation. 4) Like you mentioned, a person could have very easily been ripped off and unknowingly purchased a rep, fully believing it to be real. That person could (and in all likelihood would) walk into an AD to look at other watches or have something done to what he believes is his gen watch. Again, same situation. 5) I'm not going to worry about taking off my watch if I walk into a jewelry store. I probably won't say "look at my watch, do you think it looks real?", but I'm not going to freak out if someone starts looking at it either. I'd be surprised if someone asked to look at it, but if they did, I'd show it to them. I'd then be surprised if they immediately noticed that it was a rep and then said something to me, but if they did, I would feign surprise and thank them for alerting me that I was ripped off. Again, I'm new here and maybe my logic is flawed. I don't think I'm all knowing and I'm always grateful for the opinons of those who are more experienced than me. But at first glance, this just seems silly to me. Let the flaming begin!

300 quotes...I love it! Oh yea, I'm pumped up now. I was getting really bummed, but now I'm stoked. I can't wait to open them. I feel like a little kid on Christmas eve. I'll be sure to write a good, thorough review.

Holy [censored]! Finally!! "Your item cleared United States Customs at 9:28 pm on January 26, 2012."

No I ordered the first one, the PO. It got here fast but there was a crown/stem problem so I sent it back. I only had that one for about an hour before I packed it back up and sent it away. Broke my heart. It was beautiful and I wanted to wear it. Then I ordered two more. Those were sent quickly, but have been sitting in customs at JFK for 5 full days now. It's killing me.. Your sister in law saw the watch right? If she thinks that's junk seeing it in person, she's crazy!

On another note, and just to continue the constant whining and crying I've been doing lately, my watch still shows being in customs. I thought today would be the day. No such luck. It has now been 5 full days and I'm really starting to think that something is going on. I have just had the worst luck with this so far. I'm literally going to throw a party when my first watch gets here.

That's awesome. I'd almost bet that an AD would have a hard time telling. I was in an Omega AD and was asking him about the "anti-counterfitting" engraving and he said he had no idea what it was for. Later I did some research and found out that it is not an anti-counterfitting mark. Omega added that etching because Costco was buying up a bunch of their watches through grey market sources and selling them in their stores. Omega did not like this, but legally couldn't do anything about it. They added the Omega globe etching as a way to use some kind of trademark loophole to prevent them from selling anymore. I may have the details a little off, but it was something to that effect. As we all know, it isn't that hard for the reps to copy that etching... Anyway, if an AD didn't know the story behind the etching (and this guy said he'd sold Omegas for 20 years) then I'd be willing to bet that your watch may fool him. I think if someone with a lot of knowledge was looking hard they could maybe find something off, but I think your average AD would not suspect someone walking right into their store with a watch to have a rep. So they wouldn't be looking that hard to begin with..

Haha... touche' I don't know, I like the looks of them. I have a quartz one (black thousands) that I get compliments on all the time. I was thinking about picking up a better quality one. But yea, I don't see much about the reps so I'm guessing they're not very popular...

I thought about doing that same thing Wetwork (although I need to actually have a watch before I can). I'm anxious to see what happens so let us know..

Well, it's been at JFK in customs for 5 days now. I'm really starting to get [censored].

I really don't know much about the BK DSSD, other than a few things I've heard on the forum. He basically takes the standard "Ultimate" version and does some minor mods (I think AR, maybe lume, can't remember). Heard about his after the fact so too late for me. I'd just be happy with ANYTHING on my wrist right now. I have 3 watches and $1100 floating around in outer space (thats what it feels like) at this moment.

Anyone know of any nice U-Boat reps?

Anyone else like scotch? I've been drinking it all day. I love it as much as watches... oh yea, and I'm hammered drunk!

Whhhaaaaa?? Are you being serious? I've got zero experience with this, so I'm in no place to question. But this sounds crazy! Thumbs...hockey puck....stepping on it... Seems like the next sound I'd hear is "CRAAAAAACK". And the next thing I'd see is little gears, pinions and springs flying all over the room.

You saying I'm trying to compensate for something with the orange bezel??

Yea, movement on the PAM looked too good so I would have guessed gen on that. But I would have guessed rep on the SD, although Adeodatus makes a pretty solid point!

Oh, I like that one.. Is there a rep of that?

Partaaaaaay!!

Haha...I recommend sticking with the watch addiction though!

But...to keep this thread from getting hijacked and becoming a Rolex thread... I still think the PO with the orange bezel is one of the best looking watches I've ever seen. If I were to pick one gen to purchase right now, it would be that one!

Yea, I got the best DSSD that I could find. Here's the link to the one I got: http://www.yourtrust...roducts_id=6579 I will do a full review with lots of pictures when I get it. I just really like the look of the DSSD and from what I can tell this one is one of the best. I do hear that BK does one that's modded a little for the same price. I just didn't hear about that one until I'd already ordered mine. Maybe others can discuss that one..

I haven't seen the Aquaracer 500M rep, but I hear that it's very good. I love the look of that thing though, so if it's even close I'm going to love it. I want to order it now, but I can't do it until I actually get some of my other watches! It won't be long now though...I've got the fever!

Yea, you could almost miss it if you're not looking very hard for it. I've been trying to see it in my QC pics, but I can't. Not sure if it's because it doesn't have it or if the picture just doesn't show it. I guess I'll have to wait for it to get here to find out for sure. If it ever does get here!

Oh, you're absolutely right JKay. I thought I'd copied a different video's link. Regardless, the gen has the engraved crown on the crystal if I'm not mistaken..

Hey GMTlover, I'm pretty sure you are wrong about the crown. Here are two videos, one of a gen and one of a rep. Both have the crown on the crystal: