DemonSlayer

That 113 looks awesome Victoria I might have to 'cop' me one of those

I have ordered an 42.5mm in asian 21J and should arrive next week. I will post pics and a mini-review when it arrives so you get some idea of what it looks like and how it functions.

My first and only Panerai I have (so far ) is a PAM 111h, in asian unitas. It has kept very accurate time since I've had it, and had no other problems with it whatsovever. I highly recommend the 111h for a 'beginner' to PAMs

They very well could be. On cqout, his profile shows that he is from Singapore but I read somewhere that his watches are shipped from China. Teejay should be able to confirm this.. I don't think he will be able to get all the watches the cartel dealers here can, as these dealers have formed deals with several factories therefore only allowing them to be the ones who can sell these particular watches. However, for his asian movement reps, some of them seem to be better than what some dealers here offer. As Teejay pointed out in another thread, his SMP he received from Tony had the 3:00 marker, while some of the smp's offered by the cartel dealers were missing this, now to me that is a pretty big flaw, its not something small like the 'legs' of the omega logo are not accurate.

That's a great watch, though not something I would wear. I prefer the non-chrono version of this one, that will always remain a classic.

My personal preference would be the black dial, however the white one looks nice as well and adds variety

^^^^ Agreed, I have handled watches from Tony and they are good quality and the pricing is excellent. He does seem to charge a lot less than the 'recommended' dealers on this board and offers the same aftersales service.... if not better.

That's an impressive amount of weight you're pressing there Do you workout with a 3-day split or 4-day split or total body?

That's a stunna but too much gold for me to pull off!

I like the simplicity of the dial, very stylish indeed. Also like the vinatage work on it

That's got to be the 42mm, look at how much space the watch takes up on his wrist...

Congratulations Teejay, I hope you and Emily have many happy years together.

Absolutely wicked watch, if I was to buy a gen PAM, any from the 111 series would be the one!

You got a wristshot of this combo, would like to see it

Hey TeeJay hows it going How about this one Very hard to find a picture of an original design Radiomir on a rubber strap, there must be someone out there who has put one on a rubber strap thought.

kruzer00, glad to know someone else knows this fact Most of those high end bags are actually made in China and sell for a whole lot less than 1 to 1.5 grand. Yes you can indeed walk into the brands boutique with them and they WILL NOT know the difference, pretty amazing if you ask me. Bags are way easier to replicate than watches, as you pointed out, watches carry mechanical elements which may not be as easy to replicate. However I believe that what can be done with bags/footwear and clothes (I know someone who ordered over 500 Ralph Lauren Polos made at 1:1 copy) can also be done with watches on the most part. Perhaps they can't be replicated 100% yet but if factories wanted to they can get damn close. In fact if you order in a large enough quantity, a factory can even make them for you, but be prepared to spend big money, the minimum order quantity won't be low. For whatever reason, the replica factories are INTENTIONALLY producing reps which are not as accurate as many on this board would like them.

Yes Victoria, I do agree with your views on the replica handbag trade. However, replica handbags can be replicated at REMARKABLE accuracy, I have seen this with my own eyes. In fact, I know someone who sells these, and one of these were taken to a boutique, (I think it may have been Fendi) and they thought it was a gen Handbags, like watches, have different levels of quality. I have seen the very bad that are often found at flea markets, to the very good which are harder to obtain, to the extremely good (very hard to obtain). If these extremely accurate handbags where produced and sold in larger numbers, the handbag makers would have to take careful notice and really crack down on these sales. Another fashion commodity that I know have been extremely accurately replicated are Nike kicks. They are produced so accurate down to the barcode on the box that these could easily be sold in stores such as Footlocker and no one could tell the difference, in fact I know that this particular batch passed as authentic when Nike analyzed them. I feel this can be done with watches, for instance if factories now only produced, say Submariners at the level of quality of a MBW or even better, these could possibly pass as a gen. Then Rolex would have to take immediate action just like Hublot did with the Big Bang replicas.

Damn, that would be something though On a serious note Narikaa, what do you write down on the customs label?

Forgive me for this newbie question, I am sending a replica I sold on another board to a member in the US, however I am not sure what I should write down where it states 'describe the item'. If I wrote down wristwatch, would the customs in the US get suspicious and open up the package? Alternatively, if I write a false description, won't they find out anyway because the item goes through a x-ray scanner? Thanks in advance.

I think that if reps were to get so accurate, I'm talking about 97%+ the same as the gen, then people would consider buying the rep over the gen as it would be a fraction of the cost and be replicated so good that you would have to carefully inspect it to suss out it was a rep. We all know that it's certainly possible by chinese replica factories to produce replicas of this kind of accuracy even now, but for whatever reason they have (hint: triads) they are choosing not to do so.

Go for the UPO, I'm about to purchase the same watch with both ss and rubber straps

It's actually not that difficult to find websites where reps are being sold. I remember reading an article either here or on RWG1 where a forum member said they where reading a magazine (TIME) I think it was and that there was an advertisement from replicahause.com. This website is pretty easy to find on google, if you type in "rolex submariner" or "panerai" or something similar you find that this website often shows up, and also if you do a google image search on "audemars piguet offshore" you will see pictures of reps being sold on cqout and ioffer. Therefore, all it takes is for someone with an interest in a particular brand 'googling' it and voila there comes up a rep on sale Now I do agree that the large percentage of watches being sold by these dealers does not compare to the quality of our so-called recommended dealers, but all it takes is some simple searching on replicas on google and this board as well as others are found pretty easily.

Is there any point in purchasing one of these if they're going for prices that reps can be purchased for? Aren't they manufactured in factories that produce reps?