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Thanks, Doug! That seems to be the case. I've seen another version of the Zeitzone, without those blue mini-subdials near the bigger ones (I'm scared it might've been a really good rep though). Actually, here's a question. If the Lange 1 has no proper "watch dial" in the traditional sense of going around the watch, is it still correct to speak of the main time-telling device as a subdial? Wow, lucky dog! I daresay this thread will chivvy out, like it has you and Emmzy, all those Lange 1 owners. I used to be very big on moonphases when I was a young girl, not too much now. Not too sure why that is, as it's a beautiful complication. Well, jewellers and not AD. That's a good thing. These must be from a very early batch, when rep dealers were more diversified. It seems now they target marques, and simply don't have Nardin, Glassh

Thanks Emmzy, Supermoves, Cornerstone. You made my day!

Mike! I'm so sorry about that. Perhaps it's a section available only for RWG Supporters, of which you are not yet. So sorry about that -- it's been yonks since I've been a Member, that I forget what is available to whom. I hope the other replies here have been more helpful to you, though.

Wow! I kinda like it, Emmzy...probably because Langes are difficult to find, even in the real world. I have no reference for them, other than my grandpa's old watch (which I didn't care for, actually. What a fool). Thanks for the post-pic!

Due to a recent thread on the much-sought after Lange 1 by A. Lange & S

WEDNESDAY Huge change of plans for me in the Wristchecks. I had originally planned on two different watches, one of them the Lange1 which belongs to my father. Instead, that will be a separate post since a few members mentioned it today. I'm also saving a very special Rolex DD for this weekend. So without further ado, my DSN FIDDY on a lovely Toscana Capretto Tan strap! It's either very dark or very light, depending on your light source. Very versatile strap. Oops, okay, next time I'll know to place from where this strap is, not just the make, since I received two PMs already: http://timeconnection.biz/Merchant2/mercha...Product_Count=3 It's at full price at the mo'. THURSDAY Incredibly, ever since I restarted watching Top Gear, I've been wearing my Pumpkin Planet Ocean (from member Navigater), on the black diver strap he threw in for me. I prefer it on the orange strap, but this is a nice change of pace!

Thanks for your input, eddhead. There are some as still unresolved issues at play in threads, but don't worry about that. What is important is to help out folks, as best as we're able to. The motives aren't altruistic, merely practical. However, I personally also wish for newbies to have ever more reasons to upgrade to Supporter status. Oh, BTW, there's no suggestion of having a truly all-encompassing thread. It would take years to map out, and a committee's worth of time. This is just putting out what knowledge we have, here and there.

I'm sure you didn't mean to be unkind, or impolite, so let's not touch on this part. Instead, let's say that there are some people here that as newbies would truly appreciate any quick tells, that don't take but a second to divulge from the more seasoned members. It gives them greater piece of mind, when buying reps, and wearing them. In time, they too will scope around the forum, and gain the knowledge others have with painstaking patience. This forum is practical, above all else. This is a practical thread. I'm going to be expanding it later on.

No, the "E" means it's a sausage dial (hour markers on top of the dial), the older design, rather than the newer sandwich dial (cut out hour markers). Here is SSSurfer's handy reference guide in .xls format to the models and the years (letters) they refer to. http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=32170 There's also the "Risti" site: hxxp://www.paneristi.com/reference/index.html (xx'ed because we don't want trackbacks to this site) No. The nomenclature is the gen one, not something used for the rep watch community expressly. Hmm, not sure why it's not working for you. Let's try again: This is the Wiki Guide in toto: http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?autocom=ibwiki This is the movements section: http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?autoco...md=cat&id=9 He may be swamped at the moment -- try emailing him. I would personally try Davidsen.

Personally, I haven't dealt with townbags. I know this is your dream watch. In fact, we have a similar one (dad does) which I was going to post in the Friday Wristcheck. But this site just doesn't look legit, as you mentioned about the vague descriptions. Tiny photos -- sometimes using gens! PRICEY rep prices. And just an overall feeling of being second-rate, and all over the place (rep handbags, etc.). I looked at the one I have: "Chopard Happy Sport - Landies Replica Watch" Ay. Not the price, nor the watch, nor the spelling gives me any sense of credibility about them. Sorry Supermoves.

