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Thanks guys. I think I'll be cheeky and try the real thing at an AD before pulling the plug.

Yes the real thing is supposed to have an open case back. I don't think he is looking for an accurate rep thought, this particular one has way too many tells.

Looks... cheap. Was it? Anyway Toro's great so you're in safe hands. Have fun.

Well for a start the issue number is M0001 (what are the odds of YOU getting the first one) and the CG has curved inner edges (should be sharper).

I mainly wear 47+mm watches. What's the biggest repped Cartier Santos to date?

Wristwatches please, no wall clocks.

Cradle of Filth, Sepultura, Pantera, Metallica, ... all sorts of metal really.

Whats size wrist you have? torn between the 187 you have and a 243 noob.

If you're unsure then there's nothing like going to an AD and trying the real thing on your wrist.

Don't exaggerate Mike after all we are the ones wearing counterfeit goods.

There's also a 305, a Linde Werdelin Oktopus and couple of IWCs

Love the 305. thumbs up

I only have two belts: one brown for jeans and one black for suits. I just roll them and keep'em in the socks drawer.

Poor dial, poor CG, ... TBH you'd be better advised buying a new one, it's a waste of time/money trying to mod that one. My suggestion is for you to just keep it as a daily beater and check out noob's PAM111 v3 for the special occasions.

I think once you know what to look for they become easier esp to the trained eye. Depends on who is looking at it

Definitely. I meant 'untrained eye' not 'naked eye'', my mistake.

Dr. Dre would be proud of you. It's all about the beats.

I forget its been a while since ive been around the forums and noobs will post if i reply,my fault. back into hiding. Carry on.

OMG how dare we "noobs" reply to your posts!

Am I missing something here mate? Damn you're touchy...

I helped bring out some of these reps my friend. But thanks.

Er... what does that have to do with what I said? You lost me now.

You started a thread to say how funny you find French Connection's acronym? Er... ok. They're a clothing company based in the UK. They've been around since the early 70's.

Here's another funny acronym: fsck. It's a unix command. Hilarious no?

lol! good one! Seiko rulez btw

Anybody reading this and thinking,guys there is plenty wrong about both,they simply are not gens,feeling on your wrist wise,not even close,they are reps.

Not even close? I have to disagree there. The Skyland Avenger is generally considered a super rep and the SA is one of the best and easiest reps to franken. Plus you're contradicting yourself, if the only one able to call him off is himself then how can you call these reps "not even close" to the gen? No no no my friend, you're way off there.

I wanna try wear one to a Panerasiti meeting

You mean Paneristi?

ROFL! You gotta be trolling...

Wear what fits you. I'm a big guy with big wrists so it's SA all the way for me, Skyland's too small. I don't wear watches less than 47mm. If you have small wrists why are you even considering the SA? Go for the Skyland, case closed.

Noob's PAM111 v3 is pretty accurate. Not perfect but pretty close. With an incabloc mod it becomes very hard to distinguish rep from gen at naked eye.

Best is to buy a SA rep and franken it. Fairly inexpensive and the end result is amazing.

what an abomination! but hey whatever floats your boat...

Nice reply but that's not really being called out. You handled it well though. Kudos!

Well to be fair pre-orders for the v3 started many months ago so I'm really not surprised it's still out of stock.