cougar1 Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 I know this has been done before but I was cleaning up today and pulled this out of a drawer, I previously pulled this out of the drawer about 6 months ago and tried to clean it up and time it (it actually timed @ +15secs pd). Today I took a photo of it! I bought it on canal st around '98 for I think $30. I thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread at the time. It is an a21j with for some reason, sapphire crystal on it (which helped as it trashed around ) When I picked it up for this photo today it started ticking again within seconds. It just never seems to die on me! I wore it for a number of years and gave it a terrible time as a beater, but it never failed me! At one stage for a couple of years I used it doing demolition work on bomb proofed buildings in London's square mile. So as beaters go it was really tested. It never once stopped going. I wore it everywhere, working, to the beach, to weddings, holidays, this has even been to the top of the World Trade Centre in NY. Even though it looks like a crap rep and I stopped wearing it nearly a decade ago it still has a lot of sentimental value to me, I thought about just throwing it out a few times but could never do so..... it's strange how sentimental value can be applied to these things! I'm sure a lot of ye have some old reps (some much older than the tag I'd imagine), have ye any pics and details, I'd love to hear them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 My 1st franken (circa 1987) & it even accepted gen parts (crown, end links & clasp) (click pic for more) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougar1 Posted July 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 Wow freddy, that looks cool, love the dial. The watch looks great, and it's damn old! Compared to mine that looks like a great seasoned vintage, mine just looks like a beat up old rep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opti Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 love the story of the tag! my first rep was a square lange from turkey. didnt know it was a rep cause i hadnt heard of the brand, but it lasted me 2 years, was a quartz job, most likely dead battery, innacurate as [censored]. but scored me many compliments from girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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