I was thinking about asking this earlier, when FxrAndy mentioned his name. I wonder if Richard Brown is a known member? It sounds like a pseudonym, this pen name.

Sure, but newbies don't know the watch, until they know the hobby. This guide truly isn't for the experts. It's for the experts or self-defined hobbyists to share with others less capable of themselves, at the quick and easy tells out there. I'm sure you can add loads to it, as you surely have in individual threads.

I've had quite enough of your cyber-bullying, cyber-obsessing, cyber-targetting. You don't exist for me on RWG from now on. Please do the same for me.

Hey Magnum! "Page Not Responding" Usually the members just put the ID number of the auction, and we look it up like that.

Magnificent! The post is also like a How-To on dealing with Davidsen! The watch turned out brilliantly, really. If I ever get a PVD, this may just well be it. Really happy you got a nice working one, with good straps you can use out the box. As the smallest aside, you may want to lower or change the font of your post. I read it all, but it wasn't so easy on me eyes.

Wow. They sound like women.

Well, to be sure, although don't expect to be very popular in a rep watch forum with this opinion. I have loads of gens, and honestly, for the lady Cartiers and Rolexes, the comparison is not bad. Maybe the bigger Subs and SDs have more tells, or my eye is as yet unexperienced, so who knows. I'll let you know if I change my mind, when I buy a gen PAM this summer, God willing. I don't intend on liquidating my reps. I'll keep them, happily.

Heard the Lemania is best, but here is a handy guide by The Zigmeister about the movements. Via RWiki, above: http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?autoco...md=cat&id=9 (Ah, it's back to "Wiki", now? Cool)

This is a forum where people agonised over the tiniest flaws in a rep watch, and ever since I arrived (originally with your mindset of "who cares, it's a rep watch, I know that going in") that attitude has been dinned into me. Finally, I've accepted that there are some tells which are more glaring than others. Why not share them in a convenient, all-encompassing thread, since we seem to talk about them quite a bit?

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Nah, no protocol. And I asked the same thing on my newbiest post too! Consider this forum like Home Depot (which I always thought was the unofficial motto of the United States of America too): You can do it. We can help. Good luck! PM offer stands forever.

Good question. Psychologically, a rep is still "new" (it may well not be, and have overhauled movements, etc.). When there is such a little difference in price, I would go for a gen -- but often with the MARQUES of watches we like, one can't find it that cheaply. I'm thinking of Rolexes, Panerai, Audemars Piguet, that ilk of $$ watch. With Omegas, Tags, and Cartiers, it's all a question of what you can find, really. Recently a member paid $500 for a gen vintage Cartier Tank Classique for his wife. Lizard band and everything. That beats my $108 Andrew Classique by a lot, and though I have 2 gen Classiques, I still bought mine because I'd like to wear it for peace of mind and to see how it compares, too. So some reasons: 1- Curiosity 2- Still wanting to get a cheaper but "same" watch 3- Being able to buy more reps with the money saved 4- Getting something brand-new 5- Peace of mind that's it's not a gen (in crime areas like cities) 6-A replacement for your gen in general (to give yours a break, etc) 7- You're just plain into rep watches and don't care about gens Any other reasons people can think of? @Supermoves below (LOL, another double entendre): The member got it on FleeceBay. If you're patient, those kinds of watches do turn up CHEAP.

This must be the one POTR was talking of getting last night, in the ShoutBox. So if you want it, you might have competition, hurry!

Ahh, the 80s. The heydey of the awesome teen flick. One more point about watch props in film: As D4Me revealed, watches are provided to them by the Props Dept. But I still doubt all watches are. This becomes evident when you see an actor wear a particular watch not just after the film (where you can surmise the actor asked to keep it, or was given it as a memento, as sometimes happens with costumery and actresses), but BEFORE the film: when it's part of their own personal, day-to-day wear. This was true of Jude Law and his Big Pilot in Breaking and Entering, as well as Mark Wahlberg and his watch (I forget) in The Departed. There are many other examples where you see a regular watch in that actors' collection being worn on screen, so it can't always be that it's the Props Dept.

Yes, I myself knew it was a Ferrari and there was a "California" somewhere in the title. Not being a car nut, I Wikied just before posting and saw it wasn't a real Ferrari. But though that was a replica, I've seen enough films where genuine, very very pricey cars are destroyed, so the general idea stands, I think.