Leifhaus

wow that looks exactly like the hotel that I stayed at in Jakarta last month, probably the same room.

In the interest of keeping this thread alive, I would be interested in one of these watches. I would feel more comfortable about wearing this type of sub to work, subtle and could be considered an inheritence. Nobody wears subs where I work, international development aid. Looking forward to updates.

Checking out TZ today, trying to find pictures of POs with different strap combinations, I found this post and noticed that the logo is sitting very close to the text below, almost no gap. I wonder how many rep POs end up in TZ photos? You will have to paste link into your browser and change the xx's to tt's. hxxp://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=tree&goto=2698544&rid=0

Hello, this is my first post and thought I'd share some new pictures. I received a new PO rep from Andrew (5 days from order to delivery) and have some photos below comparing it to my Alpha PO. I know that the PO bracelet is hard to do without risk of f-ing up, so I took the watch to the jewelry store this morning to have the bracelet sized. Sizing no problem, however the jeweler wanted to try and fix the diver's extension as it wasn't staying in, he said that, "his own watch had the same problem sometimes". Basically diver's extensions are all a pain in the axx I'm guessing. He couldn't fix it and said that it was defective and "what a shame for such a nice piece". I didn't want to say anything at that point. He didn't say anything about the watch itself, he's been in the business 50 years or so, but his daughter said when she first saw it, "oh that's one of the new ones"? Well since her question was vague, I thought to myself, "well yes it is a new one" and left it at that. He charged me $12, which considering that I couldn't do it was fair. He once regulated my O&W Mirage III for free! As far as the diver's extension, I got back to the office and super glued it shut so it works fine now . I may eventually order a gen clasp. Anyway on to the pix. Here is my Alpha PO. I paid $31 plus $25 shipping from Chin (3 weeks delivery). Andrew is much faster. I took the watch to the beach and walked right into the ocean, fully expecting it to flood, didn't flood, I've had it in water and showers since, no fogging no problems. It's keeping +5 a day. The second hand sweep is very jittery and not smooth, but still it's a great watch. The Omxga rep is 5.9 oz. Compared to the Alpha which is 4.8 oz. This is after the bracelet has been resized. http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/ze...PO/DSC00246.jpg The alpha is really a fantasy rep. as it doesn't have the ridiculous HE valve like on the gen. watch, which is a fantasy item. I mean how many people in the world will really use the HE valve. http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/ze...PO/DSC00264.jpg Here are the two side-by-side. The alpha looks bigger, hard to tell without measuring. The bracelets. I actually like the Alpha bracelet, it's comfortable except a little sharp, brushed not polisehd, not as heavy. http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/ze...PO/DSC00258.jpg another shot of the bracelet clasps. I like the Alpha push button release, very easy and works well, not finished well on the inside, but who cares about the inside. http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/ze...PO/DSC00259.jpg The Alpha Rehaut much thinner. http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/ze...PO/DSC00262.jpg The Omega Rehaut much thicker. http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/ze...PO/DSC00263.jpg The famous defective diver's extension on everyone's PO. This is right after I superglued it shut! That's the nice thing about REPs. You can do whatever you want because they don't cost a mortgage payment! http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/ze...PO/DSC00247.jpg The logo on my PO is pretty straight, and there is a gap between the logo and letter. http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/ze...PO/DSC00267.jpg The Alpha logo is pretty straight too http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/ze...PO/DSC00268.jpg The PO is running 8-12/day fast (so far), the Alpha is +5. Conclusion. I would say that if your not sure of buying a gen PO, try a rep PO, and if your not sure about a rep PO, try an Alpha PO. Oh couple of other things. The pearl on both watches are exactly same quality, the Alpha case is not as streamlined, you can see that in the rehaut pictures above. Please if anyone has changed out the clasp for a gen, please post and let us know how it worked out.