Hello everyone! I would like to quickly introduce myself, I am a 21 year old finance major and I currently do not own a watch. I do not have a job and only have $2,000 in the bank. I am materialistic and love luxury things, such as a Rolex. This summer I have an internship at Fidelity Investments (a popular local firm) as an analyst. Walking through the firm, seeing everyone sporting Submariners/Daytonas made me feel like it is probably time for me to get a watch. I am very interested in the submariner, however the cheapest gen I could find is pre-owned off ebay for around $3-4k. So basically my only option is to buy a sub. However, I do fear that I will walk into the firm wearing a rep and someone with a gen will call me out and embarrass me in front of everyone. I am willing to pay $1000 for a rep. I have done some research and my consensus is that a TC extreme v7 Sub is the closest rep to gen. However, I am not knowledgeable enough about this watch to identify the flaws in the TC extreme v7 and I was wondering if anyone here knows the flaws so that I can franken it. I am willing to pay the extra money for gen parts as long as my watch will look and feel as gen as possible. I am trying to compare the TC vs the gen by looking at online pictures and I cant notice any differences, but I know there has to be some flaws in the TC even if they are minor.
Thank you to anyone who reads this and helps me out!