In terms of what the average person knows?
1. Rolex
2. Omega (Btw, now has its own in-house movements...(again) -big, big step for the brand)
3. Seiko
4. TAG Heuer
5. Movado
Pick the WHS/IHS version and never look back. It's got a reliable movement and there's no way in hell people are going to notice the handstack unless they're looking directly at it with a loupe or know just what to look for...and if they're that close/experienced they'll know it's a rep long before they see the handstack...
I'd totally buy something from that seller and I don't think that disclaimer is too "anal" at all...especially if, say, he sold someone a high priced watch a few months back and the buyer raised holy hell because it wasn't EXACTLY the way he had dreamed it would be.
Some companies made 42,000 vph "Hummingbird" movements in the 40s and 50s and I can personally vouch for the vintage Omega 564s containing 19.8s... all modern Rolex automatics are 28.8 though...
No, generally the amount of radiation is too minuscule to really have any net effect... much less radiation than a cell phone in your pocket or even the sun.
Absolutely incredible! I'd go out on a limb and say that this movement is probably BETTER than the standard movements PAM fits to their latest Fiddies...
Well I guess they could have a "spy" of sorts take a cheap rep into his shop and ask him to repair it...
If he consents he either: Didn't know it was a rep movement (in which case, the Institute probably doesn't want him as a member) or he willing worked on a rep which has the same connotations and qualifiers as my first point.