Sofakingraw Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Gents, Looking for some feedback on what type of life people are getting from higher end reps? I've had a few pieces in the past that give a solid year or two, nothing I've every aquired has lasted beyond that. I should give a little context, I've never pulled one from a trusted dealer from the site..I rolled into things without my due dilligence so that's what cha get. PC's has me really thinking about going all in on one, just trying to understand what I'm getting into here with something that is higher on the $ scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 No life..just hell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofakingraw Posted March 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 No life..just hell Appreciate the insight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 I'm about to sell an old MBW 1665 from more than 10 years ago and it's been through hell (twice) and still works perfectly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougar1 Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 It varies, no doubt they should last many many years of perfect use so you may have just had some bad luck. There is no reason a rep can't last as long as any gen if the movement is clean and it's reasonably looked after...you have to give us more info...i.e. what sort of movement in the reps you have had? a7750 for instance can be more temperamental than say a simple 2824. Christ I have a cheap tag heuer kirium a21j from 1997 and it's still going strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 It varies, no doubt they should last many many years of perfect use so you may have just had some bad luck. There is no reason a rep can't last as long as any gen if the movement is clean and it's reasonably looked after...you have to give us more info...i.e. what sort of movement in the reps you have had? a7750 for instance can be more temperamental than say a simple 2824. Christ I have a cheap tag heuer kirium a21j from 1997 and it's still going strong. I believe that's the real key to longevity, movement cleanliness. I have made it a practice to have every one of my reps serviced by a competent watchmaker. Most were suffering from Double D, dry and dirty. If you send it off or learn to service one yourself, there is absolutely no reason why the simple movements shouldn't last for many years. Having said that, some of the more complex movements with added modules, gear train modified,etc to make the movement try to do something that it was not designed for, can give you lots of problems even if cleaned and adjusted by a competent watchmaker.Also some of the "clone" movements in the past have not been up to the quality of the Swiss ETA movement they were copied from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofakingraw Posted March 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 I appreciate the insight folks, thank ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smab Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Hi folks. My first ever rep, the Steelfish SuperOcean blue with ETA2836-2 (verified swiss movement) has lasted almost 4 years now. Have been using it a lot. It seems to be a good quality item, this was almost 360USD at the time of purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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