Jasiono

Sind sie in Deutschland gerade? Wilkommen! Are you currently in Germany? Welcome! I need to start talking German again. I lived there for 18 years and moved to the US in 2005. Was born in Germany.

Iron man!

Ok well I'll start off by stating why I love this website.

Back when I lived in Germany, probably 10 years ago, I went to a DDoDs school. It was a fairly small school and everyone knew one another. My one friend showed me his dads Rolex, it was a date time one, yellow gold. I asked him if it was real and he said no, and let me wear it for a while. Let's just say that I still have it and stay at that haha.

Well a couple of years into me "borrowing" it, it began to wear and tear, the gold was coming off, so I ventured to read about reps, the costs they entailed, and looked at a couple of other Rolex watches. Rolex is such a cliche, I know, but it's all my ignorance knew at the time.

A while back I came across a Rolex submariner. The blue face one with the blue dial. Absolutely stunning, a must have, so I intensified my research. Just as I was going to pull the trigger on a watch, the website was either gone, or re reading the reviews made me think twice.

I came across this forum not too long ago, and dove into it a little, and then I signed up. I read a lot of reviews in regards to the dealers and I found trusty time, and decided to pull the trigger on one of his Asian automatic watches for $150 shipped.

I waited 3 weeks since the first set of QC pics since there was an issue, and it finally arrived.

I had some issues with the watch because I didn't know what to do with it and I asked for some help here. I got nothing but awesome answers from great people without being called an idiot. Everyone explained everything very good and I feel as though I learned a lot, in that thread alone.

I go to a lot of other forums and I can say that without a doubt, that this forum is the most mature, most helpful forum I am a part of and I definitely plan to contribute and learn with everyone on here.

This forum has helped me with my understanding on reps, as well as gens, and this forum has helped me achieve my goal of getting my hands on a fabulous watch. It also REALLY opened my eyes to other watches out there.

I have a feeling I'll be addicted, like a lot of people on here.

Can pictures count toward your funny posts portion of the contest?

All of you left wristed watch wearers.

Sounds like a Chopard GXL you're after.

I would post a link but it looks like most of the dealer links are not working. Is this an easy fix?

Yes! That's the one. It's on my list right now.

I knew signing up for this website was a bad idea.

Thanks for clearing that up teejay

Nice. ^

Thank you guys for the help. I appreciate it.

There's another watch I saw on here, not sure what it was, but it looks pretty darn nice. It's very colorful, and it looked like two of the numbers are in the face itself. The numbers. 12 and 6 were on it, big bubble numbers, not sure if the 3 and 9 were like that as well. That's all I remember.

Now I have to hunt it down.

I'll check the tutorials, thanks. I looked for one earlier and didn't see anything, maybe I was looking in the wrong area.

The QC pics had 0.0 BE.

I ended up winding the watch for two minutes as suggested, and I unscrewed the crown until it popped, and turned it. I heard the gears winding up as you described. I set the watch down and it kept the time overnight, still going.

Now, with these watches with the Asian automatic, must the watch be worn to keep from stopping as well?

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try winding it.

I unscrewed the crown until it clicked once and turned it clockwise for a good two minutes. From what I read, that's the way to do it right?

But I got a rep, first one. It's not Swiss movement but it's Asian.

I set the watch to the proper time and about 2 hours later, it's at least 5 minutes behind.

Is this normal for Asian auto movement? Am I not moving it enough?

Any suggestions?

Sandy didn't do anything to me. Just bad winds, 2 hours of power loss and two annoying dogs who wouldn't [censored] until they cried haha.

I hope everyone affected by the storm in a bad way recovers quickly.

I just got my QC pictures and had to reject it due to the face of the submariner being etched up, but other then that I'm extremely satisfied. The contact with the person is amazing and the pictures are great quality. I think that he has great customer service, which is very hard to come by these days.

I honestly didn't expect a 1 on 1 communication type of business transaction.

Hey everyone how are things.

Anyone else getting hit with Sandy? I'm going to be right in the middle of it .

Anyway, I've been a long time lurker as well as a long time researcher on rep watches, mainly focusing on the Rolex submariner.

This website has given me the most information and looks very professional in terms of honesty. I'm glad I found this place.

I just ordered my first watch from a place that comes HIGHLY recommended. Let's see how it goes, maybe I'll grab some more along the way!