Show me your old reps - pre 2007

[billywhiz]

The rep world has moved on a lot in the last few years with some of the new outta box items being very good - many years ago it was more of a hunt to get that item and as we always see on this board are references to the 05' this and 06' that -

just for a bit of fun - lets see your old reps from pre end of 06' so the newer members can see the stuff no longer available that has long since passed into the halls of time.

Still on my wrist today, is the legendary 05' 196 - enjoy

The old school 05' SMP 2824

The early stages of the 'Noobmariner' < early 06'

[mastrmindalliance]

Circa 1996

Still goes well

[Star69]

cool idea !

all 2005er : i wish i still had the PAMs

cheers,

Frank

[Watchmeister]

It was a different world. Reps out of the box are better now but some of the oldies are still the best to ever come. Here are some older watches. Some are still in the box and some are gone. All are highly modded though. I just picked random pictures.

2007 Cousteau (so I guess it is post 2006)

First gen 3717

Original MBW Ap Franken

Older 24A

Older 7753 Daylights

Original Breitling Chrono Avenger

We won't get into the Honpo PAM's or earlier MBW's. My general takeaway is that out of the box reps have gotten better but many of those reps can no longer have gen parts or movements added, So overall reps have gotten better but if you like adding gen parts it has gotten worse. The funny thing is older members like myself got so used to having to buy and then significantly upgrade that we don't know what to do with today's super reps.

[lhooq]

1996 Ladies Datejust:

Wish I still had the TAG S/EL rep I bought at the same time, but it broke after a couple of weeks!

[maxman]

As far as the "super reps" are concerned,might i suggest just wearing them,but then again,no fun In that

[freddy333]

As far as the "super reps" are concerned,might i suggest just wearing them,but then again,no fun In that

Please do not re-quote an entire post (including pics) just to add a line or 2 at the end.

I have been collecting watches/reps since the late 1970s, but I think this is the oldest rep I still have (from the early 80s). As you can see, we have come a long way over the past 30 years

This was my 1st decent Daytona (from the late 90s - I converted the pushers from Oyster to non-Oyster type)

This is a current pic of my 1st DJ franken & its history. This was also the 1st rep I know of that had (originally white) tritium lume, which, as you can see, has since developed a patina exactly like a gen

[Justasgood]

LOL!!!!!

[robertk]

here's some of my early stuff: Lots of good ones that still get worn. Some date back to the late 90's.

[P4GTR]

LOL!!!!!

ROFL

[urbanshogun]

What's that blue faced PAM? it's lovely.

[chrgod]

Cool topic!

Here are some of my oldies. Most of them are far gone by now.

Old Breitling rep. Bought from Silixtime in 2005.

Even older Breitling rep. Bought in Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur in 2002..

( I am ashamed that I actually wore this.. Luckily it was just as crappy as it looks, and lasted a month.)

Omega X-33 replica, ca 2005. Cheap, but quite cool. Complicated piece. It even had blue backlight. I never managed to figure out how to deactivate the daily alarm.

Another piece from KL in 2002 was this nice Monza. It was the very watch which got me into replicas. Quartz-powered, but a good looker and excellent performer.

White Tag Heuer Link, Silix, ca 2006. One of my very best and most believable replicas out of the box, ever.

[panerai153]

Here are a couple

MBW 1680 Wristy- Arriving in Aruba

MBW 1665 - Work in Progress

MBW 1665 GW -Long gone

[dluddy]

Oldies still in the collection:

JLC Memovox from Efren - 2004

VC Malte Retrograde Perpetual Calendar - Joshua 2004

JLC Master Control Reserve de Marche - Joshua 2005

Rolex 1680 Submariner - Abay "Crazy Sale" 2005

Chronoswiss Regulator - Efren 2004

[By-Tor]

This was purchased in 2006. Classic SMP chrono with some upgrades. This is the oldest rep I still have.

Here you can view a lot of old reps that I have owned.

[watcher]

DW 6263 with Valjoux72 movement inside and 702 crown

Wish I had kept it!!!

[Rolexman]

The first MBW Breitling EVER. 7750 movement...

I bet a few people know this one. My guess this one is worth as much as it's original counter part. It's that unique!

[swdivad]

Here's some of mine and my lady's... some gen some reps:

Still have my beautiful and upgraded 196 from about 2005:

Destro sub!:

TTK UPO!!!

GST Ti

I tried an EL 127, but I look like a clown with my build

Tony and I both loved my 91D

[TwoTone]

Please do not re-quote an entire post (including pics) just to add a line or 2 at the end.

Agreed...

TT

[pizzanooo]

Great thread, I recall seeing more than a few of these watches posted back then.

Pickups from El.

Had some other pics of these that were nicer, but found this pic of them on some GS straps back in the day. Woj and smatt were my other 2 favorites back then.

One of the last from El, back from work from Zig.

Bought in 04, came with a eta 2892 and was very pricey back then.

Davids first pvd offerings which were the coolest [censored] back then.

Bugged dsn for 2 months after he came out with the 127 to make this for me.

Purchased in 06, finished in early 07.

[nikki6]

I've got a few oldies kicking around the box! Mostly bought from senior members on here!

Pics of a few of them.

Old school Ti Seawolf and Old Chrono Avenger

Old Blue Link on the left with some Chief and Ziggy magic.

MBW AP ROO black themes and old school VC overseas

Old TWP 112h on the left.

MBW AP Millenary (pretty much impossible to get now, or so I'm told) and MBW AP RO Jumbo. ( Also have the smaller version of this which is like hens teeth!)

Watchmeister's old Ingy with Ziggy and Chiefs magic all over it!

I think there are a few more, but those are the ones I could find.

Sixx

[By-Tor]

@Nikki: Awesome reps man. I love that brushed Link Chrono.

[nikki6]

Thank you very much sir!!

I love the Link too, I still don't understand why more people aren't into them?! I can feel a lot more than most people, because of my situation and all my Tags are incredibly well made! The finish on them is amazingly good and the Link bracelet is by far THE best feeling rep bracelet around IMO!!

Glad you liked them!

Sixx

[By-Tor]

Thank you very much sir!!

I love the Link too, I still don't understand why more people aren't into them?!

Link Chrono sold a LOT when it came out... I mean sh*tloads. It was among the best selling reps of that time.

The brushed version was never that popular though... I actually prefer that one.