SMP from Puretime

[nwolf1716]

Is this one any good?

http://puretime.co/product/seamaster-300m-chronometer-on-bracelet-a2824/

I was looking through his new items and came across it, I have wanted one but cannot seem a good, non chrono SMP.

Thanks guys

[watchman12345]

Honestly, no. Bad pearl, colour is off, not worth the money.

[nwolf1716]

Good to know! I'll just wait for the new PO like I was planning!

Thanks for help!

[watchman12345]

If you want a decent Omega rep you could do a lot worse than a 5th gen Planet Ocean 42mm while you are waiting. They are incredibly cheap with the Asian movement and are very close to gen.

[nwolf1716]

Yeah I have that one already!! Are there no good reps of the SMP of the aqua terra for that matter?

[nwolf1716]

Are any of these worth while?

Gmt: http://www.ttw168.co...products_id=580

http://www.ttw168.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=35_66&products_id=6697

Chrono: http://www.ttw168.co...roducts_id=6696

And this one: http://www.ttw168.co...roducts_id=1387

I am looking for that is very close to the gen.

[peperap]

I have the Chrono and is a very good rep, perfect for me, but only if you can live without AR.

[nwolf1716]

I have the Chrono and is a very good rep, perfect for me, but only if you can live without AR.

did you get the blue or black one?

would you mind posting me a pic?

thanks

[cougar1]

The blue chrono is about the best of them, not superrep but not too far off, lume/Ar/pearl are issues, but tbh gen smp AR is rubbish single inner only anyway. So add lume and pearl and excellent rep, if not it's stiill great outofbox.

[nwolf1716]

Thanks for the advice cougar. That is the one I will getting very soon!

[cougar1]

No prob nwolf. The black chrono is also nice but the black has the added issue of having green lume and greenish markers on the rep wheras the gen has blue lume and very white markers. The blue is more accurate in this regard.

[nwolf1716]

Oh very interesting.

Do you by chance know what dealer would have it in stock?

what are the differences between these two?

http://asian7750.com/cn/product_show.asp?big_pid=&ps_id=103&P_id=2025&ti=

http://asian7750.com/cn/product_show.asp?big_pid=&ps_id=103&P_id=453&ti=

[nwolf1716]

one other thing, what is wrong with the 2220.80 rep? is it just the color and is that the problem on all of them?

[watchman12345]

There used to be a better 2220.80 available a few years ago.

http://www.ttw168.co...roducts_id=1387 this one is just not what I'd want from a relatively expensive rep these days. Anyone that knows the watch would know it's a rep in a few seconds. The chrono is the one to go for.

[cougar1]

one other thing, what is wrong with the 2220.80 rep? is it just the color and is that the problem on all of them?

I agree with watchman, the current non chrono smps are a disaster beyond belief tbh. better to ask what is right with them than what is wrong with them. Too many issues to list, dial/waves/logos/He/dw/crown/pearls etc. For such a straightforward three hand watch it's ridiculous that there isnt a better rep. As said above an old now closed factory from around 2007 had a better one in production...but those are long gone!

Oh very interesting.

Do you by chance know what dealer would have it in stock?

what are the differences between these two?

http://asian7750.com...3&P_id=2025&ti=

http://asian7750.com...03&P_id=453&ti=

Go for the first one, both are same watches, just lighting making one darker in pics but if you look closely one is slightly updated and has correct strikthrough omega logo and the other one has underscoring, not a big deal but the correct logo one is just nicer, it's not exactly a different watch, just a V1.1 update somewhere along the line. Some dealer offer the underscore version, go for one with the correct logo.

See here:

Gen vs new raised logo rep version (this one has underscored logo).

QC pic of newer updated strikethrough logo verision:

Good review of the raised logo 'red' smp chrono here:

http://www.rwg.cc/to...-chrono-review/

As for who has it in stock, not sure, but they all could get it I'm sure, does Tony not have it in stock?

Edited October 17, 2012 by cougar1

[By-Tor]

Ah... two of my favorites.

Try to source the old version of the SMP Chrono. With gen insert it's virtually perfect.

I have no idea if these still pop in the sales section though.

Doesn't make sense to buy an expensive rep of the SMP Bond. I bought the gen for around $1.2K.

It's a cheap watch and there's a lot of them available.

[cougar1]

Yep, better to buy a cheap gen smp, even a quartz, which are great value for money than any of the reps. Those old chrono smps were great also, better than the newer rasied marker version for sure.... they seem to be rarer than hens teeth these days unfortunately.

[nwolf1716]

wow, thanks for all the help guys. Yes, Tony does have it in stock, so I'll probably purchase it from him. I'm just worried that in the day of super reps, this one might let me down...