Stephane

I hate complaining people and for sure people that are going to PayPal to raise a dispute. It hurts the entire community. As a noob I can certainly call out other noobs doing so, even if not all of us are a**h****. Maybe RWG fav dealers should simply avoid to do business with noobs for a while or only accept WU or whatever other safe mean as a pmt. 2 months ago I was prompt to post my "difficult experiences about cutoms and delivery"... Today I do not even talk about it on RWG but email back and forth with my dealer. I didn't even follow up after my meeting at customs. In the only bad case I experienced so far my dealer and I found a solution to make both of us happy. Cheers Stephane

I spent two weeks in Greece during the summer 2006 and I was swimming every day with my "cheap" sub rep. It's was not my "So called perfect from Paul though". The watch did not have any problem but the pearl fade away totaly. Most of reps I have are ok to swim with, surely not to dive I guess, but my position is to avoid to swim with watches in general. If it's in a pool, there are too many products that can hurt the watch and if it is the sea well it's the salt... Depending on what you prefer: keep them forever in good state or... Cheers Stephane

OK, let's continue to post horrors, which is in my thought, bad reps...not specially very hugly watches In one of the pack I got from that one shot chinese seller of ebay, I got a rep of a Baume & Mercier 8502 (Capeland S). The gen looks like this: I have always looked at two brands: Jlc and B&M. The reason is that my mother had a JLC (Joaillerie) and my dad a B&M (full gold). Now that they both passed away, I decided to buy a "modern" Gen one (that you can find in the trade area by the way). It looks like this Now, the fun is that I do not really wear that gen and of course do not wear the Capeland rep neither. Let's look at the very bad B&M rep now @ 40$: Did you pay attention to the great sub dial @12 ? Cool no ? I have no idea what that is measuring ! But, when you press a chrono button, the hand is turning, and quite fast, "Fasten your seat belt" The sub dial @6 is funny too The not sweeping seconds are in fact the middle hand (the one that is suppose to be used for chrono features) What a lovely crown And of course, this is a waterproof watch up to 1000 M. Lucky I am...the gen is only 200 M . I must say two positive things: the strap is great looking and the time keeping is great: it's a Quartz movement, which of course is not accurate at all! Having said all this, I will never wear it but will keep it because it's too much fun. Cheers Stephane

Hmmm, I see. I checked it and yes it pretty cheap what is sells but that was not my source... Mine was a "one time" chinese seller of eBay (that disappeared the day after after I contact him). He sent me to a crazy site with all the watches that he could get and I poked twice: maybe one of the reps could have been not to bad, but the idea was to get them in hands to actually touch the difference with our dealers watches. The kind of site I visited looked like this : http://www.pickyourgoods.com/productdisplay.php?sortid=3 Having said that the bracelets of the Rolex are quite good. Spare parts at least ;-) Stay tuned I have a nery very bad rep of a B&M Capeland S for later

Sorry, I dindn't get that

No, and you'll suffer even more ah ah Here comes a Panerai GMT @ 33

Wow, that is my favourite

What about clicking and listening to the attached file ? I hope it's attached and it works Oh by the way, fench is my mother tongue Ingenieur.mp3

My goodness, that is a beautifull collection and again great pictures as usual. But I see a problem here Pug No I'm serious: The IWC GST chrono that I'm trying to stay away from .... YOU MADE ME WANT IT TOO ! Congratulations for this huge collection, Cheers Stephane

I fully agree with you: I will soon stop reps for a while and get my self a gen Sub 16610 pre-owned. I would never have spend 3k in a Sub a year ago.

The gens I would get Let's dream a bit! None of these ones should loose their initial values. 2,5k Omega PO 45 3k Zenith ZENITH PORT ROYAL EL PRIMERO ROUND 3,5k Zenith ZENITH CLASS T EL PRIMERO 5k Zenith ZENITH PORT ROYAL GRANDE DATE Jaeger Le Coultre Master Compressor Dualmatic Cheers Stephane

I sincerely think I will not be able to compeet with you guys. Anyway, as promised here are two beauties from the "Rolex package" Remember, it was a 100

I have no idea, but if it's a rep, it's a true Horror

Hi All, What do you think about the pearl of PT's PO45 Ultimate ? I was so happy wearing the animal since friday now I wonder if my pearl is good enough Cheers Stephane

...the last one I received I wear it since friday

Wow this one is great Ubi! Congrats. I will post my Rolex @ 33

Ah Ah, I keep them for sure. Stay tuned, more horrors are coming soon....

Dear All, I thought it could be fun to have an Horror Museum. In example, I ordered 2 times a 100

did you have a chance to get something signed by him ?

Great ! At least he wasn't yet SIR Paul and probably more relax...

Yes that is sure, you should explore that. I'm sure there is a market for 99,9999999% reps if they stay under 500$ After all, for non chronos at least, if it's possible to make them so close, it should be possible to make exactly the same, isn't it. Nice story Thanks for sharing Steve Stephane PS: if you want a tour in Belgium I'm afraid we have no scotch but only beers

@Ziggy, If it helps I have open the GMT and the movement in it looks exactly the same as the one I have in a Sub I bought for 40$ and that doesn't work. Maybe I can give it to you ? The only think is that I would like to keep the sub (even without the movement). If you want it , let me know and it's yours. @By-Tor I like the Bond bracelet, you're right it looks much better than the other one that looks a little "cheap" to me now that I see your last pic. Great job. Thanks again. Cheers Stephane

I've been looking at these too...(seems like I should start to work 24/7 to get enough budget for all these babies ) Which one would you recommend in terms of accurancy ? I see there are black bezels and steel bezels... Thanks for your advice. Cheers Stephane

My god I love all your replies guys I spent the most hilarious 5 minutes of my day. Thank you so much.

I must confess me too After all the only danger is that noobs like me buy hockey pucks and vises to mod their wifes