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OK so I'm working on my first build from scratch. Its a Datejust 16000 I have a gen case and bracelet and tube for that matter but my question is this, when it comes to the crown can you tell a difference between a good (say MMM) crown and a Gen crown? Is it that big of a deal? as the Gen's on ebay are in the $100+ price range and rep is quite a bit cheaper. I personally am having a hard time telling the difference between them. The only thing that I can think of is possibly the number of ridges on the coin edge of the crown? I notice when browsing through the classifieds here that many people upgrade to gen what is the benefit? Sorry if this is a dumb question I tried searching the forum for an answer and came up empty.

The dial is gen I picked it up on Ebay and the rest is all MMM 18K overlay bezel and the bracelet has the hollow gold midlinks. The movement is high grade asian 2836-2. I have a Gen buckle I will probably swap out. But like I say the rest of it, Matt has his own source. I honestly don't really care about how "gen" everything is as it looks awesome to me and I have NO plans on ever getting rid of it. Its exactly what I wanted and especially because it fit my budget.

I got my watch from Mymanmatt yesterday and I love it! I will let you be the judge...sorry for the crap pictures I will take some better ones later this week I just did this at my desk at work with my phone. Sorry for the angles, I was trying to show off the pyramid dial. I owned the Gen version of this 15 years ago and I have to say I am quite happy with Matts work!

gotcha, thats what i figured thanks for the reply

Does anyone know what type of movement this might be?

I love that band with the Union Jack where did you get it?

Thank you that is awesome!

Would you happen to have a link? I cant find it on pure-time site? or anywhere else for that matter...I love it I think its a beauty and I need one asap! Thanks

I'm thinking of ordering the watch below as it already comes with a "gold wrapped" bracelet. I have purchased a gold wrapped bracelet from riyii and LOVE it for my TT Sub and I'm just wondering if anyone know if Andrews are of the same quality? Also I have a gen dial, that would be able to be swapped out with this watch fairly easily I'm hoping correct? As always thanks for the input! http://www.ttw8888.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_12&products_id=437

for those of you who say its obviously fake.....not to everyone, to you guys who have been doing this for years maybe. I have no friggin idea what I'm looking at when I try to tell the difference between gen and rep? Believe me I'm trying to learn. For instance I have a sub I bought from Andrew @ Trusty ...I'm sitting here looking at it and looking at watches on ebay or even the Rolex website .....what the hell am I looking for? They look virtually identical to me. Maybe the rep is a little thicker? maybe the crown looks slightly different? I am not saying any of this as a smart ass I honestly want to know what to look for and to learn the difference. I have a rep from about ten years ago....a datejust and yeah I can for sure tell the difference from it and a gen...the date window has no magnification, and it obviously looks and feels cheap...but I bought my Mom a ladies datejust and we put it next to my Aunt's gen and I couldnt tell them apart aside from the rotor inside the rep was noisier. Anyway thanks again for all the help and input as usual you guys are a wealth of knowledge

Lesson learned for sure, I contacted the seller and he said he didn't know what he had and that he got it at an estate sale blah blah blah...anyway sale cancelled, lesson learned. I really appreciate all the input as I'm very new to the hobby but also very eager to learn what to look for. Again thanks for all the responses.

Yeah I figured it was a rep but I'm pretty new to this so I cant tell just by looking...I haven't paid for it yet I'll contact the guy and see about backing out.

I saw it with like 3 minutes to go and figured I would take a shot

I just picked this up on Ebay and now having second thoughts. I'm not 100% sure of what to look for but do you think its a miracle and I got a Gen? If its a rep I'm sure the guy selling it knew but I thought it might be worth it for the case if and maybe the movment if Gen but I'm kinda doubting it now. I think if you put the item number in the ebay search bar it will pull it up item # 261748148648 Thanks for the